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April 08, 2009 |
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Home for Unwanted Children
FOUND by Michael Payan
in Orange County, CA
Found in a box of junk in an unclaimed storage unit I purchased.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
like........a used car lot?..appropriate looking man for the job.
awww, "unwanted" children, that's gotta give you a complex. and this guy? he's got peadophile written all over him
i tried to google this establishment but instead found this
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/31813
my favourite part:
"Criminals were once called: "Plug-Uglies", because many of them were homely. There was a prison rehabilitation program in the 1930s where plastic surgery was used to enhance the appearance of: "Plug-Uglies" it was successful but it ran out of funds. It should be reestablished as a solution to the plight of the less than attractive criminal"
now i feel sorry for unwanted children and ugly criminals
This child has been unwanted for a long time.
Ulterior motives...
Oh, I'd want him.
I googled Lahaina and this is what I got from y'all-know-who: "Lahaina is the largest census-designated place (CDP) in West Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, United States, and the gateway to the famous Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts north of the community. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP had a resident population of 9,118."
This photo looks way older than 2000, so I bet the population was even smaller when it was taken.
I'd hate to be in that man's care, I tell ya.
o matter how hard he tried, or how many leading questions we asked, he could not even vaguely remember anything about the day his parents brought him to the facili
Quick! Before my parole officer gets here! Want some candy? How about some breadfruit dipped in poi? Hey, you could be my poi boy!
A memorable quote from "Alovera Twistihina"
"Please Brah I want some more Poi"
"More? You want want more POI!!"
...from there it was all trouble for Alovera... he was forced to be a beach boy with no sun screen, then he became and indentured ball boy at the tennis courts as well as a falling to new lows and a golf ball cleaner ... he eventually ran away and fell in with a bunch of pick-pockets preying on tourists in brightly flowered shirts and flippy floppies...
he looks like he wants the children.
Could this be the "Lahaina Home"?
http://www.lahainarestoration.org/baldwin.html
The term "Unwanted Children" makes me sad.
There were times in my childhood when I was an Unwanted Child too... But I did laundry and dishes so they kept me around.
HPD made me think of Pink Floyd: "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any poi. How can you have any poi if you don't eat yer meat?"
This guy looks like he could be part of the Baldwin clan.
Dad? Is that you? (I hope not. I'd rather stay at the 'Home' than be that guy's kid)
You've won an all expenses paid trip to Lahaina Home for Unwanted Children in beautiful, sunny Hawaii!
@My nephew's aunt
seems like that's the one!
I just love the idea of purchasing a whole rental unit full of somebody elses junk... what fun!
A former ugly criminal, Al decided to turn over a new leaf and open a home for unwanted children in Hawaii. Unfortunately, there weren't many people in Lahaina, let alone unwanted children. All the children were wanted for things like chores and work. Discouraged, Al spent all his time sitting in front of the sign wondering what to do.
I forwarded the photo to the Lahaina Restoration project that "My nephew's Aunt" found. I'll let you know what they say.
Harsh. Why is it that SOMEone always has to trot out the word pedophile* when the find is a picture featuring a man who doesn't meet their standards of attractive?
(*or in this case, "peadophile" -- he likes squishy peas? Canned or frozen? Oooh. Fresh sugar peas.)
He looks like a regular guy who paints for a living, taking a smoke break. (though I will agree that he looks like one of the Baldwin clan.)
woah- odd. I didn't visit or pay attention to the link until after I posted.. it's interesting that he looks like a Baldwin, and it's the historic Baldwin Home.
I'm kinda weirded out right now.
(was the storage unit a Baldwin Boy's?)
I wonder if there was a wing for Unwanted Fathers ? This is very Found worthy. Great find.The poor kids.That sign could scar them for life.
"home for unwanted children" comes the day after a Find in which an expectant Mommy and her obviously wanted and already loved unborn child write a cute little note to the Daddy to be.
Wow. That photo is a masterpiece - could easily be in a book or exhibit on documentary photography.
The guy looks like he is taking a very well-deserved break. Looks like a nice guy. If he is/was, then let this be his moment in the sun for takin care of the Unwanted! (True - that is an awful thing to call orphans - for them to see every day).
I think it dates to 1940s-50s.
Dude looks like almost every male in my family.
Full head of black hair, check
Heavy watch, check (points off for no pinky ring)
Gut that strains the buttons of shirt, check
Cigarette dangling from lips, check
That's funny. To me it seems like he's got quite a heart. At first glance I thought: what a softy...and he thought his appearance could trick me otherwise!
My first thought was, "I hope they don't let Tony Soprano have any children, unwanted or not."
Hiplainsdrifter, it took me two times to get it.
Good one..I am still laughing.
This could have been posted in Nebraska, as a result of their 'safe haven law.'
This photo depicts the last unwanted child left before Nebraska revoked its "Safe Haven" law. When asked by the press why she'd dropped off a 30 year old man at the local City Hall, the mother explained "I done didn't want him when he was conceived, I done didn't want him when he was born, and now just look at him! That boy just ain't right, I tells you. Born under a bad sign, I tells you what."
"unwanted children"
haha...PC anyone? Nah, not for unwanted children...
This is not a Find. It's a purchase.
(Relax, I'm kidding.)
Thanks for submitting this great photo, Michael.
@ K-LA ... Today we call them "children of less than maximally desiring parental units" (or something like that)
When I was 16, I had 2 grand mal seizures and was in the hospital for a while. My parents struggled to pay the hospital/medical bills. They got me on the "Crippled Children's Fund" to help with bills. Luckily, I was old enough to realize the name was ridiculous and not take it personally. I think they have since changed the name.
This picture is awesome. They guy looks like he'd be pretty easy going.
I would like to think this picture is a joke, but I sadly think it is not.
Hiplandsdrifter, LMAO. Thanks
Aww, he may have been unwanted way back when, but someone loved him enough to buy him that fancy watch and toss a cig at him. And, oh! it would seem, marry him at some point. Good for him for overcoming some steep odds. Yea!
Unwanted, indeed! Talk about making a rough start particularly challenging. Hope they all found a loving, nurturing atmosphere there, at least.
@ Tim in TN:
...looking forward to learning what the Lahaina Restoration Project says about the photo. Thanks for taking the step to check with them.
Yeah- and hopefully we can find out if this guy's really a Baldwin. It's going to haunt me.
That man's feet hurt, constantly. And in those shoes, it's not surprising. They wear them hoping loose, light shoes will give comfort--and don't find it.
Toto... I don't think we're in Lahaina anymore.
OF COURSE THE R E A L L Y UNWANTED CHILDREN TURN INTO ADULTS EVENTUALLY!
hee hee
For the love of God, someone take this boy home now, please.
Everyone deserves to be wanted :(
"I been waitin' 30 years. I guess I'll just have to resign myself to the fact that nobody wants to adopt a surly, overweight 40-year-old man."
"Meat?! How can ye have any meat if ye don't eat your poi?!"
I buy storage units too. I've found some really valuable shit and some really sad stuff too.
Hey FOUND guys, I haven't logged in for a while and can't remember my password. Can you help me reset somehow?
Still from a B-movie comedy? In which case does anyone recognize it, or him?
The typeface on the sign looks suspiciously 'Hollywood comic' to me.
I saw some cute Mexican kids yesterday & then more later in the afternoon, they were well behaved, unlike some nonMexican kids I know( I am not Mex )...I don't want kids, but it I did, they would be 50% Mexican!
It must suck when you have been unwanted for over 42 years.