Starting Over: Tales of Rebuilding from the Bottom

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The discussion revolves around the challenges of starting over in life, particularly from a position of homelessness and financial instability. A participant shares their experience of arriving in Calgary with minimal resources and highlights the difficulties of finding employment without a stable living situation, proper clothing, or access to basic necessities. The conversation touches on the inadequacies of social services and welfare systems, which often complicate the path to re-employment rather than facilitate it. Participants express concern about the stigma associated with welfare recipients and the barriers they face in securing housing and jobs. Suggestions include exploring social support options, considering alternative employment avenues like street performance or writing, and the importance of addressing mental health issues. The dialogue emphasizes the complexity of overcoming societal obstacles and the need for understanding and compassion towards those in similar predicaments.
  • #151
In respect of what jimmy P...?
 
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  • #152
It's sort of comical to me once again the suggestions of "why don't you get a job?" re-start, so answer me this question first, why would I want to pay a dime in taxes towards such an abusive, ignorant, and idiotic country? Why should I support the willfully "ignorant idiots" who abuse me? it would be like paying a crook to rob you, how stupid are you all?

How stupidly does the representation of this country portent this country to actually be?...(NOT just a perception!)
 
  • #153
So I heard that expression about "Suppressing one person, for the greater good of All" again, and I wonder just how much of an idiot, anyone, who would fall for that, must be?

If you suppress the rights of one individual, then you have effectively suppressed the rights of ALL of the individuals, so it is IMPOSSIBLE that you be "Working towards the greater good of All" it is a house divided...(and in case you haven't heard, "it cannot stand!")...and if you know of anyone, professing, any form of spirituality, and
following/espousing that kind of activity, (wilful suppression of another) then you an easily figure out that that person wants to pervert the 'Greater Good of All' principal, to serve themselves, it is "A House Divided" ergo, from spirituality, you would find it would be the work of Evil!...a black hearted attempt at perversion, and subversion, of what is "The Common Good" which is meant to be truly for All, not falsely!

Till there is an answer, there is no atonement, there can be no forgiveness, and time is "costing"...

What a sick and perverted bunch of idiotic individuals, it must be, that would so willingly undertake to suppress me...YIKES! THIS IS DISGUSTING!
 
  • #154
Mr. Parsons:

I have just read a great book. It needs a little editing and maybe some embellishments, but this thread, with others' comments and your reactions, is a great read. Maybe I scanned over someone already suggesting this, but you could get this "conversation" published.
 
  • #155
Mr. Robin Parsons said:
In respect of what jimmy P...?


in respect to the couple of quotes before my last post.
 
  • #156
Chi Meson said:
Mr. Parsons:

I have just read a great book. It needs a little editing and maybe some embellishments, but this thread, with others' comments and your reactions, is a great read. Maybe I scanned over someone already suggesting this, but you could get this "conversation" published.
Thank you... Appreciate the input/feedback... :cool:
 
  • #157
jimmy p said:
in respect to the couple of quotes before my last post.
please, elucidate,as I do not understand (or know) just quite what it is your 'think'ing of, writing it down, for me to read, helps me! lots!
 
  • #158
actually don't worry, i have re-read it and it makes sense now. So, what's new in your life?
 
  • #159
jimmy p said:
actually don't worry, i have re-read it and it makes sense now. So, what's new in your life?
IT's a new day! God's Grace!that alone is beautiful, and full of promise, otherwise they are politicians...does that answer the question?
 
  • #160
well actually i was quite captivated to hear about your social interactions. It's strange, I'm not interested in "reality tv" but I am interested in hearing about how other people lead their lives. I guess i was more interested to hear how you handled the predicament with the Gameboy that you found, and how you are getting on with people. Obviously your frustrations with your lack of government support and recognition (yes i know they are huge understatements and not the whole story) but i would like to know how the "life" side of you is going. If you care to divulge...


ps. hope no-one is giving you trouble anymore. :smile:
 
  • #161
Gotta sort of be reeeal careful 'bout that...maybe later, maybe not...
 
  • #162
Well, my social interactions, at present, are about as limited as I can get them to be, not wanting to talk with just about anyone, due to the reprecussions of it, and the ensuing problems of that one, plus apparently more people wanting to talk, then I can accommodate, in the Homeless "entourage", that and the "Everything that comes out of his mouth, teaches someone something" (near enough it seems) dilema...hence a preference for silence, in the company of the present 'mileux'...then there is the sleep deprivation issues, then there is the lost any sense of privacy issue, then there is the Why isn't there any reporting on what I have, By the Grace of God, been able to accomplish Really BIG Issue! then there is the what I get to look forward to in the immediate future...just lost on one of the few creative venues/opportunities that I had liked having, A Signature in these forums, but I cannot keep up with anything that requires money...so I lose out there to, one more thing taken away...then there is the soon to be out of the shelters, as they close for the summer, so I go from $3.00 per day, back to nothing, back to a molding, wet(?) tent, need bike repairs, tires, and a chain, have nothing, and have been deprived of what I have an earned right to, can't find a single person, in the entirety of this country who is willing to lift a finger to assist me, other then the "blind charity" that is offered to anyone/everyone...not much else new...well yes, but as I stated above...But, at least, no one is threatening me, at present...

Other then that :cool:
 
  • #163
Okay, this is my first post in this lengthy thread, but I am probably the most qualified person here to respond. Having gone through the same situation myself. I was homeless for a while. I lived behind the local library in a sleeping bag, ate at soup kitchens, etc.
Here's my two cents worth:
1. You've got a tent? be grateful for the luxury, I woulda slit your throat for a tent.
2. Not wanting to work because paying taxes is "giving" money back to those bastards in government is asinine.
3. Go out and get a job. If illiterate, illegal aliens can get a job around here I'm sure you can find something. Don't want to do menial labor? Who cares what you want, do what it takes to get on your feet then worry about a better job.
4. For now all you need is a kick in the ass for therapy, but once you get out of the gutter, professional help is a good idea. People who think therapists are out to get the goods on them are a perfect example of people who need therapy.
5. You like being homeless. You are High King, Super Genius of the Homeless. Nobody is half as smart as you in your peer group. You'd rather be King of the Nobodies than a nobody in the kingdom.
6. Other than two or three people here no one would buy a book of your situation, and they would only do it out of kindness and the fact that they know you.
7. Everybody here is too nice to you. Feeding your feelings of being **** on by "the Man" giving you an excuse to continue your current situation.
8. If you don't like what I'm saying get on your bike and peddle your homeless butt down here and kick mine. At least then you'd be moving in a certain direction towards a goal.
 
  • #164
Tribdog thanks but Nah..."tent" what is left of a thirty + year old (rags) now, it was coming apart (ripping) from the wind last year...

"Working and taxes", apparently, you just don't get it...but that's OK too...

"Menial work" apparently you haven't read enough to know I was a janitor, menial work isn't new to me at all, and it isn't because of meniality...God's Grace I have earned the right to better then that!

"Kick in the what" therapy? for what? no reason, no need...Therapy is for people who cannot handle their emotional problems, Again God's Grace i haven't those, just ignorant/ignoring people problems...

"Super genius of the homeless" what a good joke! you should write humor...

Now your a pulicational consultant, experience in the pubishing trade equals...what? so I know whether, or not, your qualified to advise me on such matters...(personally, I think, NOT!)

"everybodies feeding me feelings"? WOW news to me...there ignoring me, especailly the Press/media/newspeople who have a legal responsibility to reporting to the People of Canada the News of Canada, they are derelict in that, with respect to me, and the Peoples of Canada, the assignors of there licensed right...it's like they are slapping the Canadian people right in the face...

On my way to Arizona...nice place BTW for what little I have seen of it, who's a going to feed me so's I can whomp, well, no-one as I don't behave that way that would be childish, ignorant, and stupid...and contribute nothing to a solution...waste of energy and time and talent...YIKES!...

Have been moving towards a goal, getting this solved responded to been moving towards that for some time, just no one esle will either, help, or respond...sooooo
 
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  • #165
BTW, Tribdog weren't you from "Cajun land" previously, Mississippi River Delta, and 'peripherally' North thereof...?

Might have gone there, but not to fight someone...Humm, cycling to "Cajun Land" what ~1500 + miles, by bicycle, so's when we meet, for what you seem to want to "invite" I will just have spent whatever number of days cycling 50 + miles per day, developing stamina (I suspect, OOOOPs nope, I By The Grace Of God, Know! that one...personal experience) so's we can then what??...no thanks, nothing to prove that way...and It would seem a little more intelligent to not be busting someone who's only thing going for him is the Grace of God's Gift of Intelligence, in the head...not a demonstration of intelligence, (although, in a bad way, {'possibilities only' thought) it could be a demonstration of 'Brains') now is it, not by me either, sooo

Tell me though, since I have been honest about wanting to Start in London, do you think there will be enough time left, in my life, (especially given "everyone's" ass'umption{s} of my "imminent" and/or 'terminal' life expectation) for me to ever get anywhere's near places like that, after all there is all of the rest of the World that follows a Path through London, Europe...(as example)...the 'Other' parts of the Globe...places Like China, Russia, India, Australia...to name but a few...getting all over all of that, by Bicycle, is going to take some time...right?

Oh yes, another BTW...How do you know how many people know about me?
(you Don't...but that is just My opinion...based in some, well, a 'little' more knowledge, of myself, and my life, then you...so Who cares?) Right?


Oh yes, last time, BTW, I could be wrong about you living in 'Cajun Land', sorry, if I erred... :cool:
 
  • #166
If by Cajun land you mean Mesa, Arizona. Then you are correct, however, I've found the Creole population to be rather scarce in the desert. As far as me knowing anything about your life I only know what I infer from your posts. Well, what I infer and the 2Gigabytes of info downloaded from the chip Big Brother implanted into your head before conspiring to place you into "Experiment #899C" or "Operation Homeless" as it is more commonly known.
 
  • #167
apparently I do not know the US like I thought I did, sorry, as for "knowing me"...well YIKES! :cool:
 
  • #168
And so the story was told...

...of the (legendary?) Canadian who gave a piece of his lifes work to his country, Canada, to serve the peoples of Canada in the restoration of peace of mind, in the populace, a triumph of the Democratic system of law inasmuch as the Servitude protected the Charter of Rights of the Peoples of Canada, but especially because the Victory, Cheered by the Officers of the Peace, was seen as a Victory for ALL of the Children of Canada...this all furthered by the Workings of the Connectedness of the Canadian Government, extrapolating the Victory through more of the World then most Canadians, or their children, (who are busy learning Geography!) could name, such that it became a Victory for the Children of the World, (Well, at least in the 'Democratic {Rule Of Law} World') and the Man who authored the work, waiting more the three years, simply for his country, his place of Birth, to acknowledge that it was he who had authored the work, that had affored the 'Easy Victory'...and so the Children ask; (insert your child's voice{s})


"Mommie-Momie, what did Canada Say? How did Canada respond?"


"Daddy-Daddy, tell me if Mommie is telling me the truth!"
 
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  • #169
you might want to read this post #37 linked herein as it has some relevant information sort of like about the time(ing){s} of "stuff"...kinda...maybe...well, only if you want to...sooo... :cool:
 
  • #170
So let's see, this guy didn't even mention the money, cause that is a part of the Adult perspective of things, right?

We find a man who can simply admit that he has recognized that God gave him an opportunity, in his life, and proved it out, showing him that the work that he had done, had served in the World, served the Children of the World, and the Adults of the World...

Further is the Adult perspective on things, the Money, let's estimate, a little over this time, let's say 80 countries and precluding the furthering of the need of Expenditure(s) of Tax dollars (cause no one knows just how much longer it could have gone on, or where) defending against the, now known as moot, "Works if the Imagination" self-defense, hence we will arrive at a cost saving of ('averaging' a little) 5 million dollars, per country, equals 400 million dollars saved...Hummm, and they ignore this guy? YIKES!

So, 40 million Canadian, if you work at a job earning $100,000 per annum, pay 50% in taxes, in a 40 year career path you will pay 2 million in taxes, (Why you never hired an accountant we will never know!) so to catch up with what I had, by the Grace of God, saved the Country, you would need do that for 20 lifetimes!

Lets see now, "responsible adults would NOT be ignoring this guy..."

Have I made my point yet?
 
  • #171
So I want to know why I came to this site and looked at this posting, twice! refreshing the page between, and the post count did NOT change, an iota, was at 2599, and stayed at that number, while I perused this posting, twice!, on a dial up system, unregistered, or 'un-signed in'...so why didn't the post count go to 2600 when I viewed this page, twice!?
 
  • #172
maybe it had a case of page-freeze... or maybe the government is on to you! :P
 
  • #173
The governement? which one? The Canadian one should be...the US one? well, no rights over me!...anyone else? no idea! (sorta)...ooooooops uhmmm, :cool:
 
  • #174
Funny, just reading Thursdays Montreal Gazette , well Over $100 Million dollars being assigned to "Research Chairs"/"research" to bring into Canada, Foreign researchers to offset Canada's Brain Drain...

...Yet here I sit, having demostrated an Intelligence that exceeded many others, (inasmuch as being the first at solution) and they won't even, so little as, admit that I have done it...

...Now try to tell me that they don't know about me, that they didn't PLAN these things, that they are NOT intentionaly, and maliciously working and/or conducting their manner as to ensure that I have to stay in this country, against my will!

Try telling me that it isn't intentional, cause you'll be wasting your breath, it is, and I have known that for a lot longer then most of you will ever know, just like I knew that thing about light permeating the Universe, known that one (God's Grace) for a long time now...

BTW do you know how many letters I had written and mailed out snail mail to the Government of Canada in 1999, alone? Do you know how many e-mails I sent to pm@pm.gc.ca (The Canadian Prime Minsters Office) and a long list of others, hundreds...and there was that e-mail that was from the Office of the PM...so they MUST know who I am, how could they miss someone who solved such a problem...

...and yet here I am still living with the homeless, in a shelter, eating at soup kitchens (when they are open) worrieing about 'them' gossiping about me, cause that is how it was done before, and I still have no protections from any of it, complained to the Government about that one too, waaaaay back, so would you wonder what my opinion of this country is? would you wonder why? need you?

What the heck is wrong with you people? tell me, cause you must be incredibly sick, mentally, to allow this to continue like this, what a disgusting statement, about, and by, a Country...Canada, what a lie!
 
  • #175
the problem is none of us can do anything about it... what are we supposed to do? If the Canadian government won't listen to one of their citizens, how is a 19 year old British guy going to make a difference?
 
  • #176
e-mail them and ask for yourself, (I don't blame you!) but wouldn't you think they would know, they knew I posted on this site and they have seen some of what I have posted, with furthered explanations, sooo, you would tend to get people's interest, at least you would think that, unless of course everyone you ever contacted, or tried writing to, with was comletely apathetic and ignorant...

Aside from that, I don't mean to knock Science 'funding' but, they just spent $33 million, on a computer, hummm guy tells of belief in ability to produce a T.o.E. shows evidence thereof ,as both, abilities, and knowledge, proves himself further, and explicitly, by volonteering assistance to the Supreme Court, of His Country, surrendering a Work Earned as knowledge of his lifetime...and Not a damn sound outa anyone! (except the Courts Letter of acknowledgment)

Not one person in Canada is interested in talking to me, No media people, No educators, not a single person in the Government of Canada, but and/or except, of course, the homeless/dis'enfranchised that I must live with, because of the Direct, and overt, and obvious, ignorance of me!...Nothing could be clearer!

What a place to live, in trying to prove to me how safe it is, you are ingorantly endangering me...real "bright lightbulb" 'whomever' thought (HUH??...NAH!) of that one! (That's SARCASM...case you missed it...)
 
  • #177
But you see the most disgusting of elements pieces of evidence is the reason why they are buying researchers a $33 million dollar computer, because after upgrading it should have 4 teraflops of RAM computing power, 4,000 GigaBytes Per sec (Anyone tell me how long to count an Avagadroes number, at that rate) is because the don't want to waste the researchers time...They don't want to waste their time ever hear that expression from anyone else? know where they learned to recognize that element from? Disgusted yet?
 
  • #178
OH BTW, jimmy, you might not need think (or do) of anything to do, there are elections coming up soon, in Canada. and the person who is 'Prime Minister' might change (never know!) perhaps they would be the one that gives me a letter "Thanking" me, on behalf of my fellow Canadians, and then i can go out a sue the Liberal Party of Canada right into Bankruptcy!/Extinction!

:cool:
WhooooHoooooo!
 
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  • #179
so things could be looking up then :) i never see the point in money spent on computers... like this "deepthought" computer that plays chess... BIG WHOOP. I still get beaten by the chess cpu on my computer... People are so lazy nowadays, i admit I'm guilty of being lazy too, but spending that much money on a computer seems like a lot of a waste...

hope you sue them for every penny...barstewards..
 
  • #180
Thanks Jimmy, but the computer is a good investment for them, and should serve the researchers well...

...Can only do that if the currently ruling party loses in the next election, AND the new PM gives me a letter, (the Proof!) otherwise I am still stuck with the "same old, same old" stupidity that is currenty (apparently) the new 'Norm' in my life, not in accordance with God's Will for me I, am rather (quite!) certain, but they don't really care bout that none, either...sooooooo

God's Will Be Done!
 

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