From: Peter Saxton 
Newsgroups: uk.rec.youth-hostel uk.finance
Subject: Re: Can I receive mail at UK youth hostels? ( A London hostel)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:14:52 +0100

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:51:53 +0100, Fran
 wrote:

>Peter Saxton said...
>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:17:02 GMT, jim@jibbering.com (Jim Ley) wrote:
>> 
>> >On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:35:00 +0100, Peter Saxton
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>If they are homeless they don't get mail.
>> >
>> >Of course they might,  What a stupid statement.
>> >
>> 
>> Why should they want mail if they choose to be homeless?
>> 
>Do people 'choose' to be homeless?  Do homeless people not have anyone 
>to send them mail?  Not even the Benefits Agency?
>
>Warning: this will resemble a rant...
>
>I think maybe you should take a wander around your local big town and 
>speak to some of the people you see huddled up in shop doorways.  Ask 
>them how much they really like it when it's pouring with rain.  I 
>suspect that most people would much prefer to have a decent roof over 
>their heads, but it's all too easy to get into a downward spiral.  You 
>need a permanent address to get a job; you need a job to pay the rent.  
>Where, then, do you start?  It's all very well for us in our cosy houses 
>and flats to tell people to get off their arses and find a job, but if 
>someone can't find paid employment with qualifications and a nice cosy 
>middle class mortgage what hope has someone without (apparently) 
>anything going for them?

They can stay in hostels if they wanted to.

-- 
Peter Saxton from London
peter@petersaxton.co.uk