Darwin,
You are so right, it is a great feeling to help someone.
I'll have to feed all the homeless and all the
stray animals in this world to make up for all
the kindness shown me when I needed it.
I was told the samething, you told the man
you helped, by a Mennonite Lady
who befriended me as a child,
  I'll never forget her,
she died about a year ago at aged 96, in a
nursing home in Kansas, cause of death
listed as "natural causes" and PD.

just me,
Marjorie
68/58/55




At 03:59 PM 11/10/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Reminds me of a true story.
>
>A while back I was on my way home from work and it was pouring down rain.
>Stopped by Wal Mart for something. There just off the entrance was a poor
>guy by his motorcycle with a big duffel bag on the front and full cheap
>saddle bags on the back, etc. He looked like a drowned rat with a hand
>lettered sign on a piece of limp cardboard. "Please help. Need gas to get
>home." I stopped and asked him if he had enough to get about a half mile
>down the road to a station. He met me there and we filled up the tank. He
>had an accident a few days before in Northern Kansas and the motorcycle
>looked like it (he wasn't hurt bad, but obviously he was sore). He spent all
>his money getting it repaired enough to limp home to Louisiana. I
>practically had to force him to let me buy him a hot cup of coffee, a
>sandwich, some cookies and chips and a few snacks to take with him. He said
>there was no way he could ever thank me enough. I told him there was.
>Someday he would be somewhere and in a position to help someone else out and
>that would be my thanks. When he was getting ready to leave, I handed him a
>$10 bill and told him he would need it for the turnpike south and some gas
>on down the road. With tears in his eyes, he profusely "God Blessed" me, and
>you know what? God did! One of the greatest feelings I have ever had.
>
>Darwin
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Marjorie L. Moorefield[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent:         Friday, November 10, 2000 2:34 PM
> > Subject:      Homeless/Greg/Edward
> >
> > Greg and Edward,
> > Down here the Homeless use the address of the Local Salvation Army and
> > get a picture ID from the Fort Lauderdale Police Dept. for $3.00.
> > They all get library cards, and many of them are quite intelligent.
> > They have now Unionized and have started a newspaper called "The
> > Homeless Voice", they stand out on street corners and try to get
> > you to purchase their newspapers .
> >
> >
> > Yesterday morning, when we were in McDonald's for breakfast,
> > a young man came to me and told me he was on the streets for
> > awhile and he was hungry. I gave him enough money to buy his
> > breakfast, but only if he'd buy breakfast ,and not leave with the
> > money. My husband ,at this time was up purchasing our breakfast,
> > well it tickled this guy so much to think that someone gave him
> > money for breakfast that when he went over to the self-service
> > area, after purchasing his breakfast, he started "God Blessing"
> > everyone over there and proceeded to hug everyone, including
> > my husband.
> > Then he comes over to show me he had indeed purchased his
> > breakfast  before he took his "to go" breakfast out the back door.
> >
> > When my husband brought our food he said "There is some
> > guy up there "God Blessing" and hugging everyone, did he
> > come back here?
> >
> > "No Bob, I missed that."!!!
> >
> > just me,
> > Marjorie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 01:59 PM 11/10/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > >That is a very good question.  I am certain that we will get to the
> > bottom
> > >of that one
> > >soon.  I'll keep the list advised.
> > >
> > >Ed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                     Greg Sterling
> > >                     <[log in to unmask]>          To:
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >                     Sent by: "Parkinson's        cc:
> > >                     Information Exchange         Subject:     Re:
> > Homeless
> > >                     Network"
> > >                     <[log in to unmask]
> > >                     oronto.ca>
> > >
> > >
> > >                     11/10/00 01:06 PM
> > >                     Please respond to
> > >                     "Parkinson's
> > >                     Information Exchange
> > >                     Network"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >How do you register to vote in Wisconsin if you're homeless?  Don't they
> > >require ID and
> > >proof of state residence and US citizenship?  If not you could send a
> > >bunch of 16 year
> > >olds in to vote for a price.
> > >
> > >I wouldn't think that lisitng your address as "under the west-bound I-80
> > >overpass at mile
> > >marker 132"  would suffice.
> > >
> > >Greg
> > >48/35/35
> >