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On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:27:41 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> wrote:



> Anyway, I used to travel a lot - driving and hitch-hiking - and
>I'm thinking about a trip to J'Ville to see my brother and also one to
>NYC to see my sister, and I think I'm going to hitch hike both times.
>Last time I hitched was about 13 years ago, to PA from NC, then a week
>later, back the other way.
>
> It's incredible the people who think they know things because
>they hear them. "Oh, it's scary, hitch-hiking today - nobody will
>pick you up." Really? Maybe if you cut giant scars into your face
>along with a nose ring and a vest made of chains with no shirt beneath
>it revealing a hairy mass with a very loud tattoo below it reading, "I
>hate people!"
>
> But believe me, they still stop. Oh there are period where you
>think you'll never get out of where you're at - that you might just
>die there - then out of nowhere someone stops, sometimes even when
>your thumb isn't out. Everyone has a reason for stopping,


Hitching used to be a common method of transportation. We did it a
lot when I was in high school in the early 60s. I bet it is no more
than once a year that I see someone now.

I've pick up hitchhikes in the past, but these day, I've not.