ITV. Fri 9 Jan, 8-8.30. PART 2 NOW Living Without Money

saver_sam

bo_drinker wrote: »

I am going to get a copy of Kath Kellys book............ From the library of course :j

Me too; however had to pay to reserve it but should be worth it.

sb44

PasturesNew wrote: »

Betty/Peter Pickstock picked up pennies off the pavement for 22 years. Friends/family also chipped in. They have collected £369,850.31 in that time.
They drive around collecting coins in their car and have to use a shopping trolley to get the pennies to the bank.

Don't believe that for one minute. They may beg and get some money.

How often do you spot the odd coin on the pavement?

You would have to be collecting quite a few each day to get anything remotely like half of that figure.

Load of tosh.

:rolleyes:

bo_drinker

There is a bloke locally who does it on a daily basis, does the rounds more than once a day he makes a few quid. Walks round eyes permanently on the ground and he knows where to go and when. Not a dosser he lives in a bungalow probably inherited and doesn't work.

1echidna

I wonder how much difference having a television crew in tow makes. Being resourceful and articulate certainly would make a difference also. Having a alcohol, tobacco or drug addiction of course would be major handicaps. Also in the event of major economic problems and a large number of people forced into such a position would make it much harder with the competition. I expect though there would be more organised help from charities etc to provide free basic food and perhaps tents and sleeping bags. I remember seeing a tented area in a park in Tokyo catering for homeless people a few years ago with the economic problems they were having.

opaque

A few simple things could be done to make this sort of thing easier for those in that position.
- Ban shops from just throwing food etc away, make them donate any 'waste'
- Compulsorarily take over abandonded buildings and either sell or utilise them, same with empty office buildings, if they are left empty for a year say, they must be able to be used for another purpose
- Offer jobs doing useful things like filtering rubbish at tips. By this I don't mean household waste I mean instead of just chucking stuff in big skips sortit into at least basic piles. I know this happens in some places but when I was at my local tip after christmas (recycling clothes) so much stuff that could have been reused was just going straight into the containers and getting smashed up etc. Furniture and carpets that looked fine were getting thrown away as they were no longer needed. All it takes is someone to be inbetween the car and the skips.

Reverbe

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have lived at this level for a few years now, so know what it's like to not leave the house due to not having the money to go anywhere to make friends. But it's interesting reading the diaries of those for whom this is a revelation.

This is a huge problem for me.Since moving to London I have had long periods of time like this and then when in work not in work either long enough to make friends or in work with people who are not interested in making any new friends despite getting on like the proverbial house on fire IN work. After 10 years in London I am sad to report I am totally without friends.

Mary_Hartnell

The big problem in London tends to be the long commute to work, making outside work socialising difficult, when there is a car to drive or a train to catch.
(London taxis are usually at least twice the price of provincial ones).

To meet people, you really have to join a "club" of people with a common interest, where you live and then you have the problem of pressure of work and mess-ups in the commuting making you an unreliable member of the "club".