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Boris
01-02-2005, 10:29 PM
The first one was semi-crazy. He was about 65 and kept rambling on and on about how he is in the process of suing the supreme court. He said the Nuremburg trial guaranteed his right to due process. He even had a list that he claimed were court cases to back up his claim. It was not clear what he was suing for. It was his lucky day as I gave him a ride all the way from Bend, OR to Spokane, WA. He was annoying so I kept the conversation to a minimum.

The second hitcher was a boat person from Vietnam. I picked him up in Missoula, MT and gave him a short ride to Superior. This guy was actually kind of interesting. He knew alot of stuff about evolution and the environment. He would use words like "biome", which most native speakers don't use much less a vietnamese boat person. He had hitched all over the US and Mexico. He was looking for a jungle type place where he could hunt and live off the land.

The third guy I picked up in Reno and gave him a ride to Sacramento. Just like the first hitcher I dropped him off at the bus station. This guy was a Native American kid from Hoopla, CA. He had gone to Reno with some friends but got split up after getting in a fight. He was slogging through 3 feet of snow on I-80 so I didn't have the heart to leave him there.

ThaSaltCracka
01-02-2005, 10:32 PM
you pick up hitch hikers?

Boris
01-02-2005, 10:33 PM
Why not?

BottlesOf
01-02-2005, 10:34 PM
I'd say picking up hitchikers increases your chances of getting man-raped significantly.

ThaSaltCracka
01-02-2005, 10:34 PM
I dunno, perhaps the potential to pick up some pyscho?

kerssens
01-02-2005, 10:35 PM
Picking up hitchhikers is such a lame ass thing to do.

Leo99
01-02-2005, 10:37 PM
He did pick up some psycho. I'm still waiting for the hot going all the way hitchhiker stories....

Boris
01-02-2005, 10:37 PM
Dude I drive an SUV so it would be even more lame ass to not give some one a hand when it costs me very little.

ThaSaltCracka
01-02-2005, 10:38 PM
well hey bro, you can do whatever you want, I wouldn't pick one of them up though.

GuyOnTilt
01-02-2005, 10:44 PM
well hey bro, you can do whatever you want, I wouldn't pick one of them up though.

I've never picked up a hitchhiker, but I always have stopped when I see someone blow a tire to overheat or whatever. One time I ended up giving a guy a ride after he got a flat and didn't have a spare.

GoT

dr. klopek
01-02-2005, 10:57 PM
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well hey bro, you can do whatever you want, I wouldn't pick one of them up though.

I've never picked up a hitchhiker, but I always have stopped when I see someone blow a tire to overheat or whatever. One time I ended up giving a guy a ride after he got a flat and didn't have a spare.

GoT

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Dude, what's the news on your canonization?

Michael Emery
01-02-2005, 10:58 PM
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well hey bro, you can do whatever you want, I wouldn't pick one of them up though.




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Your picture as your avatar says it all.

Mike

Leo99
01-02-2005, 11:04 PM
LOL. Even tho it took me a minute to get it.

Boris
01-02-2005, 11:05 PM
Why do you say that? Are you a hitch hiker?

Ed I
01-02-2005, 11:06 PM
Boris, you are braver than I am. I quit picking up hitchikers in the mid 80s, except in Nat. parks or a fisherman. I did a lot of hitching in the 60s, 70s and early 80s. Only a few scary rides. I hope you got some good fishing info from the guy from Hoopa. Great steelhead fishing in the area. I once had to hitch from Reno to Eureka CA after I lost all my money in Reno. I even cashed in my bus ticket and lost that. I think it took me 30 hrs. No money no food. I'm glad that now finally I'm living like a mature adult. At least I pretend to.

BottlesOf
01-02-2005, 11:10 PM
1. Because I feel it is true.

2. Based on 1., what do you think?

Boris
01-02-2005, 11:13 PM
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2. Based on 1., what do you think?

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I think you must go hitch hiking when you want a piece of ass. Now I know to be more careful.

BottlesOf
01-02-2005, 11:16 PM
Nice one.

Let's hope you don't get sliced up on one of your future sojourns.

private joker
01-03-2005, 12:40 AM
The only time I ever stopped for hitchhikers was in Alaska last summer when I was traveling for work, driving along in a rental car, and saw two nubile 20-something chicks with backpacks and outstretched thumbs.

I pulled over and they got in -- vacationing Czech girls on their way to the Anchorage airport. I'd been to the Czech Republic so we had sh|t to talk about, but amazingly it did not turn into a porn movie. I dropped them off at the airport and said goodbye, and they thanked me for the ride.

ThaSaltCracka
01-03-2005, 12:53 AM
the ending of your story makes me cry on the inside.

MMMMMM
01-03-2005, 02:01 AM
I used to give some of them rides years ago, but I haven't seen any in a while. The last few I saw didn't look like good bets so I went on by.

I've given rides to, and gotten rides from, some interesting people. Some nice, some not so nice.

Once I picked up a girl hitchhiker who seemed real nervous from the outset. She was silent and got freaked out as the road got more barren and desolate as we went along, and demanded to be let out of the car in the middle of a stretch of nothing. WTF. OK, well, hope you had a nice ride.

Once I picked up a girl hitchhiker with extremely mossy, totally gross-looking teeth who asked if I wanted a blowjob.

Once I picked up a true psycho with nicks and cuts all over his knuckles who said he beat up people for cash, and that he had recently plucked a guy's eyes out and dropped them right in his hand. Guess he thought I'd find that interesting.

I also hitched sometimes and have gotten rides from farmers, backwoods craftsmen, a few pretty women, and a fat gay tool-truck driver from ProvinceTown. I was 17 and going up to the White Mountains for some hiking. I didn't know he was gay 'til he asked if I wanted a blowjob as he dropped me off. I said "No" quite firmly and got the hell out of the truck. WTF.

In my early twenties my friends and I, on occasions when when we got a bit of the devil inside us, would slow down and stop for a hitchhiker, but like 100 yards ahead of him, and wave for him to come on and hurry up. He would run up to the car and just as he got near the door we would pull the car ahead a little bit. We would keep this up again and again as long as he would play. The last guy finally gave us the full finger with triple gusto a few times but of course we couldn't stop laughing. Ah what a cruel world it is. That was almost as fun as driving through town with my cousins when we were back in high school, in thick deep Ohio winter on Christmas vacation, and beaning the townsfolk with premade snowballs as we went past. We had the floorboard area down by the passenger side foot area all loaded up with about 50 snowballs. Yup those were the days. But now I rarely see hitchers, and they'd have to look pretty inoccuous before I'd pick them up.

Still, I don't see any reason like some people have to NEVER pick one up. Just use good judgment and if they set off warning bells as they are saying hi and about to get in, well sayonara. If they want a ride they gotta look and act decent. And they have to wear their seatbelt before the car will leave; that is more important than most would think, because if they are going to try something it is better that they are encumbered a bit too so they don't have as much advantage over you. You can even set down the rules before they get in: no smoking in the car and everyone who rides in the car has to wear their seatbelt. It's also a good thing psychologically to establish control of the situation from the outset. And then, like you have, Boris, you can meet some interesting people you'd never get to meet otherwise. ThaSaltCracka doesn't know what he's missing. But you know, Boris. The feeling of being free and roaming in the world and seeing the world, whether you are hitching, or picking up hitchhikers.

Stu Pidasso
01-03-2005, 02:08 AM
I've picked up a few hitchhikers and hitchhiked a few times myself. All in all I'd say that people who pick up hitchhikers are wierder than the hitchhikers themselves.

Stu

Boris
01-03-2005, 02:52 AM
You are probably correct.

theBruiser500
01-03-2005, 02:59 AM
When I was hiking on the appalachian trail people picked up hitchhikers pretty regularly, the backpack lets people know they are hikers and safe. I always great appreciated rides, first time I was in the back of the trucks that have no cover on the back so you get the wind, pretty cold in April but fun. Also dangerous, some nurses I met on the trail wouldn't do it, they said it was too dangerous. I realize I need to clarify that... Dangerous because of the car gets into an accident the hitchiker will die if they're in the back of the truck.

Boris
01-03-2005, 04:04 AM
Sorry I missed you back in Missoula. The guy from Hoopa confirmed that the fishing was good but then he passed out. I think he had a rough night. Also there was an article in the SF Chronicle a few weeks ago about how guides were hooking 70 steelies a day (yea right) on the Trinity so Hoopa might be a bit crowded.

Corey
01-03-2005, 04:28 AM
Just wanted to say the girlfriend's grandfather was reportedly killed by a hitchhiker in the 70's. The police report technically leaves the case open but all signs point to a hitchhiker as wallet, jewlery, etc. were all gone, he had a propensity to pick up hitchers, and his death resulted from internal bleeding; he wasn't stabbed or shot or whatever and he was beaten along the side of the road.

I would never pick up a hitchhiker unless they were, as stated above, "nubile" 20-somethings from Eastern Europe and the significant other was nowhere to be found /images/graemlins/wink.gif.

Boris
01-03-2005, 04:36 AM
Sorry about your girl friend's father. To me though it doesn't make sense that a predator would choose his victims through hitch hiking. It's just too random and too risky. If anything the hitch hiker is taking a much greater risk than the person picking up the hitch hiker. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but as far as people we should fear, hitch hikers seem to me to be low on the list.

slickpoppa
01-03-2005, 04:42 AM
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Once I picked up a girl hitchhiker with extremely mossy, totally gross-looking teeth who asked if I wanted a blowjob.

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So did you say yes?

Corey
01-03-2005, 04:42 AM
it was the grandfather. Pops is still alive and hanging with me in drinking contests.

It was never pinned on a hitchhiker specifically, he lives a long way out of town and travelled back and forth regularly. The police report ends assuming a hitchhicker was the culprit, but there were a couple of opportunities.

Nonetheless, I stick by the "nubile" requirement

Boris
01-03-2005, 04:43 AM
I've only actually kicked out one hitch hiker. actually it was my sister who made the decision. My sister and I were driving to visit grandma. We picked up the guy and he started on a big praise Jesus sermon. My sister told him to shut up or get dropped off at the next exit. He chose to get dropped off.

Corey
01-03-2005, 04:50 AM
Viatnamese dude talking about living off the land and evolution gets a ride. Jesus freak, who I assume was totally harmless yet annoying, gets kicked out.

That is impressive.

ClassicBob
01-03-2005, 05:57 AM
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Viatnamese dude talking about living off the land and evolution gets a ride. Jesus freak, who I assume was totally harmless yet annoying, gets kicked out.

That is impressive.

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This qualifies as extremely normal to me.

MMMMMM
01-03-2005, 10:21 AM
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Once I picked up a girl hitchhiker with extremely mossy, totally gross-looking teeth who asked if I wanted a blowjob.

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So did you say yes?

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what do you think

MMMMMM
01-03-2005, 10:22 AM
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I've only actually kicked out one hitch hiker. actually it was my sister who made the decision. My sister and I were driving to visit grandma. We picked up the guy and he started on a big praise Jesus sermon. My sister told him to shut up or get dropped off at the next exit. He chose to get dropped off.

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hallelujah