General chat thread

[Rakdos92]

Happy 4th of July to you all. Hope you have a nice BBQ.

 

[MadGreenSon]

Used the last of my really nice bottled water to make some dehydrated cheese chicken and rice. I haven't been enjoying that crap too much and this time it made me vomit.
Which sucks all manner of dick.
So now I'm dehydrated, hungry, and very disgruntled in general because the smell of outdoor grilling is permeating the environment so much that it's distracting me from meditating.
Why are people grilling before noon?

God the heat feels like it's squeezing the life out of me


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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[MadGreenSon]

As the day has worn on the smell of barbecuing has gotten thick in the air and my hunger for it has become like a sickness.
Takes my mind off the heat. Which had deranged me enough earlier that I was halfway through locating a house with a pool to break into their yard and jump in.
But that would be a stupid thing to go to jail for.
I realized how bad the numbness in my feet is a short while ago when I noticed I'd been walking around without my sandals all day and not felt any different.
But good god, I would do violence for a hot dog or hamburger or something from a grill right now. I'm fully past the vomiting this morning.

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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[MadGreenSon]

Got the hell scared out of me this morning. Woke up and my left arm, my whole left arm, was tingly, numb, and I couldn't really move it.
With my history of heart problems this was terrifying.
It ended up clearing up fast once I sat up and rubbed some circulation into it.

Never did manage to get something to eat yesterday, that plus the mild level of dehydration have me feeling pretty weak today.
Can't really avoid the dehydration, it's just too hot and I can't keep up.
Got messaged by my insurance today, they expect to be paid on Monday, another worry for the anxiety pile

Edit: also I haven't had caffeine in days and, which hurts a lot

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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[MadGreenSon]

Well, today has sucked.

Almost all of my attention is focused on distracting myself from how I feel. Additionally, the heat makes me feel simultaneously really tired and too uncomfortable to fall asleep.

Above all though, before my insurance bill, before gas, before anything else, I desperately want to eat something. I actually would kill for a fuckin hot dog right now



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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[MadGreenSon]

Woke up with the hungry feeling fading. I myself am feeling faded and tired today.
Tried meditating but closing my eyes like that just made me fall asleep.
Worry about the car insurance is also fading. I'll just have to accept whatever happens. No point in getting excited about it.
Been trying to panhandle, both this morning and yesterday afternoon, but I lost my sign and am intensely socially awkward irl, so results are even worse than normal

I would straight up prostitute myself for some food and gas right now but no one wants to buy what I've got on offer.

At least the hungry doesn't hurt right now


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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[evildice]

Worry about the car insurance is also fading. I'll just have to accept whatever happens. No point in getting excited about it.

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Post how much it is, someone might help.

Also isn't there something about the state picking up your insurance if you fill out some forms? (I live in NYC and don't own a car so this "car insurance" stuff is all a mystery to me.) Obviously you'll need money to pay for this month but you may have a way to avoid that going forward.

For telephone, have you looked at the free Google phone number thing? I tried using one for a while -- and there was an app for my phone to transparently use Google's number -- but I never really got into it and eventually they took the free number away because I wasn't using it. You'd need wifi to use it without a phone plan but parking somewhere with wifi may be a lot cheaper than a phone plan.

At least the hungry doesn't hurt right now

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When's the next food pantry event near you?


... how much gas would it cost to get to someplace with better support services?

 

[MadGreenSon]

Post how much it is, someone might help.

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60$ for the renewal this month, normally it's 45$
Honestly though, even small amounts mean a lot

Also isn't there something about the state picking up your insurance if you fill out some forms? (I live in NYC and don't own a car so this "car insurance" stuff is all a mystery to me.) Obviously you'll need money to pay for this month but you may have a way to avoid that going forward.

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Turns out the program for that costs more than what I currently have

For telephone, have you looked at the free Google phone number thing? I tried using one for a while -- and there was an app for my phone to transparently use Google's number -- but I never really got into it and eventually they took the free number away because I wasn't using it. You'd need wifi to use it without a phone plan but parking somewhere with wifi may be a lot cheaper than a phone plan.

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I'm currently riding Wi-Fi from a gym that I got the password for. 24 hours, no restrictions. Unlike McDonald's Wi-Fi I can get porn through this

When's the next food pantry event near you?

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17th

... how much gas would it cost to get to someplace with better support services?

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Support services all charge money. That's why I sleep in my car.
I have no idea how much gas I would need to get somewhere better


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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[NotYetAJumper]

Hello QQ, just making a first comment post in case there's any kind of rule about that. Apologies if this isn't the place for that, or is unnecessary.

 

[LurkingInTheDeceit]

Hello QQ, just making a first comment post in case there's any kind of rule about that. Apologies if this isn't the place for that, or is unnecessary.

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You do need to post at least once on the forum to unlock some account privileges (like editing your custom title, but probably other things too), and your posts are invisible till your first is approved (spambot measure). There's an introduction thread, but there's no rule about where your first post needs to be, and most everything is on-topic in this thread anyway.

 

[Dream water void and sky]

Guys, how could I change the signature under my profile? I can't find how to do this(

 

[evildice]

Hello QQ, just making a first comment post in case there's any kind of rule about that. Apologies if this isn't the place for that, or is unnecessary.

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How dare

Err, I mean welcome.

Guys, how could I change the signature under my profile? I can't find how to do this(

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Spoiler

then

 

[LurkingInTheDeceit]

Guys, how could I change the signature under my profile? I can't find how to do this(

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If you want to change the 'Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?' to something else:

Click Avatar at top of page for drop down menu -> Account details -> Custom Title | Or click this link.

If you actually mean your Signature, I.e. the bit underneath every one of your posts (mine says 'Former lurker turned fraud. Avatar. Banner.'), then:

Click Avatar at top of page for drop down menu -> Signature | Or click this link.

 

[Dream water void and sky]

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Спасибо за быстрый ответ)

 

[MadGreenSon]

The worst thing lately has been the heat. I'm constantly at least mildly dehydrated because I honestly can't drink enough water to keep up with being squeezed out like a sponge by the fucking sun. At least once a day I have to take my shirt off and wring it out like a soaked washcloth.
It's some miserable shit, lemme tell you.

Today is pretty overcast, so it's not quite as bad, but the humidity is up so everything is still sticky and sweaty as all hell.

Gonna see if I can meditate today. Still have the tree here so maybe I can "transcend" for a little while and spend time not feeling miserable.


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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food

 

[Arc-on-Fire]

The worst thing lately has been the heat.

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Try to keep your time in your car minimal, stay in shade and downwind. (If your having problems with mosquitoes or any other blood-sucking vermin, get a metal pot/pan and as much greenwood and leaves as you can. Don't try and turn it into a fire, just let it smoulder: the smoke keeps the vermin away in until the night. Spreading crushed wild garlic and mud on your skin also helps keep vermin away.)

I'm constantly at least mildly dehydrated because I honestly can't drink enough water to keep up with being squeezed out like a sponge by the fucking sun.

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Again: get out of your car once in a while, it's an oven. Two, stay in some good shade. Now as for the water problem... stop chugging it down the second you get it. Like it took a while for me to get that dehydration is more about your kidneys than a parched throat. I know for a fact that you feel like shit after you gulp down whatever water you got. Feel bloated as hell, wanna piss but can't, maybe even some nausea or stomach cramps.

Wet your lips, let the gag/throat reflex pass and take small sips through out the hours. If you can, eat or nibble on something salty while your sipping. Trust me, it fucking helps. Now I've read that you're near a gym. See if you can rumage around in order to find a good water bottle that you can clean up and use proper for rehydrating safely.

At least once a day I have to take my shirt off and wring it out like a soaked washcloth.
It's some miserable shit, lemme tell you.

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Keep your shit loose, let it breathe and most importantly - KEEP IT DRY! Like dude, it's gotta be stagnant wind with like 30+ weather and 100% humidity where you're at if you're sweating that fucking hard.

Today is pretty overcast, so it's not quite as bad, but the humidity is up so everything is still sticky and sweaty as all hell.

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Could be worse. Strip your upper layers if you can.

Gonna see if I can meditate today. Still have the tree here so maybe I can "transcend" for a little while and spend time not feeling miserable.

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Here's a nugget of injun spiritual survival: get into a state of being half-awake and half-asleep, during the process - focus your mind and try to dream of what currently holds your interest. Make it as concrete as possible and approach it with the intent of learning or surviving. After that you'll be educated on that specific thing; all the way down to its most minute details. That's what we Cree call "Pawaachikan." Literally "Vision Dreaming."

 

[MadGreenSon]

Try to keep your time in your car minimal

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Oh I do. I'm sitting under a tree right now.

Keep your shit loose, let it breathe and most importantly - KEEP IT DRY! Like dude, it's gotta be stagnant wind with like 30+ weather and 100% humidity where you're at if you're sweating that fucking hard.

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Yeah, I generally keep three shirts on tap to switch between. Also have a rag handy to mop up sweat with.

Here's a nugget of injun spiritual survival: get into a state of being half-awake and half-asleep, during the process - focus your mind and try to dream of what currently holds your interest. Make it as concrete as possible and approach it with the intent of learning or surviving. After that you'll be educated on that specific thing; all the way down to its most minute details. That's what we Cree call "Pawaachikan." Literally "Vision Dreaming."

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That sounds really cool, Im going to try it. Might take some work to get there but it sounds like it's worth it

Here's a thought to put to the group; what should I do if/when a hurricane is rolling this way? The local homeless shelters are built like shit and tend to get torn up and/or flooded out when storms hit, so that's a miss.

Should I just leave town?


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I'm currently homeless, sick and living in a car.
Contributions to my medicine/gas/food needs welcome here
Please help me I desperately need gas and food