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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 01:53 PM
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So will our current depression revive Hobo Culture?
Like it did in the 30's?

Will young men looking for work, ride the rails and live in hobo camps?

Which Steinbeck novel will it more resemble - Grapes of Wrath or Tortilla Flat?

If so does this mean we'll create another Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan?
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mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 01:58 PM
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1. in the 1980s
i remember the hobo camps along the creeks in the coastal SoCal town i lived in...that's when this whole mess began, but i am sure there are new ones like this in Sacramento:
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2019135.html
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:02 PM
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2. maybe road warrior hobo culture
Edited on Mon Jul-13-09 02:03 PM by datasuspect
stabby punk kids hopped on meth, crack, and inhalants spanging at convenience stores.

the copkultur/punishment ethic driven ethos of eternal surveillance would probably stifle any resurgence of the noble hobo of the 1930s.

and if it did happen, they'd make a reality show of it.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:24 PM
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11. Yep, lot's of shanking going on. Since vagrants are harassed as much as violent criminals...
there won't be much of a deterrent to robbing an looting wherever possible.
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:13 PM
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3. If it does, I'd like to be referred to as Banjo Eddie.
Though my name is not Eddie and I don't play the banjo. Just seems like a good hobo name.
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mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:14 PM
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4. it's good to think (and plan) ahead
i had better come up with my own "road" name
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:28 PM
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6. How about TextboxWillie?
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mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:30 PM
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7. lol
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:14 PM
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5. Recommended,
dammit! x(
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 02:57 PM
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8. Unfortunately, there aren't many trains to hop.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:15 PM
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9. Have gunsel will travel?
One of the many reasons I love Hammett is that he snuck that hobo catamite term past the censors
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:35 PM
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15. Yeah - didn't Dashell ride the rails in his day?
I also remember him telling McCarthy and friends to fuck off, and if he was on Joe's list he considered it a badge of honor.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:42 PM
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18. II think he picked up the term when he was working for Pinkerton...
former employment that he later regretted.
He was a hell of a man
and a truly great American
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:35 PM
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16. Yeah - didn't Dashell ride the rails in his day?
I also remember him telling McCarthy and friends to fuck off, and if he was on Joe's list he considered it a badge of honor.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:17 PM
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10. i've already got the bridge picked out.
the one i'm going to live under when the bottom REALLY drops out. :(
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:25 PM
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12. THat is being a troll, not a hobo.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:32 PM
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13. o well. i live in florida, what am i going to do, ride the rails to where it's cold?
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:39 PM
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17. can't hurt
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:32 PM
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14. i'm 73% complete on the feral base camp i'm building in the woods
out in east texas.
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:50 PM
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19. If it does, I wonder if hobo nickels will come back.
It's a coin collector thing ....
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rrneck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 03:51 PM
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20. In the news
http://www.capradio.org/articles/articledetail.aspx?articleid=6850



Police Shutting Down New Sacramento Tent City

Around a hundred people have lived there since the Winter Shelter at Cal Expo closed July 1st. That includes some of the homeless who camped at the big Tent City along the American River earlier this year. But many say they don’t know where they’ll go.

--

Tent City Version 2.0 is smaller – in both size and population. The first one sprawled for blocks along the river. This one is nestled on a narrow plot of grass and dirt between a Volunteers of America Homeless Shelter and a gospel mission. VOA counted about 50 tents and 100 people. By the time I got there Thursday, some had already left – and others were starting to pack.

This is the second Tent City for Lloyd Chaffins – and he says it’s his last. Chaffins says he just wants to be left alone.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 07:11 PM
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21. My 2-year old knows the word "bindle," and can pick out a picture of one.
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