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Not a troll - this actually happened.

Was leaving McDonald's the other morning, and an older homeless lady
(toting a rolling suitcase with a pile of clothes and blankets on it)
was sitting/resting on the curb near my car, so close I couldn't get
into it, let alone back it out. It was cold and windy, so I guess she
was just getting out of the way of the weather as much as possible.

She offered to move right away, and I saw she was older so I helped her
up by her hand. I was curious how she became homeless, so I asked her
some questions and ended up conversing with her for about 15 minutes.

She was an intelligent woman of 73 (divorced, with a son and daughter),
so I was surprised she was homeless. But like many homeless she had
some mental issues; she tended to ramble on a lot, and said was being persecuted for being a Christian.

Our conversation at one point turned to employment and I said I had
worked in IT for a long time. And here's the weird part of the
encounter: without talking about operating systems or anything
technical, she specifically said she liked Linux, had used RedHat, and
knew Samba!

I was kind of floored. It's unusual for older women to even use Linux,
let alone like it.

(something else surprised me: Linux users usually ask for your spare
change, but she never once hit me up for money.)

At one point I asked where she was going to spend the night, and she
said "Over there" and pointed to a nearby sidewalk outside a business. Sad.

I had to conclude our conversation, so I wished her well and said
goodbye. Best of luck to Kathy.

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On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:54:16 -0500, DFS wrote:

Not a troll - this actually happened.

Was leaving McDonald's the other morning, and an older homeless lady
(toting a rolling suitcase with a pile of clothes and blankets on it)
was sitting/resting on the curb near my car, so close I couldn't get
into it, let alone back it out. It was cold and windy, so I guess she
was just getting out of the way of the weather as much as possible.

She offered to move right away, and I saw she was older so I helped her
up by her hand. I was curious how she became homeless, so I asked her
some questions and ended up conversing with her for about 15 minutes.

She was an intelligent woman of 73 (divorced, with a son and daughter),
so I was surprised she was homeless. But like many homeless she had
some mental issues; she tended to ramble on a lot, and said was being persecuted for being a Christian.

Our conversation at one point turned to employment and I said I had
worked in IT for a long time. And here's the weird part of the
encounter: without talking about operating systems or anything
technical, she specifically said she liked Linux, had used RedHat, and
knew Samba!

I was kind of floored. It's unusual for older women to even use Linux,
let alone like it.

(something else surprised me: Linux users usually ask for your spare
change, but she never once hit me up for money.)

At one point I asked where she was going to spend the night, and she
said "Over there" and pointed to a nearby sidewalk outside a business.
Sad.

I had to conclude our conversation, so I wished her well and said
goodbye. Best of luck to Kathy.

I'm surprised that her kids didn't help her off the street. I can't
imagine leaving my parents homeless, no matter what kind of mental issues
they have. Honouring your parents is part of the Ten Commandments.
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On 18 Feb 2026 20:18:52 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:

I'm surprised that her kids didn't help her off the street. I can't
imagine leaving my parents homeless, no matter what kind of mental
issues they have. Honouring your parents is part of the Ten
Commandments.

Maybe the kids are the ones persecuting her for being a Christian.
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On 19 Feb 2026 00:18:40 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On 18 Feb 2026 20:18:52 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:

I'm surprised that her kids didn't help her off the street. I can't
imagine leaving my parents homeless, no matter what kind of mental
issues they have. Honouring your parents is part of the Ten
Commandments.

Maybe the kids are the ones persecuting her for being a Christian.

It's quite possible. Today's kids have been trained from a young age to worship themselves. It's part of what was described in 2 Timothy about the people of the last days:


1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of GodrCo

This paragraph makes it clear to me where people like Joel Crump are
going. I assume this will also be the case for the Haitian thief I
denounced yesterday in the convenience store.

Did I ever mention that I profoundly dislike Haitians?
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On 2026-02-19, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 19 Feb 2026 00:18:40 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On 18 Feb 2026 20:18:52 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:

I'm surprised that her kids didn't help her off the street. I can't
imagine leaving my parents homeless, no matter what kind of mental
issues they have. Honouring your parents is part of the Ten
Commandments.

Maybe the kids are the ones persecuting her for being a Christian.

It's quite possible. Today's kids have been trained from a young age to worship themselves. It's part of what was described in 2 Timothy about the people of the last days:

1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of GodrCo

I like the older English editions better rCo they seem to be more direct and make a stronger point.

The original Rheims New Testament (1582):

1. And this know thou, that in the last days shall approach perilous
times. 2. And men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty,
proud, blasphemous, not obedient to their parents, unkind, wicked, 3.
Without affection, without peace, accusers, incontinent, unmerciful,
without benignity. 4. Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of
voluptuousness more then of God:

Rheims Challoner revision of 1764:

1 Know also this, that, in the last days, shall come dangerous times. 2
Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, 3 Without affection, without
peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness, 4
Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God:

Words left out in the version of the Bible you quote, dangerous (perilous), blasphemers (blasphemous), wicked, traitors. Wicked is stronger than
"unholy." Dangerous or perilous is more to the point than "terrible."
Without peace describes better the restlessness of the mind of this generation.

At any rate, for what it's worth.

The King James Version (1611, 1769 revision) is closer to the Rheims New Testament, but wordier:

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without
natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God;

This paragraph makes it clear to me where people like Joel Crump are
going. I assume this will also be the case for the Haitian thief I
denounced yesterday in the convenience store.

Did I ever mention that I profoundly dislike Haitians?

--
"Not just insane... Trump insane."
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