Maybe we are all only ever a month away from homeless.

The photo I took in Bangkok near Khaosan road.
That particular road they sleep on gives away free food at night.
100's queue for it, seen it, watched it, walked through it. Those homeless people are very pleasant, they move aside and invite you a clear path to walk on by.
I did give every day to some, but there are so many it is impossible to fund them/sponsor them all.

My friend in England...

He now lives in a hostel in Leicester UK and had a very good life before it all turned upside down last November. He is a fellow engineer and was employed, and also buying his house via a mortgage too.
He lost his job, wife, bikes, car and house. Plus children.
As I understand from his fb timeline, he lived in a tent in a tree, yes a tree for a while, before a hostel took him in!

Now this got me to thinking about what I have seen.

If I take Poland as an example, I have not seen any homeless people here as yet, and if I take Bali as an example, there were none there too, but why?
Well here nobody seems left behind and all people are housed.
In Bali the natives build their own homes anywhere they can out of bamboo or any wood they can find.

But in Thailand you cannot, likewise the UK.

If all it takes is losing your job to lose your house, car, motorbikes and all belongings, is that a democracy? Answers below as always...

Now I know something about how things can change and fast for the worst, it has for me now.

Ebay always kept me ticking over with sales, but no more now, as they add 25% VAT to my sales, and even my postage, so I closed that down last week.
I had enough of the complaints by potential buyers, they do not understand it is not me adding £'s to my sales.
For instance, if I listed an item for £65, ebay bumped the price up to £95 and only gave me the £65 minus 15%. Same with postage.
Also Brexit was a killer, I was shipping motorbikes to the UK, but now it is next to impossible to do it and make a living.
To ship a bike now involves paying an agent here and in the UK, to inform customs that the item is arriving, £300 plus some.
Then the duty on the item is 25% making a cheap bike an expensive bike, that also then needs registering (£55) plus dating (£50) a MOT or government yearly review (£40) and bam, that cheap bike just cost as much or more than a brand new Chinese moped.

I am not worried though, where there is a will there is a way, and Facebook sales are free and keep me ticking over, as do loyal customers that have bought many parts off me.
I set myself up with a lot of motorbikes, millions of parts too, so no matter what - even if I scrap them, I have earnings when I need it.

So the moral of the story is? Always have a back up plan, and never put all your eggs in one basket.

Have a superb weekend, and keep on smiling, you only live once.