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To: Paul Senior who wrote (78547)11/19/2025 12:07:09 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Respond to of 78764
 
OT

this assumed typical person

I was generalizing, but the people I've known in this situation (of varied ages) lived extremely Spartan lives, and were ingeniously thrifty in spite of all the obstacles to living in poverty. Nowadays there's hardly any way to open a bank account without documentation, so more ingenuity, and plenty of danger, there.