[pct-l] How do you tell a "Homeless Bum" from "Hiker Trash"???

[Reinhold Metzger]

Say gang,
How do you tell a "Homeless Bum" from "Hiker Trash"?

The other day I saw what I thought was a real grubby looking homeless 
bum at a McDonalds, so I bought  an extra hamburger for him.
After giving him the burger I noticed he was wearing a real modern 
hi-tech, internal frame pack with all the bells and whistels.
Afterwards I started thinking, was that a homeless bum or was it a hiker?
Everybody knows that after a few days on the trail it is hard to 
distinguish a bum from a grubby hiker.

So  "HOW"  do you tell a homeless bum from a scuzzy, grubby, on the 
trail to long, homeless hiker???

It appears that homeless bums are cleaner,better dressed and less 
malnourished than scuzzy, grubby, on the trail to long, homeless hikers.

JMT Reinhold
Your snappy looking trail companion