While this is a bit off topic it is still quite relevant.....

In a country with the wealth and resources of the US of A, I find it totally ridiculous... even criminal that anyone is homeless... on the streets, living in shelters, etc.... and if Uvah had a place to hang his hat/plug in his lappy would likely not have neen stolen.

So, while recovering/replacing his laptop is important, I'm hoping somebody much closer to Uvah than I can help him find safer and more suitable accommodation.  It doesn't have to be palatial or mansionesque, just something modest with power, a hat hook and a window for some fresh air [if there is such a thing the big city].  Surely somebody knows of something that would suffice... an old abandoned warehouse or office complex perhaps.... anything with bathroom amenities that could easily be adapted to affordable housing.

Sometimes a bit of a leg up is all a person needs, and they can do the rest.  Anybody????  

And Uvah, be prepared to go outer suburban even rural... a roof over your head is a roof over your head, no matter where it is [excluding prison/hospital/living with a banker]

Sadly, homelessness is something that's also on the rise here in Australia, and with the unending greed of the banks and now daily foreclosures, real estate agents fees making housing unaffordable, it is a travesty that's getting worse by the day,  Again, there is no need for it.  There are several thousands of vacant houses here in Ipswich alone, yet it is reported that upwards of 27,000 people are homeless in the area   Why is that?  Because banks, real estates and investment owners would rather see them empty and claim on tax than go below the market rental value.

The problem is that the people with all the wealth and resources just don't give a damn. Most of them could care less about the homeless, or anyone else for that matter.

 I hope he does, so that he can see, that with all that is bad in the world, there are good people here.

Same here in Oz, the wealthy have absolutely NO regard for the impoverished and/or disadvantaged. There are wealthy pretenders who supposedly care and give to charity, but the truth is that they write it all off on tax... meaning they've donated nothing at the end of the day and the average taxpayer [read low income earner] foots the bill.

After seeing first-hand just how tight these bastards are when I was collecting for charity during that 'Feed The World" campaign, I have absolutely no time for rich people whatsoever.  My partner of the time and I were given a rather well-to-do area on the first day of the collection weekend, and a working class area the next.  In total we collected just $4.00 from the well-to-do area, an estate of about 700 houses, while the next day we collected nearly $570 from the working class folk who had the least to give.... and from far fewer houses to boot [about 300].

To say I hate regular rich folk, um, probably not.... but I sure as heck dislike the mongrels with a passion.  One of rich folk [though I can think of another 4 lettered word beginning with F] actually threatened us with violence if we didn't get off his property instantly, then release 2 doberman pincers when he thought we weren't moving fast enough for his liking.  We got the last laugh, though... when his house burned to the ground about a month later and took his collection of luxury cars with it.  Yup, you guessed it, he came knocking on our door for assistance... which was impolitely refused [add a plethora of expletives and a threat or two here], and for good measure, my rottweiler was set loose to put the fear of bejesus into him.

However, and for anyone who is unaware at this point, I do hate bankers.... with a passion.

Well, having been there, I can say this much.

My time on the bottom was a very dark time in my life. I was in a situation where my spirit was broken. I was as low as one could get, and I ceased to care.

I lost a wife and two kids and my dignity and pride. I spent 3 years homeless. Eating in missions, standing in soup lines, sleeping where I could, bumming food from fast food joints, etc.

Walking store parking lots looking for lost money, getting cigarette butts from people's ashtrays.

My own family wouldn't help. I stank, I was thin and sickly. I attempted suicide several times, and contemplated it daily.

I have had to fight my way back to where I am now. I give thanks to The Lord for that, and for seeing me back to "this side".

I say all this for one reason. I feel you Ross. I believe you are a good guy and I believe that you will see better times. I will be praying for you, Ross, and I will be vigilant about it.

With God's help, I came back from a bad place in my life. You will too, I have faith in you. Keep your chin up. Email me when you can, I'd like to call you on the phone, if that would in any way be possible.

Sorry to hear this Uvah.

Hope you get it back and things improve for you.

Uvah I sent you a personal email. If you get it you can reply here or call. That capcha whatever is confusing me.

it's not case sensitive and does not always go through the first time but generally on the second attempt...

To date, it has never gone through the first time for me.

Uvah I am sorry to hear about your loss. I sympathize.

Hope your situation improves, hang in there bud.

I don't have laptop otherwise I would gladly donate it to you so you could continue to contribute to this community.

Sorry to hear about all this Uvah, wish I could help but I'm more broke than I've ever been in my life myself. Good luck mate.

To all my brothers and sisters here at WC and yes to me you are that, you are my family...mine family. You have no idea just how much......how much you've touched my heart. To all of you....I love you guys more than.......sorry but I don't do choked up very well....I've never had to. To say that this has brought tears to my eyes....well if you could see the people here who have been pulling for me you'd know. What can I say except...I love you...all of you from the bottom of my heart for the kind words the help, the offers...everything. Sometimes I joke about my greedy self but that's all it is. Joking around. So...just to let you guys know that I'm not all that depressed how's this.......I'll take it all...send me stuff....jewelry...monies...laptops,,,desktops...bottomtops and even toptops if there's any left. Love every one of you and that's no joke. You guys are the best!!

Kitty and Andy PM coming your way. Don't shoot me okay.

huggles..... we love you baby xxx

you mentioned jewellery........do you take bubblegum rings for payment instead of visa??? I have flower rings, cupcake rings, rings with bunneh´s on them...they are cute  LOLZ muahahh!!! 

I know exactly how you feel, Uvah. It's a pretty special bunch of folks here at WC.

I think Jafo could arrange it so all the spammers get re-routed to you, then you could shop 'til you drop. He might even be able to sign you up for one of those big lottery prizes.

The least I could do....

Footwear....Nike or Uggboot ... just for starters...

No no....no spammers. I just got rid of 186 of 'em from my spam folder at Yahoo mail. All they want is the three letter word that starts with ... not gonna say it. And money that i ain't got. I'm tempted to send them a sock full of coal before Xmas.

Okay....now all I gotta do is get the dryer to give 'em up, the socks that is. These dryer thingies are notorious for that sort of thing ya know.

I was going to send you some topless tops, but I'm told they wouldn't make it through customs

Same with topbottoms and bottomless tops... topless bottoms....and not because they're illegal or contraband or anything.

No, it's those greedy, selfish SOB's at customs confiscating them to take them home for themselves.

Anyhow, putting the levity aside for the moment, I'm pleased to see you're still able to log in here and keep us up to date... to feel the community spirit right behind... er, beside you.  Yeah, there's some pretty decent folk here, and I'm sure somebody will come up with a solution to get you up and running, should it come to that.

In the meantime, keep on keeping on, ol' matey.

Ah, so you're finally getting back to work...  now the [de-facto] honeymoon and um  is over?

OY!