fuck those wankers....... 20 yrs ago there was maybe 10 or 20 punks on the rails in all of north america, old-school riders didn't accept them and looked at them wierd, now you have people with almost no history being all weaksauce.... blow me.
the problem is nowadays there are very few old-skoolers riding, a lot of people are just doing it cause its's the 'punk thang to do', i tell ya one thing from riding 4-seasons on and off, you will never find these people ridin in the winter they are afraid of the cold in their carharrt overalls and septum rings, not dissing either of tjose of those things but, japhy man my advice is walk around w/ plenty of self confidence,a large can of pepper spray and let these punker-than-thou dicks go fuck themselves.
No worries!
Well put! I'd sure like to see some of these fucksticks show up at say the old Big Mike's in Pasco or the old H&H in Vancrazy, 'eh?!
And I'll add a bit more here: if you're wanting to RIDE, then polish up a bit on the culture of the RIDING! In 18+ yrs of riding, I can count on my hands the greenhorns I took with me. The general motivating factor? Common sense. I have VERY little tolerance for ignorance! Now, I don't mean you need to be well read or went to some fuckstick Ivy League School. I'm talking about you know when to speak and when to shut the fuck up. You apply mistakes as lessons. You hold your booze well enough that you don't cause a fucking scene. If you write checks with your mouth, your ass covers them.
You see, today, there's no ACCOUNTABILITY! Fuckstick w/a big mouth comes off a train and stirs up shit in a given area WHILE bragging about riding trains and the heat comes down like a wave of Louisiana humidity AND IT FUCKING STAYS! 10 years ago, that didn't happen. Why? Because we policed ourselves. Oh, sure, you got the, "Well, fuck we'll curb check someone if they get out of line... .", but curb checking was just the beginning 10 years ago!
Some advice coming from an old timer here: Learn etiquette as it applies to life and death matters; don't roll up in a camp w/o announcing in advance; don't hang w/any crowd other than tried and true of your OWN community --- let me belabor this a bit, don't come rolling up in a REAL FTRA camp if you're NOT FTRA ---don't hold back on your money when a circle is cut in the ground (you'll learn what this is soon enough); don't watch others haul stuff for camp (food, booze, firewood, water, etc.), get involved or get gone; don't run your mouth about others UNLESS you can beat their ass (this is as the one you run your mouth on can and generally WILL hunt you down); and lastly, although this list DOESN'T cover everything, do your first year or so A-FUCKING-LONE! If you can't live/make it by yourself, you become a liability to those you are around. I can't speak to the punk community as I am not a punker, I can speak for the organized riders, though, and they will all probably say that I am being pretty civil.
With that said, it's not rocket science. You wanna hang out w/a clique, you better lock step in compliance. If not, the rails are probably for you! Good Hunting!
