Tuesday, December 27, 2011

"A Grueling struggle to remain bathed and keep clothes laundered"

12/23/11

Remember I recently blogged about how Mountain town men are often filthy, smell bad , don't shower, etc.? I was at the grocery store trying to buy a newspaper and the guy in front of me, whose jacket was layered in at least one layer of dog fur leaned into the money order to fill it out. When he was done I could clearly see that the  m.o. was covered in mud!

"Pigpen" without the blanket!

The clerk handled it in a very compassionate way explaining that she couldn't accept it in that condition and would he like another one.

My first reaction was "Gross!" Then I quickly recalled that many of these guys can't afford a place to live, live in tents and likely have a very tough time finding showers or laundromats............

The U.S. is in pretty bad shape when I'm meeting more people who are homeless then are housed.

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