people in this life style

[losthighwaydrifter]

well I have been stopping and talking to most the people is see in van/rv that appear to be full time and so far everyone I approached were indeed full time as I have been from PA to north Carolina and West Virginia to Tennessee on a Harley in the past month keeping an eye out for any advice ideas

 

[lenny flank]

It always amuses me to see people who live for free on BLM land weeping and bitching about all the people who "sponge off the government oh noez!!!".

It's been said that a religious fundamentalist is someone who lives in mortal terror that somebody somewhere might be having a good time. My definition of an economic fundamentalist is someone who lives in mortal terror that somebody somewhere might be getting a nickel that somebody thinks they "don't deserve".

 

[rvwandering]

I suspect that you have been talking with people who do not want to be living in their vans or RVs. The vast number of people who live on the streets in cities fit into this category and would be living in a house or apartment if they could afford it.  They don't know or can't take advantage of other options and they don't have enough money to make their vehicles road worthy.

 Take a look at Bob's videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAj7O3LCDbkIR54hAn6Zz7A/videos
  This is the CRVLing community. You will not find any whining and complaining, just a great group for people meeting all challenges and enjoying their lives.

 

[QinReno]

Mr L, you were on this forum for whole 2 days, and started this thread,  and identified yourself as a snob. Nobody owes you an explanation of their lives. When you used the term "second coming" in post #25, it showed just how truly naiive you really are.  HDR should close this thread, and you should learn something before spouting off again.

 

[John61CT]

Somewhere out there, an investment banker who earned a seven-figure bonus funded in large part with bailout funds is laughing his ass off that people are being scrutinized for how they spend their $1,800 per year in food-stamp money.

It's a no-win situation. If they buy junk food, they're contributing to the obesity epidemic. If they buy healthy food, they're "elitists".

The whole point is to stigmatize poor people, sometimes think poor people in the US exist for no other reason to be lectured, scapegoated, and stigmatized by the holier-than-thou.

Those few equipped to pull themselves out of that trap by their bootstraps should really have more compassion.

If you don't like hearing what "those sort of people" have to say, maybe stop going out of your way to talk to them?

And repeatedly complaining about it IMO sounds a lot like "poor me" whining.

 

[bob91yj]

I think most of the people on this forum could be considered "self sufficient". I happen to be a "stationary full timer" in a travel trailer, I come here for the brilliant ideas that the folks here come up with to solve a problem rather than just throwing $$$ at the problem. The wealth of information here amazes me at times.

I've regularly cross posted info that I find here to other more traditional forums because the information given here is generally proven...not interweb hype.

I'd much rather hang out/camp with folks that think out of the box than I would with a group of affluent folks that pick up the phone and call a repair man every time something goes wrong.

Natural disasters are a prime example. People know for days that a hurricane is headed their way, yet most of them are in a panic 4 hours after the power goes out because they don't have a clue how to live with out it. The average Joe on this forum would take it in stride.

 

[lenny flank]

I also find it amusing that so many "holier than thou's" are functional illiterates, who can barely write at a third grade level.

 

[bob91yj]

^^^^Bazinga!

 

[lenny flank]

Somewhere out there, an investment banker who earned a seven-figure bonus funded in large part with bailout funds is laughing his ass off that people are being scrutinized for how they spend their $1,800 per year in food-stamp money.

Particularly silly since the entire US welfare budget, all of it combined, is less than the price tag of a handful of F-35 fighters.

It's not gonna break us.

 

[QinReno]

Somewhere out there, an investment banker who earned a seven-figure bonus funded in large part with bailout funds is laughing his ass off that people are being scrutinized for how they spend their $1,800 per year in food-stamp money.

When I lived in Colorado, the joke was that the most common emergency (cellphone) calls to the Rangers in Rocky Mountain Natl Park were from **eastcoast lawyers** who had climbed to the top of some peak, and were pooped out, and wanted the Rangers to send a helicopter to fly them back to their cars. Some people are just plain hysterical.

 

[bob91yj]

On an RV forum...TEN PAGES of conversation about campfires. OP has a medical condition, wants people in the RV park they are in to NOT HAVE CAMPFIRES. They are called CAMPFIRES because that's what people do when camping. First world problems...AARGH!

 

[Beeps and eats]

Well here's my two centablo's
This here is what makes Merica great!
I can b stupit and right like a tird graddr.
Or be as eloquent as a Philadelphia barrister. The choice is mine. That one of the things that sets our beautiful country apart from the rest. We are free to make as much or little of ourselves as we wish. I like many millions before me donned a uniform and swore to uphold that right for All, Americans. So when you are sitting and listening to someone elaborate on the path life has taken them down keep in mind that
There's other countries that this conversation would not be happening nor this forum. And everyone yourself included would be equal, equally oppressed equally poor equally as miserable. I my friends love our disfunctofamily. Where else but in the good ol'e USA can we be on such opposite ends of the spectrum and still sit around a campfire and exchange our stories. Now do I always agree with the person who I am conversing with, nope, but I thank God I have right to. Just my take on this subject.
You can agree or disagree i'll still love ya for it. And rich or poor we all own one thing the name, American.

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[rvwandering]

Thread closed. I have deleted a few posts. Everyone has had a chance to offer their opinion and the thread has become too acrimonious.