Helping the Homeless

KushXOJ

KushXOJ

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ClaytonBigsby said:
Every year I go downtown and find some older homeless folks. They have to be over 50 and clearly not a junkie or drunk. It takes a week or two sometimes to find the right person. I bring them home for the Winter and let them have a room as long as they do their chores. They keep the place clean, take out the trash, wash my car (too cold out for me to do it!), do my laundry, iron, fold my clothes, make food, watch my grow at night, make my drinks, rub my feet, clean the hottub, keep the chemicals right, sometimes paint a room, and usually I have them doing some piece count job I find online. If they fail at anything or refuse to do what I say, they are back out on the street. I don't care how they get back to their natural habitat, just ga ga ga goodbye! Anyone else do charity like this during the Winter/holidays?
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This brought a tear to my eye. It really warms my heart to know people like you still exist in this world.
 
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CaretakerDad

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bluerock said:
Sir, your heart is in the right place. You are a true charitan. I've always known these laws going on about "human trafficking" were some kind of nonsense designed to strip me of my natural rights. I am definitely going to give some serious thought to your methods.

The only thing that bugs me is that it would be difficult to control a potential thief. With modern technology, surely one can purchase an ankle bracelet that keeps track of a person of interest. If the person goes outside the programmed zone, you get a text message. If they try to remove it without authorization, it goes into "taser" mode. The charitable possibilities of such a device boggle the mind.
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I have heard of a system called "invisible leash" that I believe is exactly what you are looking for. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHI1v14T2bY
 
Granny weed

Granny weed

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I was out shopping with my son and came across a homeless guy with a little dog, he had big brown eyes and looked real sorry for himself, it was cold and he was shaking so I bought a hot sausage roll and gave it to him, he ate it like he hadn't eaten for a while and licked his lips several times after devouring it. I felt real sorry for that poor old dog and giving him that sausage roll was money well spent, the homeless guy looked quite jealous. :smile:
 
junker1

junker1

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Granny weed said:
I was out shopping with my son and came across a homeless guy with a little dog, he had big brown eyes and looked real sorry for himself, it was cold and he was shaking so I bought a hot sausage roll and gave it to him, he ate it like he hadn't eaten for a while and licked his lips several times after devouring it. I felt real sorry for that poor old dog and giving him that sausage roll was money well spent, the homeless guy looked quite jealous. :smile:
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that's whats up
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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slowbus said:
maybe he just ate? Have you ever no wanted a sausage roll?
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No, the full story is he asked for the money so that he could buy himself a microwave meal (homeless shelters). You can microwave a sausage roll just like you can microwave a lasagne. The phrase beggars can't be chosers exists for a reason.

The sad side of the story is that there is currently a fairly substantial memorial to him against our back wall. He was only about 50-60, just could not put the whisky down. He died about 2 weeks ago. We called him Lazarus after the bible story. Every day he was sat against our back wall with his harmonica and his bottle of "lucozade"

Some homeless folk just cannot do what is good for them, and to that, i find it hard to shed a tear. You're an alcoholic, deal with it, don't just try and live with it.
 
oldtimer54

oldtimer54

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ClaytonBigsby said:
Every year I go downtown and find some older homeless folks. They have to be over 50 and clearly not a junkie or drunk. It takes a week or two sometimes to find the right person. I bring them home for the Winter and let them have a room as long as they do their chores. They keep the place clean, take out the trash, wash my car (too cold out for me to do it!), do my laundry, iron, fold my clothes, make food, watch my grow at night, make my drinks, rub my feet, clean the hottub, keep the chemicals right, sometimes paint a room, and usually I have them doing some piece count job I find online. If they fail at anything or refuse to do what I say, they are back out on the street. I don't care how they get back to their natural habitat, just ga ga ga goodbye! Anyone else do charity like this during the Winter/holidays?
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You know what you describe here sounds almost like the deal Mrs.oldtimer and I made many moons ago.....to see it
Written out it looks like I got the short end of the stick.
Homeless people huh........god damn you bigsby !
 
neosapien

neosapien

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Tis the winter holidays. If you see a homeless person and they look cold, don't just walk pass them as if there's really nothing you could do. Each of us knows we all got a little we can give. With a lighter and just a little bit of gasoline we could light them on fire. The bum is now warm. And he is now dead. Win-Win.
 
kinetic

kinetic

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I offered a dumpster diving homeless man a dollar once. He refused. I insisted. He still refused. To this day I think he worked for a 3 letter agency of some sort.
 
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