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Feb 19, 2013 4:36 PM
like_that;1392402 wrote:. It is just much easier to place the shoes at the spot. The shoes are normally gone within a few hours.
Does ccrunner live close by? :huh:
Feb 19, 2013 4:36pm
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Feb 19, 2013 4:43 PM
I get hit up about once a week in Columbus - and once, three times in the span of a half hour. If I have some spare change I'll give it to them (and please, spare me your "I need change for the bus story" - go buy crack, I don't care).

But these assholes gotta realize this is 2013, a lot of people don't carry cash anymore. One guy even had the gall to ask me how I paid for a bottle of water at a gas station when I told him I didn't have any spare change for him earlier.

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Feb 19, 2013 4:43pm
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friendfromlowry

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Feb 19, 2013 4:45 PM
When I'm getting off the highway, there's a couple different spots that guys stand on with boards saying something about being homeless vets, looking for work, hungry kids, etc. What's odd to me is that in the two years I've been driving by the spot, the same guys is frequently there. I can't believe that in two years, he hasn't found anything better than sitting on the road asking people for their money.
Feb 19, 2013 4:45pm
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Feb 19, 2013 4:48 PM
I'm "heartless" as I don't give money to people begging for it. I just don't. I am extremely skeptical about what they plan to do with it and/or their true financial situation.
Feb 19, 2013 4:48pm
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Feb 19, 2013 5:16 PM
Fly4Fun;1392463 wrote:I'm "heartless" as I don't give money to people begging for it. I just don't. I am extremely skeptical about what they plan to do with it and/or their true financial situation.
They're begging for change on the sidewalk. What difference does it make to you if they spend the 15 cents you just gave them on McDonalds or booze? Their life is pretty shitty regardless.

I can imagine F4F now, handing over a nickel to a bum and following him. Then when the bum spends it on something he doesn't approve.....you get the rest.
Feb 19, 2013 5:16pm
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Feb 19, 2013 5:18 PM
He calls The police?
Feb 19, 2013 5:18pm
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Feb 19, 2013 5:20 PM
Devils Advocate;1392485 wrote:He calls The police?
Infraction!
Feb 19, 2013 5:20pm
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Feb 19, 2013 5:23 PM
Commander of Awesome;1392484 wrote:They're begging for change on the sidewalk. What difference does it make to you if they spend the 15 cents you just gave them on McDonalds or booze? Their life is pretty shitty regardless.

I can imagine F4F now, handing over a nickel to a bum and following him. Then when the bum spends it on something he doesn't approve.....you get the rest.
Because there is a strong chance that if they are dependent on drugs and/or alcohol that is the reason they are on the street. Enabling an addiction doesn't help them and only helps them to continue on their shitty path.
Feb 19, 2013 5:23pm
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Feb 19, 2013 5:41 PM
I dont give to homeless, directly. The other day we took two loads of clothes to the local Goodwill after hours. There was a homeless dude hanging around out back we noticed. When we came back 30 minutes later, all the clothes we dropped off, plus a tv someone else had left was gone. The guy still had the balls to come around the corner while we were unloading the second time and ask us what we had and money for food.
Feb 19, 2013 5:41pm
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Feb 19, 2013 5:59 PM
BigAppleBuckeye;1392422 wrote:Damn that sucks! I always enjoyed his classic "I don't lie ... I don't steal ... just need some cash for an extra value meal. Help is on the Way!"
Haha. He must have been there for a long time because I remembered walking by him tons of times.
Feb 19, 2013 5:59pm
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Feb 19, 2013 6:10 PM
BigAppleBuckeye;1392337 wrote:Is the "Help is On the Way" guy still hanging around the OSU campus? When my old ass was there in the mid-to-late 90s, he would always rock sweet rhymes and I would give him money, even though I knew the d-bag drove a nicer car than I did.
http://uweekly.com/article/osus-rapping-bum-dies-4754/
Feb 19, 2013 6:10pm
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Feb 19, 2013 7:11 PM
Had a great experience crossing the street to the Q... Guy had a classic line.
"I need a dolla thirty fi, fo a colt forty-fi."
My buddy gave him a 10 spot for the humor...
Feb 19, 2013 7:11pm
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Feb 19, 2013 8:10 PM
Bumfights
Feb 19, 2013 8:10pm
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Feb 19, 2013 8:30 PM
Don't really run into them here. In Chillicothe a few are placed near the busy intersections....but these folks have been caught buying big stuff in Chillicothe and Portsmouth.

While leaving Reds game I always have my son give 1 of them a $1.

The one Indians game I've been to one of these homeless guys was following us for about a block and up to the entrance asking/telling us to buy him a cheeseburger. He was very overbearing and a bit scary.....no burger for that dude.
Feb 19, 2013 8:30pm
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Feb 19, 2013 8:33 PM
I see them all the time here in Indianapolis. The best one is a chick with one leg who stands off the ramp at Michigan Road off of 465N. She's always rocking a camo shirt and some weird bandana. I call her LT Dan.
Feb 19, 2013 8:33pm
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Feb 19, 2013 8:36 PM
Trueblue23;1392594 wrote:I see them all the time here in Indianapolis. The best one is a chick with one leg who stands off the ramp at Michigan Road off of 465N. She's always rocking a camo shirt and some weird bandana. I call her LT Dan.
Holy shit..i've seen that chick.

Stopped there to get fast food on my way back to Cinci
Feb 19, 2013 8:36pm
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Feb 19, 2013 8:51 PM
Theres a homeless lady here who sits just outside the navy gate. Shes waiting for her husband to come home. But he was killed in 1968. She actually has family here and they I guess try to get her to come home but she basically went crazy when they told her he was killed.
Feb 19, 2013 8:51pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:01 PM
SportsAndLady;1392599 wrote:Holy shit..i've seen that chick.

Stopped there to get fast food on my way back to Cinci
You take 74 to 465 to 65?

Yea dude, I'm gonna marry that bitch one day.
Feb 19, 2013 9:01pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:09 PM
Trueblue23;1392631 wrote:You take 74 to 465 to 65?

Yea dude, I'm gonna marry that bitch one day.
Yup
Feb 19, 2013 9:09pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:14 PM
Midstate01;1392614 wrote:Theres a homeless lady here who sits just outside the navy gate. Shes waiting for her husband to come home. But he was killed in 1968. She actually has family here and they I guess try to get her to come home but she basically went crazy when they told her he was killed.
That's pretty damn sad. Was he killed in action?
Feb 19, 2013 9:14pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:15 PM
like_that;1392642 wrote:That's pretty damn sad. Was he killed in action?
Does it really matter?
Feb 19, 2013 9:15pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:33 PM
dlazz;1392646 wrote:Does it really matter?
Yes.
Feb 19, 2013 9:33pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:51 PM
Had a lady ask me for gas money in Columbus on Saturday. Said no one was nice. Had crack teeth. And a cell phone in her hand. Call a friend. I can't help you.
Feb 19, 2013 9:51pm
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Feb 19, 2013 9:57 PM
SportsAndLady;1392640 wrote:Yup
74 fuckin sucks. What a boring drive. Next time you're making that trip let me know and we'll hit the casino!
Feb 19, 2013 9:57pm
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Feb 19, 2013 10:25 PM
hasbeen;1392670 wrote:Had a lady ask me for gas money in Columbus on Saturday. Said no one was nice. Had crack teeth. And a cell phone in her hand. Call a friend. I can't help you.

I did have this once....some hippee type girl who had been to one of those weekend music fests and you could tell she hadn't showered in a few days but she was barefoot and only wearing a sun dress driving a 15 year old junky jeep commander. I has $13 bucks in my pocket and gave her that much gas....I thought she was going to cry and hug me (cleaned up would've definately let her).....but I wished her well. She was a wreck but I felt good after doing that.....did not feel good after doing her.










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Feb 19, 2013 10:25pm