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#11
12-05-2025, 03:30 AM
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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.
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Good Judgement comes from Experience. Some Experience comes from Bad Judgement" Albert Einstein 
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#12
12-05-2025, 07:05 AM
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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 :-)
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12-05-2025, 09:26 AM
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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.
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12-05-2025, 09:37 PM
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I actually saw one Thanksgiving week. A guy, his dog and a few backpacks.
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#15
12-06-2025, 12:40 AM
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They still have their place in the world. They can often help you relax during long, boring drives.
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#16
12-07-2025, 04:55 AM
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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.' 
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#18
12-08-2025, 09:09 PM
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I kept my mouth shut for the rest of the drive!
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