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impulsivelad
I remember working in a pub in Dublin a few years ago. Several of the regulars were beggars on the street outside. They would drink unmercilessly, and complain if they made less than 60 quid in the few hours when they were outside. They typically got 80 a day. In punt, so that's... if I remmeber right, about 50 or 60 Sterling.
It's true, they made shit loads of money. Certainly more than I'm likely to be earning any time soon. At least for the number of hours they worked.
They also had no homes, and no real lives to speak of. It's not something I would want.
Last weekend in Camden, a guy with no fingers on his left hand was begging by an ATM. I've seen him there a few times. He's Scottish, came down to London and got married. When he seperated with his wife he became an alocohic and never quite managed to pull himself out before becoming homeless. The girls in front of me in the cue were arguing with him that he was better off than they. They apparently were still paying off their student loans, whereas he had no debt to recover from. So, logically, any money he brought in was entirely his to do with as he wished. But somehow the arguement failed to convince him. Odd that. |
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