Dear the guy with the sign asking for $ on the off-ramp today:

[CHNOPS]

I'm no pro, but I'm guessing that if you ditch the iphone, you might do a little better.

 

[RjThoughts]

I'm no pro, but I'm guessing that if you ditch the iphone, you might do a little better.

Or not wear the $200 New Balance running shoes...

(Had a "beggar" at a mall last week asking for money, wearing sneakers better and more expensive than mine!!)

 

[chillywilly2]

WE have a guy here that grabs his dog, a guitar and a back pack and goes all over town sitting on a corner pretending to be broke and travelling.

He makes a bundle

 

[VaticanAssassin]

I'm no pro, but I'm guessing that if you ditch the iphone, you might do a little better.

Fuck you...I need to keep track of my stocks.

 

[RjThoughts]

WE have a guy here that grabs his dog, a guitar and a back pack and goes all over town sitting on a corner pretending to be broke and travelling.

He makes a bundle

I've seen some NYC street corner musicians make a ton from visiting shoppers.

 

[Liar]

What kind of a place is an off ramp to panhandle at anyway?

 

[CHNOPS]

What kind of a place is an off ramp to panhandle at anyway?

It's CA. Everything's an off-ramp.

People are stopped at a light, you're right next to them, they're headed off to shop anyway, what's another buck here or there.

 

[Liar]

It's CA. Everything's an off-ramp.

People are stopped at a light, you're right next to them, they're headed off to shop anyway, what's another buck here or there.

Ah, CA. Where pedestrians move easier than cars.

If you had any pedestrians.

 

[thør]

It's amusing to watch the changing of the guard on the street corner. Signs and crutches change hands.

 

[Aquagal]

I saw a beggar in Anchorage once with his sign that said..."Will work for beer"

At least he was honest.

 

[thør]

I saw a beggar in Anchorage once with his sign that said..."Will work for beer"

At least he was honest.

One guy's sign says, "Need beer money."

 

[Aquagal]

One guy's sign says, "Need beer money."

I wonder if he's buying Pabst or Heinekin.

 

[RoryN]

Was he wearing a fancy digital watch instead of a normal Timex with hands?

He must have a mansion.

(It's not 1995 - people have cell phones. And it's not 2006 - everyone has an iPhone.)

 

[RjThoughts]

I wonder if he's buying Pabst or Heinekin.

Probably Old Milwaukee or Keysone Light. Cheap piss water

 

[thør]

I wonder if he's buying Pabst or Heinekin.

More than likely, just vodka in the liter plastic bottles.

 

[RjThoughts]

Was he wearing a fancy digital watch instead of a normal Timex with hands?

He must have a mansion.

(It's not 1995 - people have cell phones. And it's not 2006 - everyone has an iPhone.)

I don't - and WON'T - have an iPhone!!!

 

[ksmybuttons]

They actually have a schedule on our ramps. There was an article about it in the alternative paper a few years ago. Organized begging.

What I really don't like are the signs that end in "God Bless." I can't quite figure out why they would do that in a city in one of the least religious populations in the country. Since I use the same ramps I see the same people. I often wonder how well it works for them...

 

[RoryN]

I don't - and WON'T - have an iPhone!!!

I don't either. But a homeless person having one doesn't mean anything.

 

[Peregrinator]

They actually have a schedule on our ramps. There was an article about it in the alternative paper a few years ago. Organized begging.

What I really don't like are the signs that end in "God Bless." I can't quite figure out why they would do that in a city in one of the least religious populations in the country. Since I use the same ramps I see the same people. I often wonder how well it works for them...

That exit that you take to go into the Pearl. There was a guy there every day for the three years I was taking classes at PSU. And I still have a crush on this chick I used to see on Burnside near Powells...

 

[RjThoughts]

I don't either. But a homeless person having one doesn't mean anything.

Is he homeless, or "homeless," one of those men that pretrend to be so they can get out of paying child support? Yeah, we've had those around here.

 

[RoryN]

Is he homeless, or "homeless," one of those men that pretrend to be so they can get out of paying child support?

I don't know, and neither does the OP. Or you.

 

[RjThoughts]

I don't know, and neither does the OP. Or you.

Of course I don't, that's why I asked. Can't know anything without asking a question first. First law of research is to ask one of the 6 W's: Who, What, Where, When, Why or How

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I read that bums make $60 an hour, on average. They prefer ICEHOUSE quart bottles.

Schlub County passed a panhandler ordinance. The sheriff arrests the bums, drives them 25 miles to the jail, and dumps them in the parking lot.

 

[CHNOPS]

I don't either. But a homeless person having one doesn't mean anything.

He's asking people to give him money for food.

We're discussing marketing strategy, not how cool you are because you're, like, way used to cell phones by now.

Keep up, Chad.

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

I'm no pro, but I'm guessing that if you ditch the iphone, you might do a little better.

You must be located in the south east. When I was stationed in the south I saw a lot of that in Georgia.