Now THIS is extreme!

[annasdad]

<p>[Traveler</a> say he is penniless ? and likes it that way - Chicago Sun-Times](<a href=“http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/12624677-418/traveler-say-he-is-penniless-and-likes-it-that-way.html]Traveler”>http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/12624677-418/traveler-say-he-is-penniless-and-likes-it-that-way.html)</p>

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For the last seven months, Sponaugle — originally from Maryland — says he’s been traveling across the United States without any money. None. And he likes it that way.</p>

<p>“I haven’t possessed money since October,” explained Sponaugle, whose shaggy dark mane and lanky frame bring to mind The Doors’ Jim Morrison. “My life got a lot easier since I stopped using money. Money is a burden.”</p>

<p>Sponaugle often eats what others leave behind — from a tray at a fast food restaurant, or perhaps something plucked from a garbage can, he said.</p>

<p>“As long as it looks clean,” he’ll eat it, he said. “I’m not really worried about other people’s germs.”</p>

<p>He’d prefer a balanced, vegan diet, but “you can’t always be choosy in my line of work,” he said.</p>

<p>Sponaugle generally doesn’t “Dumpster dive,” calling it “almost mainstream.”

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[moonchild]

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I expose myself to so many perspectives I never would have gained if I stayed in one place.”

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<p>He’s educated. He sounds like a college grad who can’t figure out what to do with his life.
Maybe it will be good for him, and he’ll figure out what he has that he can contribute instead of just mooching off of everyone else’s efforts.</p>

[Onward]

<p>He’ll write a book and be on the talk shows.</p>