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I'm afraid so. It did not go well for me at all: Blanca at the Starvation Army threatened to call the pigs on me in 2024 for the "crime" of wishing Blanca (whose pronouns are Blanca, by the way) a happy Pride month and asking Blanca (whose pronouns are Blanca, by the way) what Blanca's pronouns...

Great article; tfs. You should be able to read it on Firefox with javascript disabled. I have the noscript browser extension and didn't enable anything. Somebody who isn't me might know how to put it on archive.is or a similar site without getting us in trouble. I only hitch hiked for a year...

I would suggest using the fediverse (Mastodon) and the onion link to the anarchist reddit fork for this type of post. But I, being (old as well as) poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Fuck Around and Find Out. Matt, iirc we're roughly the same age, give or take a decade or less; are you on Mastodon by any chance? I'm not giving up on any of you 21 year olds personally.

Has anyone been to Garberville (or even Eureka/Arcata) since this happened? My homies want me to come visit next summer, but it didn't go very well the summer before that.

Hey, be careful bro! They may have the hots for you, but Amish chicks are not all fun and games. Do your research about how the Amish treat their dogs before you commit yourself to rescuing a lady. I'm talking to myself about 20 years ago if you think I'm just pissing in your cheerios, lol...

Yup, me too. Best of luck and if anybody asks, I never saw this. 🤐

That's pretty good. I love busking, but it's so overregulated that I'm afraid to open my guitar case in cities unless I know people or specific laws. I'm in Southern Arizona for Snowbird (elderly tourism) season and literally made no money yesterday. Social Security and disability pays out on...

eta: I am neither "nice" nor a "woman", just so you are not accidentally triggered into misunderstanding my costumes and why they are part of my busking act. Best of luck on finding your "twin flame", though, and I'lI keep an eye out for her. We all need and deserve love.

You are always welcome at my table. I respect people's life experiences, but as we age (and as the US/USSR rise and fall and crash like waves on the beach, as all empires do) I believe that it is important to maintain and create respectful friendships and acquaintenceships with a Wide variety...

I have resisted the label for too long because of fashion. I may be drawn to the advertisements for "hippie halloween costumes" after years of brainwashing, but I am definitely allergic to money. "Hot Topic is not punk rock" may be permanently burned into my memory, but the hands of the clock...

Just wanted to update that he is dead, has been for six years, and my mind only sometimes accepts that fact. Sucks donkey droppings, but I'm working on not being such an asshole about it. My honorary kids and their kids are in Palestine, if anyone cares and if my kiddos survived the night. I...

It was on FB last year, but I really don't do well with that platform and had to prioritize my mental health. For good and for bad, I wound up going to Quartzsite, AZ and am still alive. The resources for new vehicle dwellers are awesome, but a lot of the locals don't like Bob Wells because he...

I haven't been very active and my copy of the book is in storage. Thank you for being there when I needed you the most, Matt, and best of luck on your new endeavors. My DMs are open and unfortunately I do have social media accounts. If anyone wants to keep in touch, just let me know you're from...

You can only stay on BLM land for fourteen days at a time, unless you pay for the Long Term Visitor Areas in SoCal and AZ. My experience has been that I'm usually about ready for a change by then anyway, so I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer. You may only have to move 20 or so miles away, so...

This will be my first summer in Arizona since I was a teen. Prescott was highly recommended for its busking scene, and there are also supposed to be good food banks if the competition makes me look stupid, lol. I'm not really the big city type, but I love busking, just switched domicile from...

I call Quartzsite "home". Well, technically "Domicile" because I'm a rubber tramp and about the only place I'm not considered "too old" is Q. Yes, you can camp at the LTVA for seven months, which takes care of residency requirements for voting, auto insurance, etc. Go to the DMV in Parker and...

Yea, it sounds like a story I should probably remember and pass along instead of trying to relive. Sometimes the best friend you're ever going to meet is a piece of paper. Thanks for having my back. That fentanyl stuff is nasty and I've been walking around without narcan for way too long.

Tara's still going strong at 216K miles. She had 192K when I bought her and we've had a few scares, I've bought a bunch of expired tyres and made other newbie mistakes, but I love my home and have no intention of ever going back to stix n brix. I missed Van Aid this year, but would still like...

There are some good mechanics at the Imperial Dam LTVA this year. I wound up getting towed to Dome Rock when I broke down on the way back from Garberville, but there are RTR folks who prefer Yuma.

I'd recommend avoiding Humboldt altogether and checking out Mendo instead. The coastline is gorgeous and it's more of an artist's community. The mom 'n pop growers in Garberville are having a really rough time. It just isn't a safe, friendly, or fun place any more. Rio Dell has improved...

Much appreciated. I haven't been since the '80s and hadn't thought about safety issues (I still present as female) or bringing the cigs.

You can get a physical address through a mail forwarding service like Escapees dot com, iPostal1, or Mail Messages and More. Make sure you understand the difference between domicile and just mail before your tags expire. There's good info at escapees even if you don't choose to domicile in...

I'm really hoping to make it this year. I've been rubber tramping for three years now, spent a winter in Quartzsite, joined a caravan in Nevada, experienced my first tire blowout by the side of the road, and generally feel a lot less like a pathetic old lady dreaming of reliving a misspent...

Yep, I just went back to them too. They do the trick for going into stores, don't take up a lot of room or a lot of time, and they're easy to keep clean, dry, and ready for the next store. I tried conforming to the shoe mandate to look "less homeless" and only lasted two days before I pulled a...

I'm from Garberville, which is a bit norther than you want to go, but there are places where you won't get hassled as long as you don't overstay your welcome. The locals might tell you about them. Bring plenty of money. It's expensive as fuck there and nobody has any work. Prop 64 destroyed...

Quartzsite is close to California and fairly mellow right now.

Pine pellets are better (and cheaper) than clay litter for covering up the smell. I'm in a minivan, so I don't compost, but supposedly they work for that too. A forty pound bag of horse pellets from Tractor Supply would be your best bet, if you have room to store it...

Alcohol and nicotine are both drugs that can have much more serious consequences on the road than in a conventional life. You should say no to these drugs during your travels if at all possible. Caffeine can become a problem very quickly in areas where camping is criminilized. Be aware of...

Just wanting to throw in my 2 cents worth of encouragement here. Used to make bathtub crank in the '80s and it was no big deal. Then life happened. Now they call it "crystal meth" and treat heavy users as if they/you were subhuman cockroaches. I read about dead people's crank being laced...

Como ce dice....en anglais...."concentration camp". 🤯😱🤬🤬🤬

Never been there, but also read the "hype" and was thinking about checking it out over the winter. What Matt says about heat is serious. My first summer out of a stix n brix in a 50+ year old body had me practically delerious. I was seeing what looked like faces growing in trees, although i was...

I'm actually getting comfortable with the smaller space in exchange for more gas mileage and manueverability after almost a year. It was a big change from an '89 Honda Accord and rented stix n brix, so i'd advise new minivan folks to give it a bit of time. I was camping with a bunch of Class C...

ITA that northern CA went down the tubes quickly. It's pretty much all meth (no offense intended to responsible moderate users) and suits trying to make a buck of Prop64. I raised kids in YouTweaka and they went bad. Lost a husband to "rich people crystal meth) when the US flooded the cocaine...

Humboldt is closed. Mendo seems fine if you just want to hang out on the beach. No idea about Trinity. Save your fond memories of the Emerald Triangle to tell your grandkids. The Green Rush is over. We've got Zzzquill over by my van down by the Instagram, though. Zzzquill comes in pills...

I am so sorry for your loss. When this happened in the community where I was housed up, I didn't take it seriously enough. When it happened to a very nice group of house-free folks where I was living, maybe I took myself too seriously. But regardless of whether you call it "trying to start a...

It seems as if there is a Spazz in every town or every group of people where I have ever been. At first they just say, "Don't be such a Spazz!" or "X is such a Spazz!" but after awhile, they just give up and say, "Here comes Spazz." Nobody particularly LIKES Spazz, but after about fourth grade...

I love ratties, but have never been responsible for one. Yet. I did want to mention euthanasia, because they do have short lives and deserve respectful medical care and proper and dignified hospice care when the time comes, just like everybody else. Veterinary care costs a lot more for exotics...

Addressing reason #1: My experience as the human member of a multispecies family may or may not be useful to you in the future. Feel free to hit me up for info or nonjudgemental objectivity at any time. Families grow organically and develop their own cultures. If you raise your eldest right...

Like most people who have lived in a four door sedan for three months or longer, I am not overly depressed about my new-to-me minivan's gas mileage. I am, however, needing a bit of a reality check about budgeting for a valve cover gasket before looking at cute videos on YouTube and imagining...

Exactly. After reading @Matt Derrick 's thoughts on eBay, I flat out refuse to post eBay links on stp. Do as I say, not as I do. You can get the same exact crap directly from Amazon or Walmart for less money as often as not. My 50 watt panel from Six Rivers Solar cost the same as my "100...

Welcome here! You may or may not need to tone things down a tad with the natural skepticism and argumentative nature, but I hope you won't take it personally. I've never had any negative experience with moderation in this community, but I am very much aware of the fact that Matt has taken a...

I have serious insomnia, as in a "medical condition" that affects my mental health. This didn't happen overnight and I am old, so I just wanted to encourage folks to prioritize sleep hygiene. You don't want to wind up like me. Travelling helps a lot, in some ways more than 215. It seems...

If I had it to do over again, I would have shelled out the money for something like this: because I wind up plugging the single panel charger into my laptop charger more often than not. If you've got the money and space in your pack or vehicle then it might make sense to get something...

Welcome here. You are not alone, but sometimes when we lose everything, we find ourselves. Busking sure isn't what it used to be, but I hope you are able to find food/gas money in your guitar case. I'd love to jam if you wind up in Humboldt, but the local economy sucks, lol.

@Colinleath Thanks bunches! I could easily go through 70GB a month just from testing software for my own amusement and edification. I'm sure I lost all of my "cool points" now that the Pinephone Pro is out. Well that's fine for other people, but I don't need an expensive tweeker magnet in my...

I didn't learn how to drive until I was thirty. You will have to keep in mind that a lot of things that come automatically and almost naturally to others are going to require your conscious mind for awhile. And by that I mean years. As in your tolerance for alcohol and even cannabis may be...

I was babbling and couldn't figure out how to delete the whole thing. < cringe >

nm I'm interested in this project too.

Well that solves my immediate newbie issues! I doubt if anyone here still uses TracFone, but it's more or less the same only 72 to turn forwarding on and 73 to turn it off. Mint looks the most promising since it's only a three month contract and you can buy $10 worth of data if you run out...