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08-26-2012, 07:21 AM


Do you see homeless people in your community?
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08-26-2012, 07:41 AM
Yeah, a few. There are a few spots they can stay downtown as well as the green places surrounding the town, where they won't be harrassed and people don't feel annoyed by their presence. It's a problem in winter, though, which is pretty harsh round here. We have a few shelters, but some people say they prefer to risk death and injuries by freezing than to stay there.
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08-26-2012, 12:25 PM
Downtown San Diego, yes.
I used to walk right over them but now reach into my pockets and give them what I've got.

I know they're likely to spend it on booze, but it's not like most of them are one hot meal from turning it all around.
Why not give them a little novocain to help them though their day?
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08-26-2012, 12:27 PM
i'm sure they are here, but mainly unseen. :(

they are everywhere really.

Fla. was really a refuge, during the winter they would all trickle down.

















































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08-26-2012, 12:33 PM
There are quite a few here and oddly enough most of them are fat.
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08-26-2012, 12:35 PM
Like Clang fat or just rotund?
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08-26-2012, 01:02 PM
(08-26-2012, 07:21 AM)Duchess Wrote:

Do you see homeless people in your community?

Yeah, big population of homeless folks here, especially in the Mission district and the Haight (Golden Gate Park area). I know a few of them casually now, all but one suffers from mental illness.
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08-26-2012, 01:40 PM
Not right here in my community, but there a Lot of them down here, most of the large intersections have them hanging around.
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08-26-2012, 01:48 PM
We recently sent all of our onramp/offramp beggars to Encinitas.
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08-26-2012, 01:59 PM
^
And like lemmings, ran off the cliffs of Neptune and drowned in the ocean.
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08-26-2012, 02:06 PM
(08-26-2012, 07:21 AM)Duchess Wrote:

Do you see homeless people in your community?
Yes. Me in the very near future.

(08-26-2012, 12:33 PM)sally Wrote: There are quite a few here and oddly enough most of them are fat.

see above reply.
https://www.flickr.com/clang_mcfly

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08-26-2012, 02:16 PM
(08-26-2012, 01:59 PM)OnBendedKnee Wrote: ^
And like lemmings, ran off the cliffs of Neptune and drowned in the ocean.

Were that we so lucky.

One time I was waiting for a light exiting eastbound 78@ Sycamore. There was a beggar with a cardboard sign doing his thing. A woman in a 90k bmw in front of me rolled down her window part way and handed the guy out a banana. I was so stuck by this act of cruelty that I waved him back and gave him five dollars. I hope he bought a pint of vodka to wash the taste of hatebanana down.
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08-26-2012, 02:19 PM
Good point.
We have no idea what foul deeds she was doing with that banana before handing it over to the homeless veteran.
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08-26-2012, 02:22 PM
I wonder how long she congratulated herself for being so giving.

Probably all day.

It's one of the most disconnected things I've ever witnessed. People are so fucking weird.
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08-26-2012, 02:26 PM
Didn't Elvis choke on a fried banana and peanut butter sandwich?
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08-26-2012, 02:41 PM
That's what happens when you eat a sandwich on the toilet.
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08-26-2012, 02:42 PM
Two lessons learned for me today*.



*Thanks for the YouTube help. . .
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08-26-2012, 05:18 PM
(08-26-2012, 02:42 PM)OnBendedKnee Wrote: Two lessons learned for me today*.



*Thanks for the YouTube help. . .

I trust you'll use your new powers for good.
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08-26-2012, 05:26 PM
(08-26-2012, 05:18 PM)Riotgear Wrote:
(08-26-2012, 02:42 PM)OnBendedKnee Wrote: Two lessons learned for me today*.



*Thanks for the YouTube help. . .

I trust you'll use your new powers for good.

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08-26-2012, 05:44 PM
I'll see your Mr Trololo and raise you one Rummelsnuff -

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