HOBO DAYS IS THE SECOND WEEKEND OF AUGUST....NOT THE FIRST, LIKE STATED AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO!!!!! SO MARK YOUR CALENDER AND COME ENJOY THE FUN!!!!
this is the gayest shit i've ever seen, hobos are cool but they shouldn't have some faggy convention organised by these people................shits fake
Your right, the day of the mythical hobo is long gone. There are a number of guys that hop freights for the adventure of it and take it quite seriously. I don't think the feeling of wanderlust is gone. There are a few riding the rails for that reason. But, the individual looking for work from place to place no longer exists as far as I know and I keep my ear to the rail as far as the hobo community is concerned.
The punks have showed up in Britt, with booze, dope, dogs with elimination problems and tried to take over. This year the mayor has added drug sniffing dogs, and people have to register when they show up. Over a hundred years of a great hobo gathering, and in a couple of years braindead, clueless, people who have no business being there have trashed the place. What a shame. No respect. May be this year they'll go somewhere else and there can be a decent hobo gathering again.
its a shame britt is no longer the hobo friendly town it once was. mostly this festival is a chance for the city to cash in on folklore, while dismissing any true traveler that arrives to partake in the celebration. next year they are talking of "mandatory registration" to be enforced by the police to ensure no profanity or individuals with warrants will be in attendance. what a joke.
It is so convoluted that going to Britt is a sad experience. With all the wanna-be's and members of the hobo community that have been elected king or queen of the hobos, for me the meaning of the experience is gone. By example, Red Bird, Grampa Dudley and that young women and is a librarian from Rockford should have refused the opportunity. Their greed to be something they are not just waters down the community to nothing.
I went there in 2003. I've road the rails before and being traveling all over the country forever. I met alot of the people in the video. I'll miss you Steam Maury and hope to see you again Frog. Who happen to be king that year in 97.
HOBO DAYS IS THE SECOND WEEKEND OF AUGUST....NOT THE FIRST, LIKE STATED AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO!!!!! SO MARK YOUR CALENDER AND COME ENJOY THE FUN!!!!
cmaddog00 1 year ago
You know what tobesone you need to shut the fuck up! I live in this town and it is a good celebration. It gets the community together.
buck297 1 year ago
this is the gayest shit i've ever seen, hobos are cool but they shouldn't have some faggy convention organised by these people................shits fake
tobesone 1 year ago
Your right, the day of the mythical hobo is long gone. There are a number of guys that hop freights for the adventure of it and take it quite seriously. I don't think the feeling of wanderlust is gone. There are a few riding the rails for that reason. But, the individual looking for work from place to place no longer exists as far as I know and I keep my ear to the rail as far as the hobo community is concerned.
TheGoodguy61 1 year ago
I think the day of the hobo has past. Trains are too fast today and the 911 massacre has made rail yards more sensitive places.
007jetter 1 year ago
@007jetter
maybe so, but hasnt stopped me from ridin
slamminhole69 1 year ago
The punks have showed up in Britt, with booze, dope, dogs with elimination problems and tried to take over. This year the mayor has added drug sniffing dogs, and people have to register when they show up. Over a hundred years of a great hobo gathering, and in a couple of years braindead, clueless, people who have no business being there have trashed the place. What a shame. No respect. May be this year they'll go somewhere else and there can be a decent hobo gathering again.
ArkRed1 2 years ago
its a shame britt is no longer the hobo friendly town it once was. mostly this festival is a chance for the city to cash in on folklore, while dismissing any true traveler that arrives to partake in the celebration. next year they are talking of "mandatory registration" to be enforced by the police to ensure no profanity or individuals with warrants will be in attendance. what a joke.
bellavesus 2 years ago
ya..hobo day isnt no more fun is it?
airhead960 2 years ago
It is so convoluted that going to Britt is a sad experience. With all the wanna-be's and members of the hobo community that have been elected king or queen of the hobos, for me the meaning of the experience is gone. By example, Red Bird, Grampa Dudley and that young women and is a librarian from Rockford should have refused the opportunity. Their greed to be something they are not just waters down the community to nothing.
TheGoodguy61 2 years ago
Going to Britt is something a person should do a least 10 times in their life.
windycitytom 3 years ago
I went there in 2003. I've road the rails before and being traveling all over the country forever. I met alot of the people in the video. I'll miss you Steam Maury and hope to see you again Frog. Who happen to be king that year in 97.
lloydoftheroad 3 years ago
Britt,IA ROX My SOX!!!!
halli93 4 years ago
Just be the first one to wake up in the jungle or else your sox could be gone!
windycitytom 3 years ago