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wow boots thats crazy. i need to have a home, i cant be bouncing around all over the place like that. i think the only reason i did what i did was because of my house situation, it sucked so it was either that or commit a crime to live in jail, and jail more than likely would be just like school. bullies all over the f-ing place, people making you there girlfriend. oh no

If I could find a cave with broadband access and a fridge full of Coke, I'd become a wild man of the woods, just to get away from people.

And if I was feeling truly adventurous, I'd do what Kane in Kung-Fu did: walk the earth, meeting people and having adventures.

I have heard of these black plastic bags you hang up that heat water with the sun that you can shower with. That gave me and idea we need to start a thread or convert this one to a thread with practical solutions for homeless living.

well, for homeless living you first have to be organized. Since you might not be pushing a shopping cart with all your 'stuff' you might have to carry it all with you. If you have a place to PUT your stuff, then you might not be homeless after all! If you are living in a tent or treehouse or what ever then you are not 'homeless' you are just living below the poverty line.

There is Urban and Rural considerations of course. Both need a bedroll and a tarp something to wrap up in when it is cold or at night and the tarp for under to keep out cold and on top to stop the dew/rain. If it is a torrential downpour, you are out of luck!

bedroll and plastic tarp

knapsack
underwear (very important - fungus and crabs/body lice are serious business!)
jeans
sweater
tee shirts
socks
Dr Bronner's liquid soap ( you can use it to brush teeth, cleanse body AND hair as well as wash out your underwear)

belly bag
flashlight
drinking cup
identification ( yeah, I know we are supposed to be free and all of that, but don't try explaining that to the cops when they roust you! current ID is necessary even if you do spend the night in the poky!)
$10000.00 in spending money so you can stay in a motel! (lol, but seriously, I knew folks that went adventuring with a ATM card with plenty of money to draw on, or their parent's phone number in their pocket. These people are considered 'posers' among actual homeless people and they should not feel shocked when they are forced at knifepoint to empty their ATM daily allottment or rolled for what ever money they have already withdrawn. If you DO have money, hollow out your heel of your shoe and stash it there, then wear your shoes. Really.
that legend of a 'brotherhood of the road' is just that. . a legend.


feel free to add anything

Merle

ID is very important, yer a target for the police if you look homeless. i didnt wear any underware though when i was homeless, i was already so dirty and didnt do any laundy. so more clothes wouldnt make sence. i carried around a couple of knives for protection and a can of pepper spray. i also had a cot that i carried, (for good sleeping) and a wilderness type backpack. rope is also important and so is tarps (keeps the rain out)

heres the packpack i used on my drifting days

After college I wanted to build a submarine and just head off to sea and spend the rest of my life as an undersea vagabond; too many logistical things I couldn't work out though, so the plan never went very far.

Have fun with that one, Kerouac (please tell me that you get this reference). My friend Clifton Roy wrote a song about it, and one of the verse is
"So you say you've read Kerouac's books,
and you want to ride he did,
free on the flatbed trucks,
Well, with a bottle of wine,
it's a hell of a time,
But I regret to inform you,
It's not as fun as it looks"

Keep that in mind.

I guess the word day DAYDREAM should have been given more emphasis before

Politics (no I did not get the Kerouac reference, but I did look it up on wiki), trying to be like Kerouac, and having fun wasn't even in the picture

I regret ever starting this thread