Reply #53: Hey I was a hippie and I resent that

[truedelphi]

The commune I lived in TOOK IN People that the police didn't know what to do with.

One time there was a 93 year old man living in his truck, 20 degree weather and worse in Central WI. Social Services was closed for four days over a holiday weekend. The police knew we'd help and brought him to us. We took him in, gave him his own room and tried to persuade him to stay. A delightful guy, full of vim and vigor once we warmed him up and gave him a few meals. Stories and songs and total gentleness.

He said he didn't want to impose, and left at 2Am the third night in our care. We went out trying to find him and never did. Nor could the police locate him after that either.

We may have worn tie dye but we were not idiots or neglectful!!