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Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-04-2009, 07:59 AM
Nah. Not this time. Our train headed towards ft worth at sierra blanca. We missed our san antonio train by seconds. It was a sad moment. Meatbeatso almost 86ed himself. Poor lil guy...
ive never seen that one.
i sort of like watching movies about riding trains but then im like..well.. ive been there i know how it is already. they mostly make me wanna go get on a train asap.
going to see who is bozo texino in houston when bill daniels came through was fun. standing outside drinking some whiskey waiting for the movie to start kind of laughing at a bunch of railfan nerds. i like trains. i LOVE trains. but i dont get a boner when i see UP 6748 pass by.
Nah. Not this time. Our train headed towards ft worth at sierra blanca. We missed our san antonio train by seconds. It was a sad moment. Meatbeatso almost 86ed himself. Poor lil guy...
it's true.
I haven't been that heart broken in a while.
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-08-2009, 09:55 PM
It is with a sad heart that I must inform the Hobo community that we have lost another member of our family. JJ (Joyce) passed away today November 7th. She had gone in and had her much needed knee replacement. Apparently the operation went like it was supposed to but she passed away in her sleep. Duane asked me to let everyone know that she went peacefully. People will remember her mostly for the wonderful meals she served in Britt. Funeral arrangements are still being made and will be posted when we know. Cards, condolences, memorials may be sent to:
Joyce and Duane were very generous to the tramps up at Britt every year. Joyce was an excellent cook and people were always asking "When is that lady with the long braids going to cook again?" Although they are people of limited means, they would save up all year long to afford the food and supplies needed to prepare and serve a big meal for free to everybody. Their hobo friends always knew they could get a meal at Joyce and Duane's place. Joyce loved the hobo family, and especially looked forward to feeding the tramps at Britt every year. She loved children and loved taking care of kids. She always had a smile. She and Duane were good friends with the Boxcar Boys, and over the years the Boys enjoyed many a homecooked meal that she prepared for them.
Joyce is going to be missed by everyone, surely, but Duane is going to miss her most of all. He came in off the rails when he met her, and they have been together for years, partners through good times and bad. Since Duane came down with cancer, Joyce was his caretaker. Things will be difficult now. The past few years we have lost so many old timers. It really brings it home how short life really is.
Duane could sure use the support of the hobo family. Like Tammy said "Cards, condolences and memorials" would help lift his spirits a little during a time of grief. If you ever ate at Joyce's table, take a minute to send him a card or a note.
K-Bar
\"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-09-2009, 04:18 AM
I could really go for a good freight hop right now. Every time I go out to a layup/yard, i want to leave with the trains. Perhaps next summer i will ride from DC to West Virginia or some other city in the region. Unfortunately my current obligations keep me from leaving for very long.
Good insights Kabar2, really enjoy reading your posts, even the irrelevant ones.
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-09-2009, 08:00 PM
LOL. There are no "irrelevant" posts. Everything is connected to everything else, therefore pretty much anything of which one can conceive can be shown to be germane with only a minimal amount of effort.
For instance--
I just received a postcard from the current reigning Queen of Hobos, Stray Cat Julie, who is up in the Yukon taking care of Husky sled dogs and training them for sled racing.
Mon 2 Nov 2009 Yukon, Canada
Greetings from the Great White North! It really started snowing last week . . .a foot and a half piled up all around me, and a few more inches settle on top of that almost every day. That's good for dog mushers like me and those who came here to the last rugged frontier with visions of wilderness and open space. A lot of people come up here to escape the insanity of city living, and there is certainly much opportunity to do so. Life is pretty busy. I spend a bit of every day shoveling dog poop, feeding the beasties and training them. These dogs LOVE TO RUN, and it's so good feeling to glide through wilderness enjoying the silence, mountain scenery and watching the long string of dogs disappear around turns and over hills--just like a short train! Once in a whle I wonder what's going on in places like NOLA (New Orleans) or wish I had time for one last ride on a line about to close (right now that's the Feather River Route.)
All for now--- Julie
Who would guess that Canadian dog sled mushing and trainhopping have even the slightest thing in common?
But apparently they do.
Dry land sled dogs---they pull a three-wheeled "sled"--no snow.
\"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen
I could really go for a good freight hop right now. Every time I go out to a layup/yard, i want to leave with the trains. Perhaps next summer i will ride from DC to West Virginia or some other city in the region. Unfortunately my current obligations keep me from leaving for very long.
Good insights Kabar2, really enjoy reading your posts, even the irrelevant ones.
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-11-2009, 06:54 PM
[quote=KaBar2;6866816]
Who would guess that Canadian dog sled mushing and trainhopping have even the slightest thing in common?
But apparently they do.
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I still don't see the connection. And I'd say posting a letter you recieved from an old friend constitutes as an irrelevant post. But, big ups on the few things you do say that are actually interesting.
im the radiologist bitches. after im done smashin' broads you can see their insides.
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-12-2009, 09:20 AM
I can hear lil beatsos heart cracking...no more feather river. No feather river for you and no coast for me.
I keep hearing trains at night. Mhokc mhofw I hear you motherfuckers...
I just watched this video I think its pretty cool.
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-12-2009, 09:22 AM
I can hear lil beatsos heart cracking...no more feather river. No feather river for you and no coast for me.
I keep hearing trains at night. Mhokc mhofw I hear you motherfuckers...
I just watched this video I think its pretty cool.
Who would guess that Canadian dog sled mushing and trainhopping have even the slightest thing in common?
But apparently they do.
QUOTE]
I still don't see the connection. And I'd say posting a letter you recieved from an old friend constitutes as an irrelevant post. But, big ups on the few things you do say that are actually interesting.
The letter is from someone who rides trains to someone who rides trains and mentions some train shit...how is that irrelevant? Just because its not some fuunny little anecdote for you to chew on? Go suck a fuck...I ride freight trains motherfucker what do you do????
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-13-2009, 07:48 AM
This thread is amazing. I was reading through the first few pages and was amazed at how thought out and interesting the posts were, then I noticed they were eight years old and was just getting ready to get my "end times" grump on and curse and my generation for not putting any care or time into things, like they used to, when I checked the last page and found, with some exceptions, things to be continuing pretty well - and Kabar still on here schoolin up the the youngins in railroad lore.
A+++++++
Thanks,
ladysmith
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-13-2009, 08:06 AM
Glad you are enjoying it.
Radiologist--
The dog musher chick is the current reigning Queen of Hobos, Stray Cat Julie, who now has about ten years on the rails. That woman is the most enthusiastic trainhopper I ever met. She rides coast to coast on a piece of toast! Raised in the wilds of the Canadian Maritimes, she is a former Canadian Navy sailor, speaks French, English, Spanish and some Korean, trainhopper, wilderness backpacker, English teacher in Korea, multi-talented musician (guitar, violin, dulcimer and concertina), university educated and all-around cool person. And good lookin', too.
There's your connection right there, LOL.
\"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen
Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums -
11-02-2009, 10:08 PM
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11-12-2009, 09:28 AM
