On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:59:02 -0800 (PST), Chalo
wrote:

John B. wrote:

I always wonder what happens to people like that. I would guess that
it is really a lot of work to be continually silk screening tee
shirts,
driving around the state to go to swap meets, sleeping in the
car
to save money, eating at McDonalds. Do they "grow up" and get a
regular job? Or are they now stubbing around with a cane selling
teeshirts door to door?

I think it's funny that you assume t-shirts were their primary source of income.

There's a whole economy out there that you don't see if you're not in it.

I think that you clipped part of my post or didn't read a previous one
where I said that I talked to them and that they told me that silk
screening tee shirts and selling them was "their business",
indicating, I assumed that they didn't have a rich uncle to support
them. And, no, they weren't selling wacky tobacco on the side. There
were people doing that but not these two.

As for the "gray economy", I had a neighbor in Riverside, CA, that
"hadn't worked" in 5 years or so. And, it was rumored that he and his
wife had divorced so that she could apply for aid to unwed mothers.

Of course, he did work but either for cash or services. He told me
that he had installed an automatic lawn sprinkler system for a dentist
and in return got his teeth fixed.
--
cheers,

John B.