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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:43 PM Original message |
Who here has been homeless? |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick because it's important to me |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:55 PM Original message |
dupe n/t |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting post. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
65. Increasingly, a large number of elder peopleare now. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #65 |
106. That is the exact word, isn't it? It cries to heaven for vengeance - which |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Unfortunately, the comeuppance is needed now---people are suffering. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #108 |
125. What makes it particularly infuriating to me is that they, above all |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
124. Absolutely, H20Man! |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
129. Homeless teens are called "couch jumpers" |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #129 |
135. And they put on such a tough armor to shield themselves from the terror |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I do my best to not judge those in need |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I like the way you think |
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TexasLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. luckily weve always had family during harder times |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Thanks TexasLady |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Jerry Springer won my heart one day - |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. been there, done that, and thanks for your post |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And to you, MrCoffee |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. fantastic, and thanks for asking! |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. I was homeless for awhile during Poppy's regime |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm that broke right now. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh, tofunut, I hope things improve for you |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Thanks for your kindness. |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. What kind of national service are you doing that is leaving you this |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. I'm in AmeriCorps. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
84. I did Americorps in NYC... |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. Oh boy, that's a crazy commute. |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. We are working with Homeless Veterans |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know vets make up a large number of homeless |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Lived in a car for a couple of months in the early 70s |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wound up homeless in a nasty divorce, we owned a company together |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm sorry you had to go through that |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
95. I'm actually not sorry, I like who I am today so much more than who I |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for this post. I've never been homeless but I've always tried |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That's so true |
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I_Make_Mistakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
80. I am a Christian and as these types reflect that belief, just ask |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
105. Not how stupid they are; how blasphemous. Christ was born a poor man and |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have .... both homeless and penniless .... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Also, most people don't realize that they too are just a paycheck away from real poverty |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Thank you so much |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. thank you, your post meant a lot to me. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. never homeless, but was scrounging for food near the end of some weeks. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. if it makes you feel any better, there is a lot of hostility to |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yes, I have noticed that too |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
130. I, too, have experienced homelessness. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Deleted message |
mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. like i was saying.... |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. I just was thinking thats the smoke you see |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
73. What's wrong? Heartlessness. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was as a kid. Homeless and hungry poor. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sky, you've made almost every point in this post |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That means so much to me |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've been Homeless |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. Oh skygazer, what a wonderful topic! |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I wish better things for you in 2007 as well |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thanks for sharing your story. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Bless you, will |
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rollopollo (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. Food stamps |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. .... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. Well done and well written my friend! (nt) |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. I was homeless and hitchhiked around the country for a spell... |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. I have. And I totally agree with what you said. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
72. Your post was stunning. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
118. Thank you for telling your story |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. I am also strangely grateful for the experience |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. Never closer than sleeping on a friend's couch in between jobs |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. Lived In A Car For 8 1/2 Months Over Two Winters Including The Worst in Jersey In 20 Years Probably. |
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Boxerfan (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. Lived in a camper for 2 years.Alchoholic (sober 12+ years now). |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. One word for you... |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. I have been there too |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. grew up dirt poor. been homeless. used food stamps. the whole 9 yards. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Could not possibly agree with that more |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. I was never actually homeless, |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thank you so much, that was an extremely powerful post. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #56 |
74. Not to mention the businesses that "leach"... Halliburton, anyone? |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. I am very aware that if my parents did not have the money I would have been |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Homeless due to family illness. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. I have been both |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. When my husband was in the Marine Corp in the early 80's |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
62. Was homeless once.. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
63. One of the best posts I've ever read. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
64. I was homeless once. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
107. Our most basic assumptions are our life's work; they're not something |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
66. K&R and no |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
67. Crimes against humanity |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. "If I was a dog, would you help me?" sign held by homeless person |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
68. I ate, gobbled and stashed the leftovers from patron diners plates |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
70. When I was a kid, we went "camping" sometimes in the car |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
110. That's something I only realised late in life. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
71. I experienced poverty as a child. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
75. Unbelievable as it sounds, it gets even worse... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
76. yes and no |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
77. Me |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
78. Was homeless once. |
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vickitulsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
79. Been steadily slipping toward homelessness for the last three years. |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
81. Yep |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
82. Yes, and there's no place like home. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
83. We have too |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
85. I have, skygazer. |
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jarab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
86. K & R. |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
87. This actually touches on something I was have been thinking about. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
88. It's the pervasive myth of "scam artists" out there trying to get our money that drives me nuts. |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
89. Me. n/t |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
90. I have. 40 years ago. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #90 |
113. I hope you didn't have dependents and failed them out of a false |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
131. I haven't the foggiest idea why you posted this. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
91. Merry Christmas |
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Freeusfromthechurch (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
92. My family and I are homeless now |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #92 |
134. I'm "house sitting" for my infirm mom. |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
93. I was |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
96. I was homeless for short periods years ago |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
97. Lived in my minivan for two years. Housed now, but still desperately poor... |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
98. I am currently homeless |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #98 |
120. Your amazing Mandy |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
99. I've been homeless, but always had a car, which helped. nt |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
100. Yes, lived in a car with 2 children in the late 70s. I would be now |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I promise to do that very thing |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #100 |
117. Christmas celebrates the Holy Family. I think you're rightly celebrating your |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #117 |
133. Thank you. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
102. me.... |
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MinneapolisMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
103. I have. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
104. Great post! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
109. I always try to make contact with the homeless people I see |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
111. I have |
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hamerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
112. I'm in the club, |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Thank you, dumpbush (great name, btw) |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
114. I was for a time back around 1972... |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
116. I was homeless for 3 days; |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
121. I have. |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
122. I have twice.. No fun at all. I lost my house the second and last time. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. It's not all it's cracked up to be, is it? |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
126. Closest I came was when our heat was turned off... |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
127. I'm currently homeless |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. There is no shame in your situation |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 05:52 AM Response to Reply #127 |
137. Hey. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #127 |
138. Na, Du... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
132. Merry Christmas, stargazer. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
136. As another homeless person, I don't think any of this will change |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-24-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
139. I can't imagine any more powerful illustration of the power of America's |
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