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As it should be...

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Condoman
Condoman Member Posts: 90
in THE MAIN WALL
https://turnto10.com/news/local/plainfield-community-rallies-to-help-76-year-old-man-get-heat-back-on
Erin Holohan Haskell

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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,526
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    Amen!
    Retired and loving it.
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 5,704
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    As it should be? I'd prefer it if 76 year old people didn't have to beg from their neighbors for heat, toilet paper and food.
    NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el
    bucksnortGrallert
  • Intplm.
    Intplm. Member Posts: 1,962
    edited February 2021
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    A very nice story. Thank you for sharing.

    It is such a shame that the elderly and others should struggle this way.
    It's so nice that all of those people came to his aid.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,526
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    I don't think he was begging. I think good people saw a need and rose up together to help, expecting nothing in return, and I like that a lot.
    Retired and loving it.
    rick in Alaska
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 5,704
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    It's definitely a good story from the idea that people helped a person. But I see it as a heartbreaking failure that this man didn't have heat, or food, or toilet paper.
    NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 5,841
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    ethicalpaul said:
    As it should be? I'd prefer it if 76 year old people didn't have to beg from their neighbors for heat, toilet paper and food.
    I get your point. Nobody should be in that situation. But the way I read it, he didn't beg for anything. All he did was accept gifts from the heart.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,534
    edited February 2021
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    Good job by all who helped. Plainfield is kinda in the sticks. @Jamie Hall how true
  • Condoman
    Condoman Member Posts: 90
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    I was a little unhappy that he called several businesses that never bothered to call back.
    ethicalpaul
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,526
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    @Jamie Hall, you have a beautiful mind. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm nodding and nodding.
    Retired and loving it.

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