How to become a bum?

[Usarka]

Bollox to this lark, I'm thinking of ditching the rat race to you know, walk the earth, meet people... get into adventures. Like Caine from Kung Fu.

Or go fuck off and kitesurf for a year.

Any one got any practical suggestions for dropping out without spending every dime one has saved (no property so can't rent out).

Selling pot's no good, I'd just use my own product and never get off the sleeping mat.


:scooter:

[Spyke]

buy a cheap van and kit it out and do a bit of seasonal work on your way, or meet people on your journeys and use there homes in return for a bit of labour.

I really wnat to do something like this as well. It wouldn't cost to much a week to live like this. But if you don't want to use all your savings at some point you will have to work/sell stuff. Sell imported goods on trademe from your van when you come back from kitresurfing on the beach. Techno hippy

[DMNTD]

Become a WWOOFer...good way to work you way around the planet and meet "real" people while you're at it

WWOOF (http://www.wwoof.co.nz/)

[duckonin]

Simple only take a few $ hit the road, a pair of jocks and socks and your away.

Pick a place you, like wait till it is later in the evening then go to the local drinking establishment, all the information you require is at your finger tips, jobs ect, don't be pickie on the work offered and most of all SMILE at all you talk to, just don't get sucked in..B on your guard all the time !!!

Do it right you will enjoy the life, at times it can be tough, but mostly enjoyable....

[nallac]

wheres the "ask Skiddy" reply?.

[JimO]

Simple only take a few $ hit the road, a pair of jocks and socks and your away.

Pick a place you, like wait till it is later in the evening then go to the local drinking establishment, all the information you require is at your finger tips, jobs ect, don't be pickie on the work offered and most of all SMILE at all you talk to, just don't get sucked in..B on your guard all the time !!!

Do it right you will enjoy the life, at times it can be tough, but mostly enjoyable....

one day you will wake up with a hangover and a sore arse

[Usarka]

one day you will wake up with a hangover and a sore arse

Sounding better by the minute! :eek5:

[slowpoke]

If you've gotta ask then you are over qualified, I'm afraid.

[cave weta]

Dont kit out a van- Build a classic bedford housetruck!
Trust me.... park at the beach, light some incense, put on Carlos Santana and wait till late afternoon. The rest just happens.:yes:










Best 6 years of my life......

[Hiflyer]

Ask Skiddy

[Dean]

How to become a bum - Well puff out both your cheeks and make a small hole in your mouth, then just post your usual on Kiwibiker.......

[Tank]

How to become a bum? - I do believe that there is a 'bum' gene

[scissorhands]

Consider being a flying bum. India or Bali are often magic and less than $100nz a week will see you living up super large on a scooter or Royal Enfield. People bring stuff back, sell it at the markets and go again on the profit.

It can be very easily self sustaining if you are an astute trader, and you could end up with a pile of crap if you are not.

Freegans eat out of supermarket dumpsters, a van is a good idea, fishing and gardening, op shops, consider self employment. A meditation retreat or a month on Great Barrier Island in a tent eating fish, edible plants, weeds and rice might consolidate your future

We had paua, mussels and fish every day for free

[firefighter]

ok Jules....you walk the earth! :rolleyes::laugh:

[Karl08]

...or get yourself elected to parliament as a member of the greens, act or the maori party, then travel the world at our expense.

You only have to worry about job security every three years, and if people complain...well ask Hone or Rodney for advice.

[Usarka]

Dont kit out a van- Build a classic bedford housetruck!
Trust me.... park at the beach, light some incense, put on Carlos Santana and wait till late afternoon. The rest just happens.:yes:


I had a feeling someone on here had done this..... Can one just park off on any beach or are the "authorities" clamping down? I've got visions of Rambo being kicked out of town in First Blood for being a hippy bum.

Consider being a flying bum. India or Bali are often magic and less than $100nz a week will see you living up super large on a scooter or Royal Enfield. People bring stuff back, sell it at the markets and go again on the profit.

Done heaps of travelling, happy to do more but it's time for easy (i don't class bali or india as easy) and i can park off and kitesurf or sompthin....

[cave weta]

I had a feeling someone on here had done this..... Can one just park off on any beach or are the "authorities" clamping down? I've got visions of Rambo being kicked out of town in First Blood for being a hippy bum.


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You will get away with a lot, out of holiday season if you are sensible and low profile and move each day- Once you have been on the road for a while- you will find favourite spots:2thumbsup

[puddytat]

As Dmntd said, WOOF ing is a good one....
Yup theyre clamping down on freedom campers as they call 'em, though there still are lots of spots to be found. Asking a cockey can be worth it too.

[marty]

http://www.volunteer4africa.org/

[LBD]

Don't waste your time posting on KB....hit the experts up for some tips....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3184336/Couple-on-benefits-since-1984

[Pixie]

Hallelujah I'm a Bum

Hallelujah I'm a Bum

Oh, why don't I work like other men do?
How the hell can I work when the skies are so blue?

cho: Hallelujah! I'm a bum, Hallelujah bum again,
Hallelujah! give us a handout and revive us again.

Oh, I love my boss and my boss loves me,
And that is the reason I'm so hungry.

Well, springtime has come and I'm just out of jail,
Without any money, without any bail


Oh why don't you save all the money you earn?
Well if I didn't eat, I'd have money to burn.

Oh, I like my boss, he's a good friend of mine,
And that's why I'm standing out in the breadline.

I can't buy a job 'cause I ain't got the dough
So I ride in a boxcar 'cause I'm a hobo.

I went to a house and I knocked on the door,
The lady said, "Scram, bum, you've been here before!"

I went to a bar and I asked for a drink,
They gave me a glass and they showed me the sink.

Oh why don't you work like other folks do?
How can I get a job when you're holding down two?

Whenever I get all the money I earn,
The boss will be broke and to work he must turn.


I went to a house and I knocked on the door;
A lady came out, says, "You been here before."

I went to a house, and I asked for some bread;
A lady came out, says, "The baker is dead."

When springtime does come, oh won't we have fun,
We'll throw up our jobs and we'll go on the bum.

[scissorhands]

Many people work in areas which cause more harm than good in this world. Many, many many..... dont support a fascist regime....drop out, but support yourself