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| September 9, 2026 |
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Ignoring
Clint Eastwood's advice in "Dirty Harry" that
opinions, like certain body parts, are best kept to
yourself.
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to Give Than Receive, Right? |
 Have
you ever had the experience of giving someone a gift of
something that you know they don’t have? Logically you
think they would want this gift, but somehow it doesn’t
hit the spot for them? This can happen with a loved one just
as easily as it can with someone you know less well.
For
many years, I've sent gifts to family members,
acquaintances, and friends, thinking they could use the item
I was sending. I seldom heard back, but when I did, they
usually appreciated the gift. Because my wife and I traveled
in our motorhome after retirement, it was seldom we actually
landed in a church somewhere on Sunday, and decided a long
time ago to cut out the middle-man and give directly to the
people, or groups, that needed help. I expanded that theory
to include gifts to friends, sending them items I thought
they could really use, and especially if I got a heck of
deal on the item.
For the last couple of years, I've been sending some
things to an old friend in Texas who had a stroke, and gets
around the house with a walker but can no longer drive, or
even use his computer. He's been a friend of mine for years,
and since his stroke I've sent him a number of things, and
he seems to be appreciative and says he can use them.
But,
a few months I sent him an item I thought he could use, I
learned in a recent phone call when I asked him how that
device was working out, and told me he really couldn't use
it, and gave it away. It was more than I usually spend, I
wish he'd sent it back to me. Oh well ... A lesson learned.
Overall,
it's been an enjoyable thing, running into a heck of deal on
something, and if I can't use it myself, or even if I can,
then buying two so I have one to give away.
Now,
what am I going to do with those two electric rechargable
toilet bowl brushes I just got at 70% off?
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