01-06-2015, 07:36 PM
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Re: Poverty
Originally Posted by Myra
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Reading another thread made me think of how we all think of poverty in different ways. What does poverty mean to YOU?
To me it means having no roof over your head, or a damp, leaking roof, little food for your children, nothing in your purse but coppers. Being POOR to me means scraping by, but you cannot afford to buy any luxuries whatsoever. I'm even talking toiletries. A half decent shower gel. Having to buy Basic brands. Anything else might be considered luxury compared to poverty and being "poor".
That's my opinion of course.
I count myself as exceptionally comfortable and I appreciate it so much.
Nothing worse than someone saying theyre skint when they don't even know the meaning of the word.
Originally Posted by spitfire
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A good portion of the population are one "Non Payday" away from financial catastrophe, so at this moment in time are not in poverty, but are a blink away. There seems to be more family help nowadays when a crisis rears it's head, maybe people these days are less ashamed to ask for assistance.
01-06-2015, 07:48 PM
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Poverty for me meant leave home at 15yo to escape my stepmother and earning £1 a week and my 'keep'.I was reduced to eating 'Laughing Dog' wholemeal dog biscuits from the kennel in which I worked to supplement my meager diet . I was 7.5 stone always cold and always hungry.
The dogs ate better than the kennel maids. I had never heard of benefits and did not expect anyone to provide for me anyway, that is just how it was and up to me to get off my behind and work my way out of it
.That is what I call 'poor' cold, hungry a change of clothes and not much more.
01-06-2015, 08:27 PM
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I don't think I have ever been poor, although we were homeless for nearly a year and lived in our car, we were cold for nearly 4 years (our accommodation was a wooden shed on the side of the village hall, no heating single skinned). We haven't been hungry (bought a 56lb bag of potatoes and ate them for a month) because that was all we could afford).We have rarely had enough money to go round always more month than money but we are not poor.
We refuse to think of our selves as poor because we always had a car, always had jobs, always had each other.
01-06-2015, 09:13 PM
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Re: Poverty
Originally Posted by Markey1
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I had a £300 tip today from a customer whom I do her trees and shrubs twice a year , Many years ago I was so hard up and skint ,I woud eat dog Bono for days on end
Markey's buying the next round then.
02-06-2015, 07:51 AM
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Re: Poverty
Lots of previous hardship amongst members here.Julie - living in a car? That sounds grim. Must have been very difficult.
Shows we don't have to watch documentaries to know what its like to have no money. Many of us have obviously been there and lived to tell the tale.
02-06-2015, 08:45 AM
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Suddenly being poor is worse than the gradual decline, having been born into poverty and living 2 or more families to the home.Then Jerry putting a bomb in it, and all you finish up with a suitcase of gifted clothes, and a train ticket to you don't know till you get to the station, with a label tied on you.
That is poor, but we were lucky although wearing second clothes that didn't fit, there was plenty of work around, mum finished up doing 3 jobs a day to put food on the table.
That is poverty when you have nothing.
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