HEY LADY
Hey, Lady, Can you spare a dime?
No one asks for a dime, nowadays. You can’t get a cup of coffee, use a pay phone, or buy a pack of gum.
You can still get quite a few things for a dollar, though. Fast food restaurants have dollar menus. Not counting Starbucks and the like, a small coffee is under a dollar, and a few pennies of change comes with a donut at the bakery.
The guy who stopped me the other day was not interested in a dime. Or a dollar.
It had been a long day for me. By the time I got out of work it was dark, snowing, blowing, icy and cold. I was twenty -five miles from home (little did I know then that the 25 miles would become a two-hour trip on the beltline..)
I was warming up the car and looking for my gloves and scraper when a man came up to me, saying, "Hey, lady." He proceeded to ask if I could help him and his wife and baby. He had run out of gas and needed gas money to get home. He was asking everyone coming out of the grocery store.
I was not in a very good mood, but at least I had a car and gas to get home.. Okay. I would give him a buck or two to add to what he was holding.
I didn’t totally believe him, though, thinking he might walk right into the store and buy a bottle of Boone’s Farm. But what if he really had to get his family home? I doubted it, but went for my purse.
Then he blew it. He said, " Lady, can you give me twenty dollars. My SUV is big and it takes a lot of gas."
My mouth opened and my wallet closed. My old van hadn’t seen a twenty at on since gas topped three dollars a gallon. "Sorry," I said and he knew he was not getting anything from me.
As he walked away, I heard him say to the next person, "Hey Lady----
I was telling my daughter, Tracy about it. I know she thought I was being judgmental at best, or worse, prejudiced. She thought I should have given him the few dollars.
Then she gave me the other side of the coin.
Her hours vary and many times she gets out of work late at night. This particular night she was on empty. I don’t know if the gas station did not take checks or she didn’t have her checkbook, but she was counting change to get gas..
She said to herself she hoped it would get her home. An older lady was standing behind her, obviously coming from work, too. She tapped Trac on the shoulder and said "Here, honey, take this.", and held out a five dollar bill. No questions asked.
She thanked the lady very much for her kindness, but said she was sure she could make it home. And she did.
I don’t know what happened to the man who asked me for help. He blew it when he asked for twenty.. I blew it when I didn’t give him two. Kindness is as kindness does.
I thought it would be clever to give my recipe for Poor Man’s Soup. I couldn’t find it. On second thought, It really wasn’t such a clever idea after all.
Million Dollar Cake
from the Harmony Singing Society’s Auxiliary Cookbook
you will need:
1 pkg Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
4 eggs
½ cup oil
1 11 oz can mandarin oranges and juice
1 8 oz whipped topping
1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 8 oz can crushed pineapple and juice
Mix cake mix, eggs, oil and oranges.
Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees in greased 9x13 baking pan
Cool
Mix topping, dry pudding, and pineapple
Spread on cake.
Refrigerate
Enjoy
No one asks for a dime, nowadays. You can’t get a cup of coffee, use a pay phone, or buy a pack of gum.
You can still get quite a few things for a dollar, though. Fast food restaurants have dollar menus. Not counting Starbucks and the like, a small coffee is under a dollar, and a few pennies of change comes with a donut at the bakery.
The guy who stopped me the other day was not interested in a dime. Or a dollar.
It had been a long day for me. By the time I got out of work it was dark, snowing, blowing, icy and cold. I was twenty -five miles from home (little did I know then that the 25 miles would become a two-hour trip on the beltline..)
I was warming up the car and looking for my gloves and scraper when a man came up to me, saying, "Hey, lady." He proceeded to ask if I could help him and his wife and baby. He had run out of gas and needed gas money to get home. He was asking everyone coming out of the grocery store.
I was not in a very good mood, but at least I had a car and gas to get home.. Okay. I would give him a buck or two to add to what he was holding.
I didn’t totally believe him, though, thinking he might walk right into the store and buy a bottle of Boone’s Farm. But what if he really had to get his family home? I doubted it, but went for my purse.
Then he blew it. He said, " Lady, can you give me twenty dollars. My SUV is big and it takes a lot of gas."
My mouth opened and my wallet closed. My old van hadn’t seen a twenty at on since gas topped three dollars a gallon. "Sorry," I said and he knew he was not getting anything from me.
As he walked away, I heard him say to the next person, "Hey Lady----
I was telling my daughter, Tracy about it. I know she thought I was being judgmental at best, or worse, prejudiced. She thought I should have given him the few dollars.
Then she gave me the other side of the coin.
Her hours vary and many times she gets out of work late at night. This particular night she was on empty. I don’t know if the gas station did not take checks or she didn’t have her checkbook, but she was counting change to get gas..
She said to herself she hoped it would get her home. An older lady was standing behind her, obviously coming from work, too. She tapped Trac on the shoulder and said "Here, honey, take this.", and held out a five dollar bill. No questions asked.
She thanked the lady very much for her kindness, but said she was sure she could make it home. And she did.
I don’t know what happened to the man who asked me for help. He blew it when he asked for twenty.. I blew it when I didn’t give him two. Kindness is as kindness does.
I thought it would be clever to give my recipe for Poor Man’s Soup. I couldn’t find it. On second thought, It really wasn’t such a clever idea after all.
Million Dollar Cake
from the Harmony Singing Society’s Auxiliary Cookbook
you will need:
1 pkg Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
4 eggs
½ cup oil
1 11 oz can mandarin oranges and juice
1 8 oz whipped topping
1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 8 oz can crushed pineapple and juice
Mix cake mix, eggs, oil and oranges.
Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees in greased 9x13 baking pan
Cool
Mix topping, dry pudding, and pineapple
Spread on cake.
Refrigerate
Enjoy
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