Pointers For the Homeless

Via Seven Inches of Sense, I found this informative post which provides some valuable tips for the homeless and other street people. For example,

1) Make friends with someone who closes up at a fast food restaurant. They have to throw out the food that has not been sold at the end of the night anyway so if you ask them nicely, they'll put it in a box for you beside the dumpster instead of inside it.

2) If you ever run out of gas and have no money, just go to a junkyard. There are tons of cars there that will never run again and they all have gas in them. Just find one without rust on the wrecked area, because it hasn't been sitting there long enough to get water in the gas tank most likely, and ask the owner/manager if you can siphon the gas out.

Follow the link for additional pointers.

It should be mentioned that specific street skills aren't really necessary if a person goes to Key West, Florida. The city fathers of Key West are providing just about every benefit imaginable to their homeless population.