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   From: olrik666@yahoo.com   
      
   Le 2013-05-20 22:14, Scout a écrit :   
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   > "%"  wrote in message   
   > news:waSdncO5NsPgUQfMnZ2dnUVZ_rudnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >> RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>> "%"  wrote in   
   >>> news:1fSdne5jnr8BWAfMnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com:   
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   >>>> RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>> When Phoenix police officer Natalie Simonick saw 18 year old   
   >>>>> Christian Felix out after dark in March, she suspected he was   
   >>>>> violating curfew. But Felix told her he was walking six miles home   
   >>>>> from his job at McDonalds, as he had missed the bus and didn't own   
   >>>>> a bicycle. Simonick was so impressed with the teen's work ethic   
   >>>>> that she decided to buy him a bicycle.  Her squad members taught   
   >>>>> him to ride it, and traffic cops even donated a helmet.  Felix said   
   >>>>> the officers' kindness was a welcome surprise.  "These days, you   
   >>>>> don't see anything like that." He said.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The Week, May 24, 2012, p 2.   
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   >>>>   
   >>>> he was 18 years old and didn't know how to ride a bike   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Perhaps he had never had one.  Perhaps his parent could never afford   
   >>> one.   
   >>   
   >> perhaps he's 18 and old enough to have a car and he works   
   >   
   > But that doesn't mean he can afford a car, or perhaps he's SAVING his   
   > money until he can pay cash and not waste money on interest, or maybe   
   > he's saving up for something else entirely like say a college education.   
      
   Or he spends all his money on crack and whores.   
      
      
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