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Do You Stop to Listen to Street Artists?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 14 May 19

Street Artists aren't beggars, they offer their talents and appreciate a little financial donation in return. They don't make demands on anyone, they simply request a little something for entertaining you. If they are good enough...

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Adventures in Panhandling #7

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 3 Jan 17

Because I frequent downtown areas, I deal with a lot of panhandlers. I've been asked for the usual spare change, beer, cigarettes, and a hug when I told the guy I didn't have any money. I've even been asked for ten bucks from a...

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Adventures in Panhandling #6

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 3 Nov 16

Well that was interesting l. It's 4:10am here, and i'm sitting here at the table catching up on MyLot, and was smoking. A pretty girl knocked on our window. Since she was pretty, I went to the door. She asked if she could bum a...

panhandling

smoking

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Adventures with Panhandlers #5

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 19 Apr 16

I tend to get panhandled a lot. This is because I spend a lot of time walking around areas where panhandlers hang out. Downtown. I love to be downtown. So do they. Once in awhile, something weird happens. Today, something...

panhandling

public transportation

money

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Adventures with Panhandlers # 4

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 15 Mar 16

Earlier today, I had a weird experience with a Manitou panhandler while walking home from our local convenience store. This was an old, grizzled fellow, a veteran of the panhandling circuit, and he was hanging out with the next...

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manitou springs

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Adventures with Panhandlers #3

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 1 Mar 16

One of the more interesting panhandling experiences I've encountered happens on a daily basis, right here in Downtown Manitou Springs, when I'm walking to the liquor or convenience stores. We are a predominantly laid-back...

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manitou springs

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Adventures with Panhandlers #2

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 29 Feb 16

In Modesto, California, there is an enterprising young man that has perfected the fine art of panhandling. Instead of standing with a sign all day, this forward-thinking gent (FYI, the following behavior could potentially land...

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Adventures with Panhandlers

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 22 Feb 16

Because I'm a downtown sort of guy, I get hit up by panhandlers all the time. Usually, they either want money or cigarettes, although sometimes, they actually ask for pot. One night, I was eating and getting loaded at a...

panhandling

panhandlers

street musicians

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I Caught One of My Family Members Panhandling!

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 19 Jul 12

We went to town last night to fill up our truck (which in its self is highway robbery! But that is a topic for another discussion.). Out of the corner of my eye I spied a male who was walking up to the customers entering the store...

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What would you have done? AGAINST Store Policy to help a Stranger?? Huh??

Tallygirl09 @Tallygirl09 (1380) • United States 20 Apr 10

I was in the grocry store today and the line was long as they only had 2 registers open so I was getting a little annoyed. The elderly lady in front of me was counting out her change to pay and came up 52 cents short. Without...

kindness

panhandling

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GOP Criticism Of Stimulus Request Cash For Projects

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 9 Feb 10

Just more proof that the Republican party is full of fiscal faux conservatives. If you are against government spending and then stand in line with your hand out, what would you call that? Please read the store from the Washington...

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the gop

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I need money Have Credit Card Debt that I must pay off SOON

sanell @sanell (2112) • United States 4 Oct 09

I can not even begin to tell you how desparate I am right now. If I had the time to just write on a piece of cardboard and stand on a street corner I would do so. I need at home work over the weekend anything will do seriously...

help

money

panhandling

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Anyone ever listen to Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189833) • Boise, Idaho 30 Aug 09

Anyone listen to it and come away sane that is? LOL The 22:18 version. I listen to it maybe every six or seven months and zoom in something I had forgotten. I enjoy it so much. The movie version is one I had to get and have my...

arlo guthrie

movie version

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Panhandling Hits the Internet

kellys3ps @kellys3ps (3723) • United States 22 Feb 09

Panhandlers no longer need to rely on only a piece of cardboard and a sharpie marker when they have the internet. Tim Edwards is a homeless man who has been asked to take part in an internet experiment to get him some help at...

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internet

panhandling

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Do people beg or panhandle in your neighborhood?

desertdarlene @desertdarlene (8911) • United States 21 May 08

I hope I haven't started a discussion like this one before. I know I haven't recently. Where I live, it seems like everywhere you go, someone is asking you for money. You can't go shopping without being panhandled. If it's not...

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Should I Give Money to the Homeless...

Hart57 @Hart57 (359) • United States 10 Dec 07

When I get asked by the same people over and over again? There are a lot of homeless people in my neighborhood and I get asked for spare change on almost a daily basis. I try to give when I can. But I'm not sure I want some of...

giving money to the homeless

panhandling

the homeless

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Handicapped people who performe, panhandle, etc. for money?

sylviekitty @sylviekitty (2083) • United States 12 Jan 07

Here are some real scenarios.. a.) Venice beach, California. There is a woman with no arms and no legs, who will "dance" for you, in hopes you'll put some money into a hat sitting next to her. b.) Hearing impaired people at...

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Pan Handlers Give or Ignore

Goranimal @Goranimal (315) • United States 1 Jan 07

How do you treat panhandlers, do you give them spare change or just walk on by. I encounter them almost daily at major intersections off the interstate and on city streets. what have you done when you see them?

begging

panhandling

the poor

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Panhandling

arvee17 @arvee17 (730) • Philippines 9 Dec 06

Panhandling This is my experience with a "homeless" man carrying a large "Will Work for Food" sign. He was living in the bushes behind my husband's place of employment. When police arrested him for trespassing and vagrancy, they...

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