Just gave a guy 2 bags of corn flakes. Of course, I found them behind my trailer when I parked here. The cardboard boxes got rained on, but the plastic bags inside were still in one piece with no holes. (Neighbor's dog goes nuts over corn flakes, so I thought it might enjoy these too.) There were 6 of them, and a couple of "Honey Bunches of Oats".

"What am I going to do with these?"

I put salt on them and use them for Doritos Chips with beer.

He handed them back and shook his head.:rofl:

If there is only one begger I just tell them I did not vote for Obama ,and please go away b4 I call the police ...However If there are 2 or more beggers I proposition that they fight each other for a caqsh purse of $20.00 pluse a bottle of thunderbird. Atleast rim polishers offer a service for the money they are attempting to obtain from me .

It dawned on me one day that...these are the same people that pound on your truck

at 3:00 am and wake you up begging or telling a sad story.

Giving them money or goods only encourages them to wake you up in the middle of the night.

I tell them "I didn't have fun makin then so I aint takin care of them"'Had a guy who told me you don't understand i gonna get a dollar or something and I took my pilot pen and stabbed him.This was t the Petro in Alanta 2004.I've been known to beat some ass for gettin woke up by beggars and diesel pukes honking their horn for no good reason!I don't threaten no one and am a respectful person and will help out a ligit fellow driver or help change a tire on a 4 wheeler.

Last Sunday morning I was at the Pilot in Jackson, MS and this guy comes up to me as I'm about to leave with his hard luck story. I give him a dollar just so he'll leave me alone. I called inside and reported him, but the security guard couldn't find him. A few minutes later, I watched him get in his brand new Honda Accord and drive to the Petro across the freeway.

Speaking of that Pilot, everytime I go in there, the McDonalds is always filthy. The floors and tables look like they haven't been cleaned in over a week! The employees are always shirkin' instead or workin' and talking nasty to each other.

Matthew 25:35 For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when

What I don't understand is why the verse talks about those on his RIGHT being the "righteous," and those on the LEFT being the wicked. I would have to say that, based on American politics today, those "labels" could certainly be reversed.

I have been "bitten" many times over by the panhandler and the "needy" alike. I don't profess to always KNOW the difference. I really don't CARE. And I don't act out of some FEAR of reprisal from what SOME call "God." I act out of compassion for my fellow man according to my abundance at the time. I don't always GIVE them what they want. But, I try to GIVE me what "I" need. If I had extra food (and that is what they asked for,) I might give it. If 5 bucks for gas will not ruin me, I let THEM be responsible for how they spend it... OR I put it in their tank. I have gone SO much further than this in certain circumstances that I dare not even relate it to you all.

What I KNOW is that I am not "fooled" all that often, nor am I overly burdened by my responses. I do what I do, and I don't complain about it. I don't JUDGE the panhandler, and I feel I would not be "judged" for my responses.

But, for the record, NO.... I have not noticed so much of an increase in requests at truckstops or street corners. Economic disparity is a fact of life. I count my "blessings" that I have never been on the other end to the point that I had to beg for what I needed.

Gee, "wicked panhandlers" in a truck stop. You know, I never thought of that until you brought it up, Hobo. Every one I met in any truck stop, or in any other situation, for that matter, was on my left side. Did that make them "wicked"?

I don't know, Windy. I didn't write the Book of Matthew. WHY WERE the "wicked" ones considered being on the LEFT of Jesus? He didn't actually SAY that the "righteous" ones were on "the right." But, that is the way the scripture plays it out. I didn't write it.... I just observe and report. YOU decide.

[QUOTE=golfhobo;493334]Matthew 25:35 For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when

What I don't understand is why the verse talks about those on his RIGHT being the "righteous," and those on the LEFT being the wicked. I would have to say that, based on American politics today, those "labels" could certainly be reversed.


Your just faceing the wrong direction Hobo, turn around and you'll be faceing the "right " way!!

BIG JEEP on 44's; said:

So... you encourage them to "cast lots" for the PRIZE of the KING's robes??

Thousands of years later, civilized man still debases the underprivileged for his own amusement. :hellno: