Boxcar Roberts rode out the last years of his life on the rails increasingly alone and afflicted with melancholy as the Eisenhower interstate system ensured the end of the genuine hobo lifestle even as it gave rise to a new generation of hinayana hoboes.

Wife: “Have you put the sheets out to dry and put the towels on?”
Husband: “Yes. You know I am a grown adult also used to live alone so you do not need to micro marrige me”