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alt_jeremyI'm at Settlement Five, finishing up. Had to check over security after a bit of a scare. Just shadows and imagination. No blame; everyone's
Was going to write "on edge" but truth is, everyone's more than a quaffle-throw past the edge.
What I meant to write about is I have a mate who's working with his uncle as a rubbish-hauler. Told him I had an idea for doing a good turn and making a small bit of coin at the same time. Discussed delivering goods to them as needed, under cover of the regular rounds, the goods being food on the cheap for people the Protectorate isn't protecting quite well enough. (His words, those.) Extra food -- scraps from the jam operation and similar places -- at a cheap price would go a fair way towards winning trust. Pansy, this may fit in with some of what you're doing as well, if having rubbish haulers willing to discreetly haul away not-exactly-rubbish proves useful. We could start small, but we'd be setting up more contacts for that additional distribution network we talked about, getting it ready for the day things change.
That day can't come soon enough. I didn't see anything near the worst of it today, but looking in the eyes of the people who did -- Merlin. This has to end.
Was going to write "on edge" but truth is, everyone's more than a quaffle-throw past the edge.
What I meant to write about is I have a mate who's working with his uncle as a rubbish-hauler. Told him I had an idea for doing a good turn and making a small bit of coin at the same time. Discussed delivering goods to them as needed, under cover of the regular rounds, the goods being food on the cheap for people the Protectorate isn't protecting quite well enough. (His words, those.) Extra food -- scraps from the jam operation and similar places -- at a cheap price would go a fair way towards winning trust. Pansy, this may fit in with some of what you're doing as well, if having rubbish haulers willing to discreetly haul away not-exactly-rubbish proves useful. We could start small, but we'd be setting up more contacts for that additional distribution network we talked about, getting it ready for the day things change.
That day can't come soon enough. I didn't see anything near the worst of it today, but looking in the eyes of the people who did -- Merlin. This has to end.
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Date: 2015-02-02 05:18 am (UTC)I think we can hook them up rather nicely with Stebs and his crew at the docks -- there'd be some not-exactly-rubbish they can look into carefully skimming besides my own shipments. And there's Mrs Weasley's barter network. I know she isn't as directly tied in as she used to be, but it's a start. Not to mention the farm-to-table group I've been sniffing around thanks to Mrs Sinistra.
I think to make this work, the profit margins would have to be fairly low, and the food would have to be 'donated,' or practically so, but I can see some potential there.
And I might be able to set up a charity or something. Seeing as how I'm getting into the food business and all, it isn't that far afield, and could help cover for some of it. But that last bit might have to hold off until summer.
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Date: 2015-02-02 06:24 am (UTC)Once those connections get a little firmer, we might see what they'd be up for. After all, produce gets damaged or discarded all the time. I'd bet if we paid them for a fraction of cost for goods they'd just throw away, it'd be a fair deal all round.
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Date: 2015-02-02 05:37 am (UTC)And when it does, you're quite right, Jeremy. We'll need people like both of you to keep things from falling apart, and keep people fed.
Thank you.