Plus 15 homeless guy

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Is that short asian guy with the big forehead still around?

Wow. i totally remember him. He was at the u of c back in the early 90's.

I think it was just a total big head. More than just the forehead.

[BlackAce]

I am stiil here... I still stink, but I got myself a laptop with all my change

[Olao32]

Anyone ever around Bow Valley Square/Petro/5th ave place/trans-canada etc?..."Spare change" guy?

[Papi34]

Originally Posted by no_joke

Older gentleman? White hair, smokes, sweatpants, quick to approach people?

Sounds right haha appears terrifying but is harmless

[CaptainReboot]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Well, he did get some exposure a while ago with at least one of the agencies that help homeless people when he "won" the Vibe Facebook contest to meet some singer backstage. I know there was an update here about that as well- that he had refused help.

I remember that. Vibe had a contest to meet Gwen Stefani. The contest was to create a group and whoever had the most people join would win. So people created a group for him and he had a crazy amount of votes and would have won. Vibe then changed the rules so that the person must be aware that they're in the contest or something like that.

[RockOnRoberts]

What exactly is a Plus 15?

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Is that short asian guy with the big forehead still around?

I saw him a couple of months ago in front of the Ford building.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by RockOnRoberts

What exactly is a Plus 15?

+15

[Huntingwhale]

There used to be a facebook group dedicated to this guy, with pictures and everything. I even took a picture of him once on my old cell phone, wish l still had it. I havent' seen him for almost a year now, and l used to see him multiple times a day.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

Wow. i totally remember him. He was at the u of c back in the early 90's.

I think it was just a total big head. More than just the forehead.

I saw him today. That bald visage is impressive.

[dubc80]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Does anyone remember the plus 15 homeless guy? The one that just wanders around the plus 15 wearing his hoody, never speaking to anyone.

Apparently, I heard he passed away. Anyone know if there's any truth to this?

I know exactly who you're talking about. I haven't seen him in over a year.

And yeah, there was a facebook group dedicated to this guy with pictures and everything. One of the members of the group was a nurse and she said the guy passed away.

[dubc80]

Originally Posted by Olao32

Anyone ever around Bow Valley Square/Petro/5th ave place/trans-canada etc?..."Spare change" guy?

LOL. I know this guy too.


"SSSSPPPPPPAAAAAARRRREEEEEEEEE CCCCCHHHHAAAAAAAANNNGGGGGGEEEE....?"

[bcb]

Hold it...Is it possible there's more than one homeless person in this city???

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

He used to "steal" pop from the Subway and get free dilly bars from the DQ before they closed (damn you DQ).

No idea where he is. I havent seen him in a while and I used to always see him.

Downtown sucks more now that the DQ and the Second Cup on Stephen Ave closed!

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by dubc80

LOL. I know this guy too.


"SSSSPPPPPPAAAAAARRRREEEEEEEEE CCCCCHHHHAAAAAAAANNNGGGGGGEEEE....?"

He used to hang by the old courthouse until they demolished it.

[Hemi-Cuda]

on a semi-related note, has anyone seen the panhandler with his cardboard sign wandering the intersection of 16th Ave and 68 St NE? i see him almost everyday out there on my way home from work, how much money can he possibly get from people stopped at a light?

[Byrns]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

on a semi-related note, has anyone seen the panhandler with his cardboard sign wandering the intersection of 16th Ave and 68 St NE? i see him almost everyday out there on my way home from work, how much money can he possibly get from people stopped at a light?

You would be surprised how many people fork over the cash. Drives me crazy.

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Downtown sucks more now that the DQ and the Second Cup on Stephen Ave closed!

That too, I was talking about the one near the new courhouse on the +15 though.

[HeartsOfFire]

You guys all have your token Homeless Person. Personally, I can't stand the Metro paper guy every morning at 1st street station.

"MORNING METRO!"

"METRO TODAY!"

"METRO!"

On another note, I know about 'Big forehead asian dude' and the 'SPARE CHANGE' guy. Two other homeless people I frequently see are an old black woman in a huge winter jacket pushing her worldly belongings in a grocery cart, and an older gentleman with what appears to be a perpetually broken ankle near the city centre c-train station.

Oh! I forgot about Calgary's best Historian, too. He's a shorter man, big glasses, brown hair and beard, has a rather sever hunch in his shoulders and somewhat of a belly lately. Always rides the C-train, and occasionally makes an appearance at political rallies. He was featured in the newspaper one day a few years ago on a story about a storied veteran of one of the World Wars.

[FurnaceFace]

By spare change guy are you referring to the older guy who sort of has a rain man rocking motion?

He really cleaned up his act over the past few years, or got on some meds. He used to say "COIN!!!" or something like that and if you didn't give him money he'd swear at you under his breathe. He was then seen with a black eye and an arm cast and the rumour was he'd said "F you" to the wrong person and gotten a beat down.

It seemed not long after that he started saying "god bless" all the time instead. The dude does have something churning up there in his head though as a few years ago on Halloween he dressed up as a witch. Full drag, makeup, the whole bit. Dude probably made some serious cash that day, everyone was giving him money.