Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 9:58am
Alternative Column: My friend Dirk and I were hitching up Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa when two guys in an El Camino pulled over. We hopped in the back and soon discovered the driver was inebriated to the point that he was visiting all four lanes ran-domly, and with us on board. So far, the other cars were dodging us but we bailed at about 35 miles per hour.
Yes, hitchhiking can be dangerous. But when I read the headline to a story in The Wall Street Journal that said, “How to Avoid Talking to Strangers,” I still thought... why? Strangers are society's door to new things.
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