Say what?

I was listenting to the radio yesterday and a lady was describing her life's work. Whe works with the homeless in Greensboro and was telling about her enteractions with one particular man. She said when she first met him he was half drunk and spent his time sitting on a milk crate outside the little neighborhood convenience/grocery type store.

After gainning his trust she got him to move into the back of a van and then eventually into an apartment. Now, she said, he is half sober.

So exactly what is the differemce between half drunk and half sober? I don't get it?

Another thing I don't understand is why the younger generation seems to be getting more and more carefree about their litter. I work in one of the premiere shopping centers in the nation and shoppers there tend to be families with money and yet they don't seem to be any more respectful of God's green earth than the common working man. The poor homeless guy pushing the shopping cart spends his day picking up stuff that the good citizens throw out of their cars.