Living near the rail roads

[She]

Well not every night. I work some where near one. The one I will be near is always open in the sense that there's action going on. The taxi 's ,the bars (4 of them)and free all night parking. There's always a space to park there. The police have never bothered us there(yes even with 4 bars and 5 bars down the connecting street). Its cooler near the RR also and very handy in the summer. The days I am off I can use there bathroom and recharge my smaller batteries. I can go to other towns too that are safe. I know all of them. There's a 24 hr. supermarket near by which I will also be using to blend in and there is a Walmart there too but it says no over night parking and they have security all over so that's a no go. My plan sound good or do you see a flaw?  Opinions  please.

 

[WanderingRonin]

Sounds like a good one so far. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> my only thing is with possible noise with the bars or with any bar patrons disturbing your sleep. If you know the area well, should not be a problem if you're just flitting in and out...

 

[She]

Well I have to tell you something. I have a challenge...Im deaf. So I&nbsp;wouldn't&nbsp;be hearing very much....I only hear 1 to 2 % in each ear. I do wear hearing aids but I can't wear them at night. Right now Im trying to think of a low key way to know when somebody is calling me outside of the van. The reason for that what if say(and I certainly hope not!!!)the police were standing out there asking if somebody is inside and they KNOW Im inside? Thats what scares me a bit.&nbsp;I was thinking of something like this.<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/NuTone-LA204R...=hi&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1317509160&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/NuTone-LA204R...=hi&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1317509160&amp;sr=1-2</a></div><div>or maybe a baby cry signaler which flashes alight might be better. Not sure if I need it or do yet.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>

 

[SoulRaven]

She instead of say a door bell, have the doorbell wired to a bright bulb that will flash when the doorbell device is pressed... Should wake ya up....<br>

 

[Seraphim]

If the officers know you're inside, you're on the property with permission, and you don't answer: there's not much they can legally do. There is nothingnthatrequires a person to answer their door or talk to the police, unless you are operating a vehicle on the roadway. Then you must identify yourself and show a license.

 

[She]

OMG Blkjak LOL Do you know I have pet rats? I am so stealing that picture!!!! &nbsp;<div>Thanks&nbsp;<img border="0" align="absmiddle" src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif"></div>

 

[She]

I decided not to hang out near the RR. Too close to work and that really is no fun. Who wants to live near there job? Not me. I found 4 apt. buildings in town. A 24 hour Waldbaums resides here too. There's my sleeping spots...go in.... sleep and go out...... early.

 

[Seraphim]

I have a challenge...Im deaf.

<BR><BR>I like the way you phrased that. A friend I met online at a professional level,&nbsp;formal poetry site would argue with me over metrical nuances - he was considered something of an expert. One day, while critiquing a somewhat confusing poem something he wrote, he confided the story in the poem was true: it was about a very young child going in for surgery, and the father leaving the boy in the operating room, expecting to never see the boy alive again. (unbeknownst to the child, who couldn't understand his father's tears).<BR><BR>Turns out my friend was that boy.&nbsp; He had a terminal disease (I guess about 60+ years ago, now), and the doctors were trying an experimental treatment. The expectations were not favorable.<BR><BR>The point of the story... the treatment worked (obviously) but there was one side effect: the procedure left him&nbsp;stone-cold deaf.<BR><BR>I'd been discussing the nuances of meter, rhythm, stress, caesura, etc, with a man who couldn't hear the lines we were discussing, had probably never heard a formal poem read aloud,&nbsp;and had never heard a sound since he was about 5 yoa.<BR><BR>And I'd learned so much from him...<BR><BR>A challenge, yes. A handicap? Never.<BR><BR><BR>

 

[Wild_E]

<a href="https://vanlivingforum.com/profile/1653545" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " target="_blank">Seraphim</a>,<div>what a&nbsp;positive&nbsp;post, thanks for that.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She, up here in Canada there are Railway police, I think they have them down there as well. Either Steer clear of them or make them your friends either way be cautious of being near the Railroads.</div>

 

[She]

I have a challenge...Im deaf.

<br><br>I like the way you phrased that. A friend I met online at a professional level,&nbsp;formal poetry site would argue with me over metrical nuances - he was considered something of an expert. One day, while critiquing a somewhat confusing poem something he wrote, he confided the story in the poem was true: it was about a very young child going in for surgery, and the father leaving the boy in the operating room, expecting to never see the boy alive again. (unbeknownst to the child, who couldn't understand his father's tears).<br><br>Turns out my friend was that boy.&nbsp; He had a terminal disease (I guess about 60+ years ago, now), and the doctors were trying an experimental treatment. The expectations were not favorable.<br><br>The point of the story... the treatment worked (obviously) but there was one side effect: the procedure left him&nbsp;stone-cold deaf.<br><br>I'd been discussing the nuances of meter, rhythm, stress, caesura, etc, with a man who couldn't hear the lines we were discussing, had probably never heard a formal poem read aloud,&nbsp;and had never heard a sound since he was about 5 yoa.<br><br>And I'd learned so much from him...<br><br>A challenge, yes. A handicap? Never.<br><br><br>

<div><br></div><div>Thank you Seraphim. Your friend and I have something in common as we both became deaf at 5 years of age. I from German measles. &nbsp;He&nbsp;probably&nbsp;thinks as I do there's nothing we can not&nbsp;conquer. I hated school and frankly I still do but love learning. I sometimes think what if we weren't deaf would we be so stubborn to prove what we can do? I don't know. I know you said this was a online group but when a poem is read it really doesn't matter that he doesn't hear it...because he feels it with the expressions that he see's. Also I'm sure he lip reads. I love when I can "hear" what people say across the room...LOL</div>

 

[She]

<p><b><font color="#0000ff" size="1">She</font></b></p><font color="#00ffff"><font color="#0000ff"><b><font size="1">OMG Blkjak LOL Do you know I have pet rats? </font></b><br><b><font size="1"></font></b>&nbsp;<br></font><b><font size="1"><font color="#0000ff">I am so stealing that picture!!!!</font> &nbsp;</font></b><br></font><div><b><font size="1"></font></b>&nbsp;</div><div><b><font size="1">i did know....</font></b></div><div><b><font size="1"></font></b>&nbsp;</div><div><b><font size="1">glad you liked it....</font></b></div><div><b><font size="1"></font></b>&nbsp;</div><div><b><font size="1">

</font></b></div><div><b><font size="1">&nbsp;</font></b></div><div><b><font size="1">blk....</font></b></div>

<div><br></div><div>Cute blkjak but I think the rat needs to be calmer LOL These are my cuties...2 of them.</div><div><img src="http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i406/tinyfeets/m_littest_angels_025-3.jpg"></div>

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

@ She&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; send me a couple of pics of them, I think they need to be characters in my book.&nbsp; Cindy's Stumpy is&nbsp; one of the characters, Stumpy&nbsp;is one of the fairy guards that watches over the little elfin prince.&nbsp;I will send the pic to her when I'm done.&nbsp; Use my email from the profile.&nbsp;<br><FONT color=#00ffff><b>Dragonfly</b></FONT><br>

 

[She]

Aww blkjak ....so cute. More me. I'm on my phone and put it as a screen picture.

 

[4x4tour]

Blk, you're such a stud...lol<div><br></div><div><b style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="1">she....</font></b><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="1"></font></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="1"><img src="http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL1650/11551667/20544983/399195262.jpg"></font></b><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="1"></font></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><b><br></b></font></div></div>

 

[Seraphim]

Your friend and I have something in common as we both became deaf at 5 years of age.

<br><br>bear_music - his online handle - became a nationally known architectural photographer. Yes, he reads lips. I was a little nervous when I finally met him, because he insisted on driving to the restaurant lol.<br><br>You both probably do have a lot in common - a drive to prove nothing's impossible.<br>

 

[Tulsa Time]

I've found that railroad employees will report you. If I park along a railroad to train dogs on private land joining a railroad, We will be reported by the employees. They drive along the side and all uo and down the tracks. They often leave equipment exposed, and most of all they don't want anybody tampering with the tracks. Now-a-days with cell phones people call law enforcement about EVERYTHING!

My friend and a police officer were featured on the front page of the small town newspaper. He was training his hunting dogs with permission from the land owner across the street from a rural school. He was using a track starter pistol which can not possibly shoot a bullet. At the speed of a cell phone, somebody at the school dialed 911, reporting that somebody is across the street shooting at the school. They even heard bullets "whizzing by". Police and newspaper reporters were quickly on the scene! The police were understanding and he continued to train, but the newspaper still reported the "event".

J.O.

 

[johnny b]

For the hard of hearing....back in my phone man days we used lights, strobes, and bed shakers (vibratory pads) hooked to the ring circuits. Any of those could easily be adapted to work with a door bell button or perhaps a motion detector.

A little off topic for the railroad stuff....I would avoid 'active' rail lines, but exploring some of the old abandoned lines could be interesting. I stumbled across this site a while back by a vet running a small company making poly railroad wheels. Home made 'rail karts' might be a bit large for most dwellers, but the bicycle rig could be easily managed, or maybe adapted to a small motorcycle. :idea:

http://www.railriders.net/railriders.html


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