homeless man gets job due to his voice

[britisha]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sagal</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dats the 1 good thing about the United Snakes every once in awhile yuh see a feel good story like dis,........ </div></div>

I agree

America loves their comeback stories </div></div>

Yea, mi hear pan di news dis maawning is a Canadian ooman whey nyam him hout cause im fi duh jrugs an lickah an mash im hup..::

<span style="color: #3333FF">...in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path...give thanks.</span>

[britisha]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tuffstuff</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Gen he's 2 yrs clean, what rehab u talking? U nuh see say dem fix him teet an cut him hair- wah more so u fi want!! </div></div>

Maybi Gen, like mi noticing sey, how him in di habit of doing dat nose flick ting dat drug addicts keep duhing wen dem hurting fi ah fix? </div></div>

Once a wino, always a wino, dass why dem seh &quot;one day at a time&quot;...He's been clean for 2 years widdout any structured programme behind im [at least dass what mi tink]...what I like about im is his new found belief and trust in God, hence the quote below...[in all thy ways etc]..I wish im all di best and think he will succeed as long as he stays focussed with God in charge..

&quot;It's not how many times a man falls down but how many times he gets up&quot;.


<span style="color: #3333FF">...in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path...give thanks.</span>

[CeaBee]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

we can only imagine what his mother has been thru over the years.

me buck up this story bout him ex-wife:



At this point the world is enamored with the story of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the amazing radio voice. However, after Ted became a junkie, lush, and thief, he left behind a wife and several kids that still needed to be raised, a job she did as a single mother for 23 years.

Patricia Kirtley raised four daughters alone after Williams split 23 years ago and dove down the rabbit hole of drugs.
Not only that, Kirtley took in the baby boy the radioman had with another woman and raised him as her own.
Oh, and by the way, she’s partially blind.
“We survived,” Kirtley said Thursday in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. “My children are survivors. They know if we get a little bit that God provides, we make it into a lot. I’m a soup maker. I make potato soup and throw in a lot of vegetables and a little meat. We always ate.”
Except that Williams, who seems to be a nice guy, just wasn’t strong, wasn’t around and wasn’t contributing financially.
Kirtley had to go on the dole. “I still remember my case number,” she says ruefully. She eventually went to school and got licensed as a blind vendor.
“My mother and sisters pitched in and drove me because I can’t see to drive,” said Kirtley, now 58, over a din of some of her 16 grandchildren playing.
“They didn’t understand why he was never there for their school functions, or just to help with their homework,” she said.
“That’s when I really could have used help, because I couldn’t see their pages. My kids are really good readers, though, because I made them read everything to me out loud.”

As if that weren't enough, Kirtley said two of her sisters and a cousin each took in a child Williams and his druggie girlfriend couldn't, or wouldn't, care for.

&quot;I didn't want to see those children in no foster home,&quot; she said.

Exactly. It's an all-too-familiar story to the strong members of poor communities - usually women. They are the ones who must provide the backbone, as well as the hugs, for children whose parents get hooked on drugs.

Williams called once in a while, and Kirtley would hear that baritone voice she fell in love with at first sound. They stayed friendly, and he might come for Thanksgiving dinner, but otherwise, he would remain AWOL.

Daughter Julia Pullien, 30, said she was 7 when Williams left.

&quot;He wasn't involved,&quot; she said. &quot;Our mom was our sole provider. She is a more than phenomenal person. My father is a nice guy, but he fell victim to the streets. We prayed for him and we worried about him, but we became accustomed to the fact that he just wasn't there.&quot;

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[j-kid]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

Wow!!!

I was wondering why his mom did not return his hug when they met up and he was kissing and hugging all over her, telling her he loves her? Now it makes sense.

[Gen]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

look yah nuh -when the story did first buss dem seh a 9 pikney him have.

He came on the insider (cause dem is tabloid to the core) and said that the morning shows tell him not to mention his children and how di network executives a fight over him, physically a push dem one anedda fi whisk him away

unnu ever watch the show &quot;the lottery changed my life ?&quot;

mi sincerely wish him the best cause doing hard drugs fi all those years and him still
alive mean seh god must did a look out fi him

[Gen]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

baxfoot

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Faithfull</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sagal</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dats the 1 good thing about the United Snakes every once in awhile yuh see a feel good story like dis,........ </div></div>

I agree

America loves their comeback stories </div></div>

Yea, mi hear pan di news dis maawning is a Canadian ooman whey nyam him hout cause im fi duh jrugs an lickah an mash im hup..::

<span style="color: #3333FF">...in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path...give thanks.</span> </div></div>

[Skelly]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

kikikiki

[f0rTyLeGz]

Re: homeless dude's first job

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[jamaica_dreamin]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">we can only imagine what his mother has been thru over the years.

me buck up this story bout him ex-wife:



At this point the world is enamored with the story of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the amazing radio voice. However, after Ted became a junkie, lush, and thief, he left behind a wife and several kids that still needed to be raised, a job she did as a single mother for 23 years.

Patricia Kirtley raised four daughters alone after Williams split 23 years ago and dove down the rabbit hole of drugs.
Not only that, Kirtley took in the baby boy the radioman had with another woman and raised him as her own.
Oh, and by the way, she’s partially blind.
“We survived,” Kirtley said Thursday in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. “My children are survivors. They know if we get a little bit that God provides, we make it into a lot. I’m a soup maker. I make potato soup and throw in a lot of vegetables and a little meat. We always ate.”
Except that Williams, who seems to be a nice guy, just wasn’t strong, wasn’t around and wasn’t contributing financially.
Kirtley had to go on the dole. “I still remember my case number,” she says ruefully. She eventually went to school and got licensed as a blind vendor.
“My mother and sisters pitched in and drove me because I can’t see to drive,” said Kirtley, now 58, over a din of some of her 16 grandchildren playing.
“They didn’t understand why he was never there for their school functions, or just to help with their homework,” she said.
“That’s when I really could have used help, because I couldn’t see their pages. My kids are really good readers, though, because I made them read everything to me out loud.”

As if that weren't enough, Kirtley said two of her sisters and a cousin each took in a child Williams and his druggie girlfriend couldn't, or wouldn't, care for.

&quot;I didn't want to see those children in no foster home,&quot; she said.

Exactly. It's an all-too-familiar story to the strong members of poor communities - usually women. They are the ones who must provide the backbone, as well as the hugs, for children whose parents get hooked on drugs.

Williams called once in a while, and Kirtley would hear that baritone voice she fell in love with at first sound. They stayed friendly, and he might come for Thanksgiving dinner, but otherwise, he would remain AWOL.

Daughter Julia Pullien, 30, said she was 7 when Williams left.

&quot;He wasn't involved,&quot; she said. &quot;Our mom was our sole provider. She is a more than phenomenal person. My father is a nice guy, but he fell victim to the streets. We prayed for him and we worried about him, but we became accustomed to the fact that he just wasn't there.&quot;

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What an amazing woman!

[andronian2]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

What an amazing woman! </div></div>

Yeah, ****ek di cake!

[britisha]

Re: homeless dude's first job

It gets more and more interesting...did y'all see im wid his family on tv yesideh? All the<span style="font-weight: bold"> great</span> grandchildren...at least 50 persons in one place and all of them are his family...Some of the sons look like him, a truly beautiful family indeed.

Good luck to alllll of them.


<span style="color: #3333FF">.......in all thy ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct thy path....give thanks</span>

[Suesumba]

Re: homeless dude's first job

it's a good ol healing story.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Click to reveal.. <input type="button" class="form-button" value="Show me!" onclick="toggle_spoiler(this, 'Yikes, my eyes!', 'Show me!')" /></div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div style="display: none;">has he used up his 15 minutes yet?</div></div></div>

[Wendy]

Re: homeless dude's first job

Mi did figet bout dah post yah .. But come back di sey dat aldowe America is a country weh love the &quot;feel good stories&quot; .. Di same media will be the first there if im EVA fi buck in toe. Im nat even haffi drap ..dem jus waan know sey im toe buck and dem start bring im dung. **aah sah**


Interesting story on the ex wife

[Gen]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

Yup. The same media reporting that police call weh him deh because argument wid him and smaddy dem believe is him daughter \o/

Mi not sure why that haffi report

[RichD]

Re: homeless dude with the great pipes

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yup. The same media reporting that police call weh him deh because argument wid him and smaddy dem believe is him daughter \o/

Mi not sure why that haffi report </div></div>

because the story run out now and dem a try draw the last little bit of blood from it