Re: Pay It Forward
Well, if you insist: a warm blanket, water (probably a big sealed bottle, so it doesn't stagnate so quickly), and an extra large-size coat are good to have with you, too. (If someone's cold, they won't mind a too-big coat, but it'd suck if it were too small.) You can just get one at a thrift store, and hand it out to the first person who needs it. Thrift store coats cost, like, five bucks. For blankets, you could just get some polar fleece on sale somewhere, cut it into a rectangle, and cut a little fringe onto it by snipping parallel lines all along the edges, so it doesn't unravel. Cheap, easy, and about as warm as it gets. And because they're cheap and easy to replace, you can just hand them out to homeless people and anyone else stuck out in the elements, then go home and restock.
(I'm being a little single minded because it's about three below and I have the window open. Maybe later, I'll close the window and come up with ideas that don't involve being cold.)
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