On Wed Apr-18-2012 16:17, Richard Webb (1:116/901) wrote to all:   
      
   Very interesting!   
      
      
    RW> YEsterday afternoon  my lady and I headed toward Memphis to   
    RW> check out our post office box in Eads, then come back toward home   
    RW> while making a couple of stops, usual drugstore and   
    RW> grocery store stuff.   
      
    RW> ON our way to the post office we spotted a man; a woman and   
    RW> two dogs standing on the corner of highways U.S> 64 and 205.    
      
    RW> We agreed we'd check on them if they were still there after   
    RW> we finished our business at the post office.  We noted they   
    RW> were carrying a sign, had backpacks and other gear with   
    RW> them, so it was obvious they were hitchhiking.   
      
    RW> We did stop, and gave them a ride.  They were going to   
    RW> highway 100 which is east of us further than we were willing to   
    RW> travel, so we left them near our home in Somerville.   
    RW> While we were at the grocery store we bought them some   
    RW> rawhide chews and some dog food to last them a couple days.   
    RW> They were going to a state park for a couple days to fish,   
    RW> camp and let the dogs play, then on to Nashville where I   
    RW> believe he was hoping to find work, he's an electrician he   
    RW> tells me.   
      
    RW> One of the dogs, a puppy was a pitbull or pit mix, the otehr one,   
    RW> the older dog, was indeterminate mix breed. both dogs   
    RW> looked rather well cared for.   
      
    RW> AS I'm a former hobo I asked them about life on the road   
    RW> tehse days, they mostly ride the freight trains.  Instead of   
    RW> hopping the trains while on the move they do the sneak into   
    RW> the yard and catch one while it's being made up.  I asked   
    RW> him about some recent hobo urban legends I'd heard, such as   
    RW> hoboes using web sites to compare notes and exchange info on where   
    RW> to go, etc.    
      
    RW> Was fun comparing notes with them and reminiscing about   
    RW> places we both knew of from my days both working at the   
    RW> mission in Salem Oregon and my days living like they were.   
      
    RW> I did note that both of the dogs seemed to be very well   
    RW> cared for, and very well behaved.   
      
    RW> Just thought some of you might find this interesting.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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