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Offline Sourdough

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Re: homeless in Anchorage,AK
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2009, 07:56:13 PM »
TN:  When in Turkey I got to go to the Adana Hilton as it was called by the Americans.  We had a young troop try and steal a gold necklace and got caught.  They kept him for three days, the First Sargent and I had to take him food, water, and a blanket to sleep with.  Then I went with the first Sargent to get him out.  Before the incident he was a radical young Black man that thought he was the toughest thing going.  He did nothing but preach hate and dissent while in the dorm.  When we got him out of jail, he was a totally changed individual.  The Commander had him go before the people in the unit and tell them about his experience, all the gory details, nothing held back.  The bruises on his face and body attested to the hard time he had.  And for the rest of the time I was in Turkey, none of our troops had any brushes with the local authorities.

This young man got on his knees and begged the commander to slip him out of the country, but the Col refused and made him go to trial.  Lucky for him the shop owner and the Base Commander had a good rapor and since the young man had paid restitution, the shop owner got the necklace back and decided not to press charges, sentence was reduced to time served.  The Col made him stay in country for the rest of his tour, and did not expect any trouble out of him.  When I left country he had not been off base since his trial, and that had been 9 months.

It scared the heck out of me just going into the place to take him food and water.  This is also the jail that was used in the movie "Midnight Express"  Most of the food and water was taken by other prisoners as soon as I left anyway.
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Re: homeless in Anchorage,AK
« Reply #31 on: July 14, 2009, 01:54:54 AM »
Most of the homeless choose to be where they are. It is easer to bum than to work. I picked up a guy hitch-hiking once and rode him for several hundred miles.
  He told me of the life he lives. He never washes his clothes he just goes to the next mission or what ever and gets new ones. He was traveling from, California to Ohio to visit with some people and then to Florida for the winter. He had different routs he took depending on which places he wanted to hit for hand outs and he knew the best places all across the country.
  I do not feel sorry for these people they are living the way they want.  Try give one of those will work for food guys a job! He will laugh in your face.
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Re: homeless in Anchorage,AK
« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2009, 02:41:45 AM »
The hobo's of the 50's and 60's marked houses that gave hand out wonder if the homeless do the same ?
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Re: homeless in Anchorage,AK
« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2009, 03:18:37 AM »
The ones in my area take a more statistical approach by begging on particular busy corners. They avoid areas where they are likely to be hassled by cops, like in front of the Federal Reserve regional office, or the IRS office.
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Re: homeless in Anchorage,AK
« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2009, 05:30:23 AM »
Here they need a lic. to beg .
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Re: homeless in Anchorage,AK
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2009, 10:03:38 AM »
 these are the reasons im a country boy..for several yrs now ive been honing my get by
 without society skills..you got to be able to be in a place in the woods an nobody even has a clue you are there.. you gotta eat ,, drink,,stay warm ,,dry.. last but not least protect yourself from predators mostly 2 legged kind..all this stuff i did as a kid.. its slowly coming back..if i ever need it ,,i think this ole country boy can survive..hope so anyway..slim
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