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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]mike_c
(36,191 posts)33. yesterday at breakfast my partner and I watched a middle-aged man...
...sitting on the curb outside the restaurant where we were eating, having an animated conversation-- arm waving, gesturing, shouting, jumping up and down-- with himself for about twenty minutes before he got up and walked off, still deep in conversation with someone no one else could see. During his tirade I watched several people walk past, on the other side of the street, careful to avoid him. As someone else noted up thread, we've outsourced public mental health care to the streets. It's sad.
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One early morning when I parked my car on the campus where teach, a man--normal looking--
tblue37
Mar 2013
#5
There is a special spot to thump him. Actually two spots close together.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2013
#37
Sound like he, like many homeless people, may have an untreated psychiatric illness.
cbayer
Mar 2013
#6
It appears I may have fallen for some inside joke. If that's the case, please tell me so
cbayer
Mar 2013
#7
its hard to feel that way when he was being so aggressive and acting like he was going to punch and
quinnox
Mar 2013
#12
I supported his walking away, but maintain that one can have both compassion and
cbayer
Mar 2013
#34
Yeah, its a shame your battery was dead, you could have done the Christian thing
1-Old-Man
Mar 2013
#9
Yea, that one makes me laff every time too. He's got it down in that shot, lol. eom
ChisolmTrailDem
Mar 2013
#26
I would call this man "poor," or "homeless," or "unfortunate," but "this old bum" sounds
WinkyDink
Mar 2013
#22
No, It was enough for an order of Frank Zappa Zukes and some Lady GaGa's hot links
Leslie Valley
Mar 2013
#79
Women homeless are very vulnerable to assault and the can be very aggressive because of it
lunatica
Mar 2013
#52
In my experience, there are three reasons for an adult referring to somebody else as a "bum"
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2013
#55
You called them a bum because he threatened you or because he appeared homeless?
CreekDog
Mar 2013
#64