tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post3124702489143069842..comments2022-10-20T09:55:38.732-07:00Comments on Jane Becomes an Author: On Noticing Who Lives in the ColdJaneofVirginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-49686037332538955292022-10-20T09:55:38.732-07:002022-10-20T09:55:38.732-07:00Although I hadn't seen this young woman throug...Although I hadn't seen this young woman through the COVID lockdowns, I recently saw her again in a city a distance from here. As I drove past in a busy area of the city, I noticed that she remains panhandling, and has aged a fair bit as a young person. I am very pleased that she remains alive.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-22355966917142596322014-02-12T16:24:44.504-08:002014-02-12T16:24:44.504-08:00I agree. There are many different types of needy....I agree. There are many different types of needy. Sometimes helping someone who is having difficulty can help them stand for independently rather than spending lots of resources on someone who doesn't work toward helping themselves at all. I know that many times, help is given where the agency perceives "greatest need" when sometimes they should simply help where it might do the most good.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-84608856060586330852014-02-12T16:21:02.747-08:002014-02-12T16:21:02.747-08:00There are all types of Mensa people. Just because...There are all types of Mensa people. Just because someone tests well when performing on puzzles, does not mean they have anything remotely resembling an emotional intelligence. In fact, sometimes those whose IQs tested highest on tests which weighted puzzles and spatial relations greatly, didn't spend time understanding people at all. Curious world, isn't it ?JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-24788396888766131342014-02-12T00:41:51.137-08:002014-02-12T00:41:51.137-08:00Well, I don't know where the rest of my commen...Well, I don't know where the rest of my comment ran off to. The point was clothes are deceiving as to the real financial status of a person. I was denied a benefit on sight as the person looked up and down my body. She explained I was not in need and was not a senior. Well, I was really having financial problems and was 65. <br /><br />What persons in need looks like, how they dress, if they wash hair should not be used to determine if they are worthy of any consideration other than a needy person. Being well-groomed is not proof of a lack of need. Being in need is somehow something that should not occur if you have a master's degree, which I have. <br /><br />Showing hope, humanity, and encouragement seems to be something that Christians seem to have a hard time conveying, especially on a Sunday. I am sure they wondered why you were bringing the leper amongst the good Christian people. <br /><br />Being homeless is considered a moral failing. Practical Parsimonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419071209412207674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-77963817312961822702014-02-11T15:02:15.957-08:002014-02-11T15:02:15.957-08:00Find a mensa member standing in a soup kitchen lin...Find a mensa member standing in a soup kitchen line and you'll be talking to a person that just doesn't understand why society is the way it is and is having a hard time coping with it. Most likely at one time this person had a good job until they were railroaded by greedy or power seekers willing to walk over others.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-6045456931575110242014-02-11T14:56:28.241-08:002014-02-11T14:56:28.241-08:00Yes, there are a wide variety of homeless people. ...Yes, there are a wide variety of homeless people. Some of mental health issues, others were caught by drug addiction. Some are simply people who had something terrible happen in life and wish to create a self imposed exile from everyone and everything else. Some simply don't want to have an address where hurtful family members can show up. The problem is much more complex than lacking the money for rent. A lot of homeless people wind up in the ICU in Winter. This is where I have made the acquaintance of so many of them. My son recalls a Phd homeless man who tutors students, often in exchange for a meal.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-26021563287173252552014-02-11T14:51:52.987-08:002014-02-11T14:51:52.987-08:00Yes, there are a lot of very bright and educated p...Yes, there are a lot of very bright and educated people who are, for a time, homeless.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-35857108454379716192014-02-11T07:30:13.097-08:002014-02-11T07:30:13.097-08:00As a part of some research some years back I was s...As a part of some research some years back I was surprised to find myself standing in soup kitchen lines at times with Mensa members.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-36786506561598136452014-02-11T07:25:38.424-08:002014-02-11T07:25:38.424-08:00"Homeless" people vary a lot. A lady her..."Homeless" people vary a lot. A lady here is just lazy, I think, so she spends much of her time with a sign asking for help. Lives every bit as good as I do, stay's in a hotel room every night and eats well in the cafes. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-53641137726604710562014-02-10T16:45:05.480-08:002014-02-10T16:45:05.480-08:00My Dad would also do the same thing. Once, when a...My Dad would also do the same thing. Once, when a part of a building fell on a woman in New York City and fractured her clavicle, my father carried her to his car and took her to Lenox Hill Hospital when the ambulance could not get there for an hour. We both were lucky to have examples of charitable and decent men. I miss my Dad very much also.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-56533504106551323822014-02-10T16:42:52.591-08:002014-02-10T16:42:52.591-08:00Linda, Thanks for posting. I have not seen th...Linda, Thanks for posting. I have not seen that episode of Frazier. It sounds as if it's a scream !JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-29288084487750718342014-02-09T22:49:51.307-08:002014-02-09T22:49:51.307-08:00People who know I am having financial problems are...People who know I am having financial problems are a little upset that I carry a Fossil purse (Swagbucks), wear nice leather shoes, am not dirty, have silk sweaters, and decent clothing. They don't know or care that the pink coat and red coat (nylon single layer) are expensive, yes, but twenty years old. The silk/cotton sweaters were from a friend. I was not suffering financial distress but she gave me four outfits for my birthday from a fairly nice clothing store in town. NONE were my style, so I traded them for the sweaters, then bought several more, all in the same style as they dropped from $85 to something like $12. My clothing is never shabby! I got an expensive pair of shoes, never worn, from a clothes closet. I have shoes repaired by a cobbler rather than get rid of leather shoes and just buy cheap, plastic shoes. I don't look shabby unless I am in the yard, working. None of my clothing are high fashion. <br /><br />Did you ever see the Frazier piece where he was upset, for some reason did not have a job, cleaned the oven because he was bored, got old sweatshirt he was wearing filthy, went to take dog food back or buy it for his father, was complaining because people were throwing coke cans in trash instead of the recycle bin, started digging in the trash and collecting the cans, AND a college friend saw him and was pitying him? That was such a hilarious view of someone who was well-heeled, not homeless, educated, who appeared down on his luck by a snobby friend who was looking down on him. People love to assume the worse, especially if they are church folk. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-80028934592143295552014-02-09T16:10:07.135-08:002014-02-09T16:10:07.135-08:00When I was only about 7 years old I was downtown w...When I was only about 7 years old I was downtown with my dad shopping. As we got back in our car a man asked my dad for a quarter ( a long time ago!) for a cup of coffee. My told me to get in the car. He talked to the man for a minute and took him into the restaurant near the car and bought him a full meal. <br />this was more than an act of charity, it was a life lesson to a little 7 year old and has stuck with me for almost 60 years. Your actions have effects way beyond the immediate! Do I ever miss my dad.prairie gopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215420940970189864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-74659134366060252052014-02-09T13:51:22.921-08:002014-02-09T13:51:22.921-08:00Thanks for posting. Yes, and how disturbing that...Thanks for posting. Yes, and how disturbing that we have reached a point where we assume that the person is about to be arrested, rather than wondering if you are an undercover cop giving report to a uniformed officer. Have a good afternoon.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812080424153930576.post-49888772775687134492014-02-09T13:32:10.834-08:002014-02-09T13:32:10.834-08:00I often forget to put my good clothes on when I go...I often forget to put my good clothes on when I go to town and I kind of have the Duck Dynasty look and once got mistaken by the police as homeless but was able to get the situation straightened out but it make me aware of what it must be like. On another occasion a family friend who is a deputy was talking to me in the parking lot of the grocery store and people kept going by giving me the look and I realized that they thought the deputy was about to arrest me, we were actually talking about me bagging up some of my horse manure for her garden. What I am getting to is that with very little notice you can be labeled and pigeon holed into a whole other world very quickly by people. My experiences were short lived and kind of funny but I can easily see how one could be homeless with a sign with just a few bad breaks. Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com