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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Feb 19, 2013 4:36pm
Does ccrunner live close by? :huh: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.
Mohican00
Posts: 3,394
Feb 19, 2013 4:43pm
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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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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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Feb 19, 2013 4:45pm
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.
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Feb 19, 2013 4:48pm
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.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Feb 19, 2013 5:16pm
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.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.
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.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Feb 19, 2013 5:18pm
He calls The police?
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Feb 19, 2013 5:20pm
Infraction!Devils Advocate;1392485 wrote:He calls The police?
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Feb 19, 2013 5:23pm
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.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.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Feb 19, 2013 5:41pm
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.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Feb 19, 2013 5:59pm
Haha. He must have been there for a long time because I remembered walking by him tons of times.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!"
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Banana Stand
Posts: 13
Feb 19, 2013 6:10pm
http://uweekly.com/article/osus-rapping-bum-dies-4754/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.
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Timber
Posts: 935
Feb 19, 2013 7:11pm
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...
"I need a dolla thirty fi, fo a colt forty-fi."
My buddy gave him a 10 spot for the humor...
Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Feb 19, 2013 8:10pm
Bumfights
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Feb 19, 2013 8:30pm
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.
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.
Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Feb 19, 2013 8:33pm
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.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Feb 19, 2013 8:36pm
Holy shit..i've seen that chick.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.
Stopped there to get fast food on my way back to Cinci
Midstate01
Posts: 14,766
Feb 19, 2013 8:51pm
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.
Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Feb 19, 2013 9:01pm
You take 74 to 465 to 65?SportsAndLady;1392599 wrote:Holy shit..i've seen that chick.
Stopped there to get fast food on my way back to Cinci
Yea dude, I'm gonna marry that bitch one day.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Feb 19, 2013 9:09pm
YupTrueblue23;1392631 wrote:You take 74 to 465 to 65?
Yea dude, I'm gonna marry that bitch one day.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Feb 19, 2013 9:14pm
That's pretty damn sad. Was he killed in action?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.
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MontyBrunswick
Feb 19, 2013 9:15pm
Does it really matter?like_that;1392642 wrote:That's pretty damn sad. Was he killed in action?
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Feb 19, 2013 9:33pm
Yes.dlazz;1392646 wrote:Does it really matter?
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Feb 19, 2013 9:51pm
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.
Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Feb 19, 2013 9:57pm
74 fuckin sucks. What a boring drive. Next time you're making that trip let me know and we'll hit the casino!SportsAndLady;1392640 wrote:Yup
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Feb 19, 2013 10:25pm
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.
J/K