> > Sorry, I really would like to carry on the joke, but it's just too depressing when > > reality sounds like one... > > Yeah you're right. > There's one thing I've learned during my six years here, you have to either find a > way to laugh at these things, or help if you can. > > There is an occupied house down the street from where I live. At the bottom floor a > young woman takes care of 6-8 neighborhood kids, at the top floor is a crack den. > Last year some crackhead and his dog died in a fire while sleeping there. > We give them food, clothes and even furniture. My wife went upstairs and saw the room > that had been on fire. The dog was just a black spot on the floor under a barely > standing burnt-out table, the dude was in the bed, straight as a floor board. > Everything black. Downstairs the kids were playing. > > S
Makes me want to have BBQ burgers tonight.
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