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| :O | A Hobo is a migratory worker or homeless vagabond, often penniless.[1] The term originated in the western—probably northwestern—United States during the last decade of the 19th century.[2] Unlike tramps, who worked only when they were forced to, and bums, who didn't work at all, hobos were workers who wandered.[2][3]
The origin of the term is unknown. Etymologist Anatoly Liberman, writing for Oxford University Press, says that the only details certain about its origin is that the word emerged in American English and was first noticed around 1890.[2] Liberman points out that many folk etymologies fail to answer the question: "Why did the word become widely known in California (just there) by the early nineties (just then)?"[2] Author Todd DePastino has suggested that it may come from the term hoe-boy meaning "farmhand," or a greeting such as Ho, boy!.[4] Bill Bryson suggests in Made in America that it could either come from the railroad greeting, "Ho, beau!" or a syllabic abbreviation of "homeward bound".[5] H. L. Mencken, in his The American Language (4th ed., 1937), wrote:[3]
Tramps and hobos are commonly lumped together, but in their own sight they are sharply differentiated. A hobo or bo is simply a migratory laborer; he may take some longish holidays, but soon or late he returns to work. A tramp never works if it can be avoided; he simply travels. Lower than either is the bum, who neither works nor travels, save when impelled to motion by the police. | It is unclear exactly when hobos first appeared on the American railroading scene. With the end of the American Civil War in the mid 19th Century, many soldiers looking to return home took to hopping freight trains. Others looking for work on the American frontier followed railroads westward aboard freight trains in the late 19th Century.
In 1906, Prof. Layal Shafee, after an exhaustive study, put the number of tramps in America at 500,000 (about 0.6% of the U.S. population). The article citing this figure, "What Tramps Cost Nation", was published by The New York Telegraph in 1911 and estimated the number had surged to 700,000.[6]
The population of hobos increased greatly[specify] during the Great Depression era of the 1930s. With no work and no prospects at home, many decided to travel for free via freight trains and try their luck elsewhere.
Life as a hobo was a dangerous one. In addition to the problems of being itinerant, poor, far from home and support, and the hostile attitude of many train crews, the railroads employed their own security staff, often nicknamed bulls, who had a reputation for being rough with trespassers.[citation needed] Also, riding on a freight train is a dangerous enterprise. The British poet W.H. Davies, author of The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, lost a leg falling under the wheels whilst trying to jump a train. One could easily get trapped between cars, or freeze to death in bad weather. When freezer cars were loaded at an ice factory, any hobo inside was likely to be killed[citation needed].
According to one source, as many as 20,000 people live the hobo lifestyle in North America today. Modern freight trains are much faster and harder to ride than in the 1930s, but can still be boarded in railyards.[7] | | did you copy this from Wikipedia? :D | did you copy this from Wikipedia? :D
| | did you copy this from Wikipedia? :D | | yes | | Hobos are awesome. You cant just get enough of it >.> | | Spinning Kick! Round House Kick! Square Home Kick! Hobo Fighting move... WHAT IS HOBO???????????????? I DUNNO.... GIMME SOME CLUE | | A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, the apparent movement of the Sun's path north or south comes to a stop before reversing direction. | | The term solstice can also be used in a broader sense, as the date (day) when this occurs. The solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In some cultures they are considered to start or separate the seasons, while in others they fall nearer the middle. | gus let's flood the world a bit!!!! it's tooooooooo hot!!!!
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Keep The Super Flood Up! | | Hope admin no see what im doing.. | Clasping his hands behind his back, gram nervously paced circles in his tent. On his desk lay the scrolls of maps and figures of the troops, schematically showing the state of affairs on the battlefield. Every now and then, in passing, the governor for a few minutes died away over the map, made her some notes and thought continued to walk around the table. His thinking was interrupted voice guard, timidly breeches head in the door tent. Apparently, the profit news from the front of military action. Grammy immediately went to meet the messenger. It was a simple soldier of the Empire, in dirty places and damaged armor. Despite the tired and weary eyes, his face seemed guest voivod friends. Helping to descend from his horse, grams found in the messenger of the former Imperial guard gate - Rotvalda. Martial law is put under arms nearly all the workable population of the Empire, including the courtly guard and retired soldiers, published earlier in the holiday ..
Story Rotvalda confirmed the worst fears Grammita - in addition to continuing sabotage of traitors in the rear of the Imperial troops, the Kingdom has intensified its onslaught by introducing new units into battle. Voivod himself previously noticed strange men in the ranks of the Kingdom, and now Rotvald complete the picture information of new enemy's strength. |
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