All I was hoping for on this morning was, some quiet time, coffee, and a cigarette. But it seemed I was in the right place at the right time. The migration had begun with The first arrivals. And I got to be witness. At that moment, on that bench, was my first "Ah-Ha" moment for the day. BOING!!!! Not only am I going to have coffee and a cigarette, but entertainment too!!! When Hobo's gather it is a terrific event. The sounds, the sights, and unfortunatly the smells. I hear the first shopping cart at about 06:46, no wait,....two shopping carts!!! One from north orange, and one from south orange. They have not seen each other.......yet. Rattle,rattle,shake,shake goes the one front wheel of both carts. As they are being pushed over cement . You know what I mean. Remember how when you go shopping and you just happen to have the one cart with the deformed front wheel.. Your walking down the Isle and it's making so much damn noise that other people are looking at you...lol...the only difference is that your cart in the store might weigh 130-150 pounds. These each weigh over 300 pounds....The carts, that is,.... not the person. just wanted to clear that up.... Because there have been times in certain stores when I have been up late and went to this certain store and some of the people must of weighed at least 300 plus...But here, it's the carts.
You know that you might have 'over shopped" a little when each of your 5 children are pushing a "grocery cart" at 3 in the morning.. that should be a Ah-Ha moment for you if you are ever in this situation.
I'm wondering if any of these guys coming even know how to play horseshoes. Some of the old timers probably do, but we have some really young guys out here. Last time one of the 'contestents" stole most of the horse-shoes, so he could turn them in to the recycling point.. It's really hell trying to play shoes with only 2 shoes for 24 guys, games take forever!!
Well, here they come, so I better hide my cigarettes, and enjoy the show. If you have never witnessed a event like this, it is wonderful for the ffamily and kids....Watching us tramps just trying to form a line is usually the main event. Just don't get envolved with arguments that have to deal with common sense or whose shopping cart is prettier, trust me, it's a no win battle.... The Walmart here in Orlando has these shopping carts that if you go past the yellow line, the front wheel will freeze up. You have probably seen them, well they had to discontinue the program because after the first day, they had over 35 homeless people who were walking around the parking lots pushing loaded carts, afraid to go over the yellow line. It was quite commical. Marathon Man, and myself sat up under some trees and watched from a distance as this event unfolded. Look, you can be homeless and misrable, or you can take situations like this and use it for entertainment.....I choose entertainment....Well, "The Hobo horseshoe festival", sould be starting soon, and I kind of want to be their for the first event, I m sure there will be more to write about before this day is done.......
