SmithJ
Veteran Member
You’re wrong there. They will charge a relative for a ride to work or to the grocery store.
And no loans!
WTF?!? People are getting aggressive these days......
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And no loans!
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Cary specified that he was speaking about our area. Don't have a clue what it's like in other areas.
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
In my area that is BS, blacks steal / rape / murder blacks 1st 2nd and often 3rd before they look to the whites.
If we dropped the blacks from the stats, we would have a very low crime rate and 1 murder for the last 10 years
Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
I remember when a dime bag was 10.00.
Need to add that to our inflationary list.
Of course that was way, way back in time.
Not my aluminum one.Bats are great to keep around. They burn quickly as well.
But it cleans up real nice.
Marthanoir
TB Fanatic
bracketquant
Veteran Member
You seem to think that I only give to street beggers. I do other things, too. When you see a woman in a shopping line, toting a young child on her hip, buying a 1 pound bag of rice and 2 ramen noodle packets (she likely had all of 1 or 2 dollars on her), it really cuts to one's heart. I'll give her a $20, and say "Do a little more shopping". I've had people in front of me pay for my groceries, and I've paid for groceries of those behind me.
And, if I see someone in need, whether it's money or not, especially if they ask for help, I help if I can. Perhaps you could look up "respecter of persons" to understand that I don't discriminate. It's about treating all people the same.
Since Covid, I haven't dined out, although previously I always had given large tips. I don't know if my state has changed its laws, but waiters lived almost entirely on tips, their minimum wage was something like $2.40/hour.
No matter what, beggars are going to get enough to survive. Most just give them money, and that's it. That's what reinforces their behavior. Along with the money, I give them the message of hope, that they can change their lives and be productive. As I said earlier, I hope they will remember my message with every sip of that bottle they buy. I'm trying to help them break the cycle that they are in. There are probably few, if any, people in their lives giving them positive hope. And, I haven't been guilted at all. I have been Called. I don't think you truly understand my motivation.
In the Austin area, street begging is tied to organized crime. Homeless people are “recruited” by the black drug gangs. There are actually schedules of who goes to what corners and how long they stay until “relieved” by the next person. The money collected goes directly to the gangs. After learning that, I have never given to a street beggar since.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
I've already explained that I haven't ever had that happen to me.
And, I don't wish to go to a 3rd world country, nor have a 2nd world country come to me, that some of America has turned into. Where I live, it is a lower (maybe lowest) middle class neighborhood. We are here, because this is what we can afford. But, we are going to do everything in our power to stay away from 3rd world conditions or inner city conditions. We don't outwardly display wealth, so thieves basically leave our neighborhood alone. A police car comes through once a month, driving down maybe one in every 3 or 4 streets, spends about 30 seconds, here, and then leaves. I don't think they even cruise through in the winter time. If there is crime, it might be mostly domestic abuse, but no one is going to gossip about it.
While my neighborhood is mostly white, there are Blacks and Hispanics, here, that fled those inner cities. They don't want any part of that violent culture, and therefore don't want it coming here. We all look out for each other, rather than being selfish and only looking out for one's self. Only looking out for one's self seems to be the constant feature of cultures of greed, violence and only the strongest surviving. We don't want to live like that. A group of people looking out for each other is much stronger. Where I live, people are nice. PERIOD. Perhaps you just haven't experienced going out of one's way to be nice and helpful to those around you. It takes a lot more work than just being selfish, and there is no guarantee of a reward.
And, you don't know about my life and peak prosperity. For starters, I've never owned a car. I've never had a job that paid much more than minimum wage. I wouldn't call my life prosperous in any shape or form. Just frugally content, that's all. That's all I want or need. I have what many of the rich can never have, I have enough. I lead a peaceful life. I lack for nothing, in any aspects, other than perhaps being very blunt when it comes to interacting with people online. I am trying to shock people into doing more thinking rather than reacting to their "feels". Face to face, I never act this way.
You are correct in saying that you seem to be lacking some thinking. How would you have only one good option, if you pulled a knife, and then he pulled a gun? That's the kind of blunt talk that I use, in order to get them to think about thinking.
Tex88
Veteran Member
Nah bruh, you make a move we're all gonna get tinnitus today...Take it SD doesn't stand for Schalldämpfer
GingerN
Veteran Member
one of the first things I was taught about guns was that I was never to draw it unless I intended to kill what I drew on. I have drawn it one time, and i guess the sight of a 9 months pregnant woman standing on a porch in the middle of a December night wearing only a sweater and panties holding a double barrelled 12g made them think twice. .
As coalcracker said, “Those who carry firearms give off a definite “Don’t mess with me” vibe. And I thought it was just my sunny disposition… Course, wearing two G47s, nobody is asking if I’m happy to see ‘em.
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Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
And I think one could swing one longer that a traditional Louisville.
We could test the theory if we could locate a surplus of suitable test subjects.
My imagination is running full chat at the options but I probably shouldn't express those thoughts.
I only ever drew a gun one time in my life. One night my wife and I were watching a late movie, and all the lights were out. I noticed a yellow flickering on the wall, and looked out the front window. I saw flames rising next to my truck on the gas cap side. Thinking that someone was trying to burn my truck, I trapped my pistol and went out the side door. I stayed in the shadows until I got to the end of the driveway. Finally I moved into the street. The gun was down at the time. I saw three people had set a fire next to my truck. I raised the pistol to point upward (not at them) and shouted “FREEZE!!”
They did, looking like deer in the headlights. At that time I noticed that they were kids, maybe in their early teens. They had built a fire from newspapers in the middle of the street, so there was no danger to my truck. I ordered them to put out the fire, and they stomped it out. I then came closer and told them that they were lucky they hadn’t been shot. Lastly, I told them to get out of here and never let me see them on my street again. They left and I never did. But I never pointed the gun at them; I just had it in case it had been armed adults trying to burn the truck.
That was back in roughly 1986, a very long time ago.
They did, looking like deer in the headlights. At that time I noticed that they were kids, maybe in their early teens. They had built a fire from newspapers in the middle of the street, so there was no danger to my truck. I ordered them to put out the fire, and they stomped it out. I then came closer and told them that they were lucky they hadn’t been shot. Lastly, I told them to get out of here and never let me see them on my street again. They left and I never did. But I never pointed the gun at them; I just had it in case it had been armed adults trying to burn the truck.
That was back in roughly 1986, a very long time ago.
Marthanoir
TB Fanatic
Heh, yeah family story that I won't go in to on main but pepper spray to the face isn't the worse
Tex88
Veteran Member
Lecturing me not to try and trick it into creating offensive content, obviously.