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Posted on 04/09/2008 12:59:11 PM PDT by BGHater
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Man does that thing look dangerous.
What an eyesore. Bring on the chainsaws.
What no SWAT team kicking in the door and serving the order......oh wait no door.
Conform or be cast out!
Why can’t a resourceful guy like that make a living? There’s not a lot of money in rescuing animals.
Bottom line.... Casky is a squatter, in the best tradition, like those in the third world of Rio De Janario and Manila.
Who kicked him? "Society"?
“Why can’t a resourceful guy like that make a living?”
That is the $64,000 question. For whatever reason, some people just don’t want the responsibilities and obligations that come with a steady job, or even less structured freelance work.
His only mistake was squatting in a city...If he'd have done this out in one of Washington's National Parks, nobody would have noticed him....of course he wouldn't have had access to the various items of urban flotsam with which he's been able to adorn his abode.
Guys probably got bigger issues, but hey, he’s at least keeping himself busy, and from the sound of things getting along well enough.
Our nation has not only lost its character... its lost its characters...
Lift a cold one to Powder Puff Pete of Manitowoc, WI. (If you know who I’m talking about give me a buzz...) Those sorts of characters are no longer left.
He rescues rats?
I told my wife on our first date that I had two .22 rifles and a lantern in the trunk and we were going to the landfill to shoot rats.
>>There’s not a lot of money in rescuing animals.
Not when you figure in proper vet care, feeding, supplies, you’re lucky if you break even, let alone feed yourself. Most rescues have non-profit status and take as many donations as they can and often still go broke.
What this guy should do is get a bed at the Y, a job at a *paying* shelter and get on his feet.. he’s obviously physically strong and able. If he can get around the on public transportation in town, professional caring pet sitters can make crazy cash.
There’s got to be more to this story.
In one of the pictures it looks like a 20 ounce can of malt liquor is sitting next to the cross-legged vagrant. Couldn’t be a practicing alcoholic could he? Nah.....
Nice pet rat he has there.
Well, he is just a squatter. His house is cool, but very badly engineered. Obviously, one can’t have people just moving in and taking public property, or private property either.
He is an aggressor, but the article makes him look like a victim. Typical!
Bet he didn’t get any PERMITS for any of that!
You have epic style.
Exactly ... he's using somebody else's property, without their permission. There's something ironic about that "NO TRESPASSING" sign ...
Also, this has the potential to be serious ... if the owner doesn't take action against him, he could eventually assert "adverse possession" against them and take the property.
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