Maybe that’s Bocco under the pile . Just kidding Bocco

Don't want to start a fight, but why are you so certain he's got a drug problem?
I posted about him on a farm website & a farmer from Michigan responded with a story about a young black man in an abandoned crib down the road from him.
He said one of his kids saw the guy standing in the road just before dark in the winter. He went out to see him, as they were just about to eat supper.
Said the kid was standing in the road eating an ear of corn from the field, that the combine missed. He invited him in for supper.
He told about the kid starting to shake uncontrollably when he started to warm up and eat hot food. He thought his feet were frostbitten. He said this black kid told them that he wanted to be a Michigan farmer, never did mention any parents or kinfolk. But he was extremely proud of himself as just being released from the Marine Corp
Before he left they found him some warm clothes they had, and fixed him a little care package of a pan and a little food to tie him over.
Always wondered how the kid ended up.
I thought it was neat that this happened about 1983 & the farmer remembered it like it was last night.

And now he's free of Tman too it seems.

Just finished "The Enemy", the 8th in the series. I'm reading them in order of publication.

The guy who writes the Reacher novels is a bunny hugger, and flaming liberal, just sayin.

I don't care, I'll read them anyhow.

how can you know if they are wrong if you don't hear what they have to say.i gave up on "because so and so said so"a long time ago.

Beggin and bummin ain't nothing new, My father told a story about some guy begging in the street in the city, My father was a kid and felt sorry for him so he asked his father if they could give the bum some money...

His father said, "keep an eye on him around 5 o'clock".....Sure enough, 5 comes and a chauffeured limo shows up to pick the bum up. This was in the 30's....

Geesh you guys are pretty judgmental. You guys have pretty much 0 information about the guy and are assuming he is a worthless drug addicted beggar.

I don't blame a guy wanting to escape the rat race that modern life has turned into. With a modest savings I'm sure a guy could live a long time like that just buying/scavenging the bare necessities.

Now that is Grit. MMERRIICCAA! What everyone in this country needs to learn and stop being freeloaders

When I was young,us farm boys made a little camp in the woods not far from the railroad tracks.a little spot for us to camp out now and then.The hobos must have thought we chose a good spot,,cause we could tell that they used it every now and then.Never did come across them in person though.

Saw some bicyclists with British and American flags sticking out of their bikes at the local carryout by my work. Asked them if they needed directions. Turns out they were bicycling across the country. They had internet related jobs. Saved up their money and that's how they spent it. I followed them on Facebook and kept updated with the rest of their journey. This is the Mrs. of the duo.

It's not easy being a hobo, there's a lot to learn. my high school friend related, how he was going to jump a freight train & see the USA.
He jumped the train and being stressed from his decision to run away from home and mentally exhausted he fell asleep.
Said he woke up just before dark and looked around to get his bearings.
Dang it Anyway! he was back in the sand plant in our own town.
He had jumped an empty car while they were switching !

I knew a homeless guy who live in the bed of his truck for several years. His trucked was parked at a shopping center which had a day labor office. One day he tells me "well Adam, I'm out of here. My truck is fixed and I bought a house. Thanks for everything." I never saw him again.

I enjoyed his stories especially those of him seeing great musicians and being at woodstock.

There's some highly intelligent homeless people out there I met a few in my day.
I'll never forget one fella, he made about $200 one day walking the blow line as he called it.
He goes to big malls and strip malls and stores and whichever way the wind blows from the parking lot he checks the line of debris downwind and finds a ton of money

I do that myself.
learned it working in Glacier Park
People wanting to trail ride carried cash and no wallet
Find $100 bills in the bush on the east side

This thread reminded me of this song.



Keith

That fit this thread well.
Thanks

I do too! Pretty sure I've read all of them.

Your story kind of reminds me of the movie, Emperor of the North, starring Lee Marvin. He was a fictional con man. Not saying all hobos are like the character he portrayed, but the movie did give an idea of how some hobos ride the rails. Great movie if you haven't seen it.