Any of you ever gone homeless before?

[Stark]

You could send them a letter.  They'd probably appreciate knowing that was something that helped get you back on track, even if it didn't go perfectly, and that you think of them fondly.

Yes I was thinking about that, I might do that, long time ago, but I guess they remember me after all how many times do you take a dirty 17 year old in your home

[GroinkTropin]

Usually i'd sneak into the showers on university or community colleges campuses.

 In fact, that's one thing I tended to do a lot was stay close to college campuses, they have a lot of resources.

 Sometimes I would find showers by the beach. And if none of that it available i'd just do a bucket wash.

 Sometimes I bathed in a river or ocean too, but that shit was cold so I wasn't too into it. Some people did it all the time though in the icy water.

 Sometimes I would just get naked in the rain.

Yes because community colleges abound out in the woods. Your shitty story is breaking down by the minute.

[Stark]

Yes because community colleges abound out in the woods. Your shitty story is breaking down by the minute.

lol the guy has been exposed to be so full of shit


Ron delete his account obviously a troll and gimmick

[The Showstoppa]

and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand.

[keanu]

When I was far away from towns and low on supplies I sometimes set up snares and ate whatever got caught.

 Squirrels and rats.
 

So you went from some suburban kid to John Rambo catching and preparing squirrels and rats with your stoner hippy friends? Bullshit. You wouldn't have a damn clue how to do this without plenty of background. I doubt the ghost of Jim Morrison appeared to provide guidance either.

Did a family of Bigfoots take you in and show you how to power walk through the dense Oregon bush to all the cool colleges and universities they have hidden in there? What is the favourite course. How to avoid being filmed, 101?

 The only way an internet nerd like yourself would ever get by in the streets would be via ShipSuckki. God knows that much is likely true.

[EL Mariachi]

no you werent, you just  seen ''into te wild'' and come here for attentionwhorage

[Mr Nobody]

Raising Arizona a damn fine movie.

[ShipSekki]

Sorry to say you are full of shit you wouldn't know the first thing about homeless ness, as the other member said you read a book somewhere and thought yeah that sounds cool I pretend
As I said - living rough and sleeping rough in a city is completly different to just taking a break with a nice cushy bankaccount you can fall back on when things get a little rough, lol i cannot even comprehend how full of shit you are.
You strip your decency and your pitty the minute you come home and your door is closed the lock is changed and the black plastic bags outside your place contain your cloth, the first night I sleept in a telephone cell by minus 10 black forest winter my friend - friends bahhh forget that, you've got no friends anymore they all turn their back to you after you ask them the second and third time to sleep in their place, money - WUSSSH gone thats it you have no income and I never begged (couldn't do it but I bet I would have done it easy in another month).
So how do you make money - you steal - I got so prudent I just walked into a cloth store took 3 jackets and walked out, you don't give a shit all you think is that you need money for a little bit of food.
You dignety is gone as soon as you are picked up by the cops and they tell you that you stink, when you try to tell them that you cannot shower since you are afraid of the fucking creeps in the homeless shelter they just laugh.
It takes a few hours to become nothing and it takes max a week to feel like nothing.

I meet so many people rough that would have begged for a difference in their life but after a year sleeping rough you are not part of the society and you are mentaly fucked, you accept your life you start drinking drugs what else.

Fuck me don't even fucking dare to tell me you know better cause you don't kiddo.

 You're just projecting your experience onto me.

 You had a rough and fucked up fall into homelessness when you were a teenager and now you are all traumatized from it and it's tainted your vision.

 Me, at the age of 26, decided to go homeless for an adventure. And there was no pity or anger or desperation because it was by choice and I was free to end it any time I wanted to.

 It's ignorant of you to tell me that my experience must not be true. You just sound like you still still a lot of issues and emotional complexes and demons from your experience. Go to a shrink or something.

[Coach is Back!]

Ron, please shoot this useless gimmick.

[ShipSekki]

Yes because community colleges abound out in the woods. Your shitty story is breaking down by the minute.

 I didn't stay in the woods 100% of the time you idiot.

 Most of the time when I was in the woods I was less than a mile away from a small town with shops and stuff. I usually had a grocery store a 10 minute hike from wherever I was camped out.

 I never claimed that I was living off the land all the time. Although there were a few times when I did this for a few day stints. You're just making straw man arguements.

[ShipSekki]

So you went from some suburban kid to John Rambo catching and preparing squirrels and rats with your stoner hippy friends? Bullshit. You wouldn't have a damn clue how to do this without plenty of background. I doubt the ghost of Jim Morrison appeared to provide guidance either.

Did a family of Bigfoots take you in and show you how to power walk through the dense Oregon bush to all the cool colleges and universities they have hidden in there? What is the favourite course. How to avoid being filmed, 101?

 The only way an internet nerd like yourself would ever get by in the streets would be via ShipSuckki. God knows that much is likely true.

 Before I went homeless I spent about a year working on a farm in a small town of 2000 people, learning about the land. Learning hunting, gardening, trapping, and lots of other homesteading and survival skillls.

 That's why I was successful at my homeless stint. Because I was ready for it and knew exactly what to do.

 So I wasn't a suburban kid before I did it. Thanks for the lame straw man arguement though.

[ShipSekki]

Sounds really interesting. I'd like to hear more. Stories, experiences. I'm all ears.

 I've got too many stories to tell.

 Being homeless in Oregon is really mellow and easy. You run into other young homless people all the time and they wil help you at and hang out with you. Most of them are really young, like late teens and early 20s and most of them are counter-culture like punk, hippies, whatever.

 Since I was 26, a little older, I usually got respect and nobody fucked with me much. And I knew when to get really serious when someone was challenging me, so I never had any big problems. I did see some fights and robbings and stuff. But usually they happened because someone was talking shit or someone did something stupid or whatever.

 I went down to SoCal at the end and it was different there. Lots of hard drugs like Heroin, crack, meth, etc. More hardcore and more violent. same thing in Arizona.

 In Oregon and Northern cali it was like a fun camping trip, down in the southwest it was more brutal.

[wes]

This fag is a straight up liar.

[GroinkTropin]

Ron, please shoot this useless gimmick.

Quoted for truth.

[ShipSekki]

 Only on GetBig would I have two guys with pictures of oiled up musclemen in thongs on their avatars teaming up on me and calling me a "fag".

 Dripping with irony.

[Howard]

[wes]

Waiting for an unsuspecting squirrel or rat to wander by!!

[big14]

Because he canceled his lease and went on an interesting trip
he was technically homeless.
If he kept the lease and paid the rent on his room,
while out camping it would be a low budget
vacation adventure.
I dont understand why people go off and melt here.
Like jb181 posted a pic when he was on his lifetime peak.
Dov melted and cursed because Jbs181's peak was 10years ago.
Read and relax, posters have hysterical breakdowns like women here.

[dj181]

Hey big14, thanks man! Yeah, I thought that reaction was a bit extreme myself. And Ship, don't worry about what these other fellas say on here man. As they say "Live and let live."

[Swedish Viking]

This is a good discusssion; obviously a lot of us differentiate between houseless and homeless.  Like SS, I find comfort leaving the pursuits of the material world behind and spending the night in a tent or my own debris hut/shelter in the forest.  I'm not at the stage where I feel ready to go totally homeless as some would call it, but I could see myself going houseless for some time in the future maybe.

[ShipSekki]

 In two years when I move back to the USA I plan on travelling all over the country. I'll try to hit at least 25 or 30 states. I can't wait

[Stark]

In two years when I move back to the USA I plan on travelling all over the country. I'll try to hit at least 25 or 30 states. I can't wait

If you make it through border control

[Mr Nobody]

If you make it through border control

Ship is only coming back here to beat some getbigger's asses, he'll make it through.

[TacoBell]

SemenSucky got the idea for this thread from the giving up lifting thread.  Yes, he is completely full of shit.


As for me, I have never been homeless per say, but I did spend 3 months living out of my jet.  Times were tough but I survived.

[ShipSekki]

 I'm really surprised that so many people here don't believe this story. You all are acting like i've told some totally over the top tale.

 All it is was was me travelling like a bum for 6 months. Is this really so hard to believe? It's not like it's difficult or crazy to do it. It's a pretty easy thing to do.

 It's a pretty simple fucking thing. Millions of people are doing it right now on this Earth.

 Maybe you all have lived incredibly dull and boring lives, void of adventure and risks. But I havn't.