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Adelaide Homeless Journal Archive for June 2017

Special Note

Adelaide WestCare-hosted lawyers and drug dealers failed to have this website blocked permanently by the National Library of Australia, which reduced its embargo to 40 months rather than Forever. This was a bureaucratic decision and not a legal decision. WestCare and the crystal methamphetamine dealers expect perhaps that Weebly will be fooled into thinking this was a legal decision.  It was not. WestCare won't take legal action against the authors of this website as this would expose their lax attitude that has resulted in young homeless people being exposed for years to their in-house Ice dealers.

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(above) Two charity bins in Port Adelaide installed by Australia Wide Recyclers (awr.org.au). But who are they? They provide no address, no financial reports, no specific details on how they convert donated clothing into employment and enterprise programs. The contact page on their website won't work unless senders add their own phone numbers. Operators of this so-called charity don't provide their own full names, just two first names, Asad and Mehran, and two mobile phone numbers.

(above) Kat Lee's Food for the Community at 117 Grand Junction Road, Rosewater. Fruit, vegetables and bread free for one-dollar donation. Other stuff at Food Bank prices. Tues 10-4; Wed 1-4; Fri 10-4; Sat 10-2:00pm. No I.D. or eligibility requirements.

Around the traps

The Celebrity Can Collector is still busking outside the Adelaide railway station and the Casino. He also collects a few cans to keep his hand in. The Celebrity still goes white with rage when speaking about the lack of action against the child molester employees from the boys’ home at Glandore.
Tenants at Crazy Cottage are happy with the renovations despite some being kicked out over the construction period. It is not clear if Robby the drunken bricklayer has moved back in.

The Ghost Who Walks thought the Viking Can Collector was acting in a superior manner after striking copper wire in a rubbish bin.

The Face complained that the soup at the Romero Soup Van was not hot enough. He also said the pies and pasties at another venue were also not hot enough. (The Ghost said The Face likes his food “stinking hot”.) The Face also said the weather was too cold, but has not actually considered wearing a coat.

The Ghost said the Romero soup had lumps of vegetables and meat in it, just as he likes it. The Romero Soup Van was named after Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, a priest from El Salvador who was assassinated in 1980 after speaking against social injustice and torture.  Those old Sisters of Mercy nuns from the Adelaide Day Centre are part of the Romero doctrine. The free soup van rocks up in Hurtle Square opposite Crazy Cottage every evening at 6:30pm except Saturday.

The Ghost’s old cat has stopped eating cat food and will eat only cooked and seasoned chicken.

Not many customers rocked up for Fred’s Van at Gawler Place on Thursday and Friday last week despite some excellent food from the Sai Baba outfit that included chilli bean dip, pita bread and cheese while the Life Christian Centre served what the Ghost Who Walks described as “beautiful sandwiches” that included pepperoni or something like that. There was also plentiful takeaway food due to the low number of patrons. Fred’s Van is at Gawler Place between Flinders and Wakefield Streets at 7pm Monday to Friday and 6:00pm on Sundays. No service on Saturdays.
Late 30 June 2017

Robyn the Junkie

“Robyn isn’t homeless; Robyn has a home. She’s homeless? Bulls**t. She’s so full of bulls**t, it’s scary.”

From inside the Hutt Street Centre
In response to Robyn trying to get stuff by claiming to be homeless during the recent cold weather.
Late 30 June 2017

 
Kat Lee’s Food for the Community

The free stuff last week included good bread, Italian soup mixes (so-so), elderly salad dressing, organic oranges from Wallaroo, grapefruit from someone’s backyard, mandarins, purple skinned potatoes excellent for chips, cooking apples, melons, carrots, onions.
 
It was busy when I was there. Kat was in a happy mood, but dreaded going to the Good Guys to have her photo taken receiving a donated chest freezer.
 
Kat Lee has had seven children. She rents the shop and lives in the house at the back. She is doing a good service to locals.
 
Food for the Community
117 Grand Junction Road, Rosewater.
Opening times: Tuesday 10:00am to 4:00pm
Wednesday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Friday: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Gold coin donation for the free stuff. Everything else at Food Bank prices.
Late 30 June 2017

Where is David Henschke?

“Either murdered, suicided or walking around normal.”
From the Street
Late 30 June 2017

Around the Hutt Street Centre

Tatts and Josh from the Hutt Street Centre both got cheap accommodation. Big Daniel gets one next month.

Robyn has been advised to lay off the pink. It does her no good.

Kellie with the bad leg is rumoured to be hovering nearby after a stint camping out in the Blue Mountains.

The Show Pony has been threatening to move into someone’s back yard. His mental state is deteriorating.

The man from Atherton has been thinking of moving back to Queensland due to violence in the Adelaide CBD underclass drug scene.

Heather has been missing from WestCare quite frequently, but Strange Stuart has been doing quite well in the kitchen. Vanessa has her good days and her bad days, but she is doing well, generally. Don is coping.

Jesse Gunter says he is still a Christian.
Late 29 June 2017

WestCare

Two Aboriginal sisters were fighting in the WestCare dining room after one told a white fellow that her sister was looking for a husband. It was more an argument that a fight. The sister was not looking for a husband.
Late 29 June 2017

Big John’s plastic chairs

A religious charity that has taken over administration of Big John’s Housing Trust place in Pennington has ordered him to remove his plastic chairs from inside the house.

They claim the ten-dollar plastic chairs are a fire hazard and should be kept outside.

Why would they demand this? Foam lounge suites are far more volatile than solid plastic chairs.

Such irrational demands undermine a tenant’s sense of right and wrong behaviour. Perhaps this is what a lurking demon within the church charity wants to instil.
Late 29 June 2017

Needle Exchange Program free food

“I’ll be back,” said the Ice-thin white woman as she left the front door carrying boxes and bags. “I wonder what’s in the sealed box? quietly muttered The Cousin as the woman got into a the passenger seat of a ute driven by a white man.

A slightly overweight young man of Italian appearance who had been fiddling with his phone went in next. He came out carrying a yellow family size plastic syringe disposal box.

The Cousin and I went in next and got some bananas, avocadoes, milk and bread. I got a leaking jar of pickled lemons, which turned out no good.

The slightly plump young woman wearing brown make-up was kindly and polite and didn’t ask questions. Like the other staff, she has a professional non-judgemental and friendly manner, but no doubt sharp-eyed ready for any trick some desperate junkie may pull.

Mission Australia
35 Richard Street, West Hindmarsh. phone (08) 8417 8100
Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Small amounts of vegetables, bread and refrigerated food. Also, free drug paraphernalia such as fresh needles, disposal units and other stuff. Coin operated needle dispenser machine outside.
Mainly for drug addicts though everyone welcome. No I.D. required.
29 June 2017

(above) Anglicare's "soft prison" in Dale Street, Port Adelaide. An employee said it was a soft option that allowed people who could not meet normal bail or home detention requirements to avoid prison. Notice the open design where there is nowhere to hide outside the people, so unlike the Archways Rehabilitation service it replaces that catered to people like drug addicted television station employees and Emma Hines.

Emma Hines

“Impossible to be suicide. Didn’t take her psychiatric drugs because she wanted to get drunk. Whoever has done, whoever got rid of Emma, same person who got rid of Melissa [Kelly].”
Anonymous from the street
28 June 2017

Street views of certain Adelaide homeless joints

Hutt Street Centre

The Terrace Apartment Building

Salvation Army

Magdalene Church Hall

Puddle Jumpers

WestCare

Laneway at 20 Queen Street that leads to the Adelaide Day Centre

 
The Port Church experience
 
The Activist Vegetarian (formerly the Benevolent Vegetarian and the Anxious Vegetarian) phoned the church and asked for a vegetarian option at the free Wednesday meal. They obliged though one special dish still containing egg.
 
There were at least three vegetarians including a very pushy Asian-looking kid of good cheer.
 
The preacher talked about religion during the meal, but I can’t remember a word he said. I find the practice of Christianity more inspiring rather than its preaching.
 
The preacher’s wife said they don’t want Ice dealers in the church and asked guests at one table to tell her if they were present. This means it is a safe environment, at least from hard core addicts and dealers. There were a number users present, but they aren’t predators or thugs so no one spoke against them. They are victims.
 
What struck me last Wednesday was the level of hidden poverty in Adelaide.
 
Constable Kevin was there with his Christian African carers. His career ambition of becoming a parking inspector so he can write lots of parking tickets has not eventuated.
 
The free takeaway food from old Maria and a young woman on a walking frame included bread, corn, potatoes, bananas, mandarins, limited eggs, broccoli, baby spinach leaves and melons. Second Bite provides it free from its base at Dry Creek. Church staff pick it up.
 
The Port Church
47 Carnarvon Terrace, Largs North
5:00pm to 7:00pm every Wednesday
Free meal, pre-loved (or pre-hated) clothing, fresh fruit and vegetables
Usually pretty good. Ice dealers not welcome.
Late 27 June 2017

Puddle Jumpers wades into deep water

(above) One of many warning notices placed around the Anglicare complex in Elizabeth. George Orwell was right when he predicted 70 years ago that we were entering an age of permanent war and never ending paranoia.

The Le Cornu site owners told Puddle Jumpers group to get out their building on Maple Avenue by October.

The Department of Communities and Social Inclusion have offered Puddle Jumpers a large house at “peppercorn rent”.
Puddle Jumpers run development camps for disadvantaged children. They also offer free food and other stuff to people on low incomes or who have suffered family breakdowns.
Should Puddle Jumpers accept this free use of a house by the Department of Communities and Social Inclusion?
 
Along with the house, the Department will offer them substantial sums of money to run welfare programs with the proviso that Puddle Jumpers adopt non-gender specific language and teach the children pro- LGBTQI doctrine. This would alienate many who currently provide Puddle Jumpers free services.

Once addicted to the money and free house, the government will require Puddle Jumpers to admit government representatives on their board of management.  

Little by little, the government will convert Puddle Jumpers into the opposite of what it is now.

It should also be remembered that the Department of Communities and Social Inclusion is the same department ― though using a different name ― that aided elderly male employees to sexually abuse boys as young as six in the nearby Glandore Boys Home.

This was nearly fifty years ago. However, the social worker who, thirty years ago, handed 13-year-old Ki Meekins to paedophile Peter Leith, who flew him to the east coast and gave him to paedophile Ric Marshall, was still working in the South Australian state welfare industry until five years ago.
The house offered to Puddle Jumpers at 52 Pleasant Avenue, Glandore is 300 metres from the site of the Glandore Boys Home.

And while most of the sexual abuse by males has stopped, it has been replaced with psychological and punitive abuse from a new breed of female child welfare bureaucrats.

Some current customers of Puddle Jumpers’ Monday evening free food event were victims of these child molesters.

Puddle Jumpers should think twice before accepting the government’s “peppercorn rent” offer.
28 June 2017

Worn Again

A woman in the homeless scene recommends the Worn Again shop on Jetty Road at Glenelg. She says the stuff is brought in from the Red Cross and other shops then the price is reduced to two-dollars a garment.

Late 27 June 2017

Where is Steven Smith?

Steve is the patron saint of the Adelaide Orange Sky Laundry van. He has a good attitude towards people.

He was last seen sleeping on Brighton Beach after getting drunk. A friend fears the tide may have taken him away.
26 June 2017

Kat Lee’s Food for the Community

Kat has been on the Second Bite waiting list for one year. She has been operating for three years. Most of the free bread she offers is from Baker’s Delight from West Lakes and St Clair. West Lakes Baker’s Delight also provides savoury and sweet pastries and breads. Both businesses supply end of day bread. 
 
Kat Lee’s main supplies are from Food Bank in Edwardstown. She picks it up in her old van. She rents the shop and lives in the house behind.
 
Food Bank gives her certain amounts of free fruit and vegetables and stuff they can’t get rid of. She pays for other food donated to Food Bank from manufacturers and processors.
 
The Good Guys retail chain is donating a chest freezer.
 
Last week they had excellent free bread, carrots, limes, potatoes, onions and oranges. The mandarins were a little old and the sprouted garlic was unusable.
 
The free food aisle included Italian soup, Japanese tomato soup, Korean seaweed, numerous varieties of old salad dressing, cereal and a dozen other items. I grabbed all the seaweed.
 
Most of the store contains items for sale, not all of them at bargain prices. There are four fridges with frozen stuff.
 
Token payment for the free stuff is a gold coin donation. One dollar for two bags of food. Food for the Community is a little miracle.
 
 
Food for the Community
117 Grand Junction Road, Rosewater.
Opening times: Tuesday 10:00am to 4:00pm
Wednesday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Friday: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm
26 June 2017

St Bede’s Drop-in-Centre

The Least Active Volunteer won the footy tipping contest by choosing the home game teams. I used my brain and got 1 out of 9.

Staff set up an extra table to meet the increasing demand, but the tables are too close together. The billiard table should be moved into the hall and will be once the man with the huge fists puts heavy wheels on the legs.

The insurance company replaced the two laptops donated by Regency Park Rotary that were stolen late last year. That made everyone happy. St Bede’s church has installed a camera system and replaced locks.
 
Someone defecated outside of the church, which prompted staff to use rude words.

Instead of continuing the food service until 10:30am, staff began packing up early to the chagrin of remaining clients.

St Bede’s free breakfast
200 Military Road, Semaphore
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings 8:30 - 10:30am. Everyone welcome except Ice Dealers.
Quality breakfasts, scheduled free hairdressing, table tennis, small amounts of takeaways including rice crackers. Free used clothing and a good social scene that is friendly to people living outside and from Supported Residential Facilities.
26 June 2017

Missing in Action

Demos Roussos has not been seen at the Hutt Street Centre for two months. Nor has Bob the Builder and Wally McDonald. The Right Honourable Grinder has also been absent, either in jail or in a cancer ward.

John, a paid employee, has gone to England for a holiday after receiving a kidney transplant.

Sadly, the Clued-up Drug Dealer has returned and conducts his business outside the front door with the apparent blessing of management.

Robyn the Junkie (The Barbie Doll from Hell) is also welcomed at the Hutt Street Centre. She also brings in a certain trade.

Street Link refers the homeless who are predated upon by the resident drug dealers.
26 June 2017

Mrs Telstra suffering from relevance deprivation

Mrs Judith Telstra has been annoyed recently because few are listening to her sad story. But rather than being sick of her complaining, they are weary of the same stories repeated ad nauseam; they want new stories.

The Hutt Street Centre has rationed her attendance there to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But the drug dealers can go there every day.

Mrs Telstra is in the wrong business, to her credit.
Late 25 June 2017

St Vinnies C.E.O. Sleep-out

Last year, there was a hint of protest against the C.E.O. charity sleep-out in a fenced area of Whitmore Square.
 
This year, they are not taking any chances and will spend the night sleeping in tents within the safety of the grounds of the governor’s residence across from Parliament House.
 
Real homeless people will be sleeping out nearby, but they will not be invited into the safety of government house.
 
However, the CEO sleep-out raises about half a million dollars to pay the salary of the St Vincent de Paul CEO and other higher paid employees. This means that donations from everyone else have a better chance of reaching the homeless crowd.
 
St Vincent de Paul is arguably the best Catholic charity outfit. They resisted the lure of the big money offered by the Job Network system because that would have been a betrayal of the underclass.
 
Their Fred’s Van meal service is extensive and extremely reliable.
25 June 2017

My Life
 
“This is my life,” a teenage drug addict and criminal told a child protection worker recently. She had asked him about changing his life.
 
“What is there for him?” I asked her. “Welfare housing and work-for-the-dole?”
 
“It is the inability to imagine a better life that is the problem,” I should have said. “And not knowing how to identify then evade destructive influences.”
25 June 2017

(above) The free food day at this Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Spring and Webb Streets in Queenstown has changed from Saturday to Thursday from 10:00am to 12:00noon, and most of the food is no longer free. However, the prices are low.

(above) The Seventh-day Adventist church in Queenstown, near Port Adelaide, now charges for much of its previously free food and other items. The preacher says that Food Bank charges them so they charge the client. Some items are still free, but this change of policy signals a lowered standard of living for the clients.

Combeeze Food Van in Rundle Mall, Adelaide, Australia

Liberal Party insider, Piano Player Wayne, says that Adelaide Lord Mayor Martin Haese and the city council have the power to overrule the Rundle Mall Management Authority decision to kick out the Combeeze food van because it attracts too many homeless people.
 
Combeeze allows customers to pay extra money to buy a sandwich or drink for a person living outside.
 
The Cousin said he saw a large group eating toasted sandwiches outside the van last Friday morning. The free board had a balance of $170.00.
Late 24 June 2017

Fred’s Van Salisbury New Address

New address is inside the Twelve25 Club, 17 Wilshire St, Salisbury (next to PBA-FM radio station. Near the old venue, which was the Anglican church on Church Street.

6:00pm Sunday. Pasta meal, hot dogs, custard and tinned fruit. Coffee. Takeaways.
Updates thanks to the Activist Vegetarian

Glenelg Parish Church
(St Peter’s Anglican)
Reduced Opening Hours

New opening hours
1 Torrens Square, Glenelg. ph 8295 2382
Tuesday to Friday 9:00am to 12 noon and they write your name in a book.
Free pantry food. No eligibility criteria. No appointment needed.
Update thanks to The Night Talker

Little Rodney

Why does Little Rodney use the middle cubicle in the Ian Hitch-Cox shower room at the Hutt Street Centre? This is the one with the door missing.

But no one can get a clear answer from Little Rodney about this or anything including why he walks out of the cubicle and dries himself in the main area.

Nor can a clear answer be obtained from the Hutt Street Centre why a small organisation with a budget of $5,000,000 will not replace the missing door.

Little Rodney is believed to have turned off the gas and electricity at his home so he can use all available money on “entertainment”.

Note: Little Rodney should not be mistaken for Big Rodney who lives in Crazy Cottage
24 June 2017

(above) These cheap gas stoves are useful when living outside. They are too big to lug around during the day, but can be stashed in the bush. Homeless joints might consider giving them away to winter desperadoes sleeping in the rain. Also tarps and dense camp mats. Cheap and effective.

Street Crew

Kyle Reeve and Nicki Morley from Baptist Care have joined Street Crew, which is a joint initiative of Baptist Care, Hutt Street Centre, HYPA, SYC and Uniting Communities.

Its most visible duty has been to print a series of advertising apparel and lease similarly decorated cars then drive around Adelaide talking to people living outside.

Fear, anxiety and loneliness are arguably the worst aspects of living outside therefore even five minutes contact with positive and attentive people can be an emotional lifeline.

Baptist Care claims that 70% people living outside are not connected with any homeless services. Can they be blamed for that? Homeless services joints are riddled with predators such as drug dealers and social inclusion case managers. 

Baptist Care says that to date 29 people approached by their Street Crew mob have been placed on a waiting list for “homeless services”. But what does that mean? Another waiting list for evaluations and interviews to go on another waiting list for housing subject to further interviews to test the person’s “sincerity”?

The services offered by most homeless joints are so nebulous with actual rental housing being at the bottom of the priority list with appointments, referrals and assessments being at the top.

Nevertheless, it is good that Nikki and Kyle have hit the road.
24 June 2017

Piano Player Wayne not talking crazy
 
Wayne asked a few rhetorical questions about charity fundraising for the homeless after receiving a Salvation Army request for $90. Baptist Care also asks for similarly chunky donations.
 
However, Wayne asks what these charities do when a person living outside turns up. He says there is only so much housing, so what do the charities do with the donated money apart from paying counsellors, managers and other employees.
 
He adds that homeless charity managers and officers receive salaries that put them in the relatively privileged bracket, making them unable to relate to the poorest of the homeless.
 
Wayne talks crazy much of the time, but every so often he comes up with a few words of wisdom.
24 June 2017

Barbie Doll from Hell

Robyn was at the Do unto Others Saturday free meal at the Salvation Army in Pirie Street last week.

She was dressed in pink. There was a bit of sniggering.

The Spy Cameras recorded her wardrobe from multiple angles.
Late 23 June 2017

(above) Squatters took over this South Australian Housing Trust house in Adelaide's western suburbs after the tenant was sent to jail. They allegedly removed the number plates from this dead car and put it on another. The police attempted to make a raid during the night, but retreated due to the rain. They returned later. The squatters frequently send up a drone during the night to search neighbours' back yards for items worth liberating. This is not an unusual situation. It is the result of 5% of the population being relegated to the despair of permanent welfare and work-for-the-dole. It is all logical.

An Ian Hitch-Cox shower scene

A well known man stood naked in front of the hand basins in the Ian Hitch-Cox shower room at the Hutt Street Centre and observed his hairy buttocks in the mirror. He held a razor in one hand.

The Hutt Street Centre provides much of his basic requirements so he can devote his income to drugs.

He is reputed amongst the homeless crowd to prostitute himself to raise money, but this is not proven. Many rumours float about the homeless scene that are either untrue or half-truths.

Apart from being 90% insane, he speaks well due to his cultured upbringing in the Adelaide hills.
Late 23 June 2017
Second Edit on 24 June 2017

Nasty old pensioner at Clayton’s

Who was the mystery woman?

From the Night Talker

“Otherwise satisfactory lunch time meal at Clayton Uniting Church, spoiled by strong smell of urine in front of the church foyer and angry/greedy pensioner who decided to sit down next to me at my table and then vent her anger and general dissatisfaction, towards me.

“Last Wednesday was my first visit to the Soul Café within the grounds of the Clayton Uniting Church. (I decided to go there for lunch before my podiatry/physio appointment at Pirie Street in the afternoon.)

“The café area itself is a bit run down, but that aside, there was plenty of food and refreshments provided, for those patronising the establishment. I noticed the donation tin next to the coffee machine, so I gave a gold coin donation (It was about as much as I had on me at the time) Other than the donation tin message which read "please give what you can," nobody asked me directly for any further donations.

“There were several trays of sandwiches which ranged from cheese and vegemite and salad and egg, through to tuna, salad and mayo, in both white and wholemeal. Tea, coffee and water were freely available as was cut cubes of (fruit?) type cake. I found all sufficiently edible. What was less appealing was the very obvious smell of urine from one corner of the room and the increasingly angry rantings of the older, pensioner lady who sat opposite me.

“In time, her odd, angry and abusive behaviour became even more annoying, than the smell of urine in the room. Her behaviours included; grabbing whole handfuls of sandwiches, dumping them onto her plate and then throwing the lot into the bin after two mouthfuls (declaring the food to be shite) doing the same with the cake, but at the same time, stuffing several bags of (rather dubious) giveaway fruit and vegetables into (what appeared to be) a very large and expensive, leather designer handbag.

“The jewellery on her hands and wrists and the pure cashmere wool shawl she was wearing, denoted that she clearly was a lady of financial means. Regardless, whatever wealth she may have accumulated in her lifetime, it obviously did not come with an accumulation of basic manners and social skills. Sad very sad..........but there you have it.

“Eventually, becoming sick of her vitriolic behaviour, I put my dirty plate and cut on the pantry window and went to explore the op shop outside of the café. When I went through the front doors to my car, I saw the same lady at another table, seemingly ranting and raving to another person who appeared equally uncomfortable in her presence.”

Clayton Uniting Church
Corner of Portrush Road and The Parade, Beulah Park
Every Wednesday from 11:00am to 1:00pm for Orange Sky Laundry
 
Second Tuesday of each month from 1:30pm to 3:00pm for free fruit, vegetables and coffee
Every Wednesday from about noon for coffee and sandwiches. 
Small donation requested for Wednesday food, but not compulsory.
Late 23 June 2017

(above) When Second Bite failed to make their usual delivery, the Adventist Peterswool Road church still had an adequate supply of Indian Mix. Even the Indians don't like Indian Mix. When the package is opened, a horrible smell arises. But the Night Stalker said he quite likes Indian Mix. And the good thing about Indian Mix is that Indians rarely use MSG, which is the case with Indian Mix. Once you get used to Indian Mix, it tastes quite nice. Let us hope the Indians continue to dislike Indian Mix and we get more in the homeless scene.

Forever Hopeful Choir have left the building

Rosalie Turner and the Forever Hopeful Choir have moved from St Luke’s church in Whitmore Square to Clayton’s Uniting church in Beulah Park.

This move from derelict country to rich folk country was due, according to a dubious source, to the choir being unable to ransack the St Luke’s kitchen of its food stock. The songsters would grab anything not nailed down.

They blamed the cook, Piano Player Wayne, who boomed that he was beyond reproach and added that he used only the finest ingredients.  His position was vindicated when he resigned due to diabetes and the thefts continued.

Scott the Manager (now Scott the ex-Manager) and the Palestinian priest spent $15,000 barricading the kitchen from the marauding songsters, according to the source.

Despite that, Rosalie Turner has transformed a group of foul-mouthed drug addicted women into beautiful singers who have witnessed their own beauty within as well as inspiring listeners to feel hope for their future. Other singers in the choir were normal people who wanted to develop their own richness within.

It was a good thing that Rosalie and her husband were nailed for tax evasion in the Riverland and had to sell their house and move to a flat in Adelaide. Good results have come from an ill wind that blew in their direction.
Clayton Uniting Church
Corner of Portrush Road and The Parade, Beulah Park
23 June 2017

Chainsaw McCulloch part 2

“Brenda at Hutt Street. What you see is what you get...totally unemployable anywhere that requires human interaction: Kmart, Woolies, Subway, Coles, Correctional Services.

 “Brenda is not a cook. The ovens and stoves cook the food at Hutt Street. She is just a fitter and turner. Very much like City Salvos. They fit it in a pot, then turn the food every now and then to try preventing it from burning.”
Piano Player Wayne
23 June 2017

Robyn the Junkie

Robyn the Junkie was yelling and threatening others at the Hutt Street Centre because there wasn’t any white bread served at the free breakfast.
23 June 2017

"Never" - Housing Trust

“Never,” said a Housing Trust inspector when asked how long it takes on Category 2 to get Housing Trust rental housing.

She said that the Modbury Housing Trust area will hand over 1500 of its houses and flats to private community groups in 2017. She also said they have not had a 3 bedroom house to rent since September 2016.

A social worker later said the Housing Trust will eventually become a policy department and not own or administer a single dwelling.

This same social worker said that emergency housing generally excludes single men and elderly single women.
Single men form the majority of people living outside, but most so-called emergency housing goes to women with children, domestic violence women, refugees and “recent arrivals”.

There is also some emergency housing for Aboriginals and psychiatric patients.
Late 22 June 2017

Armageddon

“Armageddon getting close.”
Ajay the Iraq war veteran. Usually living outside, in squats or in his van.
22 June 2017

Anthrax back from England

Anthrax is back from a four day visit to England to watch the cricket. He’s been telling numerous people about an expected inheritance, but has asked them not to say a word to anyone about it. But gossip is a social currency in the homeless scene so everyone is talking about it.

Anthrax regularly travels around the world to visit sporting fixtures. When in Adelaide, he is either homeless or living in some questionable rooming house.
22 June 2017

Anne takes a piss

Anne demands that Hutt Street Centre lunch staff wipe a dining room chair before she sits on it. She is very particular. However, Chainsaw McCulloch tells her to “just sit down”.

Recently, Anne was at a bus stop and needed to urinate so she did it on the footpath in front of waiting passengers.

And that is not the worst of it. Women friends have tried to teach her other societal niceties, but Anne is beyond that.
Perhaps that is a kindness of nature as Anne has become immune to ridicule as the vagueness of Alzheimer’s clicks in.  
22 June 2017

Chainsaw McCulloch

“At Hutt Street, there’s a cook who is called Brenda
who does breakfast and tea and coffee
with Splenda.

She rises each day
dons a new purple apron to say
I’m in charge of your lives, your food,
Hip Hooray.
Anonymous Ditty Contributor
22 June 2017

Living outside involuntarily: what equipment and food does a person need

“What people who are homeless/transient or unemployed, really need from charities/emergency relief organisations;

“Having run the gamut of this (and the wider global) failing economic economy/labour market for the last several years, as an older unemployed person (I will be 48 in September) I think I can say with some insight what people go apply for emergency assistance, really need.

“At this point in time, most charitable/emergency relief organisations are still stuck in the mindset, that half a plastic carry bag of out of date tinned soup, some rudimentary financial counselling/budget advice and a few ad hoc toiletries, taken from the shelf of a food pantry, is more than sufficient for the average person applying for emergency relief. Well I can tell you it isn't (or it might have been back in the great depression) but times have changed considerably since then) This is what I think should be in an emergency relief parcel (give or take individual or family circumstances)

1) Small three cup kettle 12 volt/240 volt, that can be used either via a car cigarette lighter and or via a mains power socket. This can boil water quickly for a hot drink, or where drinking water is of dubious/unknown quality, when living outside or in a car or emergency shelter situation. Also where possible, a 12 volt/240 volt cooler cup that can be used in a car or with mains power to keep a water bottle/babies bottle (250ml) or similar liquid cold, whilst the car is running etc, or plugged into mains power.

2) Newspaper. Can be used for anything from adding warmth between layers of clothing to wrapping up items to starting a camp fire (if sleeping rough)

3) Fold up emergency silver survival blanket and standard woollen blankets. Also waterproof matting that can be rolled up during the day and stored away.

4) Water purifying tablets, when water source is dubious or has to sit in a container for some time and immodium tablets, to counteract gastro where food sources obtained, are not always of the best quality.

5) Pre packed food meals that are self heating. (The army has been using these items for over twenty years) Similar to heat packs you can buy from the chemist, you knead the lump at the bottom of the meal packet and it self heats within ten minutes. These meals are nutritious, come in a variety of flavours and dietary requirements and are ready to eat straight out of the bag. Ideal for people living outside, in cars or in boarding house/rooming house and motel situations, where cooking in their room is forbidden or extremely limited.

5) $30.00 (minimum) Telstra Payphone card. People living outside, or in their car or on limited incomes, often lose the use of their mobile phone, when they cannot afford to recharge. This still allows those persons to use public payphones (where calls are often cheaper than via mobile as well) and,

6) Up to date information on locally available services that can assist in a short or longer term basis. This can include anywhere from organisations that offer low cost/no cost meals to free haircuts and clothes for job interviews, to housing and emergency financial assistance. This information should be given to clients in a laminated form, so they can carry it on them and not fear that the list will be broken or get wet, as they travel around.

“This is by no means an exhaustive list (maybe others might be able to contribute as to what they think is essential/ and or not) but this is what I believe would make an adequate, emergency relief parcel.”

THE NIGHT TALKER
22 June 2017

Wayne talks about his church

“The Salvation Army has a few things to consider...CAUSALITY...our very strength invites challenge...CHALLENGE incites conflict...CONFLICT breeds catastrophe.

“We have seen this played out over many decades and in even our most rock solid Corps right across Australia, and perhaps the entire western world.
“This is the question that needs asking, I believe. The answer? I believe that if you do not ask the correct question, you will most certainly arrive at a wrong answer. But these are just the thoughts of a bass player that isn’t a very good one at that.”

Piano Player Wayne
22 June 2017

Ned the Croatian Genealogist

“Give us a break. Just back off. What’s wrong with you? Are you obsessed?”
A man responding to Ned talking about genealogy
21 June 2017

Did a Dominos’ pizza give Justin food poisoning?

Justin was in the Royal Adelaide Hospital after coming down with food poisoning. He blamed a Dominos’ pizza. 

Would he see a lawyer about making a compensation claim?  Justin preferred the idea of calling radio station 5AA and throwing a brick through a pizza shop window.
21 June 2017

Ice Man Dan’s girlfriend

A woman appearing to be Dan’s girlfriend ensured that everyone who needed a lift could get into the Mobile Aboriginal Patrol (M.A.P.) bus.  The bus picks up mostly black, but also white, vulnerable people from dangerous places.

This dangerous place was Fred’s Van at Gawler Place.
21 June 2017

More supermarket food Waste

“More waste from supermarkets, whilst food insecurity remains a major problem within our community.

“I have made it a habit for some time to go visit my local supermarket (in the Yorke Pennisula region) on a Friday afternoon, as that is the time that most food items (that I am interested in) are discounted.

“So, I head up to the end isle where the refrigerated items are discounted, to check out what I can find. There was a youngish male worker there, sticking discount stickers onto the items.

“As I start to forage around, he comments, "every item here is one dollar, until five pm." "Oh," I say, "what happens after five pm?" He replies, " After five pm, I take all the milk products and tip them down the drain, and the rest goes into the rubbish skip out the back." So? I think another supermarket where wastage rules supreme?

“I am not for a minute stating that the young gentleman is directly responsible for the wastage (he is only doing what is directed of him) but seriously? These were not low end products (expensive cheeses, full cream milk, luncheon meats, smoked and pickled fish and vegetarian/vegan products (which at this point in time, as an unemployed person I cannot afford to buy directly off the shelf, at cost price) all in the bin.

“This is beyond disgraceful, when one considers how many people in our community, (including in and around the Y.P and lower Y.P areas) are feeling the effects of food insecurity and how little is offered to struggling people in the Y.P area, by charities. (I know because I have approached the few charities that assist persons over here, and all I was offered was a bag of well past its use by date canned food, and a very small amount of fresh food and NO fruit, vegetables, or fresh dairy products.) One has to wonder if it is "not" in the best interests of the charities in this area, to source decent food stocks (not the tinned crap they keep on their pantry shelves) because it would not take much to get a hold of these products as the supermarket (in question) and the largest charity in town (starts with an S and ends with a Y) are less than one kilometre apart??

“Doing good work..........God's work? I think not as even Jesus eventually got around to feeding the masses a healthy meal via the loaves and the fishes........(I don't remember him sending anyone off to eat crap at a nearly food pantry??”
The Night Talker
21 June 2017

(above) There is big money selling out-of-date processed food to the poor. This Food Bank truck was purchased new last year, but its deliveries to the Anglicare Food Barn in Elizabeth are quite small.

(above) Free taxis provided to and from home for psychiatric patients signed up with the Wesley program designed to teach people how to engage in simple conversation. It seems strange, but we live in such a complex cultural environment that people can suffer extreme hardship for the simple disability of not being able to converse and negotiate with others.

Murder in the air

A new man in the homeless scene believes there is murder in the air. He told a non-drug using woman that she could be in danger of being murdered.

Mark Arstall (The Show Pony) has threatened to break a bottle and stab her in the neck. She does not believe he is dangerous and looks upon him with pity and even kindness.
Arstall has threatened others similarly. He is ramping up his threats.

He was shouting wildly last Saturday night at someone on Pulteney Street, after he left the dark laneway alongside the Salvation Army.

He was obsessively repeating what seemed to be gibberish at Fred’s Van during the week, as if he were on Ice.

He was threatening a man at the Romero Soup Van in Hurtle Square who turned around, looked at him, and said, “I don’t know who you are.”

He told another man he was going to go around to his house and live in a tent in his backyard.

Yet there is a reservoir of goodwill for Mark Arstall, 38.

So where are the big money executives and health professionals in the homeless scene? Hiding behind closed doors completing statistical homeless surveys and making applications for funding to pay for their own salaries?

There should be a dedicated team to save Mark Arstall, who is a talent being wasted and one of the nicer desperadoes in the homeless scene
20 June 2017

Lorraine

Lorraine’s complexion has gone from that of a person suffering liver overload from drinking alcohol to the symptoms of crystal methamphetamine use.

The damage to her mind and body is permanent, but she is not beyond recovery.

The quality of Lorraine is that she hasn’t become as vicious and cunning as one might expect of someone in that situation. 20 June 2017

Drug Lady’s miscarriage

A woman addicted to numerous deadly drugs has suffered a miscarriage. She is devastated.

She quits drugs when she’s pregnant for the benefit of the child. She is actually a good mother. And her mother is a good mother and grandmother.

The problem, according to a long-term friend, is that she picks bad fathers.

Her other children are healthy and developing normally.
20 June 2017

Wayne’s self -prognosis
 
“...surgery this time has really floored me. Usually, I’m a resilient person, stubborn, but this time I’ve taken one punch too often. I don’t think I’m going to survive much longer.”
Piano Player Wayne
Posted 20 June 2017

Wayne gets hold of new pills

Piano Player Wayne says the post operative pain from his toe amputation and treatment for his foot ulcer has caused unbearable pain.

He has therefore graduated from standard pain killers to especially strong stuff prescribed by the Royal Adelaide Hospital that sell at such places as the Hutt Street Centre  black market for $50 a pill. Not that Wayne would do that.

Another man with back pain says he won’t touch this type of painkiller. He says that drug addicts inject them dissolved into their veins.

Wayne’s use of this medication will be limited until the wound better heals.
Late 18 June 2017

(above) Donated furniture dumped overnight outside the Ruf Us rented warehouse on South Terrace, Wingfield. The inside is cluttered with knick-knacks so there is little space to store donated beds and furniture. Not that much is happening. The Ruf Us web pages are as inactive as this warehouse rented with donated money.

Natalie the Nurse

Natalie has been less frequent at the Salvation Army free meal and social scene on Wednesday evenings at Adelaide Congress Hall.
Her husband ― who finds it difficult to bare pain ― cooks quite well once a month on Wednesdays.
A homeless man living in his car, then without an income, said that Natalie paid the rego on it twice, from her own money.
Late 18 June 2017

Homeless I.C.A.C.?

Does it seem strange that a homeless services manager on a salary of over $100,000 parks his exceptionally expensive car in front of the homeless joint building?
 
Does it seem strange that he walks past three filthy shower cubicles used by men having slept on the ground the previous night? Does it seem strange that one door is missing from the middle cubicle? Does it seem strange that the showers have six-minute timers that have a delay reset mechanism?
 
Does it seem strange that the crystal methamphetamine dealers who live in secure accommodation use the homeless joint to service and identify potential new homeless customers?
 
Does it seem strange that they operate with near impunity while those non-drug users who criticise them are vilified and threatened?
 
Does it seem strange that the homeless joint closes most of its services at 1:00pm, even on cold rainy days, while the paid staff stay inside until 4:30pm?
 
Would an open inquiry of the homeless sector by the South Australian Independent Commission Against Corruption serve any purpose?
 18 June 2017

(above) This strip of rubbish carpet foam in Port Adelaide may be all that remains of someone's week of hell.

(above) A "Blanket Appeal" may have a positive resonance in the public mind. However, blankets are useless for preventing cold concrete or wet ground from pulling the warmth from a human body. Or keeping a person dry during a winter night rain. If homeless joints were serious, they would give away dense camp mats and cheap plastic tarps, preferably in dull colours.

Gas heater servicing
 
The South Australian government commissions expensive advertisements on television warning people to have their gas appliances checked every two years for carbon dioxide leakage. The government says carbon dioxide leaking from the heater into a room can kill.
 
But Anglicare refuses to service the gas appliances in their rental units. When a new tenant moves in, the heater might not have been checked for twenty years.
 
While Anglicare’s Life Style Inspectors admonish tenants for not keeping their toilets and showers clean, they refuse to have the gas heaters inspected for safety.
 18 June 2017

More about free UniSA podiatry and physiotherapy in Adelaide

From the Night Talker

“First visit to see UNI SA Podiatrist, last Wednesday at the Pirie Street Salvo's, very beneficial as was session with fully qualified UNI SA Physiotherapist.

“Having attended three appointments at the free Physio/Foot clinic, last week was my turn to see the UNI SA appointed podiatrist, who almost immediately identified that I had a badly fallen arch on my right foot, plantar fasciitis in both heels and what appeared to be oesteo-arthritis in my right ankle. (The last of which had also been diagnosed by my GP several years ago)

“After demonstrating how I walked without shoes and socks around the front foyer area of the Salvo's head office. the Podiatrist set about measuring my feet for arch supports and also cut and checked all my toenails. All this work was done in a half hour appointment, which I was suitably impressed over.

“I then had my physio appointment immediately after, where further discussions were had about the main issues I present with which include loss of muscle tone, lower back pain, neck pain and poor balance. Further assessment and specific exercises were discussed with me and a daily regime of muscle and core strengthening exercises that I can do at home (and whilst seated) were discussed and agreed upon.

“Both appointment were carried out in a private office and were handled with dignity and respect. I cannot speak highly enough of the treatment and care that has been provided to myself, as an ongoing patient of the clinic.
“As I waited for my second appointment, I talked with two older persons (male and female) who were clearly transient (the car they came in, that was parked immediately out the front, appeared to have everything they owned in the world packed inside of it) but who were contented in each others company and extremely satisfied with the treatment they had been receiving over the last few weeks.

“I shall report again in two weeks time.”

The NIGHT TALKER.

Free physiotherpay and podiatry for homeless and other people
Salvation Army building
277 Pirie Street, Adelaide (same place as the DUO Saturday and Wednesday free meals)
Phone 1800 316 790
Wednesdays 1:00pm to 4:30pm. Free. No referral needed. Via UniSA.
They prefer appointments, but this is not necessary.
18 June 2017
 

Our Street Family Matters

This fledging charity has gained its Donor Gift Recipient status just four months after forming. This means that corporations and individuals can claim donations as a deduction against their annual income tax. 

Our Street Family Matters has also regained the donors that previously gave to Ruf Us before Dr Jefferies and the volunteers left last November to start Our Street Family Matters.

One important donor from their Ruf Us Days is IAC-CGU, which has moved over to Our Street Family Matters.
18 June 2017

Scott the bureaucrat
(formerly Scott the Manager)
 
A source in the homeless scene says that Scott from St Luke’s church is now working for Anglicare North at an office near St Peter’s cathedral.
 
Perhaps Scott the ex-policeman can help Anglicare Community Member No. 1, Peter Sandeman, keep his hands out of the till, and not fiddle any more taxpayer money through One Community to employ trolls and place ads during federal elections.  
Late 17 June 2017

Hutt Street Centre expenditure
2015-2016

Fundraising and Advertising $177,843.
Salaries $2,910,470
Food $67,961.
From the Hutt Street Centre Annual Report for the financial year 2015-2016
Posted Late 17 June 2017

Our Street Family Matters
free breakfast

The free breakfast has moved from outside the Hutt Street Centre on Saturday mornings to the corner of South Terrace and Hutt Street next to the medical centre.

Ian Hitch-Cox’s right-hand-woman, Sarah, told the group they should avoid the area outside the Hutt Street Centre for safety reasons. Specifics were not given.

Brian the ex-Miner of Our Street Family Matters got a taste of the hostility when he walked a hundred metres north along Hutt Street. He was confronted by a man described as a Hutt Street Centre volunteer who allegedly said,

“What the f**k are you doing here?”
“It’s a public footpath,” Brian replied.
“Get the f**k out of here.”

Our Street Family Matters
Free breakfast.
Corner of South Terrace and Hutt Street, Adelaide
9:15am to 10:00am Saturdays.
Free breakfast including home cooked soup, macaroni cheese bake, meat dishes, vegetarian food, meals to takeaway, tea, coffee, bottled water, shampoo and conditioner, soap, towels, blankets, socks, underwear, toilet paper, toothpaste and brushes. Other clothing when available
Most for people living outside or in their cars, but housed people are welcome providing they give priority to those living outside.
Late 17 June 2017

Show Pony accusations

The Show Pony is accusing others of following him around. Actually, those he accuses are trying to avoid him.

Yet one must sympathise with the Show Pony and his aspirations. He has a harsh life, often living outside or in dangerous squats.

However, there is little doubt that he is getting crazier by the day, threatening to break a bottle and stab a woman in the neck, or threatening to stab a man.

“Another Ice head,” a stranger said, something most of the Crony Gang had been trying to disbelieve.
Late 17 June 2017

Mrs Telstra’s phone problems

When Mrs Judith Telstra would not get off the free phone at WestCare, Strange Stuart simply yanked out the plug to cut the connection.

Mrs Telstra moved over to David Jones where she used their free phone until management ripped it from the wall.

But has Mrs Telstra discovered the free phone at the Telstra shop in Rundle Mall near Citi-Cross? One must pretend to be phoning a Telstra number, but what is to stop Mrs Telstra from phoning other numbers? Nothing.

Some people hate Mrs Telstra, but compared to the likes of Robyn the Junkie, The Show Pony or Tony, the Clued-up Drug Dealer, she is a lamb among wolves.
Late 17 June 2017

Sarah praises Ruf Us

A woman in her late thirties with shoulder length blond hair and described as Hutt Street Centre boss Ian Hitch-Cox’s “right hand woman” has praised Ruf Us for its presence on the street. For helping those who live outside.

Sadly, the above-mentioned right-hand woman has suffering a memory lapse and was not able to remember a single instance of Ruf Us doing anything for those actually living on the street.
Ruf Us makes deliveries of donated furniture to new tenants of public housing. However, they paid by the government for that service, as with any contracted furniture removalist. In this case, it is Two-minute Tim.

But as for providing free hot food to those living outside, Ruf Us has not done this since Dr Jefferies and the volunteers left in disgust in November 2016, leaving the Ruf Us board of management holding the Lions Club van and the bank accounts.

This begs the question of whether Ruf Us has any presence on the streets. Their Lions Club donated van has not been seen outside the parking area of the rented warehouse on South Terrace, Wingfield since the walkout.

Presumably, they start it once a week to get the oil moving through the engine then move its location five or ten metres to stop the tires from losing their roundness and create the appearance that it is being put to use.
Late 16 June 2017

Gaynor disputes 1512 figure

Gaynor from Food Bank disputes the 1512 figure for people going to the free food event at Elizabeth Downs in May.
She said it was more like 450, but that the 1512 figure might include family or friends for whom those attending were also collecting.
Each person entering the hall was asked how many people in their household for whom they were collecting.
Late 16 June 2017

From the Night Talker

Unconscionable product waste and destruction

“Insider information provided to the NIGHT TALKER, points to a number of Adelaide supermarkets in the outer North of Adelaide, no longer donating food to charities but instead, choosing to have the food (and unsaleable/damaged or out of date merchandise) dumped at various rubbish dumps, around Adelaide.

“The reason for this being, that there is a cost involved in charities collecting the food (and merchandise where applicable) and the fickle nature of the charities themselves, who often reject the donated produce as being of "not-good enough" quality.

“The NIGHT TALKER can personally vouch that the vast majority of food waste she has seen in supermarket bins in the outer north is of good quality (and in some instances) better than what is currently distributed to various charities in the North of Adelaide.

“The NIGHT TALKER was told by one insider who has employment connected to a number of outer Northern Supermarkets, that the level of actual food and non-food merchandise waste is, nothing short of a disgrace and that if only half of what is dumped was passed on to charities on a daily basis, then there would be no shortage of supplies for people in genuine need, (as was recently the case; re read earlier comments on the A.H.J. Website).

“The insider (source) told the NIGHT TALKER that staff who are either directly or indirectly employed by supermarkets (in the Outer North) are threatened with immediate loss of employment, if they take any damaged or unsaleable produce from either the supermarket or from the bins outside. (This includes damaged or unsellable/out of date, merchandise) The source stated that (at one) time he was employed as a retail worker and part of his duties were to take a hammer and or scissors to merchandise that was either damaged, faulty or outdated, regardless of whether the items were working or not or simply needed an extra part (e.g. smart phones/tablets that were missing chargers or scratched or desk lamps that needed a new bulb or linen/blankets that had marks on it or the packaging ripped open)

“Meanwhile, charities beg for donations (the Salvo's recently had their door knock appeal last weekend) and state they need everything from blankets to household goods and shoes and clothing, (whilst my source tells me, he spent hours a day, destroying perfectly good merchandise) Why? Source told me it was more cost effective for supermarkets and retail chains to deliberately destroy merchandise and dump food at the tip, than to pass it on, as all destroyed and dumped produce can be written off on tax......... (e.g. comes back in profits at the end of the day)

“Meanwhile the poor, hungry and disenfranchised of our communities get less and less...... and what they are offered (if lucky) is hardly worth making a song and dance about.......

“Food for thought???”
16 June 2017

Financial counsellor runs nervously past the Elizabeth courthouse

The Anglicare Elizabeth financial counsellor jogged like an Olympian athlete past the Elizabeth courthouse last week. He was nervous. His face was an image of anguish like someone fleeing a persistent debt collector.

Before leaving the Food Barn, he placed on the dining tables leaflets advertising free Food Bank vouchers and the phone number of Leanne Malek for further information.

However, Leanne said she had nothing to say because the leaflet was for Anglicare staff, not us clients.

The leaflet urged Anglicare to buy $33 food vouchers from Food Bank, then offer these vouchers free to clients. Food Bank’s thoughts are never far from money. Someone has to pay for their fancy trucks, the warehouse and the salaries.

The nervous financial counsellor left other leaflets on the tables, one of which a diner used to put over his cup of hot coffee, either as insulation or to prevent someone dropping in a pill or a spray of hepatitis flavoured spit.

The financial counsellor is actually quite honest and gives clear answers to questions. This is contrast to other Anglicare office employees at Elizabeth. They respond to simple questions by puffing themselves up then cawing loudly like overweight land based birds frustrated by their inability to fly.
15 June 2017

Robyn the Junkie claims
to be homeless

“I’m sleeping on the streets and no one cares about me,” Robyn the Junkie told one charity worker in a feigned emotional meltdown.

She was taking advantage of the cold weather and the homeless industry’s marketing tool called “Blue Alert”. She was tapping into public sympathy like a tapeworm penetrating a healthy human being.

Veteran druggies like Robyn will say and do almost anything so adjusting her life story circumstances to better attract free stuff was par for the course.

However, the Cos We Care crowd were not falling for Robyn’s ruse of “playing the victim”. A druggie colleague has already stated that Robyn adopts the tragic stories of others to attract resources that are supposed to go to the homeless.

It is true that the scabs and sores on Robyn’s face have increased, but that is due to what flows through her veins rather than from the Ice in the air we felt in Adelaide last week.  

Moreover, this cunning addict is still threatening others in the homeless scene, her chief weapons being spitting her infected saliva into the faces of others and her ability to manipulate violent male drug addicts who are welcomed at the Hutt Street Centre.
15 June 2017

Food Bank

“Food Relief with Dignity,” says Food Bank on their leaflet. It sounds like something those female night walkers on Hanson Road in Woodville Gardens would say.

Or “Rapid Relief” of the Plymouth Brethren emergency aid arm. Good people, but a horrible catchcry. The words make me nervous.

Even “Chat and Chew” leaves me mildly anxious.
But worst of all are the words, “Tell me something about yourself,” asked by the social workers at Anglicare in Elizabeth, and at other charities to people asking for the free $33 Food Bank vouchers.

The question precedes a required “Humiliation Workout”, which leaves the beggar feeling dirty inside, while the social worker is curiously satiated.
15 June 2017

Perth Fortress

Membership of the Salvation Army Perth Fortress Corps has allegedly dropped from 250 to 100 since Officers Brad and Angela Watson’s posting.

Major Hately was sent over from Adelaide to fix the situation, but has had only limited success in bringing back the soldiers lost during the mutiny against Bran and Angela, before they were exiled to Tasmania.

Remaining soldiers and officers have found themselves reluctant custodians of huge amounts of welfare real estate, which would not have been their reason for joining the Salvation Army.
15 June 2017

Gaynor from Food Bank

Food Bank employee, Gaynor, would neither confirm nor deny the rumour that they were staging a free food Pop-up in the Parks area this month.

She said any announcement would be put on their facebook page one day before the event. She said this was to discourage people from outside the area from attending.

However, leaflets are distributed within the area a few weeks before each pop-up event so the underclass must rely on their own communication network.
13 June 2017

"Have you ever seen a ghost," I asked a librarian when I was bedraggled and homeless. Her eyes widened and she told of a staff meeting they'd the previous evening after the library had closed. They'd heard the electric hand dryer switch on in the men's toilets so they rushed in en masse and found nothing. She looked at me suspiciously as she told the story. Those were my desperate days when I had the agility of a young man.

(above) This showpiece metal wodhi was constructed on the west bank of the Port River near the Jervois Bridge at Port Adelaide in memory of the black fella habitation there at the time of white settlement in the 1830’s. The retainer walls surrounding the wodhi are imprinted with words of respect for the traditional owners. However, the panels of this wodhi have been secured with Allen bolts to prevent entry by Aboriginal people living outside who might actually want to sleep in it.

Complaint about Food Barn

A diner complained about the manner in which the free coffee server stirred his coffee at the Anglicare Food Barn in Elizabeth.

The server stirred the liquid too vigorously and banged the spoon on the sides of the cup, according to the disgruntled diner.

This proved she was not a Catholic, the diner exclaimed righteously.
13 June 2017

Salvation Army free physiotherapists and podiatrists

“Next week will be my third visit to the free physio/foot clinic that is currently being held at the Salvation Army on Pirie Street.

“I have recently been attending the free UNI SA physio/foot clinic that is held every Wednesday between 1.30pm and 4.00pm at the Salvo's head office on Pirie Street. This clinic is free to members of the public, (anyone can get assistance) but was originally set up for homeless/transient and or unemployed persons. When I attended last week, there were clearly two people there who identified as homeless, but there were also people there (like myself) who are not homeless, but rather cannot afford paid treatment due to being unemployed.

“The treatment is carried out by third and fourth (final year) physio students, under the direction of clinical practitioners (fully trained staff)... I however haven't seen the podiatrist staff yet, as they are not due to start attending the clinic until THIS Wednesday.”

Every Wednesday from 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Salvation Army, 277 Pirie Street, Adelaide
Free
From the Night Talker
13 June 2017

Chat and Chew
 
Stephen, the Clubhouse cook from Diamond House, is moonlighting for the Wesley crowd and last Wednesday produced lasagne for the meat eaters. A quest from Mandeville SRF described it as “Heaven, not like the frozen lasagne.”
 
Vince the Younger, Phil Jones, Colette and Ross worked in the kitchen and dining room.
 
The cook provided vege-burgers, dhal and salad for the Benevolent Vegetarian (formerly the Anxious Vegetarian), myself and for Collette the Social Worker.
 
Frozen supermarket cheesecake was for dessert.
 
The Wesley employees pay for their meal, which seems incredible considering that they are often doing unpaid overtime.
 
The chairs and tables were packed up a little too early after the meal, but they’re opening earlier than before so the event lasts for well over two hours. This makes it a civil social scene as much as a feeding session.
 
Autistic Damian sat isolated by himself, lost in his own mind, or perhaps rising beyond the idle chatter and experiencing consciousness for what it is.
 
Children are prohibited from entering the building. The old reason was that one or two child molesters were within our group. The new, nicer sounding reason is that the gathering is designed for isolated people and if someone has children, then they are not isolated.
 
Elaine was there, fully recovered from riding her scooter off the platform at the Port Adelaide railway station then landing on her head. She got rid of her last boyfriend, Trevor, who arrived after that fellow in the wheelchair with the perverted sexual appetite.
 
Tracy sat with her and the Night Talker. Tracy is with John who used to now the grass before it was replaced with toxic plastic grass. They sat at the death table previously used by Barry and Aileen who both died from heart trouble and emphysema respectively. And that short man who killed himself and used to work at Farmer Joe’s.
 
The Night Stalker was there with Olec, from the undercover psychiatric branch.  
 
It was a good experience and all they need to do to improve it is to reintroduce smoking outside the building.
 
Chat and Chew
Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide
58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide.
(entry from back gate off K-Mart parking area)
4:00 - 6:00 pm (Every second Wednesday) Free
Main course, dessert, tea and coffee. No takeaways. No children allowed.
13 June 2017

The Night Talker

Re Melissa Melz- re Homeless and Struggling;

Hi Melissa,

I am so sorry to hear about your unfortunate predicament (see earlier posting) but hope the information that I provide, may go some ways towards helping you.

In regards food for your children (including food for their lunches) "most" public primary schools are now part of a BREAKFAST AND LUNCH CLUB" scheme. I would in the first instance ring your children's school and ask to make an appointment to see the school counsellor/social worker, to ask for your children to be enrolled in their B and L club. IF the school does not have their own scheme, they often link in with another school or service provider, to provide this for kids in need. There may be a cost involved, but schools often suspend the amount owing, until parents/caregivers can start paying. In a similar vein, the school counsellor/social worker can direct you to the nearest Smith Family Branch, where a case worker can be assigned to your children. This agency helps with the financial cost of children attending (primary) school.

In regards monetary assistance, the only real place to go for an emergency payment is Centrelink. Centrelink can make an emergency cash payment to parents/caregivers in emergency situations. You will need to attend your nearest Centrelink office (in person as early in the morning as possible) and make an appointment to see the DUTY SOCIAL WORKER. If you explain your situation, you may get a same day appointment. Just be clear you need to see the SOCIAL WORKER on duty, and not just the person behind the counter (They are not trained social workers and do NOT have the skills to assess your complex needs) The social worker has the ability to authorise emergency payments, DESPITE what you may or may not have been told by counter staff (e.g. they can override an initial refusal of payment by counter or phone staff)

Finally, it’s a bit hard to direct you to the nearest charity because I don't know what side of Adelaide, you live in? North, East, South, West or Hills? But there are numerous charities that reside in different geographical parts of Adelaide. I suggest you look through the Lutheran Community Care Directory (link on this site) and or the free food guide linked to this website. Most charities will provide essential cards that can be used to buy groceries and other essential items at various supermarkets (they can be used in a similar manner as cash to buy products) the only products you cannot buy are alcohol, tobacco, or anything related to gambling (e.g. scratchy cards) Finally, most charities will also provide free chemist vouchers for prescriptions, some will assist with fuel cards and almost all will help with clothing and furniture. (This information is all provided in the LCC emergency services directory and the free food and welfare guides, all of which are linked to this website)

Good luck and I hope things get better for you.

13 June 2017

Comment on Piano Player Wayne’s cure for influenza

Comment
Re: horseradish influenza

Will those little plastic packets of WUSABI
laying around everywhere on Adelaide streets
also stave off flu?

How about those little red-nose plastic brown fish?

Plenty everywhere...
13 June 2017

Criticism by client

A client of the Salvation Army said that:
“...food given out rubbishy and loaded with fat and sugar and you see those people getting fatter by the week. You’d think the Salvos would be more responsible...same with WestCare...”
12 June 2017

Corporate manipulators outsmart the hapless Show Pony

The Show Pony (Mark Arstall, 38) has been “sniffing around” in an attempt to track down others who criticise the Ice dealers and homeless charity organisations.

He is being “egged on” by an employee in the corporate media and encouraged by at least one time-server in the homeless industry.

But what will be the reward for The Show Pony? Perhaps he will be given more scope by the homeless agencies to threaten others, but that can go only so far.

But it is the media who will show no mercy for their little helper. He will be fodder for their publicity machine, which will expose his past, his connections with Emma, his glue-like association with the homeless scene Ice addicts, and his habit of threatening and assaulting elderly people.

News Corp tricked him last December into giving them a lifetime copyright on dozens of photographs of his image. This was when they misperceived him as a cleanskin and he thought he was the golden boy.
 
Things are different now and even the Show Pony does not deserve what they will eventually dish out to him. He has already suffered enough in the Adelaide homeless scene.
12 June 2017
 

Ice Man Dan

"Brave Dan" as you call him is just another ice junkie. Once talented in the appearance of dignity and decency, but name your poison and "Ice Man Dan" - as he likes to call himself- is your man. And your lady with the coloured hair is also an ice junkie who steals everything not nailed down.

“She trades sexual favours to "Brave Dan" for ice and steals food and other valuables from local businesses in exchange for living at Dan's place.

“The only reason either of them [go to]Fred's, is because they prefer ice to shopping for groceries.”
 
From “A little bird”
11 June 2017

Evaluation of Chat and Chew

“Last Wednesday was my first time at "Chat and Chew" at United Care Wesley Port Adelaide and I have to say, despite the somewhat cramped environment, the meal in itself was excellent. My only criticism, was that it could have been served hotter.

“The staff were polite and respectful, the room clean and the other patrons (who were waiting patiently) were clearly enjoying each others’ company. I sat with two older disabled ladies, who were both friendly and talkative.

“This experience is certainly a change from other charitable institutions I have eaten at, where portion sizes are (usually) too small, and staff are often highly critical of patrons. I commend "Chat and Chew" for the effort they put in to make disadvantaged persons feel welcome. I shall be going again in the next few weeks.”

From the Night Talker
Chat and Chew
Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide
58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide.
(entry from back gate off K-Mart parking area)
4:00 - 6:00 pm (Every second Wednesday) Free
Main course, dessert, tea and coffee. No takeaways. No children allowed.
11 June 2017

Our Street Family Matters
regains donors

After Dr Jefferies and most of the volunteers left Ruf Us, the donors were left supporting an isolated board of management and a nearly idle rented warehouse that was draining their donations.

Over the past six months, Our Street Family Matters has regained their donors from Ruf Us plus others. These include Athelstone Kiwanis, Belair Uniting Church, Mitcham Lions Club, Beta Sigma Phi, Majestic Hotel Group Wenzil’s Bakery and Nupak.

Phil Harris has become a patron of Our Street Family Matters and Cos We Care has continued their support.

However, the cost of the Saturday meals are still being paid for personally by Dr Jefferies with help from other volunteers in Our Street Family Matters.

Our Street Family Matters.
Corner of South Terrace and Hutt Street, Adelaide
9:15am to 10:00am Saturdays. Everything free No I.D. or registration required.
Free breakfast including home cooked soup, macaroni cheese bake, meat dishes, vegetarian food, meals to takeaway, tea, coffee, bottled water, shampoo and conditioner, soap, towels, blankets, socks, underwear, toilet paper, toothpaste and brushes. Other clothing when available

Most for people living outside or in their cars, but housed people are welcome providing they give priority to those living outside.

Late 10 June 2017

(above) Most government-funded outfits rarely disclose what they actually offer. That is why the less pushy rough sleepers usually miss out. The above leaflet is from Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide which was once called the Port Adelaide Central Mission. It now covers the Uniting Care joint on Gibson Street, Bowden, which has a Food Bank store for which free vouchers can be obtained.

Wiped video file

According to a man who was mildly assaulted at the Salvation Army's Adelaide Congress Hall last year, the spy camera files that recorded the event were quickly erased even though the Salvos knew an assault had taken place.

He says that his legal firm have finally got the paperwork together and are going to lodge legal proceedings against either the alleged assaulter or the Salvo’s, or both.

If the crucial assault recording has been wiped, then why?

Late 10 June 2017

(above) Second Bite provides healthier food than Food Bank. Second Bite is also free whereas Food Bank charges for their stuff. However, Second Bite has had catastrophic supply problems recently with cancelled and reduced deliveries to church groups. Second Bite is worthy of grower and supermarket support. (Note: The face of the child actress has been blurred for legal reasons).

From the Contact Page
 
Name
Melissa **********

Email
Mellz*********@gmail.com

Comment
Hi there my name is Melissa I'm a wife and mother of two kids age 6yr and 4yr we currently homeless at the moment and struggling for food and clothes and I'm trying to seek help im going through anglicare and they have been fantastic but I don't get paid till Friday and my kids got school and don't have much for school snakes

Sorry to ask my aunty mentioned u to me thank u.
 
Editor: I understand you are seeking money. To obtain this, it is important to establish yourself with various church and other charitable groups, each of whom will give you various stuff. Once you go through the initial evaluation and become a client, things become much easier. This is what others have told me and I have seen the incredible services, money and other stuff they’ve obtained. Personally, I have never done this due to the humiliation of the process and that with my monastic lifestyle, there is nothing I particularly want.
 
But if you’ve got kids, and you avoid drugs, smokes and alcohol, then by playing the welfare system, you can obtain an affluent lifestyle. Griselda is fine proof of this hypothesis.
10 June 2017

Cos We Care Elizabeth
 
The offerings were superior to usual, but customer numbers were down due to the 2C degree dawn temperature.

Briony arrived holding a paper cup of expensive coffee shop coffee when she could have got it free from Cos We Care.  Her son ran up against a tree then somersaulted backwards to land on his feet.

Simon the helper stayed in bed, but Robert the Student was there with John and Ann Cooper, Jules and another boy. Robert’s computer course is stopping due to the college going bust or losing funding so he is switching to T.A.F.E.

Cos We Care offered excellent zucchinis, bananas, Brussels sprouts, apples, lettuce, cucumbers, good bread, old potatoes perfect for chips, mushrooms of better quality than I purchased at Coles the previous day, frozen milk, packaged salad leaves, hot pumpkin soup (no salt and pepper), frozen packaged meals made by a work-for-the-dole outfit.  Also coffee and bowls of cereal with milk.

COS We Care, Saturdays 7:30am - 9:00am
Carpark 1, Fremont Park, Yorktown Road, Elizabeth
Also, on Sundays 7:30 - 9:00am
South Terrace near Hutt Street, Adelaide
Free coffee and tea, fruit and vegetables, bread, canned food, pastries and women’s hygiene products. Two-dollar donation requested, but not enforced.
Late 9 June2016

Second Bite failed delivery
 
Church volunteers closed the gates early at the Seventh-day Adventist church on Peterswool Road, Elizabeth Park last Monday.
 
The first twenty customers were allowed in for the free food, but then the gates were closed to bar others. Second Bite had not delivered enough elderly fruit and vegetables.
 
However, this was a better effort than the previous week when nothing arrived.
 
Late 9 June 2017

Heart and Soul free fruit, vegetables, bread and groceries

A woman said that Heart and Soul’s ticket system was difficult for disabled people like herself.

She said she arrived on time then waited for the tickets to be issued then found herself on the back of the randomly chosen queue. The method is that each time someone’s ticket is pulled from a box, that person joins the queue. This means that a person arriving early can still end up at the end of the queue when supplies are mostly gone.

She also has difficulty standing that long in a queue. She said Emma Zahim’s cronies attacked her criticism lodged on the Heart and Soul webpage. She also said that it was humiliating to be asking for help and that charities should not “rub your face in it”.

Her problem represents that of many disabled people who are disadvantaged further by the aggressive nature of free food joints. Ironically, homeless people are also edged out in these situations.

Heart and Soul at the Para Districts Masonic Hall, 77 Phillip Highway, Elizabeth South where they give away free bakery products, fruit, vegetables, and elderly groceries. Quantities are often generous. Start times are 7:00pm and it is best to get there at about 6:30pm. All dates below are for 2017.

Tuesday 13 June, Wednesday 21 June, Monday 26 June, Monday 3 July, Wednesday 12 July, Tuesday 18 July, Monday 24 July, Monday 31 July, Monday 7 August, Tuesday 15 August, Wednesday 23 August, Monday 28 August, Monday 4 September, Wednesday 13 September, Tuesday 19 September, Monday 25 September, Tuesday 3 October, Tuesday 10 October, Wednesday 18 October, Monday 23 October, Monday 30 October, Monday 6 November, the following two weeks are still to be decided, Monday 27 November, Monday 4 December, Monday 12 December, the last week is still to be decided.

Free food evening is also on Thursdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Pennington Scout Hall, (which is called the Semaphore Scout Group), Sinclair Square, Pennington. This time and date are firm. No I.D. required ever at Heart and Soul

Late 9 June 2017

Taperoo Community Centre
and O.A.R.S.

A man who had been living outside with the Hutt Street Centre crowd said that Tracy Chapman of Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Service (OARS) had helped him greatly move into a Unity rental house.
 
He said that Cathy at the Taperoo Community Centre had helped him stay in the house when he was tempted to return to his bad old life with the Hutt Street Centre crowd.
Late 9 June 2017

Life Church Munno Para
 
Clients arrived over an hour before opening time because the free food event is a rewarding social occasion.
 
Lorraine had a cold after getting a flu shot. She handed out grapes and pastries from behind the kitchen counter. Lorraine served the instant coffee. She was wearing a green padded vest.
 
There was a huge amount of bread, but a slightly lower amount of vegetables from Second Bite. The avocadoes were rotten, but the potatoes, oranges, homegrown lemons, Buk Choy, green onions, red cabbage, corn and leafy vegetables were of good quality. However, quantities were reduced so the days of getting a full bag of Second Bite fruit and vegetables at Life Church are over.
 
The free clothing table was swamped with customers who grabbed everything except flimsy floral summer clothing. Richard was there with his Chinese wife. She was emotionally open and friendly. A black African family was there and they acted perfectly normal, just like any family. They looked at me with open honest eyes. Harry the ex-dogger was there with his disabled wife Jean, whose brain works perfectly normal, as well.
 
There were perhaps 45 clients and many children to normalise the situation.
 
Life Church is looking for another building for their Mawson Lakes branch because the rent is too high. Life Church does not own property.
 
Life Church
1 Karri Street, Munno Para (between Elizabeth and Gawler)
Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm
Saturdays 10:00am - 11:00am
Free bread, fruit, vegetables, bread, used clothing and coffee.
Health Care Card or a good story required
Late 9 June 2017

Anglicare Elizabeth Food Barn
 
Old Nick saw the Bosnian-style woman on the train. She was dressed superbly. She was tormented, but projected her suffering with humour.

They both got off at the Elizabeth station. Old Nick went to the elevator. “Press the button, press the button,” the Bosnian-style woman told him. Old Nick panicked and ran up the stairs. They both ended up on the same bus. Old Nick was increasingly worried.

When they reached the Food Barn, Old Nick realised he had been a bit silly and apologised to her. She found this the biggest joke she had ever heard and laughed good-naturedly.
Diners at the Food Barn have feelings of protectiveness towards her. Even the rough crowd gives her space.

Beverly Brooks said she would pray for her. Beverly is a kindly woman and tries to do something nice wherever she goes. This level of quality social atmosphere is what the Stasi Land meal at Salisbury Uniting Church should strive towards. Money cannot buy it. Even good cooking cannot create it.

The Food Barn meal was English-style pork (boiled in water), English-style cabbage (boiled in water), English-style carrots (boiled in water), roast potatoes (tasting as if they were parboiled in water, English-style), coffee (made with boiled water), nice bread buns with margarine and slices of watermelon. There was plenty of tomato sauce and salt and pepper in re-used sauce bottles.

And the pork was good quality protein, which is much valued at any free food joints.
Anglicare Mission
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
11:30am to 1:00pm Monday to Friday
Free lunch. No dessert. No takeaways. No seconds. Strange saltshakers. Much improved. Good social environment.
Security guard in car park and dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in. No Orange Sky Laundry.
Late 8 June 2017

The Port Church free meal
 
The preacher has a good voice, but talked too much through the microphone. He incessantly gave annoying instructions and admonitions.
 
He also wanted to share an idea from the Bible, but he threw in so many extra ideas that he resembled Jeremy Cordeaux’s twenty-minute introduction to his 5AA radio program. The Bible is interesting, but not if it is blared through a sound system.
 
The preacher finished his spiel by suggesting we’d like to discuss his Bible idea amongst ourselves. It was like a Job Network course.
 
However, for the life of me, I could not remember the subject of his idea ten minutes after he’d finished. However, another dinner guest remembered clearly another speech he made on a previous Wednesday evening. He said the preacher recounted having eaten Tandoori chicken then was struck down by loose bowels while walking on Semaphore beach. The preacher solved the situation by running into the ocean. Strangely, I can remember perfectly this stranger’s recounting of that story.
 
The proportion of the guest list being regular church people has increased while the free food underclass crowd has reduced to less than one-quarter.
 
One non-church guest was an elderly woman who drove up in an old car with a disability-parking permit. She uses a walking frame and exists on dole payments, not DSP.
 
The excellent meal last week was meatball stew, chicken and pasta salad, sausage stew, meringues and doughnuts. The vegetarian option was bread without butter with boiled white rice without salt, pepper or sauce. There was an ice tub full of Pepsi, the most popular flavour being with artificial sweetener.
 
The takeaway food was fresh and included bags of grated cheese, asparagus, broccoli, apples, oranges, very good corn-on-the-cob, bread and yoghourt. Maria handed it out with an attitude that left a warm feeling in my solar plexus.
 
A man said he had been homeless for years and had been helped to transition back to a normal lifestyle with the help of the Port Church.
 
The Port Church
47 Carnarvon Terrace, Largs North
5:00pm to 7:00pm every Wednesday
Free meal, pre-loved clothing, fresh fruit and vegetables
Usually pretty good.
Late 8 June 2017

(above) Enfield Uniting Church at Sefton Park hosts a free soup kitchen every Tuesday during school terms from 10:00am to 12:00noon. It is best to get there at 10:00am because everything is gone by 11:00am. The church is on Main North Road next to the Target shopping centre at Sefton Park in Adelaide, South Australia. No I.D. required.

Wayne’s flu remedy
 
Piano Player Wayne recommends horseradish as a means of preventing and treating influenza.
 
Mix one jar of Newman’s horseradish with two litres of full cream milk. Shake it up and let it sit for a few hours whereupon the horseradish enzymes will magically change into something even better. Drink three cups a day.
 
Alternatively, mix one jar of Master Foods horseradish cream with two litres of Nippy’s pineapple juice and let sit for a few hours to improve the horseradish enzymes. Drink the lot within 24 hours.
Late 8 June 2017

Stasi Land free lunch
 
“Is it warm enough?” Marta asked an elderly client after a piece of cake had gone through the microwave. “Touch it,” she demanded.
 
“I don’t want to touch it,” he said, so she grabbed his hand and pressed it onto the cake. That’s what he said happened, but he added, “It is restaurant food, not what they slap up at the Food Barn.”
 
Clients wanted the front door shut last Wednesday due to the cold weather, but the Stasi Land staff refused saying it needed to be open to attract clients.
 
Bill the ex-abattoir worker was not there. He moves about on his invalid scooter. A friend was trying to help him get a new place, in Gawler. “That’s the end of the world,” another diner noted.
 
Bill currently pays $170 a week to a landlord named Dominic for an outside room with tin walls and a concrete floor. He has to go inside the house to use the toilet and kitchen.
 
Salisbury Uniting Church
59-61 Park Terrace, Salisbury (near school) ph 8258 2675
Free lunch and vegetables. Wednesdays 12 noon to 1:00pm During school terms.
It is quite good and Marta is a dream once she determines you’re not a scumbag. There is a donation tin, but clients wisely avoid it. No point in encouraging them.
Late 7 June 2017

(above) A painting in the hall of the South Australia Salvation Army Unley Corps building. Is it a pitch to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning and Intersex (LGBTQI) affinity group? Will this alienate any soldiers or officers in the Army? Will it attract government funding? Or is it "Hate the sin; love the sinner"?

From the S.R.F.
 
Michael the German, David H and Mitch the Clown had a long argument in the courtyard last week, but it ended amicably.
 
The ambulance grabbed Maria and shipped her to St Margaret’s rehab until they can find a nursing home in which to unload her. The prescribed psychiatric drugs have played a role in destroying her health.
 
David with the Shark Tooth had a black eye after being smacked by Clinton. David thought Clinton was swearing at him so he swore back. Clinton had not said anything and thought he was being attacked so he hit David. David has no hard feelings.
Late 7 June 2017

St Bede’s free breakfast at Semaphore

Staff tried to serve the guests more quickly by placing heated canned spaghetti on plates a few minutes before the front door was opened. But the spaghetti went cold sitting there on the counter for those few minutes.

The good news is that toasties are back, but two clients said the quality had dropped.

There was muttering against the new Anglicare employee, Theresa, but the Night Stalker said she was improving. We have to give her time to understand the egalitarian culture at St Bede’s, which means the Anglicare employee is our servant, not our master. A volunteer said she was on much reduced hours and is trying to develop the demonstrative empathy shown by Jill Rivers. The egalitarian culture of St Bede’s Drop-in-Centre is what makes it a superior soup kitchen, similar to Mary’s Kitchen in Glenelg.

Takeaway food included rice crackers, potatoes, fresh wholemeal bread and onions.

John Baulderstone won the AFL tipping contest with nine out of nine.

The billiard and ping-pong tables were set out nicely and the clothing folded and displayed on the stage.
St Bede’s free breakfast
200 Military Road, Semaphore
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings 8:30 - 10:30am
Quality breakfasts, scheduled free hairdressing, table tennis, small amounts of takeaways including rice crackers. Free used clothing and a good social scene that is friendly to people living outside and from Supported Residential Facilities.
Late 7 June 2017

(above) Alexander Watts was stabbed to death outside the Elizabeth shopping centre in late April 2017. His friends wanted a permanent memorial plaque placed at the site of his death.

(above) But moneyed and bureaucratic interests wanted memory of the historical event of Alexander Watts's death wiped from the public mind. Elizabeth shopping centre management ordered that the makeshift memorial be dismantled.

Everyone unhappy at Fred’s Van in Semaphore

Nearly 45 people were there and in the words of one client, everyone left unhappy. Theresa, the Afghan-Polish woman who denies being Aboriginal, revelled in the discord and later stood in the carpark shouting and swearing at the world in general.

St Vincent de Paul kitchen volunteers had initially claimed they had just one bottle of milk for the evening, which justified in their minds serving Milo nearly without milk, more like a brown tea. This proved not to be true. The meal itself was described as “a dry piece of bread” without butter, “an old piece of meat and a piece of potato.”

The volunteers were allegedly rude and told the clients not to come back for seconds, but to wait at the tables. Takeaways were cold pies and pasties, but ten or fifteen clients missed out.

Theresa was not only angry about the horrible food, but also that her Dutch-Australian boyfriend, Gaavin, has disappeared after telling her to “get stuffed.”

Patrons at another Fred’s Van, this one on Thursdays at the Kilburn Community Centre, called Welfare after she allegedly slapped her granddaughter in the face.

Fred’s Van Semaphore
6:00pm Sundays. Free. A bit rough.
St Bede’s Church Hall, 200 Military Road, Semaphore
Late 6 June 2017

Mandeville Supported Residential Facility

A man appearing to be a social worker recently inspected Mandeville boarding house on Military Road, Semaphore and found one room crowded with five beds.
 
He said the establishment was dirty and run down and instead of clotheslines, there were strings dangling from here and there. He said the psychiatric tenants pay over $700 a fortnight to live there. Some are involuntary tenants with their pension money controlled by the Public Trustee, which also takes a percentage of their pensions for administration fees.
 
The government pays Mandeville and other SRF’s another $200 a fortnight for each tenant to ensure medication compliance and to keep an eye out for their tenants’ welfare.
 
Tenants pay for most of their own medication, some of which is prescribed to treat the side-effects of the psychiatric medication.
Late 6 June 2017

Finger licking good
 
Strange Stuart from WestCare was cutting a number of donated cream cakes into slices. He was not wearing gloves. He got cream all over one hand.
 
He stuck a creamy finger in his mouth then licked and sucked it clean. Then another finger. Then his thumb. He put his thumb deep into his mouth as if sucking it.
 
Then he returned to cutting up the cream cakes and delivered the slices to the tables.

Westcare Homeless Joint
Millers Court (off 212 Wright Street near Whitmore Square), Adelaide
Monday to Friday. 9:00 am. Tea and toast
Takeaway bread, fruit and vegetables about 9:30am
12:00 noon. Soup & pie/pastie and tea served first are free.
Or you can buy a better meal for $2.50
Dessert served for both meals at same time.
Eat sitting down inside the hall or church or outside
Free Meal on Sunday at 12:00pm.
Day Centre is open from 11:00am to 1:00pm
Last Sunday of each month is the free barbecue
Late 5 June 2017

Dan’s courage
 
Dan defended an ex-****** bike rider woman at Fred’s Van in Gawler Place last month. A derelict accused the woman, who dyes her hair, of being a slack mole.
 
Dan did not back down when the derelict made vague threats of violence.

Fred's Van
Gawler Place between Wakefield and Flinders Streets, Adelaide
Monday to Friday at 7:00 - 7:30pm
Sunday 6:00 - 6:30pm
Saturday No Fred’s Van
Late5 June 2017
 

Bike rider threatened
 
The bike rider, in his early seventies, turned on his camera video during lunch at WestCare after being threatened with violence by another older man, a friend of Robyn the Junkie.
 
Three or four WestCare employees rushed over to the scene, including Drew, who was wearing some sort of “I love Jesus” shirt. He shouted at the bike rider to stop videoing the threatening man, then told him to get out when he did not turn off his camera.
 
The bike rider and the friend of Robyn later solved the situation amicably without further interference from WestCare.
 
The reaction of Drew in this instance contrasted to that of another WestCare employee, David Secomb, when Mark Arstall, 38, had videoed the bike rider, then later threw hot soup over him.

David politely and soothingly suggested to Arstall that videoing the other man was not the greatest activity in the world.  The bike rider had not been threatening Arstall. David Secomb’s reaction to Arstall later throwing hot soup over the elderly bike rider was similarly understanding.
Late 5 June 2017

In praise of the Show Pony
 
“...courage sailing to Australia, very talented. I respect him for that...violence a bluff.”
Late 5 June 2017

Vanessa’s laugh
 
“WestCare has tightened up its money collection for meals. There were never any problems except from perception.”
A client
Late 5 June 2017

St Luke’s not talking
 
“No, no, he left a couple of months ago,” was all one senior St Luke’s member said when asked about the mysterious disappearance of Scott the Manager ― now known as Scott.
 
Not everyone was happy to see Scott leave and not everyone is happy with the priest who seems to have taken over as manager. The Gang of Nine ― now the Gang of Eight ― were not asked to comment.
Late 4 June 2017

Chainsaw McCulloch
 
“Brenda a big pain in the ass. Money-making, nasty.”

An ex-diner commenting on the veteran cook at the Hutt Street Centre
Late 4 June 2017

Op-Safe at Fred’s Van
 
The laughing man is one of five members of Op-Safe who operate out of a suitcase at Fred’s Van at Gawler Place every Wednesday.
 
The laughing man offered an old man two cans of ham. He rejected this so the laughing man offered him a 130gram can of beans.
 
He also gives away tiny amounts of clothing, not necessarily in small sizes

Fred's Van
Gawler Place between Wakefield and Flinders Streets, Adelaide
Monday to Friday at 7:00 - 7:30pm
Sunday 6:00 - 6:30pm
Saturday No Fred’s Van
Late 4 June 2017

(above) Three Toyotas parked behind the secret garden at the Anglicare Elizabeth Mission. Every organisation has its secrets, especially those connected with the powers-that-be.

(above) Two plasterers knocked on the back door of Grace's Anglicare unit then looked at each other and began laughing. Grace was about 80, but was not washing or taking care of herself, and not far off from being shipped off to a nursing home. After beginning their plastering work, one of the tradesmen came outside and cleaned his trowel on the edge of Grace's back footpath.

Robyn’s faction under pressure
 
Old Silver was attacked at WestCare two weeks previously. His face was bleeding and damaged. He is in his sixties, at least. He made no complaint, sought no medical help, but sat down for lunch.

One diner described his injury as a “Fair amount of blood, face damaged.” One person explained Silver’s lack of reaction as strength of character as Silver is a capable fighter and could cripple just about anyone he tackled.
 Late 4 June 2017

(above) This good furniture and fridge sat in the light rain for a few nights outside the little used rented Ruf Us warehouse on South Terrace, Wingfield.

(above) This stuff has been sitting in the rain for months at the Ruf Us Warehouse in Wingfield.

Dangerous Clem
 
Dangerous Clem was playing table tennis so he missed the window of opportunity to get a meal from the WestCare kitchen.
 
This made him angry so he began his usual shouting. WestCare staff called the police.
 
Dangerous Clem sought refuge by trying to start a conversation with those at the table occupied by the Can of Worms. She wanted nothing to do with him. The police got Dangerous Clem out of the building despite some resistance. 
 
WestCare employees crossed their arms and stared at him as he was taken away.
 
The day before, another man was about a throw a plate then grabbed a table knife. David Secomb threatened to call the police. The man was “chemically affected in the brain,” according to one observer.
Late 3 June 2017

Show Pony at Romero Soup Van
 
They served the usual four types of soup including “Italian vegetable with unusual spices, leak and potato, bacon and another version, terrific.”
 
The Show Pony (Arstall, 38) turned up alone, bouncing across the grass in his hyperactive gait. “That old guy writes for the Adelaide Homeless Journal,” he told the volunteers and customers as he gestured to a man in his early seventies.
 
“Just enjoy the soup,” one volunteer said then added that the idea of a homeless journal sounded good. The Show Pony continued until most had stopped listening. However, he had dulled the atmosphere.
 
“I don’t think he’s particularly liked,” one diner observed.
 
Romero Soup Van (Adelaide Day Centre)
Every day except Saturday. May to October.
Hurtle Square 6:30pm (in front of Crazy Cottage)
Whitmore Square at 7:00pm.
Free good soup, blankets, poxy bread, occasionally muffins and biscuits.
Late 3 June 2017

Intrigue behind the Elizabeth Anglicare Food Barn

Three police officers were in the Hope Cafe on Wednesday morning. A diner noticed a Wi-Fi signal coming from a CIB surveillance vehicle and traced it to the flats on the other side of the green fence back of the carpark behind the Food Barn.
 
 Three police officers were in the Hope Cafe on Thursday at lunch as well.
Late 2 June 2017

Puddle Jumpers

“People were pushing and shoving. It was really degrading.”
Late 2 June 2017

Rapid Relief (Plymouth Brethren)
 
A tragic woman who had exposed her breasts at another soup kitchen sat on the footpath outside the Port Adelaide Wesley building with her legs spread open. Word was that she was homeless and needed a place to stay that night.

Back of the building, the puritanical Exclusive Brethren served both meat and vegetarian hamburgers with a fresh salad side dish. Everything was healthy and clean.

One man was kicked out by a Wesley employee when his dog defecated on the plastic grass. Certain guests were quietly pleased knowing that it would be hard to clean. There has been a lingering resentment from clients ever since the Wesley Port Adelaide mission poisoned the normal healthy grass then laid down a layer of toxic plastic fake grass.

Another dog arrived and urinated on the edge of a table, but the Wesley employee looked the other way because the owner was Aboriginal and this was Reconciliation Week. A big argument could have been a public relations disaster.

A Wesley employee did have the same sense of tolerance for another man. He had committed the crime of using a non-nicotine electronic cigarette outside the building. Despite the water vapour fumes being of negligible threat to others, especially when used outdoors, Port Adelaide Wesley strictly prohibits their use on its property.

Meanwhile, hundreds of cars in the adjoining carpark pumped their noxious fumes over the same outdoor space.
 
Such arbitrary enforcement of silly rules insults the minds of everyone concerned. It is a subtle form of mental abuse.

But it was still nice of Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide to allow the Plymouth Brethren to use its place to serve free food to the underclass of Port Adelaide.
Rapid Relief Team (Plymouth Brethren)
Hosted by Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide
58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide
(Entry from back gate off K-Mart parking area)
Free hamburger and water, and sometimes coffee on the last Tuesday of every month from 11:30am to 1:30pm except December when it is on the 19th, which is the second last Tuesday.
Late 2 June 2017

Second Bite cancels deliveries
 
Second Bite cancelled their deliveries to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Elizabeth Park and Life Church at Munno Para today.
 
Paul from Second Bite said they hadn’t enough incoming delivers to service every distribution centre.
Late 1 June 2017

Piano Player Wayne back home
 
Wayne is now a Royal Adelaide Hospital “Hospital-at-Home” patient with a constant flow of nurses checking his infected foot from where his latest toe was amputated. The hospital has kicked out many of its patients in preparation for the move to the new hospital in September.
 
Wayne’s pus suction device keeps beeping to indicate it is leaking. There is no evidence that the Therapy Cat has scratched a tear in the plastic vacuum bag that fits over the surgical wound.
 
Meanwhile, Wayne warns that an Antarctic low-pressure system will hit Adelaide late Saturday. It was not clear whether he was privately pleased or not.
Late 1 June 2017
 

Puddle Jumpers

“This evening (29/05/17) I attended Puddle Jumpers re obtaining some free food items. There was not as much variety (e.g. no pet food and no free clothing) but the soup and hot coffee provided, was as usual, excellent.
 
“What was less than thrilling was the amount of pushing and shoving that went on and the amount of food stuffs that were clearly not edible. I steered clear of the (kale,asparagus and lettuce, that was well beyond it's use by date) and the powered milk that curdles almost as soon as water is added. The bread also left a lot to be desired. (Most was well beyond stale)
 
“There was however ample carrots, onions and potatoes and numerous packets of excellent quality chicken and corn soup. There was also available a number of pre mixed Bickfords drinks.

“As I was leaving I was handed a flyer in regards a "save Puddle Jumpers Rally" which is due to happen on Monday the 12th of June at 2pm at Puddle Jumpers current location of 21 Maple Terrace Forestville. Despite surviving on donations and a shoe string budget Puddle Jumpers remains a not-for-profit charity,that has its heart in the right place. It would be a shame to see them evicted from their current location, given the good work they do for the community.”
 
Puddle Jumpers
21 Maple Avenue, Forestville (behind the closed down Le Cornu on Anzac Highway)
[email protected]. Ph 0400 999 349
Every Monday from 5:00pm to about 7:00pm except public holidays.
Free fruit, vegetables and kitchen knick-knacks. Friendly atmosphere.
Children and babies especially welcome.
Posted Late 1 June 2017

(above) Piano Player Wayne's foot after the latest amputation. He said this is the nice view because underneath it is quite gruesome. This is the effect of diabetes. A week after surgery his foot became reinfected and he is back in the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Work-for-the-dole crowd outside the Elizabeth Food Barn buildings
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.7150258,138.6721448,3a,90y,3.33h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srFNhD3h0UhuZo6k4rcAeIg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Lutheran Adelaide free stuff directory

https://www.lccare.org.au/lisp-and-er-directories.html

Photograph of The Show Pony (Mark Arstall, 38) given freely to Mark Brake of the Adelaide Advertiser and published by the webmaster of the Hutt Street Centre on their webpage.

http://tinyurl.com/mileskemppuffpiece

Remembering PJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPCiBYTnN4c

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The Decent Man

The Decent Man formerly from Kilburn breaks up a fight in the Royal Adelaide Hospital Emergency Department Waiting Room where he lived for two weeks. (see also 18 May 2016 post)
Video 1 https://youtu.be/79zVvg3HfWs
Video 2 https://youtu.be/VmCSZk13aBc

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