Beat me to it Adam. Dave
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
