When is the last time you saw a hitchhiker
 

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Last Friday on the reservation.....Joe

Wednesday before Thanksgiving, on US 58W in South Hill VA. Two with backpacks.

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Not into that!!!!!

Last time i saw one was the nineteen seventies

Probably in the 80's. Been a loooooong time.

i see them around here more than you would think

I see people walking but never thumb up trying get a ride.

A man was hitchhiking and had been passed by many vehicles.
One finally stopped with a male driver.
After a few minutes the hitchhiker spoke and and expressed his thanks saying;
“ that was good of you and very trusting to pick me up, for all you know I could be a serial killer”
The driver scoffed at the suggestion saying
“ what are the chances of two serial killers being in the same car”.

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I see them every week or so also feel bad not stopping being it was how we lived as kids.
Last I picked one up was about 15 years ago, it was a girl so I was thinking, it’s someone’s daughter and some creep may pick her up…so stopped but soon wished I hadn’t, she was wound up on something also had green teeth and stunk up my car so I dropped her off quickly.:crazy: When I told my wife, she flipped out and reminded me how being I was alone, some chick could claim I put the moves on or was kidnapping her, then gave me a good speech about how picking anyone up these days was risking the well being of our family, not just me etc.:dunno:
So, with that all in mind, I drive by them now but again, it's hard to do being it’s how we lived growing up/got around/met new friends…the good old world, take me back.:wink:
:beers:
~ Pete

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Yes, it was a common thing up until the 80's I guess. Ironically, I passed by one several weeks ago in Oklahoma and was probably the first one that I've seen in many, many years.

back in the mid 70's i lost my license - so had to thumb to work in am, back home at 4, then second job at 6pm and off at 9, then hitch a ride my girlfriends house and thumb a ride home at 11......remember it well :-)

Back in the late sixties I met many college girls in the Boston area hitching a ride some of them used to invite you back to their dorm rooms I wound up becoming friends with them while they were in school in Boston. It was a way to meet girls back then.

I actually saw one Thanksgiving week. A guy, his dog and a few backpacks.

They still have their place in the world. They can often help you relax during long, boring drives.

Three times in my life (before I had an AAA Plus membership) I had to hitchhike when the old beater cars I was driving broke down on remote highways, back when I lived in California. This would have been the late 1990s, years before I owned a cell phone, so I had to hitch a ride to the closest phone which was typically a gas station in the nearest town. I remember those experiences vividly and still appreciate the kindness of those people, but have never had the courage to pick anyone up myself (and I do harbor some guilt over that, even still).

I remember one time being picked up by a middle aged woman in a mid-1970s F-250 with one of those camper bed conversions. She was super nice and I made the mistake of asking her why she was comfortable enough to pick up a hitchhiker. She reached under her seat and pulled out a 9mm Glock pistol and said 'that's why.' :)

Tony that made me laugh. What did you do after that lol. I might want out

I kept my mouth shut for the rest of the drive!