Yep, We had a classic example of that here in Toronto, the 'Shaky Lady'. She's disabled, in a wheelchair, unkempt as all heck and panhandles. And has a $40K disability pension and a nice condo one of her kids provides. Every year or two the Toronto Sun does a front page article on her.
-Adam On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Peter Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Look, there are real homeless people, I know that. However I've seen the > local "work for food" crowd and know most of them. They are professionals. > If you give them money, they're fine with that. If you actually offer them > work, be prepaired for words you couldn't repeat in polite company. There > are lots of kinds of homeless as well. In New Haven we have a woman called > the "Shakespere Lady", she's Yale educated, got a full scholarship, but in > some manner she's insane. When some former classmates found out she was on > the streets, they set her up with doctors and med's and a free apartment. In > less that 6 months she was back on the streets refusing to take her med's, > not sleeping in her apartment, reciting Shakespear for handout's, (thus > "Shakespear Lady"). I don't know weather to feel sorry for her or not... > There are lots of stories, some are sad, some are scams. When you see a > "homeless" begger put take off their ratty army surplus coat, and get into a > late model car, (in better condition than I can afford), to drive home, it > kind of makes you suspect the next panhandler isn't quite what they pretend > to be. > > -----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>Sent: Jan 24, 2009 2:57 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: PESO - Need Work >> >>In a message dated 1/23/2009 10:10:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>[email protected] writes: >>Photographing him might have made him uncomfortable because he was a >>professional. >> >> >>============ >>Professionally homeless? >> >>I guess some fixed on the T-shirt he was wearing, I fixated on the book he >>is carrying (probably a bible). >> >>You know, there are 11 million out of work in the US, umeployment in CA is >>at 9.3%, the CC/Solano food bank can't keep up with demand and is underfunded >>(people are giving less), and there have been 10,000 foreclosures in my CC >>County. And I didn't used to see beggars all the time. >> >>Okay, off my soap box, but sometimes some people's reactions strike me >>simply as denial. >> >>Thanks for looking, Peter. >> >>Marnie aka Doe >> >>--------------------------------------------- >>Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. >> >>**************Know Your Numbers: Get tips and tools to help you improve your >>credit score. >>(http://www.walletpop.com/credit/credit-reports?ncid=emlcntuswall00000002) >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >>the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
