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  • Is There Such a Thing as "Bad" Food When You're Hungry?
    antmanbee commented on the article | almost 3 years ago
    Is There Such a Thing as "Bad" Food When You're Hungry?

    I work out of day labor place here in Seattle...
    If there is no work I hit the food banks that do bag lunches.
    St Martin de Porres on Queen Anne Hill does bag lunches. A couple of sandwiches...pastry...small container of salad or pasta.
    They do that five days a week so that is usually my first stop.
    On Monday and Wednesday I often go to Cherry St food bank.
    Bag lunch. Sandwich, Ho's Ho's-Zingers ..something like that, chips, and soda. But....the coffee is what I really go there for.
    Have coffee pot at home.
    Sometimes I eat lunch at the Millionair Club...the day labor place. I might also stop at the downtown food bank near Pike Place Market on 55 and older day. Sometimes that is iffy...I look for good to go stuff rather than cook stuff which tends to be pasta, potatoes, rice etc.
    The Georgetown Food bank also does bag lunches. That tends to be pastries, granola bars, yogurt...misc stuff
    Once in a blue moon I will do one of the church feeds.

    The sugar thing. On the morning news I have heard that candy sales are way up. The morning news people are theorizing. One of them thinks it might be because candy reminds people of Happier times when they were kids. These people wake up too early and go to bed too early:)
    Candy sales are up because people can get through the morning on a King size Snickers bar.
    I did it when I was working for Labor Ready a long time ago.
    But the Snickers bar got me through THE DAY:) 

    Can't hit the food banks if out on a job.
    Although we did hit the Georgetown food bank when it was at the courthouse and if we had to hang around the office all day waiting for work. Second shift work at City Ice loading trailers with  boxes of frozen fish fillets or surimi.
    Guys showed up at 3 in the morning waiting for work that started at 4 in the afternoon.
    Did that a few times myself.
    I will wager that way over half the people working out of places like Labor Ready were either living in the shelters, in their cars, or camped out somewhere. It has been like that for years.
    O Reilly said there are no homeless Vets?! I can find him a hundred in 45 minutes.
    Person can work a 40 hour week and still not be able to afford housing.
    Seems like I am rambling but all these things go together.


    Still have roof over my head and I have a couple of people that I do work for to thank for that. As well as King County Vets, who are probably running out of money. Their funding comes from voter approved tax levy.

    As it is I figure I spend anywhere from 50-75% of my income on rent.....
    So the food banks are helpful even if it is sandwiches, ho ho's, and Ding Dongs...
    sugar is better than starving

  • Choosing Streets Over Shelter
    antmanbee commented on the article | about 3 years ago
    Choosing Streets Over Shelter

    A lot of people camping out here in Seattle. The mats in the shelters are too close together. Really tight and crowded. A lot of people can't hack that. Been there done that. King County Vets helped me out with rent. Sometimes it is only a matter of a few hundred bucks to stay off the street. Might have to see King County Vets this month.

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