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rolling nowhere · (#2426)

lets play name that yard.

rolling nowhere · (#2427)

speaking of texas madman..does that dude have a daughter? i know this chick and saw a pic of her and her dad and he looks just like the guy. it was a pic when she was a baby so it was some years ago and he would have been younger she had NO IDEA wtf i was talking about. weird question i know.

**Pfffffffffft** · (#2428)

kabar.

long time no talk.

you still have the eurika hilton?

KaBar2 · (#2429)

Pfffffft--

I been wondering where you got off to, man! As far as I know, the Hilton is still alive and well, but the last time I was up there UP was doing beaucoup track work, and had erected some new fencing to discourage people from approaching the wye in vehicles, but I doubt it has slowed down tramps on foot at all.
When I first started frequenting the jungle (years ago) we never saw any bulls, and only very rarely saw anybody except train crews. There's more traffic these days, and probably it's our own fault for building the Hilton in the first place. It does attract local kids (and at least a few drug addicts) as well as tramps. Good to hear from you!

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As for Texas Mad Man having a daughter, I don't think he does, but I'm not 100% sure. He was (is) a very secretive kind of guy, and even his closest friends (which I'm not) did not know his real name. He used to talk about having a son that is a banker or something, but in retrospect that story might just be part of his smokescreen. I hear he got fifteen years in the Federal pen, and considering his poor health and his age, I doubt he will ever get out of prison alive.

I have known several people in my life who were sentenced to prison for long stretches. All I can say is that breaking the law is a very bad idea, because if (when) you get caught the consequences can be pretty awful. I pretty much avoid lawbreaking altogether, with the single exception of riding a train once in a while.

**Pfffffffffft** · (#2430)

Kabar.

check this thread out. your name has been brought up
read and drop a post or 2 for ol times sake

**Pfffffffffft** · (#2431)

http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=141070

Freddy Mercury · (#2432)

RN we always put up travelers, road dogs, and the like...PM if ever thru Indiana...I can promise booze and women and awful hangovers and safe catch out spots.

rolling nowhere · (#2433)

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RN we always put up travelers, road dogs, and the like...PM if ever thru Indiana...I can promise booze and women and awful hangovers and safe catch out spots.

ill probably be heading through little rock then chicago so ill be in that general area. ive never been to indiana..sounds like my kind of disaster haha

xen · (#2434)

I can offer the same in southern/central IL and am willing to pick a nurga up.
Holla.
I have the best catch out ever.

I've long wanted to ride CSX from the HN cabin to Terre Haute. one never knows what can happen.
Making a mess of the midwest tour 2013 \o/

InfraRed · (#2435)

Just rode piggybacks from Spokane to Whitefish and back. Slept in the jungle a few nights and cleaned it up. Throw your trash on the train!

KaBar2 · (#2436)

Or burn it, but either way, Keep a Clean Camp.

rolling nowhere · (#2437)

its taking forever to get the money i need to do what i gotta do before railroad sweatfest 2013. im goin crazy.
that dallas intermodal terminal didnt look very inviting i tell you whut.

KaBar2 · (#2438)

Fran the Hobo Minstrel caught the Westbound yesterday. RIP, brother. He was in poor health, and died of a brain aneurysm in the hospital.

xen · (#2439)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pHfYiBu194

KaBar2 · (#2440)

Cool. A forty-miler has to beat a "no-miler," which is what I've been for a number of years now. I tell you true, boys, I CANNOT FUCKIN' WAIT until I retire. Three years. It might as well be thirty-three. Seems like fuckin' forever.

rolling nowhere · (#2441)

i love tim barry.

ghost train

RiSC · (#2442)

It's been awhile since I've been active on 12oz, but I'm really glad to see this thread still around.

KaBar, when are you going to write a book?

rolling nowhere · (#2443)

Choofly.

KaBar2 · (#2444)

Well, so far I've written a screenplay and a cook book. I'm thinking about self-publishing the cook book. I don't know, man--I think books on hoboing kind of ought to be published by full-time, 24-7 tramps, not old usta-be's like me. You know? I got three years to go until I can retire, so if I make it, maybe I'll write one then.

Anybody know of a likely publisher? Or even an agent?

rolling nowhere · (#2445)

Good to not be in texas. Still hot but not texas hot. Ahhhh...

KaBar2 · (#2446)

It's the humidity---or rather, the lack thereof, where you are.

September's nearly over and it's STILL FREAKIN' SUMMER HERE.

Please, Mr. Winter, hurry your ass up.

(You know you live in the sub-tropics when . . . you can go surfing on Christmas Day.)

KaBar2 · (#2447)

Heard from Stretch yesterday. He's headed for Mississippi to visit his girlfriend with a young trainhopper in tow. They called me from the yard in Fulton, KY.

He said he got busted for trespassing in Memphis and spent a couple of days in jail, but wasn't too concerned now that he no longer has Burl to worry about. The only problem was that the police confiscated his gear and were making a huge hassle out of getting it back. He was released to the street with nothing but the clothes on his back, but apparently he has acquired different gear--an ALICE pack, USGI sleeping bag, etc.

This is something I definitely do not understand. How can the police confiscate a tramp's personal property without due process of law? No court order means illegal confiscation. To me, it seems like it borders on "official oppression by law enforcement officers."

Confiscating a tramp's pack and bedroll without due process of law is tantamount to confiscating a straight citizen's house or car without due process of law. It's just straight up unconstitutional.

acer910 · (#2448)

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Originally Posted by KaBar2 (View Original Post)

Heard from Stretch yesterday. He's headed for Mississippi to visit his girlfriend with a young trainhopper in tow. They called me from the yard in Fulton, KY.

He said he got busted for trespassing in Memphis and spent a couple of days in jail, but wasn't too concerned now that he no longer has Burl to worry about. The only problem was that the police confiscated his gear and were making a huge hassle out of getting it back. He was released to the street with nothing but the clothes on his back, but apparently he has acquired different gear--an ALICE pack, USGI sleeping bag, etc.

This is something I definitely do not understand. How can the police confiscate a tramp's personal property without due process of law? No court order means illegal confiscation. To me, it seems like it borders on "official oppression by law enforcement officers."

Confiscating a tramp's pack and bedroll without due process of law is tantamount to confiscating a straight citizen's house or car without due process of law. It's just straight up unconstitutional.

What's worse is when they throw your shit out because its "broken", or make you leave it on the street where you get picked up. Glad to hear he got out of jail, I've heard terrible things about the Memphis jail.

KaBar2 · (#2449)

I went on a tour of Houston yards and catch-outs with Roadkill yesterday. WEe drove around and looked at Englewood, and tried to get to Settegast Yard, but that neighborhood is so bad I didn't want to stay there long. We visited the Eureka Hilton, and I'm sorry I did. I don't know why I ever hope that tramps will ever take care of the jungle, but I do. It was a disaster--piles and piles of garbage and filthy, wet clothes everywhere. The area around the jungle is littered with probably hundreds of empty wine bottles and beer cans. The interior is totally trashed--filthy dirty, totally unkept. It looks like totally ignorant homebum idiots have been staying there, dragging up all kinds of useless shit--junked bicycles, broken electrical crap, etc., etc. Too stupid to burn their own garbage, too stupid to realize if they throw trash on the ground it's going to attract the cops.

I'm sorry we built it, really. I kind of wanted to just torch it. Ignorant fucking assholes.

xen · (#2450)

That sucks. All the effort you guys put into it just for some junkie, wino pieces of shit to ruin it for the tramps. You should have torched it. Let the rats rebuild. (ya right)

Kind of makes me wonder how the jungle down by CSX headquarters in Jacksonville is doing. That was nice. All kinds of bamboo frames that all you had to do was throw a tarp over and be all right. The homebums had trashed the area around it so the guy manning the drawbridge was pretty uptight but the jungle proper was awesome.

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Thursday 27 March 2014

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rolling nowhere Senior Member Posts: 2,612 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my head Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-16-2013, 08:41 AM lets play name that yard. http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ dont question it.


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rolling nowhere Senior Member Posts: 2,612 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my head Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-16-2013, 08:47 AM speaking of texas madman..does that dude have a daughter? i know this chick and saw a pic of her and her dad and he looks just like the guy. it was a pic when she was a baby so it was some years ago and he would have been younger she had NO IDEA wtf i was talking about. weird question i know. http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ dont question it.

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Pfffffffffft Moderator Posts: 15,407 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: south Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-17-2013, 04:30 AM kabar. long time no talk. you still have the eurika hilton? #wonksaggin //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// /////////

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-19-2013, 08:07 PM Pfffffft-- I been wondering where you got off to, man! As far as I know, the Hilton is still alive and well, but the last time I was up there UP was doing beaucoup track work, and had erected some new fencing to discourage people from approaching the wye in vehicles, but I doubt it has slowed down tramps on foot at all. When I first started frequenting the jungle (years ago) we never saw any bulls, and only very rarely saw anybody except train crews. There's more traffic these days, and probably it's our own fault for building the Hilton in the first place. It does attract local kids (and at least a few drug addicts) as well as tramps. Good to hear from you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As for Texas Mad Man having a daughter, I don't think he does, but I'm not 100% sure. He was (is) a very secretive kind of guy, and even his closest friends (which I'm not) did not know his real name. He used to talk about having a son that is a banker or something, but in retrospect that story might just be part of his smokescreen. I hear he got fifteen years in the Federal pen, and considering his poor health and his age, I doubt he will ever get out of prison alive. I have known several people in my life who were sentenced to prison for long stretches. All I can say is that breaking the law is a very bad idea, because if (when) you get caught the consequences can be pretty awful. I pretty much avoid lawbreaking altogether, with the single exception of riding a train once in a while. \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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Pfffffffffft Moderator Posts: 15,407 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: south Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-21-2013, 04:13 AM Kabar. check this thread out. your name has been brought up read and drop a post or 2 for ol times sake #wonksaggin //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// /////////

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Pfffffffffft Moderator Posts: 15,407 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: south Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-21-2013, 04:14 AM http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=141070 #wonksaggin //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// ///////// //////// ///////// /////////

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Freddy Mercury Member Posts: 490 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Steel Reserve Brewery Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 06-22-2013, 01:22 AM RN we always put up travelers, road dogs, and the like...PM if ever thru Indiana...I can promise booze and women and awful hangovers and safe catch out spots. Co-Dependant Co-Defendants Steady on The Green Line-Welcome To Chiraq

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xen Senior Member Posts: 2,372 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: 3rd cardboard box from the left Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 07-01-2013, 06:59 PM I can offer the same in southern/central IL and am willing to pick a nurga up. Holla. I have the best catch out ever. I've long wanted to ride CSX from the HN cabin to Terre Haute. one never knows what can happen. Making a mess of the midwest tour 2013 \o/ 7 feet 2 inches from clarity Last edited by xen : 07-01-2013 at 07:16 PM.

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InfraRed Member Posts: 1,070 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: United States of Terror Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 07-15-2013, 03:59 PM Just rode piggybacks from Spokane to Whitefish and back. Slept in the jungle a few nights and cleaned it up. Throw your trash on the train!

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 07-15-2013, 06:33 PM Or burn it, but either way, Keep a Clean Camp. \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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rolling nowhere Senior Member Posts: 2,612 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my head Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 07-17-2013, 04:27 PM its taking forever to get the money i need to do what i gotta do before railroad sweatfest 2013. im goin crazy. that dallas intermodal terminal didnt look very inviting i tell you whut. http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ dont question it.

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-15-2013, 01:15 AM Fran the Hobo Minstrel caught the Westbound yesterday. RIP, brother. He was in poor health, and died of a brain aneurysm in the hospital. \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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xen Senior Member Posts: 2,372 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: 3rd cardboard box from the left Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-21-2013, 05:58 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pHfYiBu194 7 feet 2 inches from clarity

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-21-2013, 06:19 AM Cool. A forty-miler has to beat a "no-miler," which is what I've been for a number of years now. I tell you true, boys, I CANNOT FUCKIN' WAIT until I retire. Three years. It might as well be thirty-three. Seems like fuckin' forever. \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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rolling nowhere Senior Member Posts: 2,612 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my head Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-22-2013, 06:24 AM i love tim barry. ghost train http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ dont question it.

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RiSC Senior Member Posts: 2,463 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ch. 0 Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-24-2013, 09:02 PM It's been awhile since I've been active on 12oz, but I'm really glad to see this thread still around. KaBar, when are you going to write a book?

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rolling nowhere Senior Member Posts: 2,612 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my head Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-26-2013, 01:20 AM Choofly. http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ dont question it.

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 08-26-2013, 07:23 AM Well, so far I've written a screenplay and a cook book. I'm thinking about self-publishing the cook book. I don't know, man--I think books on hoboing kind of ought to be published by full-time, 24-7 tramps, not old usta-be's like me. You know? I got three years to go until I can retire, so if I make it, maybe I'll write one then. Anybody know of a likely publisher? Or even an agent? \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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rolling nowhere Senior Member Posts: 2,612 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my head Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 09-17-2013, 10:09 PM Good to not be in texas. Still hot but not texas hot. Ahhhh... http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ dont question it.

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 09-20-2013, 05:59 AM It's the humidity---or rather, the lack thereof, where you are. September's nearly over and it's STILL FREAKIN' SUMMER HERE. Please, Mr. Winter, hurry your ass up. (You know you live in the sub-tropics when . . . you can go surfing on Christmas Day.) \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 09-26-2013, 11:19 AM Heard from Stretch yesterday. He's headed for Mississippi to visit his girlfriend with a young trainhopper in tow. They called me from the yard in Fulton, KY. He said he got busted for trespassing in Memphis and spent a couple of days in jail, but wasn't too concerned now that he no longer has Burl to worry about. The only problem was that the police confiscated his gear and were making a huge hassle out of getting it back. He was released to the street with nothing but the clothes on his back, but apparently he has acquired different gear--an ALICE pack, USGI sleeping bag, etc. This is something I definitely do not understand. How can the police confiscate a tramp's personal property without due process of law? No court order means illegal confiscation. To me, it seems like it borders on "official oppression by law enforcement officers." Confiscating a tramp's pack and bedroll without due process of law is tantamount to confiscating a straight citizen's house or car without due process of law. It's just straight up unconstitutional. \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen

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KaBar2 Senior Member Posts: 2,025 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 09-30-2013, 08:44 PM I went on a tour of Houston yards and catch-outs with Roadkill yesterday. WEe drove around and looked at Englewood, and tried to get to Settegast Yard, but that neighborhood is so bad I didn't want to stay there long. We visited the Eureka Hilton, and I'm sorry I did. I don't know why I ever hope that tramps will ever take care of the jungle, but I do. It was a disaster--piles and piles of garbage and filthy, wet clothes everywhere. The area around the jungle is littered with probably hundreds of empty wine bottles and beer cans. The interior is totally trashed--filthy dirty, totally unkept. It looks like totally ignorant homebum idiots have been staying there, dragging up all kinds of useless shit--junked bicycles, broken electrical crap, etc., etc. Too stupid to burn their own garbage, too stupid to realize if they throw trash on the ground it's going to attract the cops. I'm sorry we built it, really. I kind of wanted to just torch it. Ignorant fucking assholes. \"I\'d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth\" Steve McQueen Last edited by KaBar2 : 09-30-2013 at 08:52 PM.

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xen Senior Member Posts: 2,372 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: 3rd cardboard box from the left Status: Offline	Re: Hobos, Tramps and Homeless Bums - 10-01-2013, 02:27 PM That sucks. All the effort you guys put into it just for some junkie, wino pieces of shit to ruin it for the tramps. You should have torched it. Let the rats rebuild. (ya right) Kind of makes me wonder how the jungle down by CSX headquarters in Jacksonville is doing. That was nice. All kinds of bamboo frames that all you had to do was throw a tarp over and be all right. The homebums had trashed the area around it so the guy manning the drawbridge was pretty uptight but the jungle proper was awesome. 7 feet 2 inches from clarity Last edited by xen : 10-01-2013 at 02:33 PM.