Man With The Golden Voice

[Jet-Daytona]

You might remember him,homeless and becoming an internet sensation. Well he has left rehab and right back where he started,he had a chance to have it all. Sad:thumbsdown

 

[RitcheyRch]

Sad deal thats for sure. One of the local radio stations has been saying from the beginning that he would end up where he started.,

 

[HolyMoly]

The guy just wanted to party like Charlie Sheen.

 

[rivermobster]

how sad

 

[Jet-Daytona]

how sad

An opportunity of a Life Time.

 

[Racey]

This is why he was homeless in the first place.... no surprise. Sorry to sound like a dick, but the realities of life aren't always pleasant

 

[RogerThat99]

I love when he was asked why he hadn't paid Child Support. He said they hadn't asked, there had been no court ourders, and they hadn't attached his wages. WOW that's a great answer.

 

[RiverDave]

You might remember him,homeless and becoming an internet sensation. Well he has left rehab and right back where he started,he had a chance to have it all. Sad:thumbsdown

So is he back on the streets already?

Rd

 

[whiteworks]

So is he back on the streets already?

Rd

Thinking you might be able to get a good deal on those sound bites right about now

 

[funkcity]

Kraft is still using those spots.

 

[linus3]

He'll be on the next Cele. Rehab with Dr Drew.

 

[Jet-Daytona]

So is he back on the streets already?

Rd

YES

 

[C-2]

Man, that sucks, he talked a good story.

Sad that some people are wired to self-destruct and can never release themselves from the grips of addiction.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Who cares? The guy is a washout and nobody gave a shit before, so why now? Because he has a smooth talking voice? Whatever....lot's of people have good voices...can't we get rid of that asshole Allstate spokesman too?

 

[pronstar]

Thanks to the recession, there are many hard-working people WHO AREN'T ON DRUGS OR BOOZE living in the streets. People who have nowhere to turn and can't find work.

This guy, and others like him, put himself there.

I once saw a "will work for food" homeless guy outside a 7-11.
I went inside, and bought him a sandwich.

When I gave it to him, the guy threw it at me and started yelling at me, tried to get up in my face. That ended pretty quickly, but it changed my view of why some people are on the streets.

 

[RiverDave]

Who cares? The guy is a washout and nobody gave a shit before, so why now? Because he has a smooth talking voice? Whatever....lot's of people have good voices...can't we get rid of that asshole Allstate spokesman too?

I like the allstate guy.. and the geico guy..

RD

 

[oldschool]

The other line I hear all the time is "Excuse me sir, I ran out of gas and I need a few buck to get back home". I just tell these guys that I don't have any spare money, I need it all.
Truth is, most of these people are fouled up and just can't handle everyday life and the resposibilities that go along with it. Whether it's drugs, alcohol, mental illness or all of them, there's no way these people can function in society.

 

[Jet-Daytona]

With this economy and who knows what else has happened in a persons life,I'll never believe all these homeless are Drug Addicted Alcoholics who deserve where they are.It is very easy to judge from the outside,maybe the old saying that you never know what the future holds for you might be a way to look at them and their situation.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

I like the allstate guy.. and the geico guy..

RD

Have you heard the Allstate guy saying, "every month should be black history month, thats Allstate's stand"? Pathetic pandering bullshit....kinda like when Ford was pandering to the gays.

 

[Guest]

Mayhem!..

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Mayhem!..

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That one amuses me.

I was talking about this annoying pompous schmuck:

 

[lakemadness]

This is why he was homeless in the first place.... no surprise. Sorry to sound like a dick, but the realities of life aren't always pleasant

exactly right. He was already given a chance long ago, he fucked that one up.

 

[Member: 71]

So is he back on the streets already?

Rd

YES

By the looks of it, he's not doing to shabby eating at Mastro's in Beverly Hills. Best of luck to him.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/02/golden-voice-ted-williams-mastros-video-photos/

 

[Jet-Daytona]

That one amuses me.

I was talking about this annoying pompous schmuck:

You are Consistant= NEGATIVE

 

[Deleted Account]

So some guy walks up out of the blue in Corona to my truck and he's got this big bandage on his arm. Said he just got out of the hospital, had a spider bite him the night before, and he just needs $10 for gas to make it back home. I take one look at his arm/hand and tell him to take a hike... My partner and I just laugh and away we go.

The next day, my partner calls me from Hemet and he's laughing his ass off. Same guy, different arm bandaged (with the hand also this time, lol he's learning) hits him & his wife up at the store in town. My partner told him "Hey, when I saw you in Corona yesterday, you had two packs of smokes in that hand"... And away he goes...:skull

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

You are Consistant= NEGATIVE

And you are consistently on my ass like a cling-on...

...and you can't spell...I'm positive of that.

 

[Jet-Daytona]

And you are consistently on my ass like a cling-on...

...and you can't spell...I'm positive of that.

Just Kidding,or I'll send PoonToonBabe on your Ass and you know won't win that war.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Just Kidding,or I'll send PoonToonBabe on your Ass and you know won't win that war.

 

[WTRR]

Yea, I figured that guy would be back on the street before too long. If someone is addicted to something to the point that they are living on the street, their chances of going straight are pretty slim. Seems that addiction is tied to our genes and depending on the environment it may be something that you're not able to control. It's the kind of thing that will make you steal your own mother's wedding rings and pawn them. Take money that you should be spending on food for your kids and spend it on your drug of choice. Cause your family to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on rehab, again and again with the hope that this one will be the one that breaks the cycle. But nothing ever changes. The final straw is getting arrested in Orlando,Florida after robbing 10 area banks to get money to fuel a habit.

I drove 12 hours to visit my little brother on his deathbed the week before Christmas. He was in a federal prison hospital in North Carolina. I had my mother and father with me. They are both in their 70's and couldn't make the trip on their own. There is nothing more heartbreaking than to see your parents giving their love to their son that loved and cared for so much. We got to spend a total of 4 hours with him over 3 days. My poor mother couldn't understand why the prison wouldn't let us spend more time with him. He was on life support and they had two armed guards present at his bedside 24 hours a day. I couldn't make her understand that they have their rules and he was an inmate. We drove home knowing that we'd never see him alive again. There is something about that...it's just so hard to comprehend. It was a long drive home, three people alone with their memories.

He passed away shortly after midnight on New Years Day. He was 51 years old. He loved the river and as teenagers, we skied the Tennessee River like we owned it. The weekend I last saw him, he was on life support but conscious. He couldn't talk for the breathing tube, but could use hand signals and write a note when he wasn't too weak. I took my laptop with me and on the second day I visited him, I showed him pictures of my river house that he had never seen and pictures off of this web site of a bunch of the boats and party pics. As weak as he was, he gave me a big thumbs up. He wrote a note that said all he wanted to do was go to the river one more time...

He was one of the most talented artists I'd ever seen, could sing like George Strait and could have done anything he wanted to. But in the end, he was an addict and there was nothing any of us or Stan himself could do about it.

RIP little brother....

 

[C-2]

Yea, I figured that guy would be back on the street before too long. If someone is addicted to something to the point that they are living on the street, their chances of going straight are pretty slim. Seems that addiction is tied to our genes and depending on the environment it may be something that you're not able to control. It's the kind of thing that will make you steal your own mother's wedding rings and pawn them. Take money that you should be spending on food for your kids and spend it on your drug of choice. Cause your family to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on rehab, again and again with the hope that this one will be the one that breaks the cycle. But nothing ever changes. The final straw is getting arrested in Orlando,Florida after robbing 10 area banks to get money to fuel a habit.

I drove 12 hours to visit my little brother on his deathbed the week before Christmas. He was in a federal prison hospital in North Carolina. I had my mother and father with me. They are both in their 70's and couldn't make the trip on their own. There is nothing more heartbreaking than to see your parents giving their love to their son that loved and cared for so much. We got to spend a total of 4 hours with him over 3 days. My poor mother couldn't understand why the prison wouldn't let us spend more time with him. He was on life support and they had two armed guards present at his bedside 24 hours a day. I couldn't make her understand that they have their rules and he was an inmate. We drove home knowing that we'd never see him alive again. There is something about that...it's just so hard to comprehend. It was a long drive home, three people alone with their memories.

He passed away shortly after midnight on New Years Day. He was 51 years old. He loved the river and as teenagers, we skied the Tennessee River like we owned it. The weekend I last saw him, he was on life support but conscious. He couldn't talk for the breathing tube, but could use hand signals and write a note when he wasn't too weak. I took my laptop with me and on the second day I visited him, I showed him pictures of my river house that he had never seen and pictures off of this web site of a bunch of the boats and party pics. As weak as he was, he gave me a big thumbs up. He wrote a note that said all he wanted to do was go to the river one more time...

He was one of the most talented artists I'd ever seen, could sing like George Strait and could have done anything he wanted to. But in the end, he was an addict and there was nothing any of us or Stan himself could do about it.

RIP little brother....

Ahh man, sorry to hear about your brother.

I feel your pain; when I was a teenager my father died an alcoholic in a DUI crash.

But what a great tribute if your well-written story makes just one person think about addiction a little differently. Like you, I believe addiction goes a lot deeper than dismissing it as a personality flaw.
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[Flyinbowtie]

This is why he was homeless in the first place.... no surprise. Sorry to sound like a dick, but the realities of life aren't always pleasant

damn shame for sure, but proof positive that people will wind up exactly where they want to be, until they no longer want to be there.