They used to call me Arty

Have you thought about moving to another area? Check around and see where the best job market is. You may have better luck finding a job then staying in a town where they aren't many jobs available.

You are really in a tight spot, and unfortunatly, with the economy the way it is, there are many people in a similar situation to you. Keep your head up, and fight.

Moving costs a lot of money!

True, but staying in an area with no opportunity is worse, don't you think?

I do have a brother in another state but we are not too close and Frogpatch is right it does cost a lot of money to move. I also do not know much about much. I know how to fix broken furniture and what its worth after its fixed. I have an old truck that I use for moving stuff. I am going to try to sell it and then maybe I can get enough to move. I was thinking about Philadelphia of Baltimore area. Anyone from there?

That sounds like a plan. What type of truck is it and what year? Anyone from Philly or Baltimore here?

Where did you go?

Be sure to check how the job market is there for the skills you have. You want to make sure that the area you choose will have the options available to help you succeed.

I am surprised that no one on here besides Goudah wanted to help me. I was wondering why? Well I have a puzzle for you. Put my name into google and see if you can guess who I really am!

You are Frogpatch, but I dont quite understand the game or test??????

I wanted to see if a stranger came here in a desparate situation if anyone would help. I got my answer. 86 viewers, no responses! Why do you think? Was the situation too difficult? Did no one really care? I am concerned about the homeless in this country especially here in Florida where the population is growing for obvious reasons. Warmth. People do not get that way all the time because they do not want to work. Arty is autobiographical in nature. I was Arty. I lived in NJ not Harrisburg PA. I was an antique dealer who relied on interstate business in the late 70s only to be put out of business buy a gas shortage. I could not collect unemployment and was forced out of my apt without the security for the next. What saved me was I was local and well liked and people were willing to put me up until I got back on my feet. If I did not have close friends I would have joined the homeless population. I even had all my clothes stolen. Fortunately Macys was dumb enough to send me a credit card. I got a job in a lighting showroom and 25 years later I am still in the business. I even met my wife there. So once again good was born of tragedy! Plus I got a good understanding about the homeless. There are several that work the corner where I live. Most are hardcore and will never work. A couple are young and made wrong choices. They can be helped by people of compassion like the Homeless Emergency Program to which I am a contributor.

I so agree with you on the homeless. I see them everyday on my way from the bus to the office and then agasin in the afternoon on my way home. It breaks my heart. I was especially concerned this past winter when I saw many with out a warm coat to wear and I have three I never wear. We had an unusually cold winter here. So I donated them along with coats my kids no longer wore. I agree some are homeless because they choose the lifestyle and I really feel more needs to be done, by way of shelters, to at least provide a bed for the night and a warm meal. To many times we, as a nation, are quick to lend a hand to other countries while our own suffer on the streets. it seems it takes a national disaster in order to receive assistance.

I am guilty of being a member that reviewed this post yet not offering any advice or words of encouragement. I was to busy with my own problems, which were minor, and to busy at work to think of anything effective.

Thanks Frog for bringing this problem to our attention! And it's good to see you around :)

frog I don't blame you for wondering why no one helped..look at how many on site here truly offer help to others when push comes to shove..I think it is why you woke up and passed the baton :D

WE all try to help when we can. We all or most have full time jobs and can not answewr every thread. Sorry Frog if you feel like we let you down. but we are only human.I do suppoet charities by the way

Did it occur to anyone that anyone who viewed it might not have the answer, the title was very misleading.? Or does disdain always come first to mind when someone doesn't answers a question? Are the people who can't afford to send donations or are dealing with their own stressful situations supposed to take on the world?

I'm pretty sad that you felt the need to post a topic to "test" people here. The only thing you've done is taught some people here that not all guest are guest and not all problems are real.

Homelessness is a problem. Several years ago when I was living in Austin I had no extra money to spare, nothing to donate.. pretty much nothing. I made sandwiches (just meat and cheese no sauces) and bought bottles of water. I drove around the city of Austin trying to pass them out to the people begging on the corners and those who lived under bridges. I had made about 50 sandwiches. I had quite a few thrown back at me and I got cussed out a lot. Very few were happy to receive a little help.

As to the "situation" in the first post. That person has too much pride. Pride makes a skimpy dinner. Welfare doesn't make a person less of a person. It's there for times when you need it. If a person is too prideful to accept help when it's there is nothing a person can do to truly help.

Thank you FYI. I for one am now very leery about answering new posts from Guest or from first time posters whose names i dont recognize. I do not come here to be tested , I come here to give help when I can, and i feel that this TEST post has done a lot of harm to the community. I for onr have recieved lots of PM's regarding the situation.

I really don't know where to go with this. I feel like the board is starting to be used for something other than its' original purpose, and I don't like that feeling at all.

Admin is having problems responding to our requests lately - we all know that - and we also know they are shorthanded right now. But it's hard to believe that Mike was the only person that held this site together, and with him gone, it's falling apart. There must be SOMEONE ELSE in Admin that can step up to the plate and take over his role while he's gone. No wonder the poor guy often told us he worked 18 hour days, slept for a few hours in his office and then went back to work again. Seems like he must have handled almost everything.

I don't agree with "testing" the board to see if you get a response to a post. We are all here to help, but we are not here 24/7, and we often won't answer posts that we don't have extensive subject knowledge in, to avoid giving inaccurate advice. Those who are experienced with payday loans will usually answer those posts - those with bankruptcy experience answer those, and so on. And yes, sometimes posts go unanswered for a few days - it's spring, the weather is becoming beautiful, and many people would rather be outside than in front of their computer!

I don't quite know what to say about this whole thing, other than I'm sorry, Frog, that you feel you've been mistreated. That certainly wasn't anyone's intent. But please don't take it out on the forums as a whole - we're all human, and we come here to help whenever we can - but again, we're not on here 24/7.

I am sad. :(

This board has always been a place where I could count on a good laugh and a destress. It's not like that anymore. I am so damn sick and tired of the bickering. I don't have a clue what's going on, and I don't want to.

I read this post and didn't answer it. Why? Because Goudah was doing a fine job of giving help. Why should I post redundant info? Also, I'm very sorry, but I am leery of a lot of the subject matter on this board. Frankly, I don't believe some of the situations that are posted..I know that if I was in the situation of the "poster" of this thread I probably would not be on a debt board talking about it. It's not that I don't care, I just didn't think I could make an impact here. If that makes me a bad guy, I'm really sorry. I know the truth about myself, and although I didn't jump in on this one, I've helped my share of folks.

As far as the situation regarding admin..I really think we need to give these guys some slack. There is a lot going on, Vikas has other projects, and so do the others. It's not fair to expect them to be here every second for us. I refuse to crucify people for time constraints.

So I've said my bit. I'm really not usually this vocal..I guess let the slamming of fins begin.

I'm going to lock this thread because I don't feel that it is going to be productive to this community.

We are all friends here. Some people are obviously going through some really rough times. We all need to remember why we are here. Everyone has a different reason but I believe they are good reasons.

If people need time away from the forums then they need to take it. There have been some close relationships on the forum between some members and I encourage you to use those lin es of communication. This forum needs to heal and honestly threads like these don't help the situation.