Mrs Palin Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 http://meetup.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=126006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor_Broom Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Thank you for sharing, my life has improved considerably since reading that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonguest Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Thank you for sharing, my life has improved considerably since reading that. The Yanks (and Canadians too I guess) are very lucky in that they have such huge, vast, enormous amounts of open space such that (even if privately owned and therefore technically trespassing) people made homeless can easily 'set up camp' like this. The amount of open space is so damn vast that they can drive 15 mins out of town, set up their equipment and practice rifle shooting without the remotest fear of stray bullets hitting anyone - so uninhabited are some places! As in the original Hoovervilles, there isnt a ridiculous attempt by the authorities to enforce whatever various petty laws may be broken - there is an implicit recognition that these people are trying to do the best for themselves without being a burden on others. Such attitiudes by officialdom would be impossibel here - as it is the job of the nanny state to look after us, even if we dont want it! One interesting point though, and I may be reading too much between the lines here, is the amount of 'stuff' this bloke has!? The text refers to some bloke of 61 years of age - presumably now homeless (repossession?). For a single guy he sure has a lot of stuff! Perhaps if he didnt waste so much money of 'stuff' he might have got by!? Edited July 27, 2009 by anonguest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olebrum Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 For a single guy he sure has a lot of stuff! Perhaps if he didnt waste so much money of 'stuff' he might have got by!? I have a lot of 'stuff' too, mostly worthless, or worth very little. Still. I agree those filthy poor people should be allowed to collect too much 'stuff'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Birds Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 http://meetup.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=126006 And your point is??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortuneFTB Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I want a place like Mick Dundee owns in the Crocodile Dundee films, Belongamick. If heavily armed baddies take days to track you down there the malnorished hordes will never make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonguest Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I want a place like Mick Dundee owns in the Crocodile Dundee films, Belongamick. If heavily armed baddies take days to track you down there the malnorished hordes will never make it. I still remember the day long ago when a work colleague came into work in the morning breathless with excitement that he had apparently inherited about 5000 acres of land in Canada, from a distant uncle or such like. The first thing we did was gather round and help him search online maps, etc to identify it. For about 90 seconds he had visions of precisely such a Belongamick type place. Turned out the land was under ice 10 months of the year at least and virtually unreachable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ayatollah Buggeri Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 When I saw the title of this thread I had pleasant visions of a gippo camp in a cabinet minister's back garden. Bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Spider Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 And your point is??????? Could be that the OP is implying that the events depicted in the link (guy living in a van) has the potential to happen in a field near you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Birds Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Could be that the OP is implying that the events depicted in the link (guy living in a van) has the potential to happen in a field near you . So what? Just about anything can happen in a field near me, including air-plane crashes (been a while since we had one of those though, I must admit). People find themselves temporarily homeless all the time, for lots of reasons, bin there done that. I just don't' see this as worth posting. What am I missing here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Relaxation Suite Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) I want a place like Mick Dundee owns in the Crocodile Dundee films, Belongamick. If heavily armed baddies take days to track you down there the malnorished hordes will never make it. Edited July 28, 2009 by D-503 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatowner Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 When I saw the title of this thread I had pleasant visions of a gippo camp in a cabinet minister's back garden.Bugger. me too sugar puffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Relaxation Suite Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 me too sugar puffs. "He got a mower and mowed down some of the thistles in the field around his "camp" and he seems in good humor." We'll see how that humour does when the blizzards arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Realist 8 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Sign of the times. Relevant to the state of the economy. Interesting link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.