Do you remember when hitchhiking was safe ?

Did you hitch rides ?

Got any weird tales bout hitching ?

I only hitchhiked once and I was 13 or 14.. I hitchhiked to school..


[Edited 1/19/07 7:09am]

It was never safe.

JustErin said:

word !

When I was around 14 I hitched from livingston ( montana ) to bozeman

with some cowboys hauling around 8 horses

Mach said:

OMG..

mine was just a neighbour luckily.. i would never jump into a strangers car..

REDFEATHERS said:

I was 14 ... I was in the bed ( back ) of the truck with my backpack...figured i could jump if need be

Err, yeah. I don't do it anymore. Not since I got propositioned and offered money years ago...

But anyway, I did pick up a girl recently on a day there was a bus strike. I was going to IKEA and as it turned out, that was where she needed to go... She knew the US really well and as it turned out, had the same name as me. As I was leaving the store, we ran into each other at the same checkout!

nope... I had two friends that used to hitch alllll the time - until once they nearly got themselves into a really bad situation one night when they were drunk

I've seen too many movies to even do that

Mach said:

People still hitch here all the time.

If its someone I know, I pick them up.
(You'd have to understand, you know, the people that ya always see hitching, that the community stops to pick up, like the AMVETS and stuff)

I'd hitch if I had to, but only get in with someone I know, obviously.

SureThing said:

here too

I do too sometimes

Mach said:

From stuff I've seen ans 'heard' you say, I think we live in areads, that are a lot similar.

Mach said:

When I was 12 I was walking home from school and a man pulled his car over and attempted to grab me and pull me in his car. I never ran so fast in my life.

That scared me enough to never even entertain the idea of hitchhiking.

SureThing said:

how close is the nearest major city ... for me it's about 35 minutes away
( highway )..,

a couple small towns inbetween that but ...

JustErin said:

damn ... I guess so

Mach said:

Wow, when ppl quote me I see that I can't quote for crap.

Same, about 35-45 mins away.

I like it.

Small, towns, but were not even in a town.

JustErin said:

Was there ever a time when you didn't attract bad people?

SureThing said:

I Love living in the middle of no where ... i spent the 1st 21 yrs of my life growing up in detroit ( lived right outside her ) ....i loved that too

Mach said:

I only ever lived in a city once, and it was Riyadh when I was little, but I was closed in behind cement walls with barbed wire, so that doesn't really count.

I don't think I'd survive in the city. Driving ECSPECIALLY!!!!!

And I meant to write "type for crap".

SureThing said:

You used to live in Saudi Arabia?
How come? Do you have any memories from it, except for the cement walls?

retina said:

My Dad worked there, lots of memories, all good.
No, I did not live in a tent.
No, I did not ride a camel to school.
No, the Saudi's didn't terrorize me.

Any further questions please org note.

Mach HATES thread jacking.

SureThing said:

Naa not really .... not time to extend hate towards something most everyone here does



that was sweet though

retina said:

No.

Mach said:

I just have a complex that everyone thinks I make everything about me.

Ooops. There I go again.

SureThing said:

No need, you already answered all my questions right there.

Seriously, what did your dad do for a living that brought you all the way over there?
How many years did you spend there?
Did you learn the language?
What's your best memory from your time there?
What's your worst memory from your time there?

It's okay you can answer, Mach doesn't mind, and I'm really curious.

JustErin said:

Seriously, what did your dad do for a living that brought you all the way over there?

He was VP of Kawasaki Helicopters, a company owned by Prince Naif. He used to be a pilot when they were first getting the Co. started and worked his way up, this was before degree's meant everything.

How many years did you spend there?

7

Did you learn the language?

A bit. Theres so many different dialects though. I had a lot of friends there from Egypt, so thats mostly the dialect I learned.

What's your best memory from your time there?

We used to go to the desert on Fridays (Which is they're holy day, so it's be like a sunday in America. Anyways, we used to spend the whole day at the desert picknicking and riding the quad, and picking stones.

What's your worst memory from your time there?
I'll orgnote ya the worst thing.

But the second worst thing, was finding out we had to leave, when Desert Storm started. Honest to God. Best memories of my life.

retina said:

I was kidding.

retina said:

I don't mind at all

I love it when subjects bring real conversations out between people

now the stoopid ass threadjacking is silly but this stuff i love