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Yes. I have quite a little collection of those old cards deaf people used to sell.
really I am surprised I learn it, I notice it great I learn it images!:P
Yes. I have quite a little collection of those old cards deaf people used to sell.
I dont get it, veteran disabled get $$$ from our government and they act alike they were poor. My disabled nephew collects VA benefits, alot more than what my husband is earning SSDI. Only thing I can think of u help him to stay on drugs or drinking.
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This is another example of deaf beggar's wares from long ago. No alphabet, just a sewing kit.
Part of my collection.
When I was in China in 2008, I ran into a beggar on the street who showed me a card like this. I was skeptical of him because:
1. He was actually fairly well-dressed.
2. The card was newly typed and laminated, and
3. Someone else behind him said something and he turned towards them in reaction to the sound!
You are NOT alone. You are what people refer as "Between two worlds" Deaf world and hearing world and you feel you don't fit in either those world.. Not Yet anyway.It is very common. oral-only born deaf, Hard of hearing, late deafened, and even CODAs (hearing children of deaf parents) are stuck between two worlds.
I should mention hearing people too... like the one of AllDeaf member, Berry.
To you but I have seen enough of them.It's a misconception that all those selling the cards are on drugs or drinking.
To you but I have seen enough of them.
Yes I have no problem with that but I do not like any of them stand on the corner and people feel pity on them because they serivced our country. If they are not able to work, they collects $$ from our government and that should be enough for them to live . My nephew collects VA benefits because of injury he got during Gulf war and I do not see him stand on the corner and beg people to give him money. He is not going to live much longer, maybe few years left unless he gets a new liver transplant.Disabled veterans earn their disability support thru their service to and sacrifices for their country.
I don't know all the ins and outs of SSDI, so I don't know what recipients have to do in order to earn those payments. So I don't know how they can be compared.
Do u have any friends who went to Vietnam war? We do and many of them already passed away from war and most of them were alcoholic. Let me tell you something, one time a couple who came to my mom's shop and asked her for money because they collected SSI and not enough so she gave them money. Guess what they went to 7 eleven store and bought some beers with my mom's money. And those beggars fool you and everyone else, they made a lot of money from doing this and they do not pay taxes.That statement shows that you agree with me. You saw "enough" but not all.
Do u have any friends who went to Vietnam war? We do and many of them already passed away from war and most of them were alcoholic. Let me tell you something, one time a couple who came to my mom's shop and asked her for money because they collected SSI and not enough so she gave them money. Guess what they went to 7 eleven store and bought some beers with my mom's money. And those beggars fool you and everyone else, they made a lot of money from doing this and they do not pay taxes.
There is still hope that your nephew gets the liver transplant.Yes I have no problem with that but I do not like any of them stand on the corner and people feel pity on them because they serivced our country. If they are not able to work, they collects $$ from our government and that should be enough for them to live . My nephew collects VA benefits because of injury he got during Gulf war and I do not see him stand on the corner and beg people to give him money. He is not going to live much longer, maybe few years left unless he gets a new liver transplant.
Because of the above scenarios, I agree with your dad; I wouldn't give them any money on the street. You just don't know who they are for real, and what they will do with the money.Here some of ADer members feel sorry for them, why? my dad told me not do give them any one cents cuz he was a veteran also and he spend 4 and half years in war. He was a proud man so was my grandfather. It digusted him.