KxVx, thank you so much for the offer but My $2.00 keep my feet covered. There are people who have no shoes and even people who have no feet. God has blessed me. Just help those who have NO shoes.

The Wife.. What size do you wear? I will buy some name brand shoes for you, just because I think that story you told is so horribly sad.

People who have a lot of money do not need to shop in thrift stores. They usually donate the really good things that I could not afford to buy unless it was in a thrift store. Most of my shoes are the little $2.00 slip on shoes from WalMart. I have never owned name brand tennis shoes.
Before the economy got so bad, I was buying new clothes from an outlet. Now I keep wearing what I have until they are so worn that they can no longer be used. Once in awhile I splurge for a new (to me) dress from Goodwill. I even say a little prayer for the gracious rich woman who chose to donate it instead of put it in a yard sale.

I didn’t get it, because I was under the impression that most people don’t shop at the thrift store because money’s tight, they shop there because people with more money than them donate great stuff.

I got your humor the wife!

KxVx, like you, I was making a point. I would never pay that kind of price for any shoes. The economy has forced me to shop thrift stores or yard sales.

I see inmates on road crews and working at city facilities all the time.  What is new about this idea?  Putting them to work on private property?

I feel that all prisoners local,county,state,or Federal should be doing something while they’re spending their time for their crime.  I worked for ALDOT and worked inmates from the local work release and none of them ever got killed by doing a honest days work,in fact for alot of them it was their 1st. time doing any kind of work and they seemed to enjoy being away from the “CAMP” as they called the work release center.  I feel that everyone should pull their own weight in this world.  The world doesn’t owe us anything except to get a square deal. Even people with physical and mental disabilites can do things to not only improve their lives but also everyone elses’. So I say KUDOS to Sheriff Sam Cochran keep up the great work and maybe some other officals will jump on the bandwagon.

That whole “work for the city if you are on wellfare” is a great idea. Just like I would use that money to drug test students on welfare recipients before I used it on students!

I wouldn’t even buy anything by Nike at the thrift store, THEWIFE.

I was making a point about child labor. Someone else made the connection about how easy our prisoners have it.

As a matter of fact, I think prison would be alot easier than working 60 hours a week and cooking my own food.