Let’s have a bit of
history by way of intro to today’s post—going back to the golden years of
another Republican administration, when thousands of men moved from town to
town across the country, searching for work. This being before the days of
Geico, they mostly hitched illegal rides on freight trains, congregated in
camps known as Hoovervilles and performed odd jobs in exchange for food.
Kind of like the men
who hang out around Home Depots looking for work as day laborers.
Anyhow, this
confraternity of traveling men developed a kind of hieroglyphic shorthand scrawled on various flat surfaces to
communicate with those who followed, to guide them, warn them and share general
insights. Viz.:
Not sure how much it
will resonate with the general readership, but this updated chart of hobo-like
signs for freelance writers is spot-on.
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