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#126 lobf

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Posted 26 January 2004 - 06:29 AM

Bah. If you lived on the streets, you´d probably do the same.

They are still cool dudes.

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#127 Sundered Angel

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Posted 26 January 2004 - 10:23 PM

How many of you have actually spent a large amount of time with homeless people?

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#128 Azeroth

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Posted 26 January 2004 - 10:33 PM

Over my entire lifetime, I think I've spent 2.8 minutes with them.

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#129 Pyro

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Posted 26 January 2004 - 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by moonunit4eva:
With what money exactly do they buy their booze?

Errr, have you never seen the signs "I won't lie, its for beer"?

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#130 The Journalist

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Posted 26 January 2004 - 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by Sundered Angel:
How many of you have actually spent a large amount of time with homeless people?

I have...our church shelters homeless people from time to time, and I've spoken with several of them.

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#131 lobf

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 12:06 PM

Gah! Go out and talk to them. They give you good lessons on how to live life. Seriously.
They tell you what they did wrong, and tell you not to do it. If there is anybody who can tell you how to not **** up, it is a homeless person. Plus, they're funny.

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#132 Shrout1

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 01:30 PM

Heh, walking the 500 feet from my office to burger king last Friday some woman runs up to me pushing this kid in a stroller. She's like "Sir, Sir! - I have a question, if you say no, I'll understand, but if you say nice I'd really appreciate it. Do you have $3.00 so I could go buy saleen drops for my son?" I'm just thinking... "Booooooooze" but I just said, "$3? Sure."

Hope she wasn't just using the kid...

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#133 lobf

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 01:54 PM

...to booze up with him?

How old are you, Shrout? Where do you work?

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#134 Shrout1

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by lotsofblackflags:
...to booze up with him?

How old are you, Shrout? Where do you work?

Yes, I wanted to go spend my $3 on boozing with a bum

Hehe...

As stated in the "Old" topic, I am Old. Well, compared to you younglings anyway. Turned 19 October 27th. SA and Zeke beat me but meh. I fart in their general direction.

I work at a teeny little government contractor called "KR Systems". In fact I'm wasting the last 10 minutes of the workday right now, posting to you. (Actually, I waste a lot of the workday on the boards here...) And I turn books into CDs, naming countless numbers of files and looking over thousands upon thousands of pages to make table-of-contents for them and to find errors - I think something like 65,000 since the summer...

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#135 moonunit4eva

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 10:42 PM

I've actually spent lots of time with them through my church. Do a soup kitchen thing, only not soup! I make risotto! Homemade too. Dang good too! IF we all get together, I'll bring risotto! mmmm...

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 10:46 PM

And I'll make my lasagna and my pan fried noodles with shrimp. Mmmmm...

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#137 moonunit4eva

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 10:54 PM

Mmm...*dreams* I love that stuff!

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 11:07 PM

For those who haven't spent any significant time with homeless people, I'd recommend doing so before making broad generalisations about them.

For those who have - good on you! Charity is great stuff. It also looks good on your college resumé.

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#139 dude3

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Posted 27 January 2004 - 11:57 PM

Can those of us who have spent time with the homeless still make broad generalisations?

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#140 Pufer

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Posted 28 January 2004 - 12:53 AM

When I first met one my coworkers and friend, who goes by the name of Shorty, he was a hopeless alchoholic who lived in an old Chevy hatchback that had been abandoned in a field behind my one of my family's apartment complexes. He ended up getting run over by a car after having a stomach ulcer hemmorage on him in the middle of a street. After dying twice on the operating table and being brought back into health we hired him on as a groundskeeper at the complex where I work. He continued to live in a car for the next year (this time a working 1986 Ford Thunderbird) even though we were paying fairly well, until he was comfortable enough with his position to accept the discounted apartment that we had been offering him. As such, I figure that I have not only known a homeless person (and this is not my only interaction with them, it is just the longest lasting) but have helped him bring himself out of his position.

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#141 lobf

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Posted 28 January 2004 - 04:48 AM

:Hugs Pufer:

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#142 moonunit4eva

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Posted 29 January 2004 - 10:33 PM

You're an inspiration to us all man! *tear*

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Posted 29 January 2004 - 11:26 PM

Damn well done man. Damn well done indeed.

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#144 moonunit4eva

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 01:22 AM

There's a guy around here who is a little, God! What is the politically correct term nowadys? Retarded? Mentally ill? anyway...he goes around to all the fastfood places on his skateboard, and he always wears bandages. Poor guy. His name's George. Very sweet. I know when I had swimming during the summer he came by and talked to us for a while. He's sweet.

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#145 vecoriwen

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 01:29 AM

Is that the Crazy George Jambo was telling me about? Wears a weird hat or somthing.

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#146 moonunit4eva

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 01:36 AM

He goes around on a skateboard and it's not Crazy George, it's nice sensative sweet charismatic, ok maybe that's a little far, George. He's nice.

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#147 lobf

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 02:11 PM

I happen to like his hat, thank-you-very-much! Posted Image

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#148 moonunit4eva

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Posted 01 February 2004 - 12:19 PM

Well you know, you don't even know who he is...so, that could present a problem there LOBF.

OMG, wow, I just realized that LOBF was lots of black flies, i thought it was lord of black flies for the longest time.

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#149 vecoriwen

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Posted 01 February 2004 - 12:39 PM

Um, µ, its Flags.

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#150 moonunit4eva

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Posted 01 February 2004 - 12:51 PM

Oops, ok change that to for the longest time I thought it was lordofblackflies, and it's not. Whoa...weird.

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