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Monday, December 19, 2011

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Scavenger-on-Mission-Hill--Boston
Mission Hill. As she was scavenging from trash can to trash can, her daughter, around seven-years-old, tagged along on the sidewalk. I could hear the girl count in Mandarin, "1,2,3,4." .

4 comments:

Ksou said...

I once talked with a man who claimed to collect like 40$ in cans a day . My first job paid around that , for 7 long hours operating rides .
It wouldn't surprise me if can collecting becomes a respectable occupation in the coming years ...

Linh Dinh said...

Hi Ksou,

As more people collect cans, there will be fewer for each, and less money. Also, as Americans go broke, they won't drink as many cans of corn syrup.

Ksou said...

We might up like Mexico, there people will have the soda pored into a bag( or another container) and the store will take 5 cents off .

This is totally irreverent , but you can understand some Mandarin as well ? Ahh, sir you are much more adaptable to this new globalized economy then I .

Linh Dinh said...

Hi Ksou,

I can understand less than 10 words of Mandarin. My stepmother is Cantonese, and my wife's stepfather is Fukienese...