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I picked up a Hobo on the Highway again; he's in my guestroom
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[quote:Feathery:MV81MTE4MDM2XzkzODk3MjM3X0NFRjRENTIy] [quote:Anonymous Coward 73137009:MV81MTE4MDM2XzkzODk2MjY5X0VDODc2QjA1] Buy him the bus ticket, have you checked gas prices lately? Round trip 2,316 miles divided by even 25 mpg =92.6 92.6 x 4.00= $370.00 3 nights hotel x 150.00 = 450.00 Food = $120.00 Gas $370.00 food $120.00 room $450.00 Total= $940.00 Buy the damned bus ticket. [/quote] I get 30 mpg. Gas in the midwest is 3.40 something. I want to stop in Tulsa on the way back. I can't remember the last time I paid 150 for a hotel room. It was 115 for a room with tax the other night, but that was unusually expensive. Often it's 50, or 60. I spent the night with him in a hotel the first night, two double beds. We were right next to the office and had the door open it was such a beautiful night. We had a great time. Try 15 each for dinner at Cracker barrel. I travel with a cooler and usually have turkey, swiss, mayo and rolls and yogurt. I don't eat a lot. I may want to go anyway to see Garden of the Gods one more time. Plus it's May the absolute perfect month to travel before he kids get out of school. I won't take the freeway the whole way, I've been doing the secondary highways and the difference is amazing. He has an expired ID from his last residence in NC. 5 years at the last job. Did 2020 even happen to some of you? Many people lost everything; jobs, homes, friends, everything they own, documents, you name it. And he's also jabbed BTW. They convinced him to take it in NC at some clinic he was going to for his mesothelioma. He has medicare he just needs new documents. He's more well than many normal people with jobs who are alcoholics. This guy does no drugs or alcohol. I've been with him three days now. He's very quiet and calm, enjoying getting rested and having a real bed. Watching movies on my DVD. [/quote]
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Life is so fucking unfair and our society so sick.
He's drug and alcohol free, as in never drank or did drugs.
Never went to prison or even jail.
His father murdered his Mom in front of him then suicided. He was raised in a good foster home, but obviously had developmental and stability issues.
Only bad habit is puffs of cigars. He has mesothelioma from doing demo construction in his youth. He was told he should be ok and live at least another 20 years if he can stop the smoking. Other then that he's functional.
He's wandered place to place for 40 years. Lost all his teeth years ago.
Monday we will try to find out what we can do to get his Birth C and ID back so he can get on disability or SS. He's 62 and has nothing. He can and wants to work, but needs the ID. He may need to be on a med but he seems totally fine without anything.
Thank goodness it's summer so he can be outside. I'm going to see if I can find him a tent on Craigslist, the damm things are so expensive.
He needs to contact his step parents who are still alive and live in Co Springs. If they say he can come home for help to get the ID's , I may drive him there.
Fucking Greyhound wants 200 bucks to go from Nashville to Denver. Insanity.
I'm in no better shape then he is emotionally. Both of us fell through societies cracks. He actually has better resources than I do, money or not.
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