Skiles Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 For example, I learned how to live comfortably on an incredibly small amount of money. If you hand me a $20 bill and say "Live on that for a week," I'll see you next week with change in my pocket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Skiles said: For example, I learned how to live comfortably on an incredibly small amount of money. If you hand me a $20 bill and say "Live on that for a week," I'll see you next week with change in my pocket. i'm curious, how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiles Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Naraku4656 said: i'm curious, how Fast food is your friend. You won't eat three square meals a day by any means, but fast food is filling enough that two dollar-meal cheeseburgers around mid-day will do ya. One trick is to procure a large soda cup, and continue to use it, rather than buy one every meal. You gotta be sneaky about it though, because they would much rather not let you do that. But the few times I got caught, you can just tell them you're broke as shit, and they get it. They don't pay fast food workers enough to stop you from getting a free beverage. But don't use cups from a different place. Use a McDonald's cup at McDonald's. Because otherwise they will be like "Hey man, you can't do that. C'mon now." I realize this whole post makes me sound like a scumbag, but hey, when you're homeless, you gots to do what you gots to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) I'll bet you lost a lot of weight too, huh??? Actually reading the above post makes me reconsider that... Edited May 17, 2019 by Doom Metal Alchemist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Skiles said: Fast food is your friend. You won't eat three square meals a day by any means, but fast food is filling enough that two dollar-meal cheeseburgers around mid-day will do ya. One trick is to procure a large soda cup, and continue to use it, rather than buy one every meal. You gotta be sneaky about it though, because they would much rather not let you do that. But the few times I got caught, you can just tell them you're broke as shit, and they get it. They don't pay fast food workers enough to stop you from getting a free beverage. But don't use cups from a different place. Use a McDonald's cup at McDonald's. Because otherwise they will be like "Hey man, you can't do that. C'mon now." I realize this whole post makes me sound like a scumbag, but hey, when you're homeless, you gots to do what you gots to do. i was thinking like beans and rice and stuff but i guess if you're homeless the question becomes "well yeah smarty but how do i cook it" so i can get that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiles Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Doom Metal Alchemist said: I'll bet you lost a lot of weight too, huh??? Actually reading the above post makes me reconsider that... Not a ton. But my weight went from a healthy 135 to a super not healthy 125. I actually lost some weight but I got physically fatter. Fast food is fucking terrible for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiles Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Naraku4656 said: i was thinking like beans and rice and stuff but i guess if you're homeless the question becomes "well yeah smarty but how do i cook it" so i can get that I was fortunate to find one shelter that was actually pretty nice (for a homeless shelter), and fed us super well. But I didn't find it until nearly a year of being on and off the street. So I still developed an insane level of resourcefulness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I moved into a rehearsal space in a warehouse in cleveland for $165/month. A 12x7 room with a heavy deadbolt, alarm, heat, wifi, parking for my car, security cameras everywhere, and a bathroom down the hall. There were like 100 rehearsal spaces. I was in the death metal section in Hell Battery's old room. They moved to a bigger one. There were at least 4 other ppl using the rehearsal spaces to live in. One guy was an artist who did drawings and paintings. Another guy who lived there had tons of weed and would let anyone smoke w/him but he was scary af and had powder burns on his eyelids from when his wife tried to blow his head off. Apparently her thumb got blown off in the struggle too. He had so many stories that involved him shooting at someone. Anyway, the cool thing about it was you legally got residency there so you could get mail and be in the building 24/7/365 if you really wanted. And the internet was insanely fast bc they had a business line which I pretty much had to myself since it was kinda before everyone would be using smartphones w/wifi. I had my car, my cam, clothes, makeup, and laptop, and I got a membership at a gym 1/2 hour away for $20/month where I would go to shower or just work out bc bored. So like all the basic living essentials for $185/month. The real major downside was the noise w/all the death metal bands in the adjacent rooms. One on either party wall, and 2 out of 3 across the hall were death metal. Tons of other rock/punk/metal bands down the entire hallway too. They're not like soundproof recording studios either, it's just walls. It was so loud by 11pm every night even during the week. It felt like some strange combination of prison, college, and homelessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice McKenzie Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 im not sure i'd call those "perks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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