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Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:30 pm to SabiDojo
I've always wanted to be featured on Forensic Files, so there's that to consider. And the free food being thrown out into the dumpsters at the bakeries does sound inviting.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:31 pm to Festus
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I've always wanted to be featured on Forensic Files, so there's that to consider. And the free food being thrown out into the dumpsters at the bakeries does sound inviting.
lol add a pair of leather chaps and a couple of mudchecks, and you've got the motto of our MC.
ETA: Good times. Good times.
This post was edited on 12/9/14 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:31 pm to Festus
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And the free food being thrown out into the dumpsters at the bakeries does sound inviting.
Well, you don't have to be homeless to go enjoy that. Everything closes around 10:00. You have 30 minutes to go grab some grub.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:32 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
The things I learned in a hobo jungle are things I'd never learned in a class room. Like where to find a handout while bumming thru Chicago in a the afternoon. I'm not bragging or complaining just talking to myself man to man.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:36 pm to stout
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Well, you don't have to be homeless to go enjoy that. Everything closes around 10:00. You have 30 minutes to go grab some grub.
Stale dumpster baked goods seem to always taste better with the threat of Homeland Security thugs bashing your skull looming over your head. Thanks, but I think I'll enjoy it riding the rails as a hobo.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:38 pm to stout
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I think you are severely underestimating the security at train yards or how easy it is to just hop into a cargo car.
It's actually pretty simple, hop on a train, hop off before you reach a yard. I've met a few train-hoppers through my friend and for the most part they aren't the smartest bunch and they were able to figure it out.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:43 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
My brother kind of did that for several years--not the train-hopping hobo thing, but basically traveling around the country splitting time on couches (including mine) in about 3 locations. No wife or kids, so it was easy for him to just float.
He walked away from a good paying but very stressful job. He realized he was traveling the world for work but never had time to actually see the places he visited. Basically spent his "free" years hiking in awesome places he never had a chance to go before. He lived off of savings and did odd jobs or manual labor here and there to make just enough money to keep him in granola bars and good hiking boots and keep his car full of gas and used tires.
His time off did give him a new sense of purpose/perspective on life as you say, but then he got tired or being broke all the time and decided to rejoin the rat race a year or so ago. My husband and I think we liked him better when he was a bum.
He walked away from a good paying but very stressful job. He realized he was traveling the world for work but never had time to actually see the places he visited. Basically spent his "free" years hiking in awesome places he never had a chance to go before. He lived off of savings and did odd jobs or manual labor here and there to make just enough money to keep him in granola bars and good hiking boots and keep his car full of gas and used tires.
His time off did give him a new sense of purpose/perspective on life as you say, but then he got tired or being broke all the time and decided to rejoin the rat race a year or so ago. My husband and I think we liked him better when he was a bum.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:52 pm to ManBearTiger
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It's actually pretty simple, hop on a train, hop off before you reach a yard. I've met a few train-hoppers through my friend and for the most part they aren't the smartest bunch and they were able to figure it out.
Yeah that's what I thought . why the hell would you attempt to get on at a train yard?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:53 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Be a truck driver and get paid to go from coast to coast. It's what I did a few years ago after getting cut off from financial aid. Had a blast driving from Brooklyn to Laredo in a weekend then turning north to Wisconsin by Thursday. When the company kept me rolling, driving cross country was a blast.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 9:58 pm to SabiDojo
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I really thought you were going to suggest that he become a train conductor, which I think would be a really great idea.
Honestly that seems like it would be frickin awesome. Really hard to get though. You basically have to know somebody to get a job with the railroads these days.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:01 pm to Dorothy
From Wikipedia...
Also here's a cool website...
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Typically, riders will go to a rail yard where the trains "crew change" (switch out crew). They will either know from other riders of a spot to hide and wait, or they will find one themselves. Depending on the size and layout of the yard, riders may have to get on the train while it is moving; doing this is known as "Catching on the fly".[2] Furthermore, riders must figure out which way trains are going, either by calling the company's internal tracking number or by knowing which tracks go where. Riders occasionally will wait at "Side Outs", places where there are two parallel tracks and trains pull aside for others to pass. Cars and trains are divided several ways with regards to riding. There are "IM's" (Intermodal containers, also called "Hotshots" or "Double Stack"), "Junk" (mixed cars) and coal. Within these three groups some cars are "rideable" and some not: Boxcars, Grainers and Gondolas are some of the rideable "junk" cars. On IM's, riders usually stay in the metal beds in front of or behind the shipping containers, "48/53 wells" or under tractor trailers "Pig in a bucket" (when trailer is on metal platform with large holes cut in the bottom. On coal, riders often get into "DPUs" or "Rear Units", which are the engines put on the back or middle of the train on long coal loads. Riding in the empty or full coal containers is also possible. Riding on other cars, such as the small exposed porch of a tanker for example, is called riding "suicide"
Also here's a cool website...
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And another...
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Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:24 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
who wouldn't want to live like Kung Fu?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:38 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
you are really getting into this aren't you?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:05 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Drug dealer.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 12:03 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
I did it for three years. It was fun.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 12:13 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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This last weekend the wife, kids, and I took a long weekend and drove down to San Diego to see her brother.
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I was thinking to myself if you had no Job, No commitments why not just hop on and explore the US?
Has anyone just said my life isn't really going anywhere and maybe I need a change of pace/reset and just rode the rails across the US exploring with seemingly no sense of purpose?
You are an a-hole! 
Posted on 12/10/14 at 12:29 am to lsu480
I don't think you comprehended his OP
Posted on 12/10/14 at 12:37 am to Boats n Hose
You are no fun, baw!
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