Another stupid story on News.com. That site is working it's way towards being the online Today Tonight.

funniest thing i saw the other day in the city some homeless guy fishing a smoke butt other of the gutter while talking on his mobile phone!

I think many people today dont understand what needs and wants are

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GreenPat said...

Didn't read the article or links, but unless a lot of people keep separate savings accounts, there are a lot of people out there with only a couple of hundred dollars to keep them going between pays, going by the atm printouts they leave behind.

Yeah. We are about that despite our asset value being a bit over a mil. That consists of two res. units, one commercial unit and the house we live in. Fortunately no mortgages but about 6g on the credit cards.

After council rates, living income for son wife and self is $23k. No overseas holidays in that lot I assure you. Holidays are camping ones.

Don't have to and no longer can find or be in, "paid employment".

How is this possible you might ask. Bury your ego, live frugally and avoid debt like the plague.

GreenGriff said...

funniest thing i saw the other day in the city some homeless guy fishing a smoke butt other of the gutter while talking on his mobile phone!

I think many people today dont understand what needs and wants are

I had vowed to never post on seabreeze again, only lurk, but after reading such an ignorant statement and having the nerve to call homelessness funny I can't help myself.

Homelessness in general is appalling under-catered for regarding basic shelter, Single mothers are the first to be allowed a bed in short term accommodation, men are the last. Considering that public transport is the only option for the homeless, if you need to find a bed for the evening, spending your entire day traversing the city only be knocked back from nearly every shelter because they are full is not an option. A mobile phone for a homeless person is much more a need than a cigarette in a gutter will ever be, they need it to survive, they are not using it to tweet their friends or post on seabreeze, they are using it to find a place to sleep.

I have worked on a project for 4 years running aimed at giving homeless youth a voice, their stories would shock you and homelessness is never a choice they make because they just feel like running away. Put yourself in the other guys shoes before you judge him.

I got asked for 2 bucks by a drunken indigini last week in freo, he stunk like a bottle of wild turkey, he was about to say "I need something to eat" when I just gave him a blank look in the eye, he then relented and said "ok I need a drink" whilst chuckling at his earlier BS story, I gave him $4 for his honesty.

Seeing as I just ate a big arse chicken curry I just cooked up, I'm not...

I should also add that with higher inflation the RBA will most likely have to raise interest rates.



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