When someone calls you a bumb

**eesakiwi** · 10-07-2016, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by happyscraper

Reminds me of my hippy days.
Bumed-A depressed person- I'm all BUMED OUT
Bumer-Something bad happins- "That's a BUMER dude"

'Bummer'....... And 'Bummed'.....

'Bumed' is > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bure...ne_and_Surgery.

**miked** · 10-07-2016, 08:26 AM

I sliced a little section out of some one else's comment. " Ethics are doing the same thing with witnesses as without witnesses" I know in my heart I have failed at this. I strive to be a better and find myself to be far too human. "To error is human, to forgive divine" I'm not as "divine" as I would wish. I continue to try most everyday.

In the original post what I took from it was a recognition that he could have reacted better and he was sharing what he learned from the experience. Thank you.

On the surface this subject seems to be heady material for scrapers but in fact ETHICS study/reflection should be more wide spread. 73, Mike

**t00nces2** · 10-07-2016, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by billygoat

Originally Posted by schoonandhobbsrecycling

William and I were doing our round through Pocahontas today for clean-up days when a "lady" came out and asked if we were with the city. I said we were freelance recyclers and she yelled YOU GUYS ARE BUMBS!!!! I reacted wrongfully. I yelled back and said I work harder than 3 of her spoiled f****** kids. After that she said that cussing proved I was a bumb. She was right. I should have said sorry you feel that way ma'am. So I told Will put her stuff back and I said your right I apologize. She actually was nice last second as I was pulling away. Had I reacted calmly and respectively she probably would have given me her whole garage. Just remember fellow scrappers, always think before you react. And know that people hate us and think we are BUMBS so lets make a difference.

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

is the correct spelling of the word (BUM)........just wandering

Yes it is. And I'm wondering why you are wandering.

Anyway, I found out during my curb shopping days that one has to grow thick skin in a hurry. I've never been called a bum (that I know of), but I've seen people shake their heads at me and give me disapproving looks. While I don't go curb shopping anymore, I will stop if I see something along the road that interests me if I have time.

Wasn't gonna touch either one of these.

Originally Posted by Patriot76

My goals in life are to become better educated, become a better person, and to be ethical in my dealings with others. Broken down, education is not limited to schooling, it is a life long experience of learning from others or learning the hard way. Becoming a better person is not limited to social, mental, spiritual, family, etc. It is being satisfied with your choices and lifestyle. Ethics are doing the same thing with witnesses as without witnesses. Measurement for these goals are not based on the opinion of others, but personal happiness.

Moral in short, it does not matter what others think. As long as others do not preach to me, try to control my life, or limit my choices I do not care about their personal choices. If they invade personal space, conflict exists.

The solution from this perspective, thank the lady for her opinion, inform her that you wish you could help each other, and wish her a great day.

As far as this thread, many great posts with educational insights. Weighing them against your lifestyle and adopting those ideas that fit and rejecting those that don't makes you more educated, makes you a better person, and allows everyone to question their ethics.

The following statement is not based on this thread or any of the posts here, but based on many hours on the forum. I have been attacked many times on this forum including my first thread. Many lessons have been learned but sometimes I feel sorry for those that have to put others down to feel good. In this case the lady calling you a bum was her attempt to build herself up and feel better. I feel sorry for her.

Amen brother! Can I buy you a beer?

**snorton1** · 10-07-2016, 06:11 PM

So yesterday, I'm doing a favor for a friend who owns a local service station. He had food racks rusting away behind his business left behind by vendors who replaced, then dumped them. As I am loading up, a guys rolls by and yells that what I am doing disgusts him because I am a thief. Meanwhile, my friend has overheard the guy who has now pulled up to a pump for gas. My friend says, "Move on! I don't need your business here."
Needless to say, I was pleased. He has a friend for life!

**Sirscrapalot** · 10-07-2016, 06:34 PM

For someone who learned his lesson for going off on a homeowner or whatever...how quickly the lesson was forgotten one someone on a forum asked a simple question on the proper spelling of the word bum. Not that the OP will ever see this as he never came back after 6 months, but...go re-learn you lesson.

For the newer folks... If you don't want people to comment on your post(s), then you should either A. Not post on a public forum. B. Seek help in a private message.

IF that was enough to get his panties in twist, I'm not surprised he's not been back. If you can lose your temper over something silly like the post by Mike, you should likely just go find someway to deal with your rage. A hug, multiple hugs, therapy, etc. There is help out there!

Sirscrapalot - You so crazy! - Most people who meet me.

**mikeinreco** · 10-07-2016, 07:24 PM

funny this was brought back up...........I was corrected on my use of wander/wonder and actually learned from it......LOL

**RLS0812** · 10-07-2016, 08:11 PM

....

Bumb: A homeless person. Not necessarily lazy but is usually considered to be because of their social rank.

**Sirscrapalot** · 10-07-2016, 08:59 PM

You know your quoting Urban Dictionary right?

Same people who came up with Trap House.

The following below is from Google

What is the definition of a Bumb?
Definition of BUM. 1 a : one who sponges off others and avoids work. b : one who performs a function poorly <called the umpire a bum> c : one whose time is devoted to a recreational activity <a beach bum> <ski bums>

Dictionary.com - If I type bumb in their search box...it doesn't come up. Well Bum does, bums does, bomb does...but no Bumb.

I'll take Dictionary.Com over Urban Dictionary. Heh. Freedictionary.com results for Bumb = Acronym for Bar Underground Music Bunker.

An for ****s and giggles...if your going to quote Urban dictionary..make sure you get all the results...

Results from UD for Bumb -
A homeless person. Not necessarily lazy but is usually considered to be because of their social rank. Also inlcuding people that beg for change and people sleeping on the streets.
That guy that is always sleeping under that tree with worn clothes and has no home to go to is a bumb.

2nd one - Bumb
(verb) to turn a lesbian straight.
Girl 1: 'Do you want to go to that new gayclub?' Girl 2:"No, david totally bumbed me last night"

3rd - bumb
Slang word for being both a "bum" and a "*****" or a "bum *****".
Funny how some of you "bumbs" that cry constantly about refs and every other injustice that you see, come at the Difference when I voice my opinion, when all in your world is fine or you get a win or two.

4th - bumb
Combination of the words bum and numb. Bum that has become numb from excessive sitting. Like sitting in front of a laptop in hong kong airport for six hours.
Man I have such a bumb!!

An it goes on to repeat the first one a couple more times.

An according to wordnik = An obsolete form of boom.

So...which is correct? An no..I really don't want an answer. lol.

An for the record I don't really care. lol. If I can understand your meaning, I won't call you out on it. I make typos, etc etc. Call me out all day if you like, you won't get much else done tho.

Fun link tho~! Even scrabble doesn't recognize it! BUMB Definition, Anagrams, and related Scrabble word finder for BUMB

Thanks for necroing this thread whoever it was...I was getting bored waiting on this storm.

An the perfect quote for this thread would be...

Sirscrapalot - When someone corrects my spelling, I just pat them on the shoulder an say "Their, there, they're it'll be ok."

An for anyone coming along to correct my post...

**mikeinreco** · 10-07-2016, 09:49 PM

I think we just have a bunch of bored scrappers........I hope I didn't make any grammatical errors here......Thank the lord for spellcheck

**Sirscrapalot** · 10-07-2016, 10:07 PM

I am bored. Blame Matthew.

The storm not the poster.

Poor guy doesn't need people shooting him hate mail.

Anyone play internet cards.... /boredom

I'm bored, don't be offended folks. If I left out any smiley faces in my prior post I'm sorry. I meant it in good humor.

Sirscrapalot - If I had to pay to use spellcheck I'd never have money.

**junkfreak** · 10-15-2016, 08:59 AM

I lIke fact that it was a " new guy " that revitalized this old thread. Shows that he's searching the archives. Makes me feel useful cause I like to preach the benefits of doing so. Like so many others here on SMF.
Kudos new guy! Keep digging, there's a mountain of valuable information here.

**EcoSafe** · 10-15-2016, 09:48 AM

just remember that what you have and will learn from being a (bum) scrapper makes you an important person when the country goes off the cliff. I have leaned more in the scrapping business about how to do what is necessary then the car business, the publishing business, or the kiln design business combined.

**Smf-retired-user-0043** · 10-15-2016, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by schoonandhobbsrecycling

When someone calls you a bumb

Get a seconed oppinion.

**miked** · 10-15-2016, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by alloy2

Get a seconed oppinion.

Or adjust your hearing aid to the "OFF" position. I don't have a hearing aid but my wife swears I need one. 73, Mike

**jimicrk** · 10-15-2016, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by miked

Or adjust your hearing to the "OFF" position. I don't have a hearing aid but my wife swears I need one. 73, Mike

Mike, it's called selective hearing.

**billygoat** · 10-15-2016, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by miked

Or adjust your hearing to the "OFF" position. I don't have a hearing aid but my wife swears I need one. 73, Mike

I have two. Or rather I wear a hearing aid on my right ear and had a cochlear implant in my left. I like it when people correct me over a mispronounced word because it saves me further embarrassment in the future. So sometimes I tend to forget that there are actually people out there that don't like being corrected. C'est la vie.

**ScrapmanIndustries** · 03-07-2017, 08:23 PM

Its funny that he got mad being called a bum. I get all sorts of mixed reactions when Im out. Most of them are positve, or just curious people who get interest in what im doing. But the negative reactions i get are just sorta funny to me. At the same time it pisses me off how ignorant people can be. I once got a 20 minute lecture from a Cpt. In uniform and on a seperate occasion the ft. Hood gate gaurd NCOIC about how I could get arrested for having empty beer bottles in the BED of my truck, because apparently a piece of glass that says budwiser on it is in their minds driving with an open container. I explained that Ft. Hood has 3 locations to dispose of glass and that I'm just trying to dispose of them properly. Both times I got screamed at and threatened to have the MP's called on me. I politely said i really dont care if they give me a breathilizer, since I hadn't drank in 2 weeks. That set them off for some reason but both times i was allowed to leave laughing my ass off. After the second time I just stuck two bottles upside down in my headache rack for all the army bullies to get worked up over. Drove around like that for about a year and a half. Id put a picture in if i could figure out how

**t00nces2** · 03-08-2017, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

You know your quoting Urban Dictionary right?

Same people who came up with Trap House.

Are you trying to tell me that the urban dictionary site were the people that named the low roofed sheds at the shotgun range that spits out clay pigeons when you yell, "pull!"? I'm gonna have to call "BS!" on that one!

**t00nces2** · 03-08-2017, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by ScrapmanIndustries

Its funny that he got mad being called a bum. I get all sorts of mixed reactions when Im out. Most of them are positve, or just curious people who get interest in what im doing. But the negative reactions i get are just sorta funny to me. At the same time it pisses me off how ignorant people can be. I once got a 20 minute lecture from a Cpt. In uniform and on a seperate occasion the ft. Hood gate gaurd NCOIC about how I could get arrested for having empty beer bottles in the BED of my truck, because apparently a piece of glass that says budwiser on it is in their minds driving with an open container. I explained that Ft. Hood has 3 locations to dispose of glass and that I'm just trying to dispose of them properly. Both times I got screamed at and threatened to have the MP's called on me. I politely said i really dont care if they give me a breathilizer, since I hadn't drank in 2 weeks. That set them off for some reason but both times i was allowed to leave laughing my ass off. After the second time I just stuck two bottles upside down in my headache rack for all the army bullies to get worked up over. Drove around like that for about a year and a half. Id put a picture in if i could figure out how

Technically, couldn't a bottle cap be considered an alcoholic container? It takes both sides to contain the alcohol.... This situational perspective has always fascinated me... Since a sealed beer bottle and the universe both theoretically contains an infinite space, which side of the glass is "inside" and which is "outside"? Does the cage at the zoo keep the lion from getting out to you, or does the cage keep the you from getting out to the lion?

**ScrapmanIndustries** · 03-08-2017, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by t00nces2

Technically, couldn't a bottle cap be considered an alcoholic container? It takes both sides to contain the alcohol.... This situational perspective has always fascinated me... Since a sealed beer bottle and the universe both theoretically contains an infinite space, which side of the glass is "inside" and which is "outside"? Does the cage at the zoo keep the lion from getting out to you, or does the cage keep the you from getting out to the lion?

Exactly. Like I didnt even have any alcohol with me. Just alcoholic paraphernalia. Which last I checked wasn't Illegal.

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