Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Some of my most profound memories of my childhood include homeless people. I guess it's an unusual upbringing, but sort of understandable considering both my parents are episcopal priests and much of homeless outreach work is done through churches. My parents are bleeding hearts (I say that with love), and much of it rubbed off on me. My dad and I frequently gave food to people on the streets. One christmas when my mom got my dad a new winter coat, christmas day we went into central park and gave his old coat to a homeless person there. My mom's first church had a soup kitchen that I helped with. I don't think a vaaaaast majority people, even people living in cities, get that much exposure that young.
Have you ever unexpectedly bonded with or really helped out a homeless person?
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javaguru
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I'll post it for the forum....
So, I was about seven and school was going to start so my parents took me shopping for school supplies and clothes...a despicable activity for any child. School starts and I noticed one of my classmates has shoes in such a bad state that his toes are sticking out. Well, Brian gets a sharp idea, my old shoes were supposed to be "play shoes" because growing up in the country you beat the crap out of footwear but I decided to give them to my classmate. I secreted them away in my book bag, backpacks hadn't been invented yet,and gave them to my classmate. Well, I wasn't able to make excuses for the reason I was wearing my good shoes while wandering the creek. My mother gave the traditional punishment of picking out the switch for my switching for wearing my good shoes when I should have been wearing my old shoes...When I still couldn't produce my old shoes she asked me about it and I came clean about giving away my old shoes. To this day she feels bad about it and likes to point it out as a reason I'm a nice person.
I'm so nice IRL my ex-wife claimed I was the kindest person she has ever known...but I did give her everything. 
IrightI
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now that's a good story.
I can't top that, the only thing that I can add that's kinda in this line. The Lions Club used to collect old bikes, trikes, etc and fix them for the needy at Xmas. As time went on, the guys got older and it just started to be me and my dad. I fixed them, we recruited the firemen that would help while on duty, and then that became defunct as rules and regulations at the fiehouse git in the way. We still get bikes, but we joined with Wal-Mart, they bring me their returns. I still collect them, but the real Santa now is a guy who is on SS, he knows bicycles, and starting not too long from now, he'll come down and fix them. Usually he'll take 3-4 days, and instead of robbing one bike to fix another, he practically can make them all work. That means more bikes, trickes, little scooters, etc. So, he's the real Santa now.
I can't top that, the only thing that I can add that's kinda in this line. The Lions Club used to collect old bikes, trikes, etc and fix them for the needy at Xmas. As time went on, the guys got older and it just started to be me and my dad. I fixed them, we recruited the firemen that would help while on duty, and then that became defunct as rules and regulations at the fiehouse git in the way. We still get bikes, but we joined with Wal-Mart, they bring me their returns. I still collect them, but the real Santa now is a guy who is on SS, he knows bicycles, and starting not too long from now, he'll come down and fix them. Usually he'll take 3-4 days, and instead of robbing one bike to fix another, he practically can make them all work. That means more bikes, trickes, little scooters, etc. So, he's the real Santa now.
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lartinos
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The ones in NY are scary and cracky. The stories you hear from people helping them are not good. You give them a sandwhich... they throw it at you becaus ethey want drugs. I let a guy clean my windshield in Brooklyn recently and gave him a buck. But even those guys run scams. Make sure your other window is totally closed as they will have their friend grab all your stuff on your front seat. It just makes it hard tom speak to people knowing that many here are dangerous. Here on LI I honestly don't see many. People here have money or live in the shitty area for the most part.
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mrplunkey
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I should have made him bail hay on a cropless meal plan. Then between massive inflation under Reagan and 400% efficient turbines, he prolly would have succeeded.
javaguru
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lol...
javaguru
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No, I know how to NOT kill the golden goose because part of my business is risk management. I don't work for people that can't pay me...I wish I had a cultural bias to buy my services as well as the government subsidizing me and being able to shift all risk to the government. I have to be successful based on the product I can deliver, not a marketing gimmick or "get rich quick scheme." Talk to me when you start a business that isn't "no brainer" and anyone with a pulse can be successful....once you move out of your mother's basement...I haven't lived "at home" since I was eighteen..have never taken unemployment and don't cheat people. I consider myself a responsible person that shouldn't be bailing you out with subsidizes.
