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American Man lives Homeless in London Apple Store
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There's no way, this is just a crazy thread the op decided to post, he's from reddit enough said.....
Dear Lord...
The OP is crazy. Wacko. Has a few screws loose. He's done lost his marbles. He's a few cards shy of a full deck. The lights are on, but nobody is home. His elevator doesn't go all the way to the penthouse.
In other words, he's nucking futs.
Please, OP. Spend all your money on a plane ticket and fly to London. Ask the Hobo Prep in person. Sit in the seminar room at the Apple store until he comes in, and beg and plead with him to help you. Be sure to document the entire trip and meeting by pictures, video and blog posts. I need a good laugh at another's expense.
The OP is crazy. Wacko. Has a few screws loose. He's done lost his marbles. He's a few cards shy of a full deck. The lights are on, but nobody is home. His elevator doesn't go all the way to the penthouse.
In other words, he's nucking futs.
Please, OP. Spend all your money on a plane ticket and fly to London. Ask the Hobo Prep in person. Sit in the seminar room at the Apple store until he comes in, and beg and plead with him to help you. Be sure to document the entire trip and meeting by pictures, video and blog posts. I need a good laugh at another's expense.
Wait a second, what the ..., why are the first page posts with negative points and the posts were made in July 2014 wth is going on!!!!!
Downvoting was enabled briefly in mid-July, for users with 100+ posts. See here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1754911/
It didn't last long.
perhaps he's actually the hobo and is here trying to promote his blog?
Yes maybe he's trying to drum up more business via blog hits so that he can pull in more...wait for it...........advertising clients, hmmmm.
Come on mate, that's really not fair is it? I could easily ask a few of my friends, some married, some single, some blue collar worker, some uni students, some white collar workers, whether they would envy this life and a lot of them would say "Sign me up!". How is travelling like this crazy or wacko? You must live some kind of sheltered life. I'm nobody but me and I can tell you, mind numbing boredom in the suburbs of Australia or living like the Hobo Prep? There's no choice for most of us.
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But how is it a fantasy? There are guys like Tom Stuker who do this, without the "no possessions" part. I would particularly like to know how you get to meet "kind benefactors" such as the type that would donate me a Macbook Pro Retina. Are people in London this generous? I can see if there was a young designer who only needed the right tools to get up and running how people would take pity on him, so that part makes sense to me. What I want to know is more about the culture in London and whether it's better to go to another place instead to do it.
Come on mate, that's really not fair is it? I could easily ask a few of my friends, some married, some single, some blue collar worker, some uni students, some white collar workers, whether they would envy this life and a lot of them would say "Sign me up!". How is travelling like this crazy or wacko? You must live some kind of sheltered life. I'm nobody but me and I can tell you, mind numbing boredom in the suburbs of Australia or living like the Hobo Prep? There's no choice for most of us.
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But how is it a fantasy? There are guys like Tom Stuker who do this, without the "no possessions" part. I would particularly like to know how you get to meet "kind benefactors" such as the type that would donate me a Macbook Pro Retina. Are people in London this generous? I can see if there was a young designer who only needed the right tools to get up and running how people would take pity on him, so that part makes sense to me. What I want to know is more about the culture in London and whether it's better to go to another place instead to do it.
I still have trouble believing that you think that this is real.
It's more than 30 days ago that you first posted.
If you would like to know how it's done, I strongly suggest that you put a bit of effort into finding information yourself. I mean to say if you are going to travel around the world on your own, shouldn't you be able to use a search engine on your own.
Even if this person really is who he say's he is, there is probably only enough space/work/contacts for one person.
London is the same as other big cities. There are some really nice people, and there are some crack addicts.
As far as any of them coming up to you and donating a $3000 computer, that is very far fetched.
As far as any of them coming up to you and donating a $3000 computer, that is very far fetched.
Yes. I have met him. He's a great guy, my best friend in fact. We send each other post cards from time to time, and share dissertations on the fluctuations and cyclic nature of quantum foam in the multiverse. He smokes a lot of pot.
Come on mate, that's really not fair is it? I could easily ask a few of my friends, some married, some single, some blue collar worker, some uni students, some white collar workers, whether they would envy this life and a lot of them would say "Sign me up!". How is travelling like this crazy or wacko? You must live some kind of sheltered life. I'm nobody but me and I can tell you, mind numbing boredom in the suburbs of Australia or living like the Hobo Prep? There's no choice for most of us.
Then go out and find out how to do it. Stop trying to get others to do the foot work for you so that you can live the "hobo prep life". It's a pipe dream. If it wasn't, then EVERYONE would be doing it.
By the way, I'm not your "mate". Life isn't fair. And there is always a choice. You just choose to try and follow a shortcut instead of actually working at it.
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Ok now I know you are trying to joke about it. That's not very funny.
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I'm not saying everyone would be doing it, or even that EVERYONE would be doing it. I'm saying that I want to know how it's done, not ask others to do the footwork for me. I need to know more about the culture and society in London to do it, or maybe I will choose another city instead. I have heard that people in London are more generous helping visitors for directions than in Europe, but that most people in London are either very poor or very busy, because it's such an expensive place. Perhaps that will help you understand why I am asking the questions and wanting to know more.
Having tried to book an appointment at the Regent Street Apple Store, believe me, it can sometimes feel like you're living there.