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  1. Ray Lockwood

    News & Blogs Locations in Toronto?

    Bullshit, pm me and I'll hook you up with one of several primo private spots in scarborough and north York
  2. Ray Lockwood

    Greetings from Canada, Eh!

    Love the Coast to Coast am reference! I'm in Toronto, we should link up if you make it down this way. I'm from BC as well and also spent a lot of time in Thunder Bay. Do you busk? I'm working for a landscaper right now as a tree cutter and we could use more hands. He pays cash at the end of the...
  3. Ray Lockwood

    Craziest places you've slept for the night?

    The sewers and storm drains under downtown East end Toronto can be quite hospitable in the dry months, I even hosted a raucous party in an underground storm water holding tank with nearly 100 subterranean subculturalists in attendance.
  4. Ray Lockwood

    Help me choose a music app

    Spotify is good, but no TOOL, King Crimson, and no Seger for some damn reason. Still worth the money though they have almost everything else .
  5. Ray Lockwood

    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    Accidental double post
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    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    It's 34liters but over 70 when expanded and fully loaded. I should have just waited until I get back to Toronto and posted my review with my own pictures, I'm just visiting family on the East Coast right now and living out of an extremely overloaded guitar case. I wonder what gems I'll find on...
  7. Ray Lockwood

    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    Sorry I should've included this info in my review from the get-go. I've had the pack for 4 years now, it's been through the war, figuratively. I only ever had one rip which was in the seldom used polyester hamper which comes out the bottom, and it was full of sharp tools which that compartment...
  8. Ray Lockwood

    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    The critical opinions are important to me though, don't get me wrong here. I need to know cuz I haven't had this thing south of the border yet but I will this spring. Canada's a little different I guess, people up here tend to haul great big expensive "Armageddon" bags more often than not.
  9. Ray Lockwood

    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    To each his own. It's not a "flashy" pack anymore, got a lot of rust and grime on it and with the bottom bladder out the bag more than doubles in size. In fact the day I got it I emptied the contents of my loaded ALICE into it and still had room for the empty ALICE and more. When I get home...
  10. Ray Lockwood

    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    There have been eyeballers, I won't lie. That's why my knife stays in my pocket rather than in the bag. The cost is next to nothing really, a day's worth of hustling. In Canadian currency even.
  11. Ray Lockwood

    Photos Ultimate Trackpack - Oakley Kitchen Sink

    The Oakley kitchen sink is the greatest backpack of all time in my humble opinion. It'll cost you between $100 to $350 depending on which version, but the one I'm showing here is the standard and it can be had for around $150 if you shop around, $200 if you buy it from Oakley. Maybe a bit on...
  12. Ray Lockwood

    What's your favorite piece of gear?

    Waterproof but cheap smartphone. Sony Xperia m4 Aqua Used to travel without one back in the day when they didn't exist, but now it's indispensable. It's lightened my load so much by replacing my camera, GPS, compass, pens and notebooks, regular books, a watch, video and board games...
  13. Ray Lockwood

    Creating a New Hobo Code

    Sorry if there's some redundancy here with the already stated items in this Code of the Road. I just want to add the things I've picked up over the years to this healthy, wholesome stew of principles. Some simple maxims I generally follow: >When at a squat/jungle/camp/boondocking -Take only...
  14. Ray Lockwood

    How to travel hack with no credit card?

    Exactly! I rack up my bonus nights on my expense account at no cost to myself. I'll offer to book the rooms for other crews as well, sometimes getting double or triple the rewards in a single day, not to mention the free nights average of about $110, well above what I would pay if I were the...
  15. Ray Lockwood

    how did you get your "name"?

    Got my name Ray (Raylan) from my mother, Raylene but started getting called Radio around 2001 by some punx in Montreal because I always have a boombox
  16. Ray Lockwood

    How to travel hack with no credit card?

    I use a VISA debit card on hotels.com and get a free night for every 10 rooms I book. Visa debit requires no credit rating, it's linked to the funds in your chequing account. You can even rent a car with it (from certain agencies, Dollar is one) provided you have the funds for a deposit. Trust...
  17. Ray Lockwood

    Anyone ever try living/ traveling by canoe on the river?

    Don Starkell is the author of "Paddle to the Amazon" he died a several years ago and his family is trying to get a documentary made about his 2 year trip to Brazil with his son Dana by canoe.
  18. Ray Lockwood

    Best places to sleep/squat during winter cold nites

    Rooftops are my choice, nice and private in most cases and there are often warm exhaust hoods to crawl under. Just make sure it's clean air coming out. Industrial parks have the best roofs, usually the buildings have access ladders somewhere, and in my experience the tenants won't bother you as...
  19. Ray Lockwood

    Hot to Squat

    We had this discussion yesterday at Jimmy's house, while I was SHOWING YOU THIS WEBSITE! Geez have another drink you lush!
  20. Ray Lockwood

    Hot to Squat

    And yes I'm 100% cool with being called a Dick, shamelessly. That should already be quite apparent. But I'm not a misogynist.
  21. Ray Lockwood

    Hot to Squat

    I've removed the offending field entry. Someone's taken a shit on me. I'm sorry my facetious manner of speaking upset some people.
  22. Ray Lockwood

    Hot to Squat

    Whoa, for a counter-culture forum there's quite a bit of static out here! Can't even speak tongue-in-cheek! Obviously I'm not "God's Gift" I'm just being glib, the world would be pretty dry if everything we said was straightforward. Hunting is synonymous with "looking for" or "searching"...
  23. Ray Lockwood

    Hot to Squat

    Are you offended by it or something? It was my moniker back in the late '90s before Popcan Claude in Montreal started calling me "Radio Ray" and that one stuck. Not trying to offend anyone, but it really is a full time job making so many women so very happy.
  24. Ray Lockwood

    Hot to Squat

    Hey, just joined up after a marathon of reading threads on this site last night. I'm an avid home free squatter from Canada and I hope I can contribute half as much to the community as I seem to be getting out of it so far. Thanks to Matt for taking the time to bring this all together!