yesIt's ace here, luckily I live in a village just on the outskirts, so I don't get attacked for spare change by the cashpoint.
That is soooo intimidating in town.
I was once homeless and lived on the streets, it wasn't fun, but you wouldn't catch me begging like a twat, I made an effort to go and earn money by doing oddjobs for people, and worst I did was busking.
People pay you to go away if you play a penny whistle :)
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Lu, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:14,
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I knowI was merely having a dig at people who think it's a perfectly GOOD thing to sit and ask for spare change, rather than get off their backside and go and be useful.
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Lu, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:18,
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I love the idea that anyonewould have "spare" change
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dutchbird, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:19,
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yes I always merrily inform them'No, but I shall enjoy spending my carkeys'
Although I don't own a car. Having said this, once a beggar hassled me and I happened to have one of my kids with me, so I had a rant 'How dare you ask a single parent with a child for money, you should be ashamed rah rah rah' and he gave me a tenner.. so they ain't all bad.
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Lu, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:22,
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Yay!That's a nice story. I live right in the centre of town, any hassle I get I tell them I live locally and they normally apologise and go and hassle the tourists
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dutchbird, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:26,
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worst busker i ever saw was using a penny whistlehe had a paper snake attached to it by string.
The astounding level of visual entertainment was matched only by the man's absolute lack of any musical talent whatsoever and the strange smell of wee from him.
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Ulic, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:18,
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i never lived on the streetsand i own paper snakes and smell of wee
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GrandmaOfShoes, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 13:21,
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