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02-11-2011, 09:32 AM
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American Hobos
A hobo is a migratory worker or homeless vagabond, often penniless.[1] The term originated in the Western—probably Northwestern—United States during the last decade of the 19th century.[2] Unlike tramps, who work only when they are forced to, and bums, who do not work at all, hobos are workers who wander.[2][3] Wikipedia  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
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02-11-2011, 09:56 AM
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 My Rank: GUNNERY SERGEANT Poster Rank:622 Male Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,473 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 3 Post(s)
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Re: American Hobos
Hobos were homeless Confederates, who after the American Civil War, left the South to look for work. Since most were farmers before the war, they would carry a ho with them. Hence the term, ho boys or hobos for short. And yes, they would, if hungry enough and nothing else was to be had, boil a leather shoe, to soften it up, and eat it. |
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02-12-2011, 01:07 AM
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 Der übliche Verdächtige Poster Rank:970 Peckerwood Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 735 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 4 Post(s)
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Re: American Hobos
Won't you tell me where have all the hobos gone to? I see no fires burning down by the rusty railroad track. Could it be that time has up and left them Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack? John Prine |
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02-18-2011, 07:13 AM
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 So Fucking Banned Poster Rank:313 Male Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,167 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)
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Re: American Hobos
Great photos. Entitlement and welfare caused the Hobo to become extinct. Why work and live in those condition when the US Welfare system will pay you to not work, give you free housing, free food stamps and give you more money if you have children.
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