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https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-justice-policing-reform/militarization-of-police/ Just part of this article Today, there are currently more than 18,000 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. These agencies employ over 420,000 law...

My dad was a Philly cop. I grew up around cops. They have a mentality like embedded military in a foreign country. Us against them. We are the Lawful. Everyone else is guilty until you prove you are innocent. You are all out to get us. It is a self-perpetuating, self-fulfilling cycle of distrust...

Las Vegas votes to make it a crime to sleep on city sidewalks - https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/us/las-vegas-ban-homeless-camping/index.html By Eric Levenson and Konstantin Toropin, CNN Updated 1:37 PM ET, Thu November 7, 2019 (CNN)In an attempt to get homeless people off city streets, the...

A dawg told me about once when he was picked up by a pickup truck. Pack was in the bed, they were in the cab. They got out and before they could even close the door the guy was off with his pack.

When I'm with a pack or a bag with handles and I'm sitting and it is on the ground, I have my foot through a strap/handle. I've had something snatched from at my feet at a bus stop when I was a kid. Never again.

3 can be a good number. While one is sleeping, one is watching the stuff or the squat and one is scrounging or spanging or whatever. But generally two is better I think because unless you're really tight someone might feel (here it comes) like a third wheel. I did 2, but I rubbertramped with my...

Yep. Whole lotta nothing at the border. Plus there seems to be a pesky mountain range too. I'm imagining maybe it's a tad jungly. Later Edit: Pic is from Google Maps. I went back for kicks and entered Panama Canal, then asked for driving directions to Colombia. Unfortunately I got: Sorry, we...

Today it's probably just used by the homebums which is why nobody on this site knows anything about it. We're generally travelers. It is probably also a local 'dialect'. Take a homebum from Syracuse and plop him in Atlanta and he probably wouldn't know what he was looking at. And I bet nowadays...

There were marks. Don't know what they were. My Grandmother told me a story when I was a kid that she used to feed Bo's back in the 40's and they used to leave marks in chalk on her front steps. It would mean that they could get a sandwich/meal there. Think she said it was lines? God, this was...

Pennsylvania is sealing 30 million criminal records as part of Clean Slate law - https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/us/pennsylvania-clean-slate-law-trnd/index.html Pennsylvania is sealing 30 million criminal records as part of Clean Slate law By Faith Karimi, CNN Updated 4:46 AM ET, Fri June 28...

Mine was fully caught up on everything when I first left. Rabies second year. Couldn't afford anything the 3rd and last year I was out. Never asked, never hassled. If you can afford the rabies, though, I would. When you have internet, search on free rabies and your area. NOW I know you can get...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/us/mcdonalds-free-fries/index.html (CNN)Say hello to Fry Fridays. No that's not the official name of the promotion, even if it would fit since McDonald's will be giving away free fries every Friday for the rest of the year. But there is a catch, of course. You...

What is it? One of those spatula holders? Interesting!

I, basically, gave up on having anything "refrigerated" while rubber tramping. I tried to have ice when I could, but it costs. Plus it always ruins the butter, didn't keep the milk cold enough, blah, blah blah. Dry ice just froze everything solid. Ice packs? Unless you're going to put them in a...

When is it over? lol Most people leave about the 5th of July or so. There are people there a month after that though cleaning up. There is no "end date". Just like there is no "start date". You get there when you get there and you leave when you leave.

Who else is going to Georgia? I'll probably be there next wed or thurs.

Following the directions above through google maps, the GPS is 34.580431, -84.144323 (for Georgia)

So, I went to 2015 South Dakota and 2016 Vermont. SD I got there a week early. Didn't see a single LEA until I was there 3 days. Then it was just to make us move further back from the stream. After that they occasionally walked down main path. Seemed pleasant and kept smiles plastered on their...

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/10/news/companies/starbucks-howard-schultz-bathrooms/index.html Starbucks' Howard Schultz: Our bathrooms are open to anyone who needs them by Rob McLean @robertmcleanMay 11, 2018: 5:55 AM ET Starbucks bathrooms will be open to anyone who wants to use them...

If it's because of something I did, some page I went to, some app I used. Yes. But my info went to Cambridge Analytica because someone ELSE used My Digital Life. It scraped my info because I was friends with them. Granted, they got nothing useful, but OP's argument in this case is not valid. I...

I pop out the flints and use them in my zippo. There is usually so much there that I have to use my knife to break it into two pieces. On a rare occasion they're too fat, but usually do the trick.

Yeah, camped for a week for free right outside the park on Coconino Rd/Fire Rd 310 at 35°57'42.1"N 111°57'40.7"W It runs right into the middle of the park/Rt. 64/Desert View Drive, through the old abandoned South Park Entrance. As long as you are past the shack that used to be the park entrance...

Used inside my van multiple times without issue. Flavor? I cook in a pot, not BBQ'ng

For the first 6 months I was rubbertramping I used White gas, kerosene, & diesel and jet fuel. The one time I used diesel it clogged up the jets after about 6 meals. I'll never use it again. I generally used: Can get this in most stores like Home Depot or Lowes. It is, basically, lighter...

I "took off" at 46, in spring of 2015. This is after 15 years in IT, a lot of depression, loss, anger and frustration. I was a broken man. I literally threw my world into dumpsters and went. I rubbertramped with my grown son. It's tough out there as any traveler can tell you, but when you're...

Cool. Maybe I been doing more then I need to. Thx.

I was thinking the same thing myself. First, it's a classic about Bo's and hopping. Second has Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carridine and Lee Marvin. Third, I bet a lot of people haven't seen it. Then I wasn't sure if some would think it wasn't 'independent enough' of a production. I just torrented...

Is Matt's projector limited in formats it can play? Or most common comp ones?

Just clarified with my Dawg. It's the wanna-be post offices in super markets and such that won't do it. I've always done it in regular post offices in little tiny towns and never had a problem.

Generally, for General Delivery, you need to register for it at the particular Post Office to which it's being delivered..They then know to put it to the side for you and you get the correct mailing info. Plus some post offices don't do general delivery. Mostly just the main post office in...

Fates held you back for the man with the food, minutes and comp. Sometimes it all works out. :)

If it is something you want and think you'll use and are willing to carry, then go for it. Some people lug around banjos/guitars because they think it is ""essential". For them, it is. No persons pack list is "correct" or "one size fits all". For this type of item, take a look at a welding...

I agree. Over 300k in 12 years? Too many miles. Unless maybe it was a fleet van and they have maintenance records gong back to the beginning. Was the tranny replaced within the last 100k miles? Those are some things that MIGHT make it worth a second look. But in any case, not for over 1k.

With how little internet access I usually have on the road, I'd have lost my mind if I hadn't torrented a butt-load of novels for my kindle before I took off.

Didn't see an alert that I was tagged. Sorry, wasn't ignoring you My Man. I guess it's just 2 things. As I said in the PM that as long as your license is recipricol, you're not under the influence, and your not doing anything illegal there isn't anything they can do. TECHNICALLY. But I'm rubber...

They shoot and kill people on camera and get away with it. They just have to have an extended investigation till the sheeple's short attention span is diverted by Kim Kardashian's new butt implant.

If it's pizza from that day, screw it. Down the hatch, lol. Pizza is like sex. Even when it's bad, it's not so bad. It's got to be terrible. ::wacky::

Tractor Supply SHOULD carry Carhart in brown and black. My son got his delivered to the store through the webpage. Doublethick leg-fronts (heavy duty).

Thx for the update. Glad you found him! :)

Currently no "auto-sorting". We have to move everything to where it needs to be if it's not there already. If you're on often you're better off clicking on New Posts and just checking out the threads that interest you. Then Mark All Forums Read. If you're like me lately and out and about too...

What he said and a bag of chips. Why bother putting together a pointed, reasoned argument when I can hold up a puppy and say Vote for me. I don't kill puppies.

I'm here in the area. 7 dead, hundreds to the hospital. Yes, hit a turn rated for 50-55 mph at 102mph. About 3 seconds before it derailed they hit full brakes at 106mph. Engine just kept going straight, of course. It was right at a minor switching yard too, so I'm sure freight is gonna be affected.

Yeah, welcome to my realization...after 35 years of working and and even >15 years of even going back to college and getting a degree trying to "make it better". I think some of us just aren't destined too 'make it', no matter how smart we are, how much of a work ethic we have, how honest we...

@Odin @Wolfs Paw and I say we need to meet up with you and discuss this.

Checking back on this thread. Why is it so necessary you have a whole OS on the drive? Are you using it just to check mail, surf the intertubes and/or surf porn on a library comp or are you trying to hack comps from bootup?

NOW you tell me you're on Steam @Matt Derrick ug. Well, with the van I will be setting my desktop back up. Will only be able to use it when I actually have access to electricity AND internet connection, but I'm working on long range wifi antennae. I mostly played TF2 at the end, but have about...

I have a PA also. I'll be going to ND this summer to get a non-resident. Those two will cut it down to, I think, only 6 states I won't be legal in.

Too much to list. I didn't raid my work's first aid wall boxes for 6 months before I quit. ;)

Thrift store. Ya buy a denim jacket and cut the sleeves off. It's what I did. $5

You're not sure if this person is deceased, you only have second-hand information. He may still be alive. Moving to Missed Connections. Hope you get good news and all is well.