TOMO 25,693 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 that report was dated 2005....and sadly hes still out there on the streets....see him most nights at work and some others.. some we know by name.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 I see Beggars every where in Leicester when I visit, strong fit young men but why are they there ? there are thousands of jobs going and they won't work because it is easier to beg, I am on a forum for Bricklayers and there is a constant stream of adverts that say HOD CARRIERS WANTED £160 A DAY MUST WORK AT LEAST FOUR DAYS A WEEK why do not people take these jobs , its a good wage and anyone can do it , it's not as if it's hard as a machine doe's all the lifting but they would sooner beg, I think how can they do it , where is their pride , just before xmas I was in Kendal the town centre was full of them and their was a group of people giving out winter coats, sleeping bags ,boots hot grub and coffee well I worked 55 years outside in all weathers laying bricks to get my winter coat and nobody gave me nothing ,why should these parasites get a free pass. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,587 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 4 hours ago, micky said: I see Beggars every where in Leicester when I visit, strong fit young men but why are they there ? there are thousands of jobs going and they won't work because it is easier to beg, I am on a forum for Bricklayers and there is a constant stream of adverts that say HOD CARRIERS WANTED £160 A DAY MUST WORK AT LEAST FOUR DAYS A WEEK why do not people take these jobs , its a good wage and anyone can do it , it's not as if it's hard as a machine doe's all the lifting but they would sooner beg, I think how can they do it , where is their pride , just before xmas I was in Kendal the town centre was full of them and their was a group of people giving out winter coats, sleeping bags ,boots hot grub and coffee well I worked 55 years outside in all weathers laying bricks to get my winter coat and nobody gave me nothing ,why should these parasites get a free pass. Agreed Micky, I’m only a wage of too from skint Aswell but il sure as shite is brown try and keep working these scrounges have no self respect and these days they’re victims of an invented illness of lazyitius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,557 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Always preferred danni over kylie 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Sometimes i think how easy that could be me...some times the fight gos in folk..every time an in town i allways by atlease one of them a cob..its only a pound. .i bumped in to a old frend yestday whos now gone on drugs and homeless. .very say..let he who cast the first stone.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 25,693 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, tb25 said: Sometimes i think how easy that could be me...some times the fight gos in folk..every time an in town i allways by atlease one of them a cob..its only a pound. .i bumped in to a old frend yestday whos now gone on drugs and homeless. .very say..let he who cast the first stone.. you mean ....."let he who is without sin, cast the first stone".......I think a better bible quote for people in that situation is......"there but for the grace of god go I" both very good quotes even though I'm not religious 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,966 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Getting emotional in here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,523 Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 just got in from Newcastle town centre I was in town 1 hour and counted 15 beggers in that time,theres a lot more then there used to be a few years ago as I used to work in the town centre,most today looked foreign Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bearfoot 1,477 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 9 hours ago, micky said: I see Beggars every where in Leicester when I visit, strong fit young men but why are they there ? there are thousands of jobs going and they won't work because it is easier to beg, I am on a forum for Bricklayers and there is a constant stream of adverts that say HOD CARRIERS WANTED £160 A DAY MUST WORK AT LEAST FOUR DAYS A WEEK why do not people take these jobs , its a good wage and anyone can do it , it's not as if it's hard as a machine doe's all the lifting but they would sooner beg, I think how can they do it , where is their pride , just before xmas I was in Kendal the town centre was full of them and their was a group of people giving out winter coats, sleeping bags ,boots hot grub and coffee well I worked 55 years outside in all weathers laying bricks to get my winter coat and nobody gave me nothing ,why should these parasites get a free pass. There's a lot of addiction problems on building sites, especially bricklayers and labourers. It's hard graft so there is a work hard play hard mentality that can easily turn into a problem. Lads like to let off steam at weekends but the women don't always see it that way and chuck them out. They just spiral out of control after that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 38 minutes ago, jiggy said: There's a lot of addiction problems on building sites, especially bricklayers and labourers. It's hard graft so there is a work hard play hard mentality that can easily turn into a problem. Lads like to let off steam at weekends but the women don't always see it that way and chuck them out. They just spiral out of control after that. Serves em right for taking drugs , in the boom off the 60s we were making £40 a week , pop stars wages , me and my mates pissed it all up the wall but no one I knew at work took drugs except fags and ale . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,523 Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 love the Maggie pic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greenshank1 407 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 We don't see it out in the sticks. But last year we were down in York for the races and was genuinely surprised and shocked by the number of homeless and beggars . Many of them were Scots , all of them looked filthy and were looking genuinely homeless. To see all the wealth and privilege at the races and then see folk genuinely down on their luck begging and sleeping in door ways was pretty sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 6,377 Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 10 hours ago, greenshank1 said: We don't see it out in the sticks. But last year we were down in York for the races and was genuinely surprised and shocked by the number of homeless and beggars . Many of them were Scots , all of them looked filthy and were looking genuinely homeless.no To see all the wealth and privilege at the races and then see folk genuinely down on their luck begging and sleeping in door ways was pretty sad. Many of them were Scots , all of them looked filthy and were looking genuinely homeless. I just think that's what they look like anyway! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,523 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.