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Friday, October 29, 2004 

Survival Guide To Homelessness

No sooner have I posted you a link that I must do so again:

...."The foremost giveaway of homelessness is bad odor.
Have workshirts laundered and pressed at a drycleaner. Best is to hang them on a hook in the backseat of your car, but you can also have the laundry fold them and place them in boxes. They will have extra creases if you get them boxed. Take them in just three at a time, and get them out in groups of three. This will help you to keep them crisp. The drycleaner will become your closet. Don't let anything stay at the cleaners for more than 30 days. Keep your cleaning tickets in your glove compartment, where you can find them."... etc. etc.

This is the Survival Guide to Homelessness

I am especially fascinated by the meticulousness with which preparations are made. I understand people often have the homeless way of life thrust upon them with no choice, but it is easy to have a high level of respect for someone who does something to the highest standard they can (especially whilst facing adversity). I sincerely mean not to sound patronising in this regard, I'd like to think my admiration can be received without a false tainting of pity assumed.

Found Via: Boing Boing

Odd assumption that you'll have a car, though.

Your right, I did think that myself.

I assume the site is dealing with homelessness at varying levels - from scraping by with possessions but no roof under which to put them, to full blown "just the shirt on your back" homelessness.

I would like to put in here, as the author of Survival Guide to Homelessness, that I am not assuming you have a car. In an earlier post, I argue that you should do anything you can to get one, running or not, because your life becomes infinitely easier.

I am enormously flattered that my blog has caught your interest.

Michael

Thanks for clarifying that one for us Michael.
It is much appreciated.

Yes, I didn't read enough of your back-blog before I commented, sorry :-/. It makes compelling reading and I plan to continue.

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