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I went last year. It was my first Barter Fair in 24 years. At the Ferry County and North Port Fairs, in 1994, at least most people were local homesteaders and the entertainment was obviously there kids' bands. I miss that. Last year, at Tonasket, my initial reaction was that I was a bewildering...

Redding is the only town I've ever been ticketed in for hitching, summer before last. That was after several hours, so I wasn't getting a ride.

Here's a piece of good advice I WISH I had followed.. don't start buying up gear until you are ready to go. You don't need 3 stoves, more cloths, etc, than you can carry. Its a trap people fall into when they are housed up and aren't sure what their next move is.

Huperzine worked for me initially . Its a Chinese herbal bark they use for kids who have focus problems. As time went on it stopped working, I don't know if that's because I got used to it or because the quality of Chinese herbs imported to the U.S. is unreliable. Also, for some reason, it...

Back at ya! (wish I was going to Vermont but I didn't plan ahead. Maybe Shawnee).

The full moon is tonight, which would correspond with the gathering ending on the 26Th. Vision circle is the open council (actually, all councils are supposed to be open) that determines the approximate place of the next gathering. So, next regional.

The Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture is reporting on its blog that Guitar Whitey Symmonds died July 3rd. WWW.bbcrc.org/news.shtml He was a regular at the BBCRC in recent years in time for Dunsmuir Railroad Days. I had the great honor to meet him there last year. Bob is featured in...

Let's talk budget. Where I live you can find an old external for $15-$25 at a second hand store or flea market- but since availability is the problem with second hand shopping, it can be tricky. Be sure to check the zippers; of course you can't do that online.

Has anyone mentioned Redding California yet? First time I got ticketed for hitching after 38 years of hitching. Also, obviously scared intimidated homeless people everywhere.

I don't know about Oregon, but in Ohio you can get Narcan (temporary treatment for overdoses) over the counter now without a prescription. You squirt this stuff up the patients nose, and the should come back in a couple seconds. If they don't, you give them the other dose. They still need...

I'm old too! (61).(Yeah Matt, I used to be curbscore). Gradually getting rid of things , especially the house is the hard part. Starting out with short trips is the easy part..which for me has meant vanning and AmTraking.

All this stuff is on the Canadian Embassy web site. They want you to have a source of income, and a residence or family to return to. I'm wondering what other countries have these restrictions.

I saw Ocean Beach for a couple of days 22 years ago. A friend said she lived there because the air traffic noise held the prices down. She also said a lot of people slept on the beach. Is it still friendly? Is it still cheap? I guess the have a chili festival toward the end of June.

I've been looking at tourniquets. What brand would you recommend?

A lot of small towns along the southeast coast. I understand getting out of Anchorage can be expensive though.

I had an early sixties West German bag that was SUPPOSED to work this way. The "skirt" tended to fall down, the bivy sack was not breathable,and the bag itself was sewn thru synthetic, not a big temperature range. I like the concept, but if you see one of these German bags in a surplus store...

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The bbcrc is still there(as of June) I and held their own event the same time as Dunsmuir railroad days- Although they didn't host the Hobo Olympics this year. I arrived a day late and missed because I took Amtrak, which got delayed by a freight derailment in Nebraska.

Getting of the Amtrak for Railroad days in Dunsmuir, I ran into a guy who was about to do part of the PCT. I ask him "is the trail blown up with people who saw "Wild". He said "Its all any one talks about, its making me nuts."

I haven't looked, I'm doing this from memory. In a plastic container that can fit in a butt pocket . moleskin 4 2x2 pads silver ointment Ibuprofen 200 mg. Orajel (my teeth break) scissors (kids-trauma shears wouldn't fit0. tiniest eye drops I can find. a couple band aids and blister pads. 1...

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Just don't do that when there is the possibility of rain followed by a freeze. Someone did that years ago ( can't remember if it was at Yellowstone or Yosemite) their plastic tarp froze over them and suffocated them.

People who call themselves Anarchist because they read Chomsky (or know who he is) but always vote for Democrats. Beer snobs. Gallery Owners. Last week I saw some jeans on sale at Penny's. "Skinny cut and low cut so maybe not the most practical for work, but made out of heavy duck cotton like...

Thanks.

Has anyone found a cheaper (reliable) source for kits than greasecar.com ? They want $2200 for a kit for my 7.3 e-350 engine.

I've had a recurring problem -3 or 4 times with dehydration over the years. Usually, it gets to me overnight and in cold weather. I think my nose gets clogged, I mouth breath and loose hydration.I also sweat into my sleeping bag.Then I wake up in the morning and I'm dizzy.Last time, I touched my...

Thanks everybody!

Meant to post this in VanDwelling and rubber tramping, but it keeps getting adressed to general discussion. Anyway.... I'm finding out what you probably knew, which is that diesels rapidly become hard to start in even a little cold. So I did a little research and found out about block...

He thinks he's an advocate for younger riders, but they don't like him either. And his biggest beaf (not in the article) seems to be with the Texas Madman, who really was trying to bridge generations.

There's an interview with him at WWW.gonomad.com It's their only freight hopping article.

Should sand bags for traction go as far back as possible or above the rear wheels?

Found a bunch of good vegetable oil threads here but I have one question. If I plan to travel long distances , how much time will I spend filtering waste vegetable oil to get enough to drive for a day. Also, how much space will this take? I'm looking at converting a ford 350 diesel van .ok...

What gets me is that many of the books posted in this thread are about seizing state power rather than reorganizing society-about political rather than social revolution. I thought most of the people here were anarchists.

There's still more than enough to be mad about.Especially predatory grand jurys.Good luck Olympia.

17 miles with a full pack. Not bad considering I was 43 at the time.

Michigan. Seems to me the east is consistantly harded than the west.

On Revolution, by Hannah Arendt. Arendt raised the question why do the early, direct democratic phases of revolution never last. Obsolete Communsm, by Daniel Cohn-Bendit. About the French worker student revolt of 1968, with chapters on how Leninism destroyed the Russian revolution.

Around here, Wheeling and Youngstown have been seizing and demolishing neglected properties, so ownership might not always be an issue. Safety certainly could be. What troubles me is the ethical difference between someone's home lost to foreclosre or back taxes vs. a building that was part of...

The closest I've heard to what you are discussing were "sweat equity" programs in Philidelphia and (I bieleve) New York in the 1980's. People weren't paid to squat and improve buildings but got ownership for a minamum payment plus the value of the work they put into it.

Yesterday the Today show announced that "Pittsburgh is the new Portland". I'm truely sorry. Guess that means you're over.

You're looking to relocate Western Montana? That sounds like a lot of work. What if people don't want to move? Where will you put the mountains? But seriously... the is a mountain range visible to the south from a little town on the Greyhound route on 90.It looks like you are looking up into...

Look, to try to rationalize after the fact how this could have been a good action misses the point:It wass entirely an FBI action, concocted for the states own purposes.The only worthwhile question here is why did people fall for this trap? First the action clearly was not theirs and did not fit...

Lansing Mi.-fake progressive city where no one will give you a ride. Ellensburg Wa. Some good people but also some mean ones- and an exceptionally dull place for a university town.

I tied but it was too complicated. i'm just not that smart.

In the eighties, I sometimes carried a plastic tube tent.Light and easy to carry,but hard to conceal because most are orange.Use cloths pins to pinch off the end -NOTall the WAy! and use duct tape for repairs.Use parachute cord instead of the cheap cord that comes with it.Use bandanas as "tree...

Sometimes I have trouble with links. Saw this article in Nola.com, hope it works- NOLA.com has more victims identified. : ( That didn't work, here is the list . Justin Lutz (29), 1 day before his 30th birthday. Jonathan Guerrero 20 ,Texas Jeffrey Geerts 22, Wisconsen Katie Simianer ,21...

'bye people. You lived a brave life.

I did a lot more backpacking in the ninetys, If I rember it went something like this. breakfast maple oatmeal , western family instant coffee made with a heeping teaspoon. about 4 granola bars per day . half a roll of crackers per day with peanut butter ( repack peanut butter in cold cream...

Can't Join do to first commandment. I'm not that regular. :(