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Strangers raise $60,000 to buy Detroit man who walks to work 21 miles a day a car
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| 2/2/15
| Dylan Stableford
Posted on 02/02/2015 2:39:47 PM PST by Kartographer
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Well done!
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:43:19 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Kartographer
$10.55 an hour after 10 years? I gotta wonder, even though he is more dedicated than I ever would be!
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:44:51 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Government canÂ’t give us anything that it doesnÂ’t first take away)
To: Kartographer
Compare him to the ungreatful scumbags demanding $15 per hour to work part time at McDonald’s. Most of them wouldn’t walk a mile and he’s been doing more than 20 for $10.55 an hour.
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:45:17 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Kartographer
Check out the fund page:
tinyurl.com/n2uka9o
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:47:34 PM PST
by
A. Morgan
(Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:48:30 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: dynachrome
That is where we are headed. A few more years and people who want to work will be fight for $10.55. Take it or some illegal will! The new Obama economy!
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:49:19 PM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
God bless everyone involved in this matter. It is a Dickens world out there and as such we are as a people carved from.
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:50:09 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: cripplecreek
Thanks. He may want to walk during his off hours....when he gets that car,..just to stay in the same shape thats allowed him to do that trek for these last few years.
I salute his resoluteness!
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:50:13 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Kartographer
Great story. Good on you, James, and good on you, Evan.
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:50:22 PM PST
by
expat2
To: Kartographer
I bet that after a week he parks the car and goes back to walking. Or maybe parks the car halfway and walks the rest.
Long daily walks like that are habit forming, good for the soul, the heart, and the body.
A person has a time to take his soul out, give it a good look-see, talk to God, contemplate the whichness of what. All sorts of good stuff.
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:54:47 PM PST
by
Ronin
(Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
To: Kartographer
My dad made fifty cents A DAY during the Depression when a day’s work started before sunrise and ended after sunset. He hired out as a “hired man” at 13 to support his family.
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:56:14 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Ronin
One and a half hours every night rain, shine, heat cold just me and my dog Hope. Me asking and looking for the answers and her sniffing and looking for answers.
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posted on
02/02/2015 2:57:37 PM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Something doesn’t sound right about this story.
I wonder whether we are getting all of the details or if the reporter is filtering the information to create a heart-tug story.
Heck, a bicycle would only cost a couple $hundred bucks.
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posted on
02/02/2015 3:02:36 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Kartographer
Maybe they could help him find an affordable place to live closer to his job too.
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posted on
02/02/2015 3:02:38 PM PST
by
Cecily
To: Kartographer
They bought a Detroit man?
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posted on
02/02/2015 3:04:11 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Ronin
perhaps for a guy like that, an easy $60,000 would make for a nice nest egg.....maybe he would appreciate that more....then when he retires at age 62, he’ll have a little something in the bank.
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posted on
02/02/2015 3:05:11 PM PST
by
cherry
To: Kartographer
Unfortunately, he doesn’t now how to drive.
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posted on
02/02/2015 3:07:20 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA)
To: Kartographer
And according to his boss, Robertson has a perfect attendance record.If I had an employee that was that dedicated to get to work each day, I'd have figured out a way to make his commute easier. Car pool maybe?
To: cripplecreek
The story says he gets home at 4 am and then gets up at 6 am - and his shop manager is okay with him operating equipment on less than 2 hours of sleep a day?
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posted on
02/02/2015 3:09:25 PM PST
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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