Word: mooch
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...says. "I was living in San Antonio, Texas, where I knew no one. I guess I was lonely." Right there is a combination that screams "victim." The American Association of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.) figures that while anyone 60 or older is likely to be on at least one "mooch" (sucker) list, a woman 75 or older is virtually guaranteed to be. Like Downs, such women are often widows, lonely and suffering from ills that make them desperate for someone to talk...
...check for a shipment of cosmetics. Instead of the prize, she began getting calls from other telemarketing firms--one in Utah, one in Louisiana and four more in Las Vegas. The firms belonged to a new breed of con artist, those who regularly buy and sell names for their mooch lists, at prices ranging from $10 for an untested "lead" to $200 for the name of someone who has fallen for a whole series of scams...
...wearing seatbelts. I find myself pained to know that two very positive black men won't complete their great plans. And it simply hurts to know that when I move back into Claverly Hall, they won't be there to plan our business ventures, talk about women or mooch off my microwave popcorn...
...little black dress is a good idea in college because you're on a limited budget and you can't mooch off of your parents really and a black dress is good for a lot of things," she says...
This weekend, it's the first time to mooch dinner off a roommate's parents...