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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Default Are there alot of panhandlers where you live?

People on the street corners or at traffic lights holding up signs asking for money or try to clean your windows. Are there alot near you and if so, how do you deal with them when they come up to your car?
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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actually i have been seeing a LOT more crowding the streets lately, one guy stands at the same corner every day. ive actually talked to him before he was complaining about how he cant find a job when hes standing at an intersection with a Wal-Mart behind him he says nobody will hire him because he didnt graduate high school... ive also seen him talking on a Cell phone, so i think hes just conning people



None of them walk up to my car so i dont normally confront them. but i see that one guy standing there EVERY SINGLE DAY it annoys the hell out of me.
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 06:46 AM
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When I travel into the city, coming off the bridge there is an intersection where 24/7/365 there will be one or two people with signs looking for cash. I've trained myself to ignore them at this location because it is a hot-spot (I assure myself that this location is for making a profit, not for the honestly needy). Elsewhere I'll act differently, for example I've had people offer to clean my windows for a buck, if I have it I'll give it to them.



That's all in the city, around where I live it's usually more of this...

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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 07:12 AM
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I got tons of chipmunks......
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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I generally tell them to get a job in a soylent green factory.
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by OTECTom
When I travel into the city, coming off the bridge there is an intersection where 24/7/365 there will be one or two people with signs looking for cash. I've trained myself to ignore them at this location because it is a hot-spot (I assure myself that this location is for making a profit, not for the honestly needy). Elsewhere I'll act differently, for example I've had people offer to clean my windows for a buck, if I have it I'll give it to them.



That's all in the city, around where I live it's usually more of this...

http://www.freshlyvegetarian.com/upl..._26934058a.jpg


Theres cows in Jew Jersey?
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 08:38 AM
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Yes, some...



It is the garden state after all.



Also to me this counts as a cow...







and we all know that's in NJ
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 10:30 AM
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brutal
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Visionz
brutal




I hate that show so freakin bad! My mother-in-law (who I am temporarily living with) also watches the real housewives on NJ, and I can't stand those people either. Honestly I just don't understand how anyone can enjoy watching that garbage.



My wife wrote a little something about it today actually: http://www.autofocuspa.com/showthrea...still-love-her
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