Killing time on the road

WanderLost Radical

WanderLost Radical

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When waiting for a train, or a ride, or just on rainy days or whenever, time can be long on the road.
What do you guys do to keep yourself busy and kill time?
 
When travelling, the day is far longer than when housed up. I "killed time" by doing those everyday things we normally do. I was careful to pace myself to not free up too much time. Any extra time (aside from resting) was spent cleaning my body, meditating and enjoying nothing more than the wait. I would sometimes contemplate the near past and the near future, but wouldn't spend much time there.

I could stare at an ant for several minutes...something I wouldn't consider when housed up.

Oooh...look at that bird.

Feel the breeze on your cheek.

Watch the tall grass wave to and fro...but not so long that it turns brown and snow begins to fall.

This is a good time to develop patience.
 
Carl Wander said:
I've heard about book exchange stations... are they common?
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oh I don't know, I've not heard of books exchange stations. I usually get my books from friends or charity shops (thrift stores) and then pass them along to friends or back to charity shops when I'm done. i'm a pretty slow reader so I don't really need to carry a library around with me :rolleyes: Oh I do sometimes get free books from the library that you can keep because they are taking out of circulation because they're old tatty copies.
 
7xMichael said:
When travelling, the day is far longer than when housed up. I "killed time" by doing those everyday things we normally do. I was careful to pace myself to not free up too much time. Any extra time (aside from resting) was spent cleaning my body, meditating and enjoying nothing more than the wait. I would sometimes contemplate the near past and the near future, but wouldn't spend much time there.

I could stare at an ant for several minutes...something I wouldn't consider when housed up.

Oooh...look at that bird.

Feel the breeze on your cheek.

Watch the tall grass wave to and fro...but not so long that it turns brown and snow begins to fall.

This is a good time to develop patience.
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Oh man, staying alone with my own mind is a terrible thing to inflict myself

Whick is why I wanna know the best ways to kill time. I might get myself an harmonica before leaving
 
7xMichael said:
I could stare at an ant for several minutes...something I wouldn't consider when housed up.

Oooh...look at that bird.

Feel the breeze on your cheek.

Watch the tall grass wave to and fro...but not so long that it turns brown and snow begins to fall.

This is a good time to develop patience.
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Very Zen stuff... I like it.

A favorite pastime of mine on nice days is laying in grass and cloud watching.
As a matter of fact... this might make you look a bit sketch but if you bring a pair of binoculars or a telescoping telescope you can watch the skies and animals and all of the out doors.
 
drink beer, roll smokes for the train, shoot dice, make food, find a book everyone finds interesting and read aloud passing the book every couple pages or so, play Gameboy, look at porn, make music or carry a small speaker or handheld radio at the least for tunes, masturbate, have sex, fix clothes/gear, tell stories, give tattoos, feed your dog, call your mom, change your socks, masturbate.....and that's about all there is to the shrimpin business.....
 
Carl Wander said:
Oh man, staying alone with my own mind is a terrible thing to inflict myself
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Nothing terrible, just another place to explore.

Alone time is not for everybody.

The prison system figured this out long ago and keeps some people solitary to fix them when locked up.
 
7xMichael said:
Nothing terrible, just another place to explore.

Alone time is not for everybody.

The prison system figured this out long ago and keeps some people solitary to fix them when locked up.
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Oh, i'm a big fan of alone time. Being around people too long just drains me out. But I need to keep myself distracted at all time or I start overthinking and it just swirls up to a paranoia and depression delirium
 
Carl Wander said:
Oh, i'm a big fan of alone time. Being around people too long just drains me out. But I need to keep myself distracted at all time or I start overthinking and it just swirls up to a paranoia and depression delirium
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I just remember that much of the time I spent on the road was alone. Being around too many people or too much conversation wears me out as well.

Have you ever played sodoku?

I haven't, but a person can get plenty of distraction right there, on the cheap.
 
Carl Wander said:
Oh, i'm a big fan of alone time. Being around people too long just drains me out. But I need to keep myself distracted at all time or I start overthinking and it just swirls up to a paranoia and depression delirium
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Ha I'm like that if I start thinking I like drawing even though I'm terrible at it, reading and fixing stuff really neat. If you be a real perfectionist about sewing it can take ages.
 
Roll cigarettes. Even if you don't smoke, you can trade them for a ton of shit, and it is art to roll a perfect...delectable stogue. Nom.

Reading is great, but I like writing even better. Even a daily journal sucks up time and some might call it therapeutic.

Check 'em trash cans!! There's gold in them thar bins! Just watch out for dirty rigs razors and other sharps.

If you're in an urban/suburban area take a nice walk with a trash bag and collect and squash aluminum cans. Scrap prices are down in my area but food grade aluminum is still fifty cents a pound. Make sure you know the hours of the scrap yard you're taking them to! Same goes for insulated copper wire. Free beer for recycling !

If in a rural environment and hunkered down, try to build the nicest shelter you can! Not only can you use it but who knows how long it might be around for someone else to use too! Also it might be there when ya come back and you get to hone your skills. I wonder how many lean-To's I've left under overpasses or in the woods in my life so far...

Do whatever you want. Yer free!
 
dirty andy said:
Roll cigarettes. Even if you don't smoke, you can trade them for a ton of shit, and it is art to roll a perfect...delectable stogue. Nom.

Reading is great, but I like writing even better. Even a daily journal sucks up time and some might call it therapeutic.

Check 'em trash cans!! There's gold in them thar bins! Just watch out for dirty rigs razors and other sharps.

If you're in an urban/suburban area take a nice walk with a trash bag and collect and squash aluminum cans. Scrap prices are down in my area but food grade aluminum is still fifty cents a pound. Make sure you know the hours of the scrap yard you're taking them to! Same goes for insulated copper wire. Free beer for recycling !

If in a rural environment and hunkered down, try to build the nicest shelter you can! Not only can you use it but who knows how long it might be around for someone else to use too! Also it might be there when ya come back and you get to hone your skills. I wonder how many lean-To's I've left under overpasses or in the woods in my life so far...

Do whatever you want. Yer free!
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Love the idea!!! :O Clean the earth, get drunk!!
 
I always have a guitar with me, so I mostly drink beer and play music. maybe wittle a pipe out of a piece of wood. build shit in the woods like lean-tos. or when all else fails, like others have mentioned - spending some quality time with my cock and balls
 
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.
 
I totally forgot about my new favourite pastime, its probably really lame sounding to most but I have got really into colouring in books. You can get them for adults and I got me some sharpies and I can waste hours on it. I find it really calming and some of the books have amazing pictures in them.

I find I have to have things to do that don't use electricity as I am living on solar power in my van and my battery is on its last legs so I can't waste a load on entertainment purposes at the moment.
 
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