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10. He seems like a burned-out husk of a man.

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 04:06 PM

Mar 2013

The husk must be very, very tough...

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The coming homeless die-off [View all] Paul E Ester Mar 2013 OP

I suspect that's part of the plan. PDJane Mar 2013 #1

They will just be replaced by MORE unwanted, unemployable 50-somethings. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #2

"Life expectancy on the street is about 64". SheilaT Mar 2013 #3

Probably not smoking. eom Blanks Mar 2013 #14

No, not the smoking, but with the price of cigs today, they probably Cleita Mar 2013 #15

It's probably true that they turn SheilaT Mar 2013 #16

Would a mentally ill person be an 'other societal drop out'? HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #6

I doubt you have ever known a cronically homeless person. L0oniX Mar 2013 #17

3 or 4 of my homeless patients are in their 70's. Aristus Mar 2013 #8

guys like that fascinate me datasuspect Mar 2013 #9

He seems like a burned-out husk of a man. Aristus Mar 2013 #10

they don't make tough like that anymore datasuspect Mar 2013 #12

He's my generation and back in his twenties he would have had what Cleita Mar 2013 #13