RECORD STORE TALES #1057: “To Each Their Own!” – The Piss Blanket Story
Guilty as charged. I was filming a dumpster diver.
I was leaving for work Friday morning when I saw this guy picking through the bottles in recycling, as they often do. He was soon joined by a second guy, and they tore through the recycling looking for anything of value. When the second guy jumped into the dumpster, I couldn’t resist. The bad part of me wanted a video, so I shot a little bit of video and then pocketed my phone again.
I watched as the guy found a box with a deep fryer in it, but then my jaw dropped as I saw him liberate a large, white blanket….
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As I drove off, I saw the two guys riding the bikes, with the one fellow clutching the piss blanket holding his precious deep fryer.
Weird Friday.
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I like these story time with Mike videos. I’d like to see more of these!
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Jex was saying he enjoyed my early story-telling videos when I had more production values. He thinks I should do more like that, but with modern cameras for better quality. I think it could happen this summer at the lake.
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I am so thankful for the way my life has turned out.
If I had an addiction, or mental issues, or lost my job/house that could be me dumpster diving and not giving a f*ck. I am quite sure he actually does not have the ability to give a f*ck.
It’s still below freezing at night, so sleeping outside may not give him the benefit of picking and choosing what keeps him warm enough to survive. It’s sad really.
On a side note, I am curious how he would plug in a deep fryer if he is homeless. Maybe grabbed it to pawn it.
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He specifically told me he was only using the blanket as satchel to carry the deep fryer. He had no intention to use it as a blanket, according to him. It was just a satchel to him.
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Ok. I imagine someone in that position is immune to the smell of urine as they themselves probably reek of it.
Either way it sucks what people have to resort to.
Probably a reason the deep fryer was in there too. Even if he has hydro, it probably doesn’t work.
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I really don’t know his story. I see those guys on bikes collecting bottled every day. Nice bike in this case.
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I’ve seen homeless dudes with better bikes than I own.
Not 100% sure they are always stolen, but the odds are swaying that way.
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