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How Do You Say Thank You? I Know How Manny Ramirez Does

 
Lets just talk for a moment, sports aside. Lets say that you were caught running a deep-rooted drug cartel out of your lovely little two bedroom apartment and were promptly evicted from your place. What once was a comforting roof amid a family-friendly neighborhood is now nothing more than a lost memory, a remnant of your old ways. With no house and a tattered record, an aunt, cousin or good buddy goes out of their way to welcome you into their home and try to help you get back on your feet. They don’t owe you anything, especially given what you did to get put on the streets, but they offer you a hand out of love. They give you a room, a warm bed to sleep in, food to eat, and don’t make you pay rent. You get to save some money while you find a new place that will extend a lease to a wayward soul with a criminal record. How grateful would you be for that friend or relative? Pretty thankful, right? During your free stay at their home, you would probably run some errands, make ... (link)

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