Spare change mate?

Down here we can give at 16, i dont know how many times a year but it can be quite a few AFAIK
 
Nope, I choose which charities I give to and do it regularly by choice which is why I don't give to people that knock on my door and rattle a tin at me. I'm afraid it's the same for beggers although I do feel a pang of guilt sometimes...

More to the point what's with the "spare change guv" thing? It's not flippin' "spare", I didn't get paid and have an extra "spare" bit left over... It's in my pocket because I earned it and it will be spent on something, that's why it's in my pocket.

It's not like I was going to chuck it away when I got home.....

:D
 
dmpoole said:
But Lostkat is a girlie and we were told that girlies can only give twice a year.
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It's blood donation that's limited to every three months. Platelet donation can occur much more frequently, though they recommend that you don't donate more than 24 times per year.

Edit: Could I be any slower?!
 
I have mixed reactions to beggars. Some are simply chavs looking either to mug you or give you abuse. There are some I've seen around town eating out of bins and stuff and I'll quite often get pizza and stuff for them. I tend to give to buskers, because live music is always nice :)

I do believe more people would benefit from giving time to volunteer for charities - its a great feeling and is usually more helpful than giving a pound a month or whatever. I am a volunteer for the Samaritans, and it only takes four hours a week of my time. I can heartily recommend it :)

EDIT - www.samaritans.org - take a look ;)
 
Lostkat said:
So I'm a scrooge and a liar too. Interesting.

If I needed it myself, they wouldn't endanger peoples' lives by letting you donate. I give to help people less fortunate than me. How is that not charity? I find your comment quite unbelievable in all honesty.

Also, I donate platelets, which can be given as often as every two weeks. If you'd like to see my 25 donations certificate and badge, I'd be happy to scan it in for you :)
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Chill out - who's called you a liar?
I'm getting platelets mixed up with blood and so are the others, so apologies for the confusion.

But yes, if you think giving blood is charity then I suggest you stop.
Giving blood should be made mandatory.

Goes to look up platelets.
 
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dmpoole said:
Chill out - who's called you a liar?
I'm getting platelets mixed up with blood as so are the others, so apologies for the confusion.

But yes, if you think giving blood is charity then I suggest you stop.
Giving blood should be made mandatory.
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Good turnaround :D Sorry for over reacting.

It should be mandatory, yes. But it's not, so I give up free time and overcome an accute phobia of needles to sit connected to a big centrifuge machine regularly. That's worth more than a couple of pennies in a tramp's hand imo.
 
dmpoole said:
But yes, if you think giving blood is charity then I suggest you stop.
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I don't understand. If someone is doing a good thing for the wrong reasons, that's no reason for them to stop doing it. In this case, you haven't even shown why giving blood isn't a charitable act - it's giving up something of value to you (your blood and your time) so that somebody else can benefit.

Giving blood should be made mandatory.
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I agree, at least to the extent that I believe it should be opt-out rather than opt-in, but I don't see the relevance!
 
Still don't understand why you think I'm doing it for the wrong reasons :( What could possibly be wrong about wanting to donate blood/platelets to people who need them?
 
Arcade Fire said:
See, we can debate sensibly sometimes!

I want some beer, but I've been ill recently and I'm not quite fully recovered yet. What should I do?
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Easy.
Shove a Durex down your throat, drink the beer and pull it back out.
You can then save it for another day.
 
Lostkat said:
Still don't understand why you think I'm doing it for the wrong reasons :( What could possibly be wrong about wanting to donate blood/platelets to people who need them?
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Post 67 and 68 - keep up :D
I'm the one thats drunk.
 
Lostkat said:
, and overcome an accute phobia QUOTE]


Can i ask how as i have been known to pass out whilst having a blood test. :o 2 out of the last 3 to be precise. :p

:( Am really tuff me. Stick a little needle in me and i hit the deck.
Tiny little Bats flying about freak me out aswell but i just throw myself on the floor and don't actually pass out. :D
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malc30 said:
Can i ask how as i have been known to pass out whilst having a blood test.
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This is one of my real bugbears and something I've spoke of several times on here.

Is your daily life ruined by the sight of a needle?
Will you vomit and become uncontollable if you see a needle?
Do your friends and family make sure that needles are not in your line of sight because they will know the consequences of it?

If you answer no then you don't have a phobia but a 'fear' of needles.
To cure a phobia you will need at least 12 months of therapy going through stages very slowly.
I know this because we had to go through it with my eldest daughters phobia of frogs and it wasn't pleasant.
It had my wife crying nearly every night trying to help her through it.
 
I wish I was as rich as a beggar. Beggars have no money and thus no debts. If I had more money than beggars then I'd consider giving them some.

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malc30 said:
Lostkat said:
, and overcome an accute phobia QUOTE]


Can i ask how as i have been known to pass out whilst having a blood test. 2 out of the last 3 to be precise. :p

:( Am really tuff me. Stick a little needle in me and i hit the deck.
Tiny little Bats flying about freak me out aswell but i just throw myself on the floor and don't actually pass out.
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Gritting my teeth, looking away, talking at 100mph to the nurse and trying to resist the urge to get up and run away :D Don't get me wrong, I still hate doing it, but the urge to do something useful (and be attached to a cool spinny machine) outweighs my own selfish fear :)

I can now look at the needle in my arm without feeling physically sick (though there was a drop of blood on it today and I had to look away). It's taken 4 years. It still makes me feel weird though, and if I start thinking about that piece of metal shoved in my arm too much, I go pale. I'm not queasy with other peoples' blood - I'm a first aider. It's just needles/veins that get me.

[edit]CORRECTED: IT'S A FEAR, NOT A PHOBIA!!!!! :D [/edit]
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