Just bought a bunch more blankets for homeless people

Apparently there was a Black Friday sale at Walmart (today is Saturday) and I bought a bunch of these $10 throws that come with carrying handles. I bought four for some ladies I see. Threw them in the back of my campervan to give out in the upcomming days when the temperature dips back below freezing at night.

I gave away my last few slewping bags:


I gave that red one away (I'm keeping the yellow for myself to use this winter- nobody gets sleeping bags if I freeze to death first) to a black guy I walked past. He said Happy Veterans Day to me and I walked past saying nothing, went to my van, and got the red 10°F bag, and this super thick foam pillow someone at my hotel left behind, a couple pounds of beef sticks and a block of smoked cheese, in a big garbage bag with a few extra garbage bags in it (to keep everything dry when it rains- what you call in the Army a Wet Weather Bag), walked back over to him and dropped it down infront of him, not saying anything, and walked away. When I drove by later he was looking at the sleeping bag, the guy in red:


Then today I gave up what remained of my Army sleeping bag- most of it was stolen when my God Mother was dying- cancer spread to her brain and she suddenly decided going driving and leaving the trunk wide open in parking lots was a good idea- and it got pilfered. The slepeing bag set goes for nearly $500 now. I gave it to this guy who seems fairly jew to being homeless, about 72 hours in terms of his facial hair growth- he was shivering like crazy when I walked past him and I was in a teeshirt and shorts (seems to be the last person in Pittsburgh still dressing like this). People don't grasp the importance of adjusting to the weather by wearing the least amount as possible so your internal thermometer adjusts as the season progresses. I gave him the inner piece, and told him it was only one piece of a larger system, not rated for the dead of winter, and if he stayed in Pittsburgh reliant on just that, he would die and he needs to start moving south right now if he wants to live.


I also gave away two thinner black throws and a block of cheese to a old white lady- but those can't do much in colder weather. I'm going to give her also one of these black throws with the carrying handle. She is the oldest woman I see around. Hopefully she gets put in a women's shelter this winter.