New Here. Never loined a forum before

[spudtv]

For the past six years ive lived in a vehicle for approx 4 1/2 of those years.<br />At first me and my then wife financed one of those 100k ford sportsmobiles. definitely not worth that much though, so over priced. and wow, hard to stealth camp in something everones drooling over. lived in berkeley with that van for 3 solid years before moving to the sierra foothills. then i did something a bit nuts. i bought a toyota truck with a basic camper shell and worked ski patrol and lived on donner summit ( like 7000 ft ) for a whole winter. all i used was a sleeping bag and a couple blankets <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> I continued to live in the truck the following summer in south lake tahoe which was perfect weather by the way. also lived in the truck in sacreamento while completing a fire academy, that was interesting. Now for the past while ive been living in my dream vehicle. A 4wd '89 toyota van wagon. i have a 156w solar pannel that keeps my aux battery charged and a nice little 1500w inverter. i just winged the solar system install and it works wonders.<br />So happy to see people living this life style. Ive done a lot more urban&nbsp; vandwelling than woodsy type. even though i wish i was in a forest all the time, im achored to a job write now for a while longer. Really want to do a workamper job in a remote off grid location at least once to experience it.<br />I actually rarely come across people who come out and say they think im nuts. Its usually a bit of wonderment. okay im done blabbing

 

[Guest]

Hey Spudtv...really glad to have you with us....it sounds like you have a really sweet rig...enviable in fact....welcome from New Mexico....<br />Bri

 

[spudtv]

thanks for the welcome

 

[stude53]

Welcome, Spud! <img src="/images/boards/smilies/wave.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br /><br />Bob

 

[Mortisha]

Hello and Welcome Spud!&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

 

[sl1966]

Welcome Spudtv!!! And I don't think I've ever loined a forum before either, is it delicious?&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br /><br />

 

[She]

Welcome Spudtv!!! And I don't think I've ever loined a forum before either, is it delicious?&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br /><br />

<br /><br />Why why did I think he would say something like that?!&nbsp;<br />Welcome Spudtv!!!<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

 

[Possum]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hello and welcome "spud" <img src="/images/boards/smilies/wave.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />,<br /><br />Cute log on /handle. Is "spudtv" covert for "couch potatoe"??&nbsp;&nbsp; LOL <img src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><img src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />........Sorry... no harm intended! I sure that you are just the opposite from reading your exploits/adventures....you've done alot more with your life than I have ...so far.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Take care...<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randy</span>

 

[Journeyman]

Welcome Spudtv!!! And I don't think I've ever loined a forum before either, is it delicious?&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br /><br />

<br /><br />Why why did I think he would say something like that?!&nbsp;<br />Welcome Spudtv!!!<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

<br /><br />Of course he would say something like that. Bob hired him for the entertainment tonight.&nbsp;<br /><br />And a big WELCOME TO YOU, Spud.<br /><br />

 

[tink]

Hey spud! [Hick Voice] Can I just call ye Tater? [/Hick Voice]

 

[SirJoey]

<br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome aboard, Spud! </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Kudos for the kool username! <br /><br /></strong></span>

 

[spudtv]

Thank guys! Haha I couldn't figure out how to change the word loined back to joined. Anyways, yeah, my user name breaks down like this: spud is the name of my van cuz it looks like a potato. And tv means Toyota Van. Does anyone live in the san francisco bay area or knows of anyone on here who does? Real curious about that.

 

[Possum]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cool...... very clever!!<img src="/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></span>

 

[Les H]

Hi Spud, welcome!!

 

[twokniveskatie]

I for the life of me cannot see how to change the title. I swear Paddling_Man did it for someone recently. He must have a superpower that I don't have.&nbsp;

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

I know on other forums, its edit&gt;Go Advanced (on some its mod only feature)<br /><br />Edit:&nbsp; I just changed my hello thread title to Hello! so it works.&nbsp;

 

[Journeyman]

Spud you ruined the fun! The name is great! Don't explain it!