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Gas jugging is panhandling for gas. You go to a busy station, a gas jug in hand, and ask people to give you gas. It's pretty demeaning if you're sensitive to that kind of thing, and it's living off of the system in its purest form, but that doesn't mean it's not a great way to get around! Most...

I think people are getting too loose of a definition of trolling. It used to be reserved for very specific, very annoying behavior, and now when someone says something you don't like in a way you don't like, they're trolling? I may or may not agree with anyone in this thread, including the...

I'm looking forward to travelling to Europe... I would like to see such things for myself. Until then, I can't begin to fathom why American squatters are so different. Maybe it comes down to cultural history? The American zeitgeist certainly differs from that of European countries.

Well seeing as my views on the matter, while I feel strongly about them, have developed only the past couple of years, I figure the government knows pretty much everything about me and my childhood by this point. Besides, you think that the "Gov't watched information mining technology"...

Wow! It looks so gorgeous! If you can find a clean, reliable source of water then you should be golden. :) If I were in Europe I would be heading for Spain as we speak... if you are serious about this then I'm sure you will still need help once I do make it across the Atlantic, and I would be...

I'm from a lower-middle class family. We were never very well-off. I got free and reduced school lunches, and when I got accepted to a very good and very expensive college, the college paid for the majority of my tuition, room and board. It was really interesting to attend a borderline-Ivy...

I think it is important for people to continually question whether they are living according to their stated values. When people come along and make threads like this, it serves as a reminder to check where you stand. It could have been done a little less aggressively, which explains the various...

Hehe that would sure be interesting! I don't know how many actual Rainbow folk you'd get, though, tree-huggers and all that. ;) It would end up being a Drainbow gathering for sure, and people would be getting killed and mugged left and right more like...

Hell, work security somewhere if you've got that physique. Make some cayash ;) Use what you've got and lament not your disadvantages, haha.

Welcome to the community! I think it's really great that you're giving back to the services for the homeless by volunteering, and dumpstering food to donate. I plan to do the same when I hit the road on August 2nd. I'm also a craftswoman though so I have to balance philanthropy with art-making...

I'll try to make this gathering. I'm going to be in that area at the time so there's no excuse not to go!

No problem, best of luck. :)

Pretty good resources for this on google. I found a video of a guy who made his own bump key and then shows you how to bump the lock. It's very simple. I don't have the link at my disposal but it was literally like "how to make bump key" in google.

Leftism and rightism are irrelevant to someone who embraces pure "anarchism". I'm not being purist or elitist by saying that, just stating a fact. Everyone has a right to live their life freely, without coercion, so long as they do not restrict the freedoms of others through coercion. That's the...

There's a lot of info on this site in old threads; the DIY section, what to pack thread, and googling tips and tricks can help to acquire some theoretical knowledge. Nothing beats practical experience though, so once you have enough info to survive on your own you should hit the road, with a...

Woo hoo! Count me in!

Of course you can have an opinion about someone else's name.. it's pretty much impossible not to. :p I was talking about the generalisation "it's stupid to give yourself a nickname", which they are also entitled to. Kinda wanted to put it out there so people reading the thread realized that not...

Eh, I don't see a reason to hate on people who choose their own nicknames. I prefer when nicknames have a history and a story, whether it be given to you or chosen yourself, but I also think that there is something to the theory of sound influencing the energy around us (think of mindfulness and...

Pfft, fuck gen ed, isn't that high school 2.0? If he decides he wants to go back to school after he travels a bit, he'll manifest the money somehow, by getting into a good school that gives financial aid, or winning scholarships or something. I firmly believe that if you read frequently and live...

I'd say GW had some sociopathic tendencies...

That was a really interesting article you posted! It makes me rather wish that McCain had gotten elected, because at least people would be less divided over arbitrary lines... it's amazing how short-term the public memory can be. You don't have to understand economics to understand that all the...

My inclination would be to say that college and hitch-type travelling are not entirely compatible.. I just finished sophomore year of college, and I'm taking a few years off to travel and figure things out. I wouldn't dream of trying to do them both; you will just half-ass both college and...

Cheyene, if you want anyone to take your walls of text seriously, you should break them down into paragraphs and expound on your opinionated statements instead of just stating them simply and leaving it at that. Now I'm not pro-Obama, I'm not against him either, but I am anti-ignorance, and...

Well.. I recommend not staying in downtown, you're gonna have to compete with homebums for sleeping spots. South side pittsburgh is where I found semi-chill people, but stay away from the train tracks there because that's where "they'll crack open your skull for a five dollar bill" according to...

My recommendation would be to get a job or do odd jobs until you save up enough money to afford an airline that will take animals. I lived in Panama City for about 6 months and I tell you what, the Panama-Colombia border is an insanely violent and dangerous area. The Australian government...

Yeah that Creole sounds like it'll be fun and rewarding to learn! I can't advise you on free island hopping, but I know that ferries on popular routes are often inexpensive, and I bet if you look clean and straightedge you can solicit yachters who are going from island to island. Marinas are all...

Ooh jealous! I want to go back to the Caribbean so much! That's really awesome. And teaching permaculture, too. Sick. Aside from admiring and excited noises and slang phrases, I don't have much to offer you when it comes to Haiti though. xP I lived in the USVI for a time... just a hop skip and a...

Hi, welcome to the boards! There are some international travellers here, but it's mostly US-related stuff. I myself will be heading to California soon, but I've got dreams of Europe as well. ;) This forum is a good place to meet some cool people; if you do a lot of reading of old posts you can...

My favorite/least favorite maybe? is the one: "I have no desire to do anything ever". The first sentence made me almost choke I laughed so suddenly: "I hit the road when i was seventeen, after a book I read called Evasion." A few of those kids are alright but I agree with Oddity on this one...

My two cents, having learned this the hard way as you have: NEVER spend time with anyone 24-7, especially a romantic partner. The majority of people in this society at least, will cheat on people, that's statistics speaking... and absence does make the heart grow fonder. No matter how much I...

To learn as much as you can and be great medicine! Spread love and goodness. :)

Dude, get out on the road and meet new people. Heal yourself. You're only 22. Want to stop suffering? Stop drowning in your pain and go somewhere where you're happy, where you can find people who know how to manifest a good life... learn to play an instrument or speak a foreign language, leave...

I recommend that you check out the USVI while you're in Puerto Rico. Maybe even island-hop all winter. :) But the USVI and BVI are gorgeous, tons of tourists if ya wanna sell your stuff, and St. John is 2/3rds national park, filled with coconut palms and beautiful undeveloped landscape. St...

Hahaha, I bet all those workers got a huge kick out of that honestly! They were probably bored as fuck.

I was disappointed too to see all the crimes committed against travelling kids (especially the hippie types.) Lot of shwilly types and ghetto criminals run around taking from the poor instead of the rich. When I was in Berkeley the nicest street sister got all her freshly-grown-and-harvested bud...

This was possibly the funniest thing that I've ever personally witnessed/experienced, and a highlight of my California wanderings. It was early June, right before the Shoreline Amphitheater's Furthur Show, to which I was headed with a large quantity of hippies and dogs, all of us packed into a...

This sounds really awesome. If I had the time I would be down, but I'm back at school now and will be here until I go to Russia basically. Best of luck with your endeavors! You've got some beautiful land and it will be great to have a self-sufficient farm on it. :) Keep us updated on progress eh?

So my travel plans have just been fucked with in so many ways, no big deal -- I am now headed for the west coast! Anyone in the bay area wanna kick it? I'll be in town from tomorrow afternoon to about June 10th. I don't do hard drugs but I enjoy social drinking and good weed, and straightedge...

Coolio. I'm heading north pretty quick because I have to be back on campus for summer school by June 16th. ^^;

Right on. I can't stay too long on my way south, lookin for a concert in charleston on may 27th. But if I do come through Asheville I'll definitely look up the brown house. :)

Hey there Alex! I may swing by Asheville on my way south in the next week. If I do I'll letcha know and we should chill. I'd like to meet your dog, she sounds like a sweetie!

Yuck. Somebody doesn't understand the basic process of digestion. xP

Definitely check out Burlington, it's a chill city on Lake Champlain. Middlebury is pretty cool as college towns go; the dining halls are pretty easy to sneak into if you're young, just don't show up lookin' crust as fuck and you should be fine haha. And the scenery in northwestern vermont is...

Whether or not the enthusiasm is a product of quagRZ's crimethinc cherry getting popped, is irrelevant. Sparkling, idealistic enthusiasm beats pessimistic apathy, or buying into this fucked-up system. Even if I were stuck listening to kids going on about the need to change the world order, it...

Haha yes, don't worry, I always do my own research. I'm more interested in having someone for company and practical experience, not someone to explain every basic detail or piece of knowledge. There's only so much you can learn from books and the rest has to be personal experience.

I'm aiming to be in Charleston, SC for a Dead Confederate concert on May 27th. Heading out from Middlebury, VT around May 13th, maybe a few days earlier, and hoping to meet up with some others headed south either in Albany or some other city on the way. Anyone in my area? :)

I'm a Russian major, but Polish has a different alphabet haha. I don't know if I could be any help to you. Let me know what you think though!

Hi everyone. I've been lurking here for a few days -- I found the forum when I was searching for tips on concealing long-term wilderness squats. Seems like there are some pretty chill people, no shortage of decent advice and beautiful or at least amusing stories on here. I'm an only child from...