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Comment by Zenst | Hacker News Reader

What a lovely idea, just goes to show that homelessness is not all down to drink and drugs as people believe. I know as had some wonderful conversations with homless people myself and very easy thru no fault of your own to get into such a situation.

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Two out of the five cards did have a substantial percentage of the balance spent on alcohol. LCBO stands for "Liquor Control Board of Ontario". According to Wikipedia, "LCBO stores are generally the only stores allowed to sell distilled spirits in Ontario." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquor_Control_Board_of_Ontari...

    300.00  initial total
     50.00  card unreturned, unused 
     66.26  returned unspent
     55.28  food
     74.61  food, phone minutes ($15) and cigarettes
     53.85  LCBO: Liquor Control Board of Ontario

Finding out what that unexplained acronym meant made a big difference to my understanding of the story.

Agree that it's a really nice idea. It's amazing to see how each person reacted. It's so sad to see that not everyone is on the streets cos of drink and drugs.

Last time I checked, drug dealers only accept cash or valuable goods. Drug dealer would definitely get a good life though.

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