Want a cheap stay in Hawaii? Take a pup tent and a light sleeping bag. You can stay on the beach and live like the homeless. There’s showers with hot water and they feed everyone breakfast and supper free. Down side is the crazy people may not be happy you’re there, just keep a baseball bat handy.
I just saw an interesting bit on where the word “Hobo” came from. After the Civil War, many men, having no home to go back to and looking for difficult to find work, hit the roads and railways. It means “Homeward Bound”…
Author/journalist Christopher Buckley (yes, that one) spent some time in his youth working on tramp steamers, and wrote a (non-fiction) book about it, “Steaming to Bamboola” (that’s how one of his shipmates pronounced “Bermuda”). It could be grueling work, but it was as “romantic” as you might imagine. I read it when I was about 16, and this Midwestern boy who had never seen the ocean heard the “Call of the Sea” loud and clear…
I know someone who took a freighter to Hawaii. He asked the captain whether or not he was allowed to ride his motorcycle on the deck. The captain asked why. He responded that he wanted to ride his motorcycle to all 50 states. The captain said that was fine but not to expect the ship to stop and pick him up if he fell off.
gopher gofer about 3 years ago
when he went through immigration did they give him a tramp stamp…?
uniquename about 3 years ago
He’s lucky he found one going to Hawaii.
Baba Yaga Premium Member about 3 years ago
Want a cheap stay in Hawaii? Take a pup tent and a light sleeping bag. You can stay on the beach and live like the homeless. There’s showers with hot water and they feed everyone breakfast and supper free. Down side is the crazy people may not be happy you’re there, just keep a baseball bat handy.
gammaguy about 3 years ago
I know about steamed clams, but steamed tramps?
ChessPirate about 3 years ago
I just saw an interesting bit on where the word “Hobo” came from. After the Civil War, many men, having no home to go back to and looking for difficult to find work, hit the roads and railways. It means “Homeward Bound”…
scaeva Premium Member about 3 years ago
Rimshot …
schaefer jim about 3 years ago
Well played tramp!
fritzoid Premium Member about 3 years ago
Author/journalist Christopher Buckley (yes, that one) spent some time in his youth working on tramp steamers, and wrote a (non-fiction) book about it, “Steaming to Bamboola” (that’s how one of his shipmates pronounced “Bermuda”). It could be grueling work, but it was as “romantic” as you might imagine. I read it when I was about 16, and this Midwestern boy who had never seen the ocean heard the “Call of the Sea” loud and clear…
j4m35 about 3 years ago
I know someone who took a freighter to Hawaii. He asked the captain whether or not he was allowed to ride his motorcycle on the deck. The captain asked why. He responded that he wanted to ride his motorcycle to all 50 states. The captain said that was fine but not to expect the ship to stop and pick him up if he fell off.