NYC under siege

[biggestal99]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

That's a lie.

Nobody feels COMPLETELY SAFE on a NYC subway....ever...

You obvious don’t ride the subway either.

Allan

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by biggestal99

You obvious don’t ride the subway either.

Allan

Not since 2019, pre-COVID.

And I couldn't have been happier not to ride in that shithole on days I couldn't walk it.

Speaking of walking, ever try and do that for more than 5 minutes and not pass a homeless person either sleeping on the sidewalk or accosting you for something?

Yeah, it's a wonderful place...especially these days, I'll bet.

[biggestal99]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

Not since 2019, pre-COVID.

And I couldn't have been happier not to ride in that shithole on days I couldn't walk it.

Speaking of walking, ever try and do that for more than 5 minutes and not pass a homeless person either sleeping on the sidewalk or accosting you for something?

Yeah, it's a wonderful place...especially these days, I'll bet.

I basically ignore the homeless.

If panhandles me, I do the same.

I work hard for my money and I certainly won’t give it away to people with mental problems.

Allan

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

Not since 2019, pre-COVID.

And I couldn't have been happier not to ride in that shithole on days I couldn't walk it.

Speaking of walking, ever try and do that for more than 5 minutes and not pass a homeless person either sleeping on the sidewalk or accosting you for something?

Yeah, it's a wonderful place...especially these days, I'll bet.

5 minutes? Dang maybe it isn't as bad as advertised. I used to work a block from Skid Row back in the early 80's. I used to walk every morning to the post office to get the mail. There were so many homeless people on the sidewalk I had to walk in the street. The whole place smelled like pee, empty Thunderbird bottles everywhere. The whole area smelled so bad it was almost hard to notice the old building I worked in was across a narrow alley from a fish cannery.


I have only driven through NYC, I don't see how anyone could drive in that daily, has to be the worst traffic in the USA.

[PaceAdvantage]

That was back in 2019...it had been getting progressively worse with each passing year, especially under DeBlasio....Rudy really cleaned up the place...I wonder what he did with all those homeless people.

best not to ask, I guess, since he went from "AMERICA'S MAYOR" to "CRAZY HAIR DYE GUY"

[dlivery]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

5 minutes? Dang maybe it isn't as bad as advertised. I used to work a block from Skid Row back in the early 80's. I used to walk every morning to the post office to get the mail. There were so many homeless people on the sidewalk I had to walk in the street. The whole place smelled like pee, empty Thunderbird bottles everywhere. The whole area smelled so bad it was almost hard to notice the old building I worked in was across a narrow alley from a fish cannery.


I have only driven through NYC, I don't see how anyone could drive in that daily, has to be the worst traffic in the USA.

Still sits or yet is up around the top places to be seen in or just have friends living in the city.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by biggestal99

I basically ignore the homeless.

If panhandles me, I do the same.

I work hard for my money and I certainly won’t give it away to people with mental problems.

Allan

A true democrat.

[ReplayRandall]

Originally Posted by biggestal99

I basically ignore the homeless..Allan

Spreading that Christmas cheer, as only YOU can do....Don't worry, nobody's watching.

[davew]

arsonist / terrorist starts christmas tree outside FOX news


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ch...?ocid=msedgntp

[biggestal99]

Originally Posted by ReplayRandall

Spreading that Christmas cheer, as only YOU can do....Don't worry, nobody's watching.

I volunteer and donate to the local food bank where I know my money and efforts aren’t wasted. If you give it to a random homeless person, that’s Russian roulette.

Allan

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by biggestal99

I volunteer and donate to the local food bank where I know my money and efforts aren’t wasted. If you give it to a random homeless person, that’s Russian roulette.

Allan

Ages ago I had a panhandler walk up to me at a mini mart gas station late at night giving me the BS story of needing money to go in and buy milk and diapers.


I told him I thought he was lying, you want it for alcohol, don't you? Guy was kind of silent. I told him I was not going to give him any money I said I would go buy milk and diapers for him or he could grab some alcohol I had in the trunk. You will never guess what he picked. I was in charge of alcohol at a wedding reception at a large house where the homeowners did not drink so I hauled out the leftovers. I had a Cadillac CDV and the trunk was about half full of liquor bottles some unopened, some with a pint left in a 1.75 liter bottle. Plenty of beers left in an ice chest that would hold a full grown man.


He took a bottle of vodka and a plastic bag full of beer. Did anybody guess milk & diapers?


Might have told him off if I didn't have the alcohol collection. It was 1am and I was the only one pumping gas, he kind of came out of the darkness, he would have spooked a lot of people. I used him for a little entertainment.


I give money to panhandlers on occasion if I am in an extremely good mood or their story is actually believable.

[TJDave]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

Ages ago I had a panhandler walk up to me at a mini mart gas station late at night giving me the BS story of needing money to go in and buy milk and diapers.


I told him I thought he was lying, you want it for alcohol, don't you? Guy was kind of silent. I told him I was not going to give him any money I said I would go buy milk and diapers for him or he could grab some alcohol I had in the trunk. You will never guess what he picked. I was in charge of alcohol at a wedding reception at a large house where the homeowners did not drink so I hauled out the leftovers. I had a Cadillac CDV and the trunk was about half full of liquor bottles some unopened, some with a pint left in a 1.75 liter bottle. Plenty of beers left in an ice chest that would hold a full grown man.


He took a bottle of vodka and a plastic bag full of beer. Did anybody guess milk & diapers?


Might have told him off if I didn't have the alcohol collection. It was 1am and I was the only one pumping gas, he kind of came out of the darkness, he would have spooked a lot of people. I used him for a little entertainment.


I give money to panhandlers on occasion if I am in an extremely good mood or their story is actually believable.

Years ago and way before political correctness a friend started an organization called Wassails for Winos. He would collect money and buy cases of fortified wine and 1/2 pints of hard liquor to distribute during the Christmas season. He was a big hit.

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by TJDave

Years ago and way before political correctness a friend started an organization called Wassails for Winos. He would collect money and buy cases of fortified wine and 1/2 pints of hard liquor to distribute during the Christmas season. He was a big hit.

What brand of wine? The official wino whine of Skid Row when I worked a block away in the early 80's was Thunderbird, empty bottles were everywhere. The corner store that sold it also sold the Racing Form. I think they both cost $1.50. Looks like it is no longer made but online stores make you think it is and then you put in any address and it says unavailable.

I even tried an address a block over from Skid Row. Not sure the liquor store profit on cheap wine, but in that small store it was rare to not have a couple winos in line all the time.

[Dave Schwartz]

When I lived in LA (Wilshire Center) back in 1979, I was in a local Von's. Watched a guy in front of me buy a 6-pack of beer and a can of Sterno.

Asked the cashier about it and he explained that Sterno was known as "Squeeze." (The camp stove fuel)

Street people would mix it with anything palatable and drink it. Read about it in the story below.

Skid Row Deaths Of 1963

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

What brand of wine? The official wino whine of Skid Row when I worked a block away in the early 80's was Thunderbird, empty bottles were everywhere. The corner store that sold it also sold the Racing Form. I think they both cost $1.50. Looks like it is no longer made but online stores make you think it is and then you put in any address and it says unavailable.

I even tried an address a block over from Skid Row. Not sure the liquor store profit on cheap wine, but in that small store it was rare to not have a couple winos in line all the time.

I grew up in the 70s on Thunderbird and Ripple.