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| May 22nd, 2020 at 7:01:15 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 9 Posts: 2582 |
That is small but has a good configuration. You can probably leverage that bunk bed space nicely. The experience of moving everything out of a house is good for cleaning up and getting rid of crap you don't need. We had to essentially move out a couple of years ago to redo some things. The garage was filled, as was a trailer we brought in. A lot of "stuff" was given away, sold, or tossed. Clutter removed. It was kind of refreshing.... |
| May 22nd, 2020 at 9:17:28 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
You ever actually talk to people who own RV's and stay in RV parks? Good god. My wife and I agree that even it we got an RV for free, it's goes up for sale sight unseen. We ain't 'those' people.. Terapined will fit right in.. LOL If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 22nd, 2020 at 9:24:50 AM permalink | |
| Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
The only time I ever did was when the kids and I were walking around a state park in Ohio. The RV folks were cooking out and offered us some food. It was a truly horrifying experience from which I have never fully recovered. /sarcasm Actually, had we not just eaten before going to said park, I'd have taken them up on some burgers and then returned with a case of beer to give to them in return. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
| May 22nd, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 9 Posts: 2582 |
Interesting. I know a few. I know one who played sax for Elvis. Seems fine to me. Half the year in an RV in Texas and half in a house in Maryland. I know one who is a multi-millionaire. He finds it a way to maximize vacation time by bringing his "home" with him. They do sometimes stay in other places (family homes, rental houses) while suing the RV to get there. They also stay in RV parks at times. I know a whole bunch of middle class people who use theirs all the time for getaways. You are a "lumper" on this one...there a weird people all over the place (which I assume is what you may be referring to Terapined as...but he seems pretty normal to me; we just disagree on things)...but everyone doesn't fit in one "bucket".... |
| May 22nd, 2020 at 11:16:45 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
Of course what I said applies to ALL people who stay in RV parks. Every single one, no exceptions. Good grief. I like the stories of single women who try the RV lifestyle. They end up quitting or buying a gun and living in paranoid fear. No matter the age of the woman, the RV parks are full of male predators. Guys who want sex, or free meals, or to con them out of their money. RV parks are magnets for these guys. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 24th, 2020 at 9:21:30 PM permalink | |
| Shrek Member since: Aug 13, 2019 Threads: 10 Posts: 1855 |
I agree. 😂 I personally have never met a normal RV person. In fact most of them I met were all drug addicts. Big time losers man. But again that's my own personal experience. |
| May 24th, 2020 at 9:35:09 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
Clarence Thomas, conservative on the Supreme Court , is really big on the RV life. Him and his wife vacation in an RV every summer Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| May 24th, 2020 at 10:11:44 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
I know a woman who's late 60's and has a good income from SS and her late husbands Vietnam disability payments. She got an RV two years ago and moved to AZ with the idea of retiring to Mexico. Her friends begged her not to do it to no avail. She lasted 8 weeks before she came running home. She's older but thin and attractive and looks much younger. She was constantly besieged by single middle aged men in the RV parks. As soon as they found out she was alone, she was an open target. They wanted sex, free meals, free booze, free pot, money. They had RV's and nothing but hard luck stories. RV parks are just transient mobile home parks, same kind of people in both. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 25th, 2020 at 4:26:15 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
RV = "Ruins Vacations." Drive one and see how many places you cannot stop. See how much fun it is squeezing it thru traffic and into the park. See how much gs it gulps. Like anything, there will be a mix of people. Some retirees love the idea. But I agree on the kind of people who end up in the parks and the women who get hassled. I figure it would follow truck stop culture. Some of those are so bad women cannot walk the lot to the building at night for being hassled so much. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| May 25th, 2020 at 7:11:22 AM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 5748 | I'd need to spend more than I could afford to get an RV that would be acceptable for me. I used to tailgate at Bills home games in my father in laws friends' RV. It was great for that purpose, as if the weather was too bad you could be inside. Great having a refrigerator, microwave, TV, bathroom, etc... And I could see it being acceptable for a few days at a time, but certainly not for months at a time. I think it would be considered a 'mid scale' one, probably a tad over $100k new. (20 years ago). I think I'd need one around $500k to meet my wants. I think you need to be pretty handy to be on your own in an RV. I ain't that! |