Homeless For The Holidays

[U-533]

Steve this sucks.

I've been in those shoes before. Like all shoes they wearout. When you get new shoes they feel like you stand a bit taller and walk a bit prouder.

I made my mind up the last time I got a new pair of shoes to walk a different way.

Hold fast.

[nikimcbee]

Did you have a nice holiday?

[Theta Sigma]

Forgive my glossing over some posts, but if it wasn't mentioned already, this may be of help:

http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/

Good luck to you.

[_Seth_]

Well, now im sick and tired. Steve tries as hard as he can, but neither the system or the people are willing to help him. I live in Norway, and compared to USA this is heaven.. We actually take care of those who has fallen behind (no offence ment, Steve..), atleast most of them. I will propose a rally to gather enough money so Steve can get back on his feet. From there he has to manage it himself. If its ok with Neal, i suggest we use the Subsim payment system, to ensure that nothing goes wrong. I dont think Steve is a fraud, whos only after sympathy, i belive his life situation is precicely as he tells.
If Neal is in on this & gives his approval, i will start off with donating 300$. For you out there considering buying a new RAM-chip or something similar, save that to the spring and SHIV. I think this is more important.

With kind Regards

Dan
AKA _Seth_

[Sailor Steve]

NO! Absolutely not! No money! I have a place to stay and food to eat, and money won't help enough to make a difference. What I need is the right job, and it will work out from there.

Thanks for the kind offer, but that's one direction I refuse to go. Besides, it won't help me play SHIII.:rotfl:

[fredbass]

I suggest posting your resume here at subsim. Or did you do that already?

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

NO! Absolutely not! No money! I have a place to stay and food to eat, and money won't help enough to make a difference. What I need is the right job, and it will work out from there.

Thanks for the kind offer, but that's one direction I refuse to go. Besides, it won't help me play SHIII.:rotfl:

I respect that, mate... I just want to help, but the distance between here and the US is to big... Please, i hope everything turns out well, and if it is something else i could do, dont hesitate to tell me.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by fredbass

I suggest posting your resume here at subsim. Or did you do that already?

No, I hadn't even thought of it. The situation is not really critical. There are state and local services to help. I'm living in a dorm-type shelter and eating at a free soup kitchen when I'm broke. The thing is I'm working every now and then out of a day labor place (work a day and get paid every day). It doesn't pay enough to allow me to get my own place, but it lets me go out for meals occassionally. The problem is it's really too easy. I could have gone to work at a fast-food place a long time ago; but I'm holding out for a better-paying job, and one that I'll like as well.

I really do appreciate the kind offer, Seth, but on the one hand it wouldn't accomplish anything long-term, and on the other it would let me waste more time not trying hard enough.

I really blame myself for most of this.

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I really do appreciate the kind offer, Seth, but on the one hand it wouldn't accomplish anything long-term, and on the other it would let me waste more time not trying hard enough.

I really blame myself for most of this.

I dont see how you could blame yourself. You dont enjoy beeing in this situation, and i dont think you would put yourself in a unpleasant situation when you dont enjoy it. It is not your fault, as i see it.
Every man has his limitations, i have, you have, and the rest of us have. Where that limit go, is individual, and no-one has the right to criticise others for theys limitations, not Government nor people. You have as much rights as a human beeing as the rest of us, Steve, no matter what other people say or do to you. I wouldnt last a day in your situation, mate, and i have great respect for the way you handle this and for the person you are.
If you should need some cash in the future, i can lend it to you. You could pay me back with a beer and a barbeque when i come to visit you in your future house!

My thoughts are with you, mate!

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Hey, there'll always be a place to go when I move there, matey

[U-533]

[quote=Sailor Steve]
There are state and local services to help. I'm living in a dorm-type shelter and eating at a free soup kitchen when I'm broke. The thing is I'm working every now and then out of a day labor place (work a day and get paid every day). It doesn't pay enough to allow me to get my own place, but it lets me go out for meals occassionally. The problem is it's really too easy. I could have gone to work at a fast-food place a long time ago; but I'm holding out for a better-paying job, and one that I'll like as well.

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As I said before I have been there too.
I hadda a job flippin' burgers. It paid minimum wage. Problem was I was dependable and came to work sober so the manager would work me 50 and 60 hours a week...this would have been OK if the job paid $10 an hour(1989) and I didnt have a wife 2 childern , house and car, and the need to eat... I was working myself deeper into the hole.Then had no time to look another job...I about lost all we had working as hard as I could....so much for the "Just get a job" thing...


Steve .. hang in there man Fridays a come'in

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by U-533

Then had no time to look another job...I about lost all we had working as hard as I could....so much for the "Just get a job" thing...

That's exactly why I keep avoiding those. I still keep thinking there has to be something more I can do; I just haven't found it yet. The frustrating part is all the jobs I'd like but I can't get to because they aren't on a bus line, or they start before the buses run.

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The frustrating part is all the jobs I'd like but I can't get to because they aren't on a bus line, or they start before the buses run.

Get a cheap moped.

[fatty]

Even with a roof over my head I can sympathize with you, Steve; jobs along my bus route here are few and far between.

I could take a car, but I'd have to take out a loan to afford school, and I avoid debt like the plague

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

Get a cheap moped.

Actually I'll get my '82 KZ750 up and running first, and probably for less money. But there's still too little of that and it's kind of cold out right now.