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Been re-reading The Canada Chronicles by Matthew Jackson recently, which is an account of some guy's hitchhiking adventures over a four year period in the 90s in my country. Fun read, made me wonder if anyone here as any stories they want to share (will also accept shout outs for someone else's cool hitchhiking story).

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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Used to hitchhike all over south west Scotland when I was a kid in the early '80s.

No real drama or stories except the one time three of us were hitching and the car that pulled over was being driven by a guy who was locally known as a ‘kiddy fiddler’.

Two of us hopped over a dry stane dyke, leaving just one kid to get a lift with him. Nothing happened to him, but in retrospect it was a shitty move on our part.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oof - glad your friend got out of it unmolested (...no pun intended, I swear). Given everyone came out ok, chalk this one up to live and learn.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As I recall, we all just teased him for being so monumentally ugly that he was safe from molestation. It was a simpler time!

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Like Mr Garrison being mad that his dad didn't love him enough to molest him.