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Many years from now you will remember that you got to see cool places and not so much the train being uncomfortable.
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hey Shakill, I'm not some world trotting adventurer, but if you don't have a thick loose jacket (green or brown) and a thins sports sweater, money allowing, you should get both. this works in my experience: the jacket, counterintuitively, will keep you cold in the sun by keeping the rays of the sun away from your skin while the loose fit allows air flow and the somewhat "light" colour will reduce the amount of heat absorbed by the fabric. sports sweaters are often good at retaining heat, and are thin enough to fold into your backpack. during cold nights you can wear it under the jacket everything zipped up tight to keep you comfortable. see if you find it with sleeve thumb holes for maximum coverage when sleeping, the most important part is keeping your neck and back in check. if you have small sleeping quarters, ditch the pillow and try to keep your head and back flat against the sleeping surface and tuck your hands into your armpits (kinda tight, but not enough to make you uncomfortable), legs come second and you can keep them up or fold them or whatever you need. if necessary, and if you don't find it icky, sleep on the floor. unless you have a back or neck condition, the bed is only as comfortable as the person that lays on it. not the best thing in the world, but hope it helps.
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you just have to believe in yourself, there's a little skeleton inside of us all 
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Furia posted:hey excuse me hi As a former smoker, I found it very condescending to be lectured about the health effects of smoking. I knew the effects, hell I lived them. It's an addiction. I quit smoking 6 years ago and I still want a cigarette every time they are even mentioned. people with addictions dont need to be reminded that it's bad. They need to be reminded that there are things out there worth quitting for. |
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Jul 22, 2016 06:10
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also I like you furia, we are def friends. idg why you think we arent you jerk. |
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Jul 22, 2016 06:14
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shaquil, I'm glad you are safe. take care of yourself. and at least you made it farther than the walk across america goon |
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Jul 22, 2016 06:16
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I'm in Portland staying with a friend and his wife right now and I go to Seattle tomorrow then glacier national park in Sunday. I forgot weed is legal in Oregon now too |
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Jul 22, 2016 06:25
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Glacier is loving rad. I toured it on bike in '08 - it was an awesome experience. |
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Jul 22, 2016 06:32
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My plan was to just walk around Portland today but of course it's raining 
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Jul 22, 2016 15:34
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you have made it far friend. I believe in you.
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Jul 22, 2016 16:50
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I've been lost in Powell's for like two hours, someone send a rescue party |
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Jul 22, 2016 18:12
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Piso Mojado posted:As a former smoker, I found it very condescending to be lectured about the health effects of smoking. I knew the effects, hell I lived them. It's an addiction. I quit smoking 6 years ago and I still want a cigarette every time they are even mentioned. people with addictions dont need to be reminded that it's bad. They need to be reminded that there are things out there worth quitting for. sorry, really didn't mean to be rude also, glad to hear we're buddies 
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I'm going to pass on Glacier because drat, I'm just exhausted and ready to go home and write my book. I've experienced more in the last week than I have in the last decade and accomplished what I wanted. Going to fly home from Seattle tomorrow, or maaaaaybe go out to Colorado to visit another friend but that's just more time on the train and I don't like that. |
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Jul 22, 2016 21:53
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have you tried nicotine gum? its helped me quit several times and was actually harder to quit than cigarettes themselves but it could give you a good option for when you're confined to a train car between cig stops. also: have you at least met any interesting people on the train yet?
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Jul 22, 2016 22:01
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what's your book gonna be about?
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Jul 22, 2016 22:08
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Furia posted:what's your book gonna be about? Being trapped on a hell train I would guess. Gonna be the new fantasy thriller.
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Smoking on the train isn't what makes me hate it so much, I got over that after a couple days. I don't find it comfortable, I didn't pack right (it's freezing and the blankets they sell on the train are bad) and I just don't find it an enjoyable travel experience, I feel like I could get just as much of a feel for a place by looking at pictures as I can on the train. Like 95% of my fellow passengers were loud, conservative middle-aged or elderly women who complained a lot and kept asking the conductors irritating questions (like calling them over and talking over the announcement about the dinner menu and price to ask what the dinner menu and price of dinner are, then complaining about the constant announcements). I did meet some cool people though and had some of the most profound discussions about life I've ever had. I met them at the smoke stops rather than on the train itself. There were a lot of funny moments, humorous characters like the Santa Claus looking guy with tourettes whose tic was making fart noises with his mouth, life-affirming revelations and lessons learned. I read some cool books and learned a lot about myself and what it means to find your place in the world. I want to write a fictionalized retelling of the story and the events that lead up to it 
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Jul 22, 2016 22:44
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Don't talk about your book or you'll never write it.
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Jul 22, 2016 23:08
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Yeah I've refused to tell anyone anything about it. I know that trick!! |
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Jul 22, 2016 23:12
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One of the books I read was Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself which is like a memoir of a road trip with David Foster Wallace and it put me in the right place for writing. |
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Jul 22, 2016 23:15
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That's the one they made into the movie recently, isn't it?
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Jul 22, 2016 23:53
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I didn't know that but yeah,it's called The End of the Tour. I'll have to check it out when I get home. |
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Jul 23, 2016 00:32
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Jason Segel was a really good choice to play DFW but in the trailer it sounds like he forgot the drawl
deep dish peat moss fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Jul 23, 2016 |
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Jul 23, 2016 00:59
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didn't read this thread, but yo, I keep reading 'get off on a train' and it's making me upset.
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Jul 23, 2016 01:08
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Trains are good and fun. Amtrak personnel not withstanding. (They are literally Hitler)
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Jul 23, 2016 03:28
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Greetings BYOB I have returned after a long absence. Mr. Shakille, it was my understanding that I would be offering you hospitality on the easternly leg of your journey, sometime in August; has this situation changed? The guest couch is prepared. |
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FilthIncarnate posted:Greetings BYOB Shakill, I can't believe you passed this up. |
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Jul 27, 2016 23:04
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zyla and i were going to show him a good time like only true massholes can
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Jul 27, 2016 23:07
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hell i'm going to get on a train and finish this trip for him
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Jul 27, 2016 23:10
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by "train" i mean "airplane"
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Jul 27, 2016 23:11
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Yeah I got off the train and flew to my home state and I'm adventuring here. If anyone wants to travel with my ID and pretend to be me for the remaining 5 train rides be my guest, you can have them |
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Jul 27, 2016 23:13
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if you're still up for adventuring I'm putting together a party to go into the lost caves of tjocanth
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Jul 27, 2016 23:14
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Count me in, I want either one half of the loot or all of the reputation points. |
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FilthIncarnate posted:Greetings BYOB WB Filth! We've missed you!
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Shakill OReal posted:Yeah I got off the train and flew to my home state and I'm adventuring here. If anyone wants to travel with my ID and pretend to be me for the remaining 5 train rides be my guest, you can have them If only I could, I'd love the hell out of it!
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has op gotten the train off yet or is it some kind of weird orgasm denial thing. let that poor chu chu CHUUUU already ---------------- |
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Zyla posted:has op gotten the train off yet or is it some kind of weird orgasm denial thing. Shakill OReal posted:Yeah I got off the train imo this thread is as dead as shakill's travel plans. if anyone disagrees feel free to speak up
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FluffieDuckie posted:imo this thread is as dead as shakill's travel plans. if anyone disagrees feel free to speak up i think its another byob success story and the book can now be closed with a satisfying end that had a m night shayamalan like twist
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Shakill OReal posted:So far I drove from Phoenix arizona to payson arizona then spent the day up there (that's the cabin in the pics), then missed a turn to Flagstaff and found a weird part of Arizona I hadn't seen before, stood on a corner in Winslow Arizona Real talk, I stood on a corner in Winslow, Arizona once. I was a fine sight to see, I am sure. While a couple of trucks did in fact pass me, absolutely nothing else happened for the 10 minutes or so that I stood there. Don Henley's experience was not representative.
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I don't know how you could be on a train for 10 days and still be grumpy, like the thread tag indicates would be the current mood by the duck's description, but that has got to be some sort of record.
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I am somewhat disappointed to learn this; I had prepared to receive you as an itinerant artist, and hoped you might stay for a few days. I am glad, however, that you feel your journey made a satisfactory conclusion. |
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