Search results | Squat the Planet

Search results

  1. Doobie_D

    Anyone know how to skin a raccoon?

    Damn.. Wish Ida known about the possible dangers of consuming raccoon meat... A few years ago a raccoon was messing around in my baby food forest and my puppers took it down with the quickness but didn't put it all the way out. I finished the deed with a 1800's Era, double headed axe that...
  2. Doobie_D

    Featured STP memes

    One more
  3. Doobie_D

    Featured STP memes

    One I made awhile back
  4. Doobie_D

    bike trip through florida next month

    I'd be down to hang if your going down the coast. I'm in Ormond beach /Holly Hill. I might even ride a ways south with you if work isn't to crazy by that time. I'm not sure about the Jacksonville to St Augustine leg but from St Augustine to Ormond (on Hwy 1) they recently put in a sidewalk...
  5. Doobie_D

    Featured A story about a band.

    Hahah.. Yeah. That place was not unlike a parallel universe compared to the rest of the world. We weren't so much rivals as we were the best skaters of our respective towns. So when we finally met we had to have an epic game of skate. Hahah. But the high school for the whole county was...
  6. Doobie_D

    Houston tx to ft worth.

    This week in: "showcase of what not to do on a train.. Much less brag about." Rookie move indeed
  7. Doobie_D

    Featured A story about a band.

    Haha.. I shoulda just stuck with the 90s but those other decades were pretty great too I've heard.. For California. I grew up in the 90s too.. But where I lived didn't have anything but cornfields and angry rednecks.. The only other punks lived in other towns.. There was about 6 of us in the...
  8. Doobie_D

    Featured A story about a band.

    This is awesome. California in the 50's-90s must have been a great place to grow up.
  9. Doobie_D

    Creating a new hobby of storytelling

    Nice. I've always wanted to write a futuristic, dystopian, freight tale of fiction.. Ala Mad Max style. But I'm definitely no writer. I'll have to give this a listen when I get the time.
  10. Doobie_D

    Zvijer, my first fight against the metallic leviathan.

    Excellent story. You've certainly got some writing skillzzzzz
  11. Doobie_D

    Photos My Second Catch Out (NJ/NY)

    Awesome pictures and story. The "sunset at the Catchout" picture is especially bad ass. That ride up the Hudson is definitely one of the prettiest river runs on the east coast. My first time rolling into Selkirk had us pulled way up into receiving. Walked a few miles towards Steward's and...
  12. Doobie_D

    Featured STP memes

  13. Doobie_D

    Featured STP memes

    I made this one awhile ago in response to a popular Engineer Lupo phrase
  14. Doobie_D

    Internet in squats.

    NEVER!
  15. Doobie_D

    Internet in squats.

    I'm currently in this boat. I have an unlocked public Wi-Fi connection across the street. I got a Linksys extender. For some reason, despite showing the public Wi-Fi on the wireless setup it won't let me connect to it. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with doing this and if they have...
  16. Doobie_D

    Easy hop turns humiliating

    Great write up. Shitty times are always no fun when they are happening but always make great stories later on.
  17. Doobie_D

    Bluetooth Your Scanner

    Figured I would update this thread because having wireless scanner capabilities is fucking awesome. Also rest in peace T-Bone. He had some great stories. And was a cool person. So a few weeks ago I was looking to do this to my old ass radio shack scanner. The original CARDO BTAII transmitter...
  18. Doobie_D

    What’s it like dating on the road?

    Me personally.. I met my wife on the road back in 2003 in the emerald triangle. She was squatting some old, defunct southern pacific passenger cars and I happened to go back there with her and some friends drinking one night. One thing led to another and we started hitching together..then we...
  19. Doobie_D

    Redding CA to Albany OR

    Your welcome. One of the last times I hitched that area it was July.. 107 degrees in Redding and there was a gaggle of homebum looking old men with a ridiculous amount of gear that sat on the exit for 3 and a half days. First thier sign said "Portland.. Then they switched it to "the North Pole...
  20. Doobie_D

    Redding CA to Albany OR

    In my experience (years ago..but I doubt its changed) hitchhiking out of Redding is fairly tough. Also in California it's illegal to walk or be on the highway so it makes it harder. My advice would be to hit the exit at the far north end of town and have a sign saying Oregon. I would turn...
  21. Doobie_D

    Thoughts on florida

    I suppose now that I'm a card carrying resident of deaths waiting room I should list my pros and cons. Cons : The crack of the east coast.. it seems like all the worst, rich, old , Yankees from up north comprise about 60% of the state. Extreme summer heat and humidity lots of creepy...
  22. Doobie_D

    Featured We out here on the STP senior tour! Keddie > KFalls > Dunsmuir > Roseville

    hell yeah old man tour! Too bad y'all didn't have any slingshots or slings with you on that sweet taconite ride. They are the best ammo ever. Personally.. I would have loved to see some interbrutal empty auto rack pics tho
  23. Doobie_D

    Gardening / Housebitchin' advice.

    I'm more or less in the same boat. I decided to settle down after a decade and a half on the road and lucked into a half acre of property that I've set out to turn into a food forest. Unfortunately we probably are as far away planting zone wise as possible. I'm guessing your in zone 2-4...
  24. Doobie_D

    Mushrooms - Magic and otherwise

    Assuming your in Seattle like your avatar says I would start by trying to contact the Puget sound mycological society : http://www.psms.org/index.php Try to hookup with them for a mushroom walk. Or maybe check out their annual mushroom show. To get a firsthand look at some edible species in...
  25. Doobie_D

    dumb traveler names

    Im probably gonna..
  26. Doobie_D

    dumb traveler names

    Oh..none taken..im not a fan of the name either..id long ago thought of switching to "the slack action hero" but nobody gave me that name..
  27. Doobie_D

    Road worthy E-readers

    Awesome. Thanks. I was leaning towards a kobo or a nook. But there is alot of information to sift through with some reviews being contradictory.
  28. Doobie_D

    Road worthy E-readers

    I can't believe there isn't a thread on this already. Being as books are heavy and there isn't always an easy or cheap way to swap them out on the road I've finally gotten hip to the idea or rolling with an E-reader. I've seen folks selling them on here but there has never been a review on...
  29. Doobie_D

    Solar cellphone/camera chargers

    I have a BLKBOX solar charger as well. I couple mine with a 12,000-some MaH Anker battery bank. I just charge my battery bank via the hanging panels while I'm chilling or walking. Then charge my phone off of the bank.! Fits my needs... Currently.
  30. Doobie_D

    MARK NICHOLS AKA HOBO SHOESTRING HAS GONE MISSING

    Sadly the "John" they are referring to is "kool breeze" aka crazy cooter, aka John burns, aka etc. Dude is a piece. But fingers are crossed for mark to be safe.
  31. Doobie_D

    scanner info. ARA channels

    Definitely. A well made and tuned antenna makes a huge difference is reception
  32. Doobie_D

    Petition for an investigation into rvon's death

    Jeremy would probably be taken a bit more serious if he kept "dumpsta love" out of his signatures in his letters to the officials
  33. Doobie_D

    scanner info. ARA channels

    I have a 200 channel NASCAR scanner with 10 banks of 20. I use 96 channels (roughly 5 banks) for the railroad and then keep the others open for town specific channels. Like if I'm riding Roseville to Ogden I'll program only the dispatch, road channels, and police mutual aid etc channels into...
  34. Doobie_D

    SPIKE. THE. DOOR.

    This reminds me of a story I heard from two guys I rode with back in 2005. They were on their way to B.C. From Everett. They got in a big ol CN plug door and highballed all the way to Blaine. Once at the border there was a worker checking all the cars one by one. They decided to hunker down...
  35. Doobie_D

    Camp Cactus- Florida is Weird.

    Those opuntia species cacti grow really fast and the conditions in FL are perfect for them. I don't.think they purposely planted them to deter homeless folks.
  36. Doobie_D

    Featured Stupid things the cops have said to you?

    Yeah I.feel ya.. had that shit happen many times and I prefer to push it out of my mind.. I feel stupid every time.. but when they roll up on me I'm generally quick on the draw and have.my ID out before I ever exchange words with them. They tend to laugh and treat me with respect (as they...
  37. Doobie_D

    Skanks: Train-Core ranking system or Traveler identifier?

    I keep two bandanas in my back pocket. Very handy scraps of cloth. I'd say 80% of the people I've met.that wear them cool guy style tend to not be my kind of folks.
  38. Doobie_D

    Learning the mandolin

    tuning wise
  39. Doobie_D

    The Bag Poop (responsibly pooping in an irresposible, toiletless world)

    Bwahhh.. sounds like a premise for a sweet hobo style scheiße (shy-za) porn. I hope I never catch a grainer on the fly that has a fine splattering of mmmmmmmshit
  40. Doobie_D

    News & Blogs Cops dressing up as homeless ...Hobocop??? Really

    Thats fucked up. If I saw someone flying a "high hopes" sign I'd most likely kick them down a bud... In this case I would most likely be arrested for my generosity.
  41. Doobie_D

    Learning the mandolin

    Whatever you purchase make sure the shop you get it from does a proper setup. A lot of times when shops buy mandos (especially the cheapo ones) from the factory the intonation is off due to bridge misplacement or the action is too high because of bridge height. Most good shops will do a full...
  42. Doobie_D

    Should I bring my iPhone?

    Douchebags get their hands on them all the time.. hell the drop in center in minne was handing the 06 out to any Ol body
  43. Doobie_D

    New product called Never-Wet will change the way we look at materials and their resistance to water

    Exactly ^ Thats what im resorting to as far as my old ass pack waterproof system goes. Contractor bag all the way! Im just glad i didnt drop the 20 on that shit.. Fuckin info-mericals!! I remember back in the early 90's they had a info-mercial for "touchless" car wash shit that they showed a...
  44. Doobie_D

    Should i use a camelback to carry water?

    The Platypus out shines a camel back any day in my opinion. Ive had mine for over 3 years (the 3 liter one). Ive abused the shit out of it and its still hole free, ive left it empty but wet for weeks on end and it never molds or mildews for some reason, and it doesnt make your water taste like...
  45. Doobie_D

    New product called Never-Wet will change the way we look at materials and their resistance to water

    damn it!! as the wet Nw weather starts cranking up again i was hoping to utilize this stuff... but apparently it was all sensational lies. aside from reading multiple bad reviews from homedepot there are mulTiple long winded reviews out there. i was gonna post one but this shit wont let me paste!
  46. Doobie_D

    Hitching Danger: Stay out of Southern Kentucky

    It aint just So. Kentucky... its could happen anywhere... such is the plight of hitchin folk. Ive had quite a few crazy experiences myself and im tellin ya.. its a gamble no matter where you are. Certain areas do have more "fucked locals" but the whole world had fucked drivers that like to mess...
  47. Doobie_D

    My (and doobie d's) first train ride.......

    We are from Kent co.
  48. Doobie_D

    News & Blogs Kid gets nailed for selling fake drugs

    Regardless I think its pretty cool that you go down for selling fake drugs. If anything the penalties should be a.thousand times more severe.
  49. Doobie_D

    Almost morel season

    Almost my ass!!! Found these guys about a week and a half ago... One of the reasons I choose Oregon as place to temporary settle