Originally posted by Paula
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I try when begging to offer sth - like blog URL's - and to sleep sheltered in staircases and so forth as much as possible. Week days library opening hours, I am alimenting my blogs and staying warm in that way.
Originally posted by Paula
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Originally posted by Paula
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If a man sits down and people pass by, you should be safe.
Originally posted by Paula
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In other words, as far as health is concerned, it is not totally just for ill.
Some homeless who stay out way more hours than I keep warm on it.
I try to get a more balanced meal sometimes by drinking beer to less solid than not drinking or just water to more solids. Otherwise I risk constipation.
BUT the tactic fails if people seeing me do that get concerned that I am getting drunk, and then start giving me sugary things or much food.
As Muslims sometimes do in such cases. Instead of a light and balanced meal I get a top heavy meal even further overweighed by the alcohol.
Originally posted by Paula
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Originally posted by Paula
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A coin or bill and a smile is appreciated. And having to tell your story over and over again, because that is what people "talking to" a homeless often ask, is a chore.
Since I make publicity for my blogs (which I have been told very distinctly I must not do here, except in signature or when citing a piece of appropriate information from them), I try to be in some different places, often meet people the first time, and people wanting to know what has happened instead of asking what the URL is about is somewhat of a non-winner.
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Originally posted by rogue06
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Originally posted by rogue06
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If first thing I get when starting to beg when hungry is food, I am thankful.
But if food continues coming in, this is a health hazard. I am more likely to develop NASH than Alcohol related Fat Liver or Cirrhosis.
Also, if I need to wash clothes due to wanting to be clean in libraries (my smell having more to do with how recently clothes were washed than with last shower), if people band up on that policy, it is like stealing my clothes - it is making them useless.
When I still used to wear underwear, I regularly washed, could not dry and had to throw away when it became moldy, due to that kind of sentiment.
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