"I would rather beg than steal"...????

[BigFish]

Many do have legit issues/problems.....but most, in my opinion, are just lazy, shiftless, good for nothing wastes of space looking for a free ride in life! Screw em'!

[Tagger]

I see this guy on the corner all the time near MGH,,, i see another guy pull him aside talking to him .. I see that guy up the sub shop trading all the the change and singles for larger denominations ..The guys a "BUM PIMP" must have a house they all live in .. Drops them off at thier corners then pics them all up .. comes by and collects once in a while so the bum isn't holding too much... what a racket ..

[Raven]

but once i got conned into doing so....

we had hitch hiked in the old -old days to INDIO, California....

wanting to attend the big Indio Date festival there....

so we get there and suddenly realize we missed it entirely
and some-how mis-read the date on the flyer....

so we start hitch hiking the 150 miles back west and south to
San Diego....ok - and now....... were stuck in Salt Lake City
out in the middle of friggan "no where"...and this mexican guy in an old truck
gives us a ride....then he wouldnt stop for nothin
and/or..... let us out.......
until i threatoned his life.....of course...
and took the ignition keys...
he friggan understood those words real well

so we end up walking ten miles back to the city
still a hundred miles or so from home...

next: we meet up with this motley crew
and we all conspire to pan handle for gas money
...and pool our money
gas was wicked cheap in those days
as they have a car .......but no gas left.......

so outside a restaurant : (i clean up )
i was getting: 1 dollar every minute on average and making more than $50.00 an hour...
then these real nice ladies were handing over $5.00 bills
like nothin...much to our amazement...
so now, we have plenty of gas
and we all pile into the station wagon
and head west... to San Diego
finally getting pulled over by the chippies!
[california highway patrol ] and they have all 8 of us lined
up against the guard rail for interogation at 1:00 am in the
morning....and as it turns out , these people had stolen merchandise hidden in the car...

we ended up walking
on any involvement because
we were just hitchin a ride...
it was quite the adventure

[justplugit]

Hey Rav, great story. That one should be put on "The Drivin Stories" Forum.

[blue oyster]

healthy enough to stand there all day rain or shine to beg , healthy enough to pump gas

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Many do have legit issues/problems.....but most, in my opinion, are just lazy.

Ma. had a great program for the mentaly ill in the early 70's. At the time there were new long acting drugs, once a month injections, to keep their symptoms under control. Patients were put in group homes, usually 4 to a home, where they would take care of themselves and get help in finding jobs. In most cases as long as they got their shot it worked.


If they didn't show up for their monthly shots a nursing team would go to the group homes and give them their injection. Worked pretty well as they were able to live an independent life outside of a mental institution and live independently.


Then Patient Rights was put into law, which is a good thing, but went to the extreme by allowing everyone to refuse care. Many mentaly ill are paranoid and don't want to take drugs.Without them they deterioate and being they couldn't be given the drugs they fell
between the cracks.


Those are the people along with the ones who are down on their luck,who need more help and care, the other lazy bums, including the anyone who milks the system, Can Go Eat Crow.