"Reg Blank" <spambin4me@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:bplete$22d9$1@news.typhoon.co.jp...
> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > I've been spending hours and a proportion of my salary* hanging out with
the
> > local homeless. I'd seen a new bunch of homeless there recently, but no
one
> > even made eye contact with them, despite being in one of the busiest
parts of
> > the city. They were in such a state, lying on the filthy sand in a
playground
> > under the pitch dark train tracks, that I could not be one of the people
who
> > simply walked by. They were happy to receive anything I had to offer,
because
> > they had nearly nothing. I say were, because just this morning about
nine a.m.,
> > one group of homeless was cleared out by workers (an elderly couple
including a
> > woman on crutches was allowed to stay).
>
> Eric,
>
> When the city workers clear out the homeless in your town, do the
> homeless get moved to another place? Glad to hear that at least the
> elderly couple could stay, right?
>
> A homeless man used to sleep on the lone bench in my neighborhood
> playground.  He only came to the playground after dark to sleep.  He
> disappears to somewhere during the day.
>
> After a while...
>
> The city workers came and REMOVED THE ONLY BENCH IN THE PLAYGROUND.

I remember when my daughter was just a baby. I took her to the local park
and noticed that the sandbox was filled with garbage. Being a good father
and neighbor, I took all the beer cans, old blankets, and various assorted
garbage in and around the sand box and put it in the park garbage can.

The next day, the garbage can was gone. It was obvious what happened.
Somebody didn't want the garbage can being filled with garbage so they got
rid of the garbage can.

fucking nips!