please pray for WPer ASS-P!

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I don't know if bankruptcy works for those without assets. and walter says store gift cards [for example, walmart, kmart and target and other such stores that will let him buy quick foods that don't require preparation [just open and eat], underwear and toiletries. a Bon Macys would not do here.

Can't he hitchhike to another state where people aren't charged money for not having a place to live? Maybe a state where he can get some free legal advice?

there aren't too many places in America nowadays where vagrancy laws are not out to get the homeless. and he can't leave the place where his family is and where his mail drop-off is. so he is sorta stuck. plus he finds hitchhiking to be a dangerous deal.

By family, do you mean his children?

From the threads I've understood that his assigned social worker has found a way to intercept and steal his monthly help from the gov't. Also, of course I don't know the details, but it sounds like a contradictory law, people are charged money for not having money...? !

He will likely get help if he contacts ASAN or AWN. They have so many advocates that some are likely to be in his area.

my bad, I should not have typed "family" but I did for whatever reason [IOW they are mostly east and south]. btw, what is ASAN?

Jumping to conclusions I would say ASAN= Autism Self-Advocacy Network.

How ambulatory is Walter, would a set of wheels of some kind (bicycle, roller skates/Heelys) be of any use? Not sure if I could dig something up in a timely fashion but I know walking sucks and would be unbearable with bad feet

I don't know how fit he is for biking or skating. he is not in the best of shape [on the heavy side, from his own description] so I am not qualified to say what he could use. I will ask him.
EDIT- he told me he needs [quoted] "a REALLY strong backpack with lots of compartments , carry-able on the upper back/shoulders (where I am strong)..."

...Hello , this is ASS-P again , making a temporary visit as me back to here...I am adequate right now , I just had my umpteenth touch-up visit to the County hospital they touched me up/helped me good but they are clearly a bit sick of me and I do not think I am ever going to get a " big - place to stay " from going through there .
The legal situation of the (I outlined all this before didn't I ?) probation/" jail-if " situation in Santa Cruz and that " never going away entirely " scheduled court date/summons in San Francisco still remains , although the recent period that had me in SF again had me attending to it beyond the level I believe I referred to it being in May-June here in San Jose (where I am right now) above , but there is still YET ANOTHER scheduled Ess Eff court date .
Did I mention this situation where some State-level California board is trying to dun me for a MASSIVE amount of money for " unpaid penalties against me from those S.C. and S.F. court hearings I did not show up for " , even as , the last time I left court in SC. ., they declared that there were no more of the hearings called on me themselves, they turned that off , the basis of it themselves - ???????????
My toe is still bad - " gung-ho " doctor types pester me to let it be ampuated , but I don't want that ! !!

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I don't know what makes those bloodsuckers think they can squeeze blood from a turnip?

...Speaking about myself some more , a couplish weeks back after I arrived back here in SJ from SF...One night I went to sleep in one of my regular spots with my feet resing upon my two smaller " carrying stuff " bags and when the morning came...Both of those bags had been stolen during the night , AS WELL as my shoes , which I had off , between my covered body and the wall of the nonused store's enclave where I slept...I had other shoes in one of the teo bags...So , ALL my footwear - with my BAD foot - were stolen (as well as perscription meds , X-tra (non-perscription) eyeglasses , fresh underwear , reading matter , etcetera ) - I was COMPLETELY barefoot .
I DID manage to call , though help of these downtown-SJ " keep tabs on the homeless/help clean up " , whatevs , types , to call Emergency and get a ride to the ER , where I did get a replacement for the meds and did get replcement shoes (" Shuffle-and-hurt-your-back " hospital ones , tho' .)...
But , anyway ...

...Yes , I suppose I " look homeless " - How many kinds/variations of " homeless " are there ?
FTM - Well , I saw someone here in SJ kind " older ex-hippie "-ish , longish bonde hair , poinytail in back big top-of-his-sgoulders backpack like I was quoted talking about above - For " " blonde , beefy , ponytail " I remember one guy I met when I was sleeping at the Winter Shelter in Santa Cruz who looked sorta likewise sorta redend on his lightish skin (Blonde , after all... ) from being outside so much , no doubt ! !! He gave me his E-mail addy but never wrote me back :...(
I suppose having some sort of visible sleeping equipment is a giveaway that you're " REALLY " homeless - But , even there , is there a " hip " " co9ol " way of falling into that ???
" I'm not homeless , I'm a couch-surfer " ! !! !! !! !!
Or , you're a " backpacker " , " youth-hosteller " - " Taking a gap year/youth-hostelling " is fairly common , I suppose almost expected at certain levels in the UK and AU/NZ , isn't it ? It's fairly WILDLY bohemian in the U.S....

...Once again , Ye Mods , I have pushed the wrong button and pushed " New Topic " when i meant " Reply " .
There is NO WAY I can type this again ! !! !! !! !! And , I , REALLY , do not know " how to transfer it " or what not , I am homeless andmyI computer skills have remained at a - Uh , " not bad for 1999 "? - level .
Could this be added onto the " ASS-P thread that auntblabby started ? Please . That is , if I did not spell that out clearly enuff , where 'twas meant to be

[Mod. edit: now moved to the correct thread]


...As far as my dream of going back to college.........Well , as far as my records being lost (And , they REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY are ) , someone recently suggested that a Junior College somewhere would be (building upon someone else's suggestions that " They want your business , so they'd dig things up 4U ".) willing/able to find my records , without me " having to involve myself " aside from asking them to do it (and appearing able to pay , I guess)...Likewise , the general applying for " prove you're good enough at ' night school ' college so that you can go to ' REAL school ' , as is my lifetime's (attainable - I'm crying now here in the library next to someone else) desire - Well , I'd have to know where the grants/etc. are and have them be found for me . I can't imagine , on my SSD , essentially , account paying for such " introductory " college AT ALL (Perhaps a couple of " social/getting known " expenses could come form my money) , as it is I do think that , with any such operation , that it WAS NOT a total ripoff/" suck up your grant money " operation - Actually , the thought that someone might try to monkeywrench my attempts to go to college because he didn't want me to store up credits to go to " REAL school " , he wanted me to be " a working-class hero " exclusivley and ONLY go to JC , even , occurs to me...
The thing is , I DOUBT THAT I CAN TRY TO GO TO COLLEGE TILL I'M OUT OF CALIFORNIA ! !! !! !!
Now that I've spelled out this " dunning " problem , I think it's possible that the State government might try to go after me/deny me things , for one .
Also , it looks like there might be problems with
" setting up " the classes credits thing properly - And somehow ??????? - it appears that , in some f_ck_d-up way , I might be " only " able to apply credits gotten in California to schools in the state University of California (" A "-level) and California State University ( " B "-level) system - AND , I am quite aware that , both those systems , as good (& fairly cheap) as they once may have been , have been MASSIVELY going downhill in recent year sin quality , and massively uphill in tuition charges ! !! !! !! !! !!
I rather like the warm weather in San Jose , staying in - Colder ! !! !! !! !! - San Francisco reminded me of that and if I'm going to be - basically - homeless in any other area I arrive in , once I get there , it's no longer summer/-ish , when i thought I could somehow get to Washington State , or Maine , after I got of of jail then (BTW , I made attempts to get " help " from " PrROPER " social services agencies then - One didn't answer me at all another wouldn't offer anything til' I was out of jail and were not very encouraging ) .
But , getting back to college/JC classes , I had thought " I could NEVER really manage it til' I had a place and improved health of some sort " , but ~ MAYBE ? - I could go , if in a health-improved " nice " iomeless situation to a few classes and I'd be liked for being " homeless guy trying to improve himself " ?
" Loveable homeless dude " <" bounce " emoticon wanted> .
However , it is rather , more & more , that the jail concept may be the only thing that would allow me ~ Ironically so ! - enough treatment/idleness to have my foot get better ! !!
" Big dramatic once-weekly homeless health clinics " don't provide that , even if they can be accdessed ...
BTW , I think - with my very light (lotas freckles) skin - I may be putting myself in danger of skin cancer , as much sun as I've been getting - just to lie down/" for warmth "/to sleep , not to sunbathe . I am homelss and only own one full set of clothesd , so...

...I put an attempted " Reply " up before that , because of my tendency to hit upon " New Topic " went up as a new post , " My College Dream " .
I still wish that some moderator would stick that line into this line , in the proper place just above this one in the whole line .

...I have an overly longish I guess " homeless "-looking beard...But if I didn't have such a long one my missing teeth - 20 out of 32 gone , only 2 teeth would be more visible and I'd look like , instead of homeless , a stand-by for the Jerry Springer show .

...I would like to thank the person wh sent me that Target card , I did use it , eventually , when I was in San Francisco , at a I guess smaller-than-usual " City Target " (that's its actual name) that occupies one floor of a mall there.........

"Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient." ~Sydney Smith, His Wit and Wisdom, 1900