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Originally Posted by DLbiten
Yes I am not saying do not help out gust do it on the sly. Like when all the kids go inside at night. A new ball on the field in the morning or play a bit with them and "forget" the new ball or tell them it is to big for you to take. Or as a payment or thank you to a person or family. Or as gift to a school or church. None of this will make begging kids at the road every time bike runs buy. Just as not bribing the cops but giving him a cigar may make one of your problems go away.
Think we all have been humbled by the giving of the poor.
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I like that idea of having a stash of cheap but decent cigars to tilt the favour of a cop !
While on the road, i've given clothes to the Amazon boat people who follow the ferry and gave my new Engand Football shirt to a Brazilian coconet seller in exhange for a gravy stained old tshirt.
Its just one of those things that feels right to do at the time..
I can't say ill be throwing bags of pens to kids in Africa but I'd happily buy a box of work books for a school/mission etc.
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Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.
Last edited by *Touring Ted*; 14 Apr 2010 at 14:46.
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