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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo I took a bunch of vegetables from my garden to the coffee shop this morning
to share with my friends and neighbors. Although we rarely discuss politics there, I know most of them are Republicans. Not teabagger wingnuts, but on the conservative side of the political spectrum, and mostly elderly people whose company I enjoy.
As I set the large box of zucchini, peppers, squash, okra, etc on the table I told everyone to help themselves. Someone said "You're not charging anything for this stuff?" and I said, no, this is a communist produce stand. It is collectively owned by all here. They all laughed, as did I.
Didn't slow them down from garabbing the stuff, though.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)is most of them are collecting Social Security and are using Medicare.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)than arguing politics with everybody. In a political argument, most of these people are seriously unarmed
Somewhere in my upbringing, a little bit of respect for my elders took hold.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)I think I know the answer.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)They drink the $1 stuff with 50 cent refills while I pay $3.75 for a latte.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)You did good.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)that some of them often bring things to share, like baked goods.
babylonsister
(170,955 posts)Great job, Mr. Bill!
sheshe2
(83,319 posts)rdharma
(6,057 posts)..... hoping that some day they might be welcomed through the front door of the 1% country club too!
Not "bad people"...... but IDIOTS!
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)Momgonepostal
(2,871 posts)TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)You remind me of a Mr. Bill I used to work with. Kudos to you!
NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)but I guess I would have to admit to being just a bit biased!
Well done, Mr. Bill!
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)tomato's. Makes me hungry for a tomato sandwich every time I see them. The down side of that is that there are no good tomato's here in Florida.
onethatcares
(16,130 posts)grow your own in a bucket. It's planting time right now in zone 9 (mid central/west central) you'll be harvesting in December if you can get some heirloom seeds, or even some plants from a big box store.
Ain't nothing like home grown tomatos, raw, fried green, sliced on a burger, or in a salad.
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)I have tried, there are so many critters down here, it makes it damn near impossible. How ever I am on to someonre who just started both a hydroponic and organic farm. Hoping it works out well for ME.
dballance
(5,756 posts)"You mean you're charging for that stuff?" if you brought it to some place like that. Not a farmer's market mind you. A social gathering place.
It was just what you did with neighbors - you shared the excess. Well, heck it's better than it rotting away if you can't can it all.
Good for you though doing the nice old fashioned thing called "sharing!"
randome
(34,845 posts)Obviously you already know that.
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OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)I live in rural Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay.
Every morning I run, bike, or drive to a local Mom-and-Pop quick stop to buy a Washington Post.
I put in a garden each summer and it's way more than Sweet Thing and I can eat ourselves. We can a lot of tomatoes, freeze okra and beans, and the like but there's still excess.
So, every 3rd or 4th day, I drop off a few buckets filled with tomatoes, squash, bell peppers, sweet peppers, and other veggies at the quick stop. It's all gone within a couple of hours.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)during that time when the garden is producing more than you know what to do with.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I've spent a lot of time 'round there, but never lived there. I'll bet those tomatoes are gooood.
Swamp Lover
(431 posts)one heart at a time....
Catherine Vincent
(34,485 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)I wonder how many would have jumped at that?
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Oddly enough, I've had a similar experience with some Republican neighbors and family. I think it says something about the difference in thinking. We grow extra vegetables to ensure that we have the yield for ourselves and our city friends and most years that means that we also have extras to share. It wouldn't occur to me to sell the excess. Either it goes to the community food bank or on a table in front of the house. The money I could get for selling the stuff wouldn't be worth as much as knowing that I made someone's day. When we were new to the area, putting out the free table helped break the ice with the neighbors too. A win all the way around.
TBF
(31,919 posts)DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)well, that's priceless.
joanbarnes
(1,715 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)when you can plop down a bag of bud straight from the garden.
My kind of homegrown!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- K&R
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)It's at the top of the Greatest Thread page, which is a big deal for this Noob.
emsimon33
(3,128 posts)Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)Share and share alike is a great way to go, but you already knew that!
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)it's a fact, but our economic social political system wants us to abandon this concept to enrich the pew(yes, I meant pew).
steve2470
(37,456 posts)I hope they can see we leftists are a generous bunch by nature