bandana thing.

[byrdster7891]

bandanas are also good when its cold outside. if it dirty enouhg its like a nice little scarf for your nose. especially when you look over the side of a train and that chilly wind hits your face at 40-60 miles an hour.

 

[ericnobody]

ya,i rock the black/blue/cream bandana, my current, which i got for a dollar today, is camo, i know that can somewhat cause a ruckus on the rails, but damnit, i love camo, and once its dirty enough it'll just look like i wiped my ass with it after eating nothing but green otter pops or something, and decided to still rock it.

 

[dirtyfacedan]

ya,i rock the black/blue/cream bandana, my current, which i got for a dollar today, is camo, i know that can somewhat cause a ruckus on the rails, but damnit, i love camo, and once its dirty enough it'll just look like i wiped my ass with it after eating nothing but green otter pops or something, and decided to still rock it.

How does Cam cause a ruckus on the rails?? Really...i don't know.

 

[ericnobody]

i'm been flipped shit because it "signified FTRA" or some shit. i don't even know to be honest, it was more or less some fucks trying to start shit with me. whether for valid reason or not

 

[jack ransom]

I'm super sketched out about wearing bandannas because of gangs. I avoid it like the plague if I can. I don't want to roll into a new town and get jumped because of the rag around my neck.

 

[finn]

Camo bandannas for me, they help you hide out in the woods. Also ,as far as I know, they aren't really a sign of any group, well, except the military. When traveling, I tend to wear it a lot, since it keeps my head cleaner, and wards off lice when I hug possibly infested friends.

 

[dirtyfacedan]

I wear lots of cam...US gortex military surplus jacket, cut of US pants....it's good all round wear!!!! I don't want anyone telling me what i can, and cannot wear especially since i have a good line on surplus...i have worked in one..since i was a grubby kid. If it bothers anyone, i'll need to pull out my freedom of expression speech on their ass!!! (and maybe some brass knuckles, and roll with it!! I will fight for my right!!!!)

 

[Exile]

I wear lots of cam...US gortex military surplus jacket, cut of US pants....it's good all round wear!!!! I don't want anyone telling me what i can, and cannot wear especially since i have a good line on surplus...i have worked in one..since i was a grubby kid. If it bothers anyone, i'll need to pull out my freedom of expression speech on their ass!!! (and maybe some brass knuckles, and roll with it!! I will fight for my right!!!!)

:shock:

 

[Mouse]

so you've got free speech and no one's allowed to disagree with you? ha. ok!

uh yeah.. I rock a hat for the most part anymore.

 

[Adversaryan]

So I have never rode a train, YET. So i don't know anything about what symbols may mean or why they may have been adopted but common sence tells me that, A swazi would most likely have been adopted because it says fuck you to fourigners, considering the percentage of the hobo's that were probibly pissed off at more than just machines taking there jobs. not to mention the whole lifestyle is a bit of a fuck you and like guy said nothing says fuck you better than a big swazi.
now I realize that the symbol is older than the nazi's, but I personaly don't give hobos any credit enough to think they would have known much about that at all. Its even possible that the lack of over all leadership in a group of traveling vagabonds could have left gaps open enough for Neo-nazi types to turn it into a nazi thing. Much the same way they say nazi's turned the skin head thing into a nazi thing.

What I don't get though is what would a group have to be violent about riding trains? I mean is this seriously the equivilent of a gang riding certain busses and beating people up who try to ride there buss? all be it its much cooler than that but still. Don't get me wrong hopping trains is bad ass but a gang? Anyway. Maybe thats a topic for anouther place. but I know one thing, when I ride my first train ill definatly have a dew rag definatly a black one or a blue one and combined with a hood it will keep shit out of my nose :roll:

 

[Mouse]

I personally think the majority of all that FTRA shit is all a big load of crap. there may have been one, there may still be one, but i doubt it carries as much weight as people give it credit and lacks any organization or well.. lacks a solid existance in general. Out of all the train riders I've known not a single one could tell me they've really met an FTRA "member" and no one is consistant when it comes to what certain things mean.

 

[Clit Comander]

i have one too, its covered in booze, train greese, dirt, blood, and vomit. who cares what color you have. the majority of kids who wear skanks don't even ride the rails. although does anyone know what color FTRA wears? i heard it was black and they rock it boyscout style.

 

[Clit Comander]

i quess i should have looked on the 3rd page before i asked that question. i too believe FTRA to be on a falling out. but i do know people who have ran in to them. and i ain't hopp'n a single train with out my smilley. 8)

 

[jack ransom]

i have one too, its covered in booze, train greese, dirt, blood, and vomit. who cares what color you have. the majority of kids who wear skanks don't even ride the rails. although does anyone know what color FTRA wears? i heard it was black and they rock it boyscout style.

so there's this invention, its called the "washing machine", and they're all over the place. you should try one out, might fix up that bandanna of yours.

the majority of people in the history of all of bandanna wearing haven't rode the rails. train hoppers do not have a monopoly on the bandanna and if they were serious about tunnels they'd get a fucking respirator.

 

[Poking Victim]

what's wrong with having a ton of nasty shit on your rag? I like to wipe mine in girl's cooches after sex.

 

[jack ransom]

are you saying that girls (you mean women's, right?) "cooches" are nasty????

I wash my clothes and my body because I have self respect. I don't do it often, but being dirty for the sake of being dirty is totally strange to me. when I'm traveling or squatting, yeah, I'm pretty scrappy, but when I have the chance I show myself a little TLC and try to stay healthy. when white people first came to this continent, the natives could *smell* them before they saw them because Europeans believed that being filthy was a good idea. and the natives ridiculed white people for it. its not "natural" to be filthy the same way its not "natural" to bathe every single day when you dont' need it the way most people in the united states do today.

there's nothing *wrong* with being filthy. I just don't get it.

and also, that sounds like a splendid way to give someone a yeast infection.

 

[Mouse]

bathing when you have the chance to bath is the best thing you can do. fending off infections is always a good idea. when i travel, the opp. doesn't really present itself but whenever i get the chance i'll shower daily.

being dirty for some 'f you" to society is fucking stupid. I have some level of self respect and I don't like smelling like pure shit or getting rashes and swamp ass because i'm trying to make some stupid point.

TAKE A FUCKING BATH. or go swimming. or just change your nasty clothes. something!

 

[soff]

i usually shower at least once a week.. just because i hate being cold

(oh yeah by the way, hi im soff, i've been watching the forum for a while and finally got the courage to post and it's possibly the worst post ever, thanks for your time)

 

[loam]

I personally think the majority of all that FTRA shit is all a big load of crap. there may have been one, there may still be one, but i doubt it carries as much weight as people give it credit and lacks any organization or well.. lacks a solid existance in general. Out of all the train riders I've known not a single one could tell me they've really met an FTRA "member" and no one is consistant when it comes to what certain things mean.

well, THEY take it seriously. say that to some FTRA bum. you'll probably be missing some teeth.

 

[loam]

[quote="Clit Comander":3ag0b2sh]i have one too, its covered in booze, train greese, dirt, blood, and vomit. who cares what color you have. the majority of kids who wear skanks don't even ride the rails. although does anyone know what color FTRA wears? i heard it was black and they rock it boyscout style.

so there's this invention, its called the "washing machine", and they're all over the place. you should try one out, might fix up that bandanna of yours.

the majority of people in the history of all of bandanna wearing haven't rode the rails. train hoppers do not have a monopoly on the bandanna and if they were serious about tunnels they'd get a fucking respirator.[/quote:3ag0b2sh]

you've never hopped trains have you?