Difference between revisions of "Formulae Relating to Tramps and Hobos"
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| − | Person + Willingness to Roam in Pursuit of Economic Potential = | + | Economic Potential + Room to Roam = '''North America''' |
| − | Person + Need to Roam, Not Necessarily for Economic Reasons = | + | |
| − | Tramp + Freight Train + Work = | + | Freight Train + Work = '''Hobo''' |
| − | U.S. Economic Depression, 1870s + Railroads and the Open Road = Tens of Thousands of Tramps | + | |
| − | Tens of Thousands of Tramps + Harper's Weekly et al. + Party Politics of the 1860s-1900s = | + | Freight Train + Dream = '''Tramp''' |
| − | Tramp - Ability to Travel = | + | |
| − | Bum + Contemporary Perspective = | + | Freight Train + Alcohol = '''Bum''' |
| − | Homelessness - Perspective = | + | |
| − | Tramp + Automobile = | + | Person + Willingness to Roam in Pursuit of Economic Potential = '''American''' |
| − | Talking About Hobos = | + | |
| − | Freight Trains - Hobos = [ | + | Person + Need to Roam, Not Necessarily for Economic Reasons = '''Tramp''' |
| − | Young People Who Will Not Fit In = | + | |
| − | Young People Who Cannot Fit In = | + | Tramp + Freight Train + Work = '''Hobo''' |
| − | Young People Who Cannot or Will Not Fit In + Freight Trains/Hitch Hiking/Greyhound = | + | |
| − | Travelin' Kid + Overwhelming Personal Problems = | + | U.S. Economic Depression, 1870s + Railroads and the Open Road = '''Tens of Thousands of Tramps''' |
| − | Travelin' Kid - Overwhelming Personal Problems = | + | |
| − | Hobo - Freight Train = | + | Tens of Thousands of Tramps + Harper's Weekly et al. + Party Politics of the 1860s-1900s = '''Tramp Menace''' |
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| + | Tramp - Ability to Travel = '''Bum''' | ||
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| + | Bum + Contemporary Perspective = '''Homeless''' | ||
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| + | Homelessness - Perspective = '''Bums''' | ||
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| + | Tramp + Automobile = '''Rubber Tramp''' | ||
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| + | Talking About Hobos = '''Nostalgia''' | ||
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| + | Freight Trains - Hobos = '''Photos by [[Hans Hansen]]''' | ||
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| + | Young People Who Will Not Fit In = '''Nothing New''' and '''No Problem''' | ||
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| + | Young People Who Cannot Fit In = '''A Problem''' | ||
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| + | Young People Who Cannot or Will Not Fit In + Freight Trains/Hitch Hiking/Greyhound = '''Travelin' Kids''' | ||
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| + | Travelin' Kid + Overwhelming Personal Problems = '''Tragedy''' | ||
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| + | Travelin' Kid - Overwhelming Personal Problems = '''Tramp''' | ||
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| + | Hobo - Freight Train = '''Migrant Laborer''' | ||
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| + | ===[[The Law of the Road]]=== | ||
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| + | <blockquote>If it had not been the law of the road, it would still have been Bill's law – to spend all and break even to the last.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | – Jim Tully, ''Beggars of Life,'' 1924 | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 10 June 2009
Draft
Economic Potential + Room to Roam = North America
Freight Train + Work = Hobo
Freight Train + Dream = Tramp
Freight Train + Alcohol = Bum
Person + Willingness to Roam in Pursuit of Economic Potential = American
Person + Need to Roam, Not Necessarily for Economic Reasons = Tramp
Tramp + Freight Train + Work = Hobo
U.S. Economic Depression, 1870s + Railroads and the Open Road = Tens of Thousands of Tramps
Tens of Thousands of Tramps + Harper's Weekly et al. + Party Politics of the 1860s-1900s = Tramp Menace
Tramp - Ability to Travel = Bum
Bum + Contemporary Perspective = Homeless
Homelessness - Perspective = Bums
Tramp + Automobile = Rubber Tramp
Talking About Hobos = Nostalgia
Freight Trains - Hobos = Photos by Hans Hansen
Young People Who Will Not Fit In = Nothing New and No Problem
Young People Who Cannot Fit In = A Problem
Young People Who Cannot or Will Not Fit In + Freight Trains/Hitch Hiking/Greyhound = Travelin' Kids
Travelin' Kid + Overwhelming Personal Problems = Tragedy
Travelin' Kid - Overwhelming Personal Problems = Tramp
Hobo - Freight Train = Migrant Laborer
The Law of the Road
If it had not been the law of the road, it would still have been Bill's law – to spend all and break even to the last.
– Jim Tully, Beggars of Life, 1924
