# Ask the part-time vagrant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-part-time-vagrant/617559>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-part-time-vagrant/617559 "2012-04-02T09:03:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-part-time-vagrant/617559/41 "2012-04-06T00:08:32Z")

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> [@Sam\_I\_Am](#):
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> It would seem to me that finding a safe place to get a reliable amount of sleep every night would likely be a higher priority than student loans and hospital bills? If you can get the meds working and be more functional, then ultimately your financial situation should improve more.

Yes, it has come to that time. I will move somewhere at all costs now.

> [@Autolycus](#):
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> What’s your diet like? And, how fit are you? i imagine one of the few benefits of vagrancy is that always being on your feet has to be good for the waistline. Just trying to stay positive about what sounds to me like a bad situation. Seriously, is there no job that you can find that doesn’t involve independent contracting?

My diet is not that bad. I eat out all the time. Good food, but costly. I’m quite fit. I am trying to stay positive, that’s very important. No, there aren’t any opportunities for me outside of independent contracting, for now.

> [@LonesomePolecat](#):
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> I hope you at least have a pre-paid cell phone for emergencies.

Yes.

> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#):
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> So she is an escort? I am confused.

There’s a huge difference between a vagrant and an escort. You can be both of course. I’m not.

> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> I get the impression that you are, at least to some degree, enjoying “the life,” and that’s why you started a Q-and-A thread in which you don’t come off as particularly motivated to change your living situation anytime soon. Is that an unfair appraisal?

It started off fun. I got to see a lot of interesting stuff. But it’s getting old. I do want to move some place. Hopefully it will be soon.

> [@StarvingButStrong](#):
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> I’m curious about the basics of life. You’ve talked about sleeping, but:
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> What/where do you eat?
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> How do you manage bathing?
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> I assume you use laundramats to care for clothes.
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> What about, er, toileting needs?
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> What kind of car are you living in? I mean, regular sedan, SUV, van, miniwagon? From the outside, does your car look like any other car, or is it packed full with your clothes/supplies/whatever?

I eat out at higher end fast food and lower end dine in restaurants. I fortunately have access to showers. Yes, I use laundramats for clothes. I find any public restroom, if I need to use it, like any other person.

It’s a sedan, and it looks like any other car. My trunk is packed however.

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