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I'm 100% with Richard.

I allways toss a few coins into the baskets of those who do the great sand sculptures, the occasional "human statue" in Alicante and the street entertainers, but those who sit begging........no chance, or should I say not any more, I used to.

The ones that realy annoy me, the lowest of the low, are the ones in the underground car parks in Alicante who sit near the ticket machines with babies and talk to or should I say plee to you in a whimpering voice, often holding a tattered piece of paper pertaining to be a price for much needed medical treatment.

The dilema is that they could be the odd one out, the one that is telling the truth...................

My wife tells me not to be a mug and that they are probably netting 200 or 300 Euros a day,about 18 months ago after seeing a documentary about begging in the UK I followed my wifes advice.

If we all stop being the mug that I used to be they would soon dissapear............in particular the old lady in black........it's not site I want to see in GA.

Do they have the equivalent of the "Big Issue" in Spain?

Regards all, keep smiling

John