Had to start somewhere, so as the some one said in the “Wizard of Oz”  best to begin at the beginning.

I’ve done the obligatory “about me” page, so that’s where you’ll find all the information about me personally you’re going to get for now,  in a nutshell.  As these posts go on,  you’ll find out more.

Now as far as the “Jet Age Hobo” part.  There’s a whole bunch of us that almost could be classified as “homeless” or modern day hobos.  Now before you picture us all out on the street, begging for money and holding signs up, or hanging out in rail yards, etc,  we tend to lead a quite different life.

Our lives consist of criss crossing the globe in large metal tubes, hurtling through space at just short the speed of sound.   We hang out in hotel bars,  expat bars, western restaurants, coffee shops, airport lounges, or where ever we might find some food or drink native to our culture.  We’re not from any country particularly,  and if you do find a group or herd of us, we’re likely to consist of Americans, Germans, Brits, French, Brazilians,  Australians and who knows what.  We’ve most likely decided to settle far away from our homeland, and maybe get to see that oh, for 2 or 3 weeks out of the year.

We’ve become experts in the work habits, cultures and living conditions in our adopted surroundings, and if your real nice, we might share some of the “ropes” with you.   But most likely, if you ask us to tell you all the details of say, life and doing business in someplace like China, we’ll just look wistfully out in space, nod our heads and say, “it’s pretty complicated”  To tell the truth, most of us have learned that unless you’re born in a place like that, you’ll never really understand all of it.  You’ll really never understand the subtle nuances of what’s going on, the speech, the mannerisms, the morals, the belief system.   And if you get more than two of us together, and start a discussion,  about a certain subject regarding to how the country works, you’ll get as many opinions as you will people in the discussion.  Of course we’re all “experts” so probably all 7 of us would be right to some extent or another.

Now, next you’re going to ask, “Why do we do it”  Why do we spend our lives away from our homeland, our families, friends, etc.   And you’ll get as many answers to that one as there are people sitting at the bar when you ask it.  Money, adventure, fun, don’t fit into home country, running away, you name it.  All of the above, or none of the above.  Let’s just leave it at “so you can enjoy inexpensive stuff at Wal-Mart”    Someone’s gotta do it.  Besides that, we’ve made new extended families,  a whole wealth of great friends from many cultures and countries, and now, no matter what country we adventure to, we know someone who can show us some great local places, unlike you touristas who get to go to Paris Disneyland and experience what the tour guides let you.

About all for this introduction, and oh yes, Happy New Year!