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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #40 on: February 25, 2015, 12:02:15 pm »
Here, at least, there's a fair bit of work involved in getting bottles exchanged, you have to go to redemption centres (not grocery stores like in QC) so at least the kids/parents have to go through some effort for the reward.

However, if my 2 bags in the garage get full before someone comes, I'll take it to the redemption centre since I need the space, and there's a place like 1.5-2km away now.
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #41 on: February 25, 2015, 12:58:05 pm »
Nah, Oakville baby!
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #42 on: February 25, 2015, 11:31:01 pm »
I saw a couple panhandlers with signs "working" an intersection when going to downtown Kingston a few days ago.

I haven't given anything to beggars since the day I was in a local motorcycle shop and the guy I always saw asking for spare change outside my favourite pub came in and bought a motorcycle worth more than mine.
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #43 on: February 26, 2015, 07:30:55 am »
^^ Better hourly rate than the regular working stiff.
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #44 on: February 26, 2015, 10:03:09 am »
About a decade ago my brother made a couple grand busking outside the Calgary Stampede.  ::)
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #45 on: February 26, 2015, 11:00:30 am »
At least buskers can be entertaining.
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #46 on: February 26, 2015, 01:19:03 pm »
Quote from: tortoise on February 26, 2015, 11:00:30 am
At least buskers can be entertaining.

Exactly.  I always give money to musicians.
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #47 on: February 28, 2015, 10:32:45 pm »
On my way home, on Lake Shore Rd in Toronto at the intersection of Strachan Avenue, there's been a homeless guy there panhandling ever since I moved in five years ago. He's a scraggly looking dude probably in his sixties, and looks genuinely poor. However, he has a wheelchair he's in 90% of the time in the winter, but when it's warm, he switches to a bicycle. I don't understand...
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Re: Does your city have boulevard panhandlers?
« Reply #48 on: March 09, 2015, 08:26:45 pm »
In Vancouver many many intersections have these people.
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