Vandwellers Aptittude Test (don't take test here)

[akrvbob]

This is a thread of questions/answers to help newcomers decide if they should become vandwellers. <strong>Don't take the test here</strong>, just add more questions/answers. After you take the test you can talk about it in your introduction, or address it in a seperate thread.<br /><br />Everyone is welcome to add questions/answers, but they need to follow this format:<br /><br />Question about vandwelling?<br />(1) For sure you should be a vandweller! <br />(2) You should PROBABLY be a vandweller.<br />(3) You should probably NOT be a vandweller.<br />(4) Forget it, you should NOTbe a vandweller!!<br /><br />Here is an example:<br /><br />How much security for the future do you need?<br />(1) None, I refuse to be a sheeple. I'm ready to die younger to live a life of travel and freedom.<br />(2) Not much. I do want to have an emergency fund and a backup plan, but I WILL live a life of freedom and travel.<br />(3) Quite a bit. I need at least health insurance and some kind of retirement plan.<br />(4) Total security! It's certain I am going to get old and sick and I must plan now for when bad thing happen to me.<br /><br />After you take the test, you add up the total of the numbers you marked. So if you answered 10 questions number 1, you would have 10 points. If you answered 10 questions number 4 you would have 40 points. <br /><br />The lower the number of points, the more you SHOULD BE a vandweller.<br /><br />Any questions that don't follow this format won't work and will have to be deleted.<br /><br />There are hundreds of vandwelling topics you can write on. And you can also write on sub-topics. So you can ask "Home much comfort do you need? or you can ask sub questions: Do you need a shower every day? Do you need a microwave? etc.<br /><br />Humor is totally welcome. We have some great writers in the forum so I am looking forward to reading your questions. <strong>However, this is first and foremost a learning tool so the humor must add to the learning and not detract. </strong><br /><br />You can write different questions/answers even if the topic has already been covered. At some point I will choose the best questions/answers and delete the ones that aren't quite as good.<br /><br />Chances are I will eventually put this test in an article for the site or in a book, <strong>so by posting here, you are giving me permission to use it as I see fit. </strong><br />Bob<br /><br />

 

[thinker]

i have an issue already,<div>for example,</div><div>your example.</div><div>i think planning and preparedness are essential to the life and i think you'd agree. if you had a (0) choice, 'what does any of this have to do with vandwelling, that might fairer... but prolly not.</div><div><br></div><div>i suggest the foxworthy route:</div><div><br></div><div>if you have a closet full of pants but wear the same jeans for two weeks straight...</div><div>you should think about being a vandweller!</div>

 

[akrvbob]

Good suggestion! I will start a separate thread for the Foxworthy route. But I want this one to be just what I suggested. <br><br>You might very well be right that my sample question/answers could be improved on. So hopefully someone will ask the same question, only give better answers. Then we will delete mine and keep the improved question. Bob<br>

 

[angeli]

OK, here's a try to get the feel of this...<br><br>I've added a (0) just for the "You've been a vandweller too long" option.&nbsp; Sorry, how can you get VD's to follow a formulae?&nbsp; LOL!<br><br>How much company do you need?<br><br>0)&nbsp; Company?&nbsp; You mean.... like....&nbsp; people?<br><br>1)&nbsp; None!&nbsp; the bluebird on my antennae, the lizard on the rock next to me keep me grounded in God's beautiful world. <br><br>2) Well, I'm OK for awhile, and then a trip into the local quickie mart to buy a magazine and make sure I can still speak is all I really need.<br><br>3) I do need my support group that meets regularly over brunch.&nbsp; That's about it, just a few regular people, as long as I can have them over for dinner, too.<br><br>4) I LOVE the to and fro of a constant flow of people!&nbsp; My cel phone rings every five minutes, and I've got Denny for dinner, Jerry for a movie later, and Syl for pedies and a facial tomorrow morning.&nbsp; And then there's the party I'm hosting next week!!<br><br><br>

 

[angeli]

Just one more (for now)<br><br>How much security for the future do you need?<br><br>0)&nbsp; There's no such thing as security.&nbsp; The greater World order is sending it's zombies to take over all the functions of government, so soon we'll all be working drones with implants at the base of our brains.&nbsp; enjoy it while you can....<br><br>1)&nbsp; Truly there isn't really any such thing as security from the outside world.&nbsp; You never know what might happen, so best enjoy your life today and take every day as it comes one at a time.&nbsp; Your only real security is inside you.<br><br>2)&nbsp; My comfort zone requires the coffee tin safe.&nbsp; Just a few dollars in stash to pay for an emergency, and a bit of extra food in case I'm stranded, maybe even a place to park if I want to get off the road for a bit.&nbsp; That's all I really need.<br><br>3)&nbsp; I'll have to have some insurance, a road tow company, a way to contact my family and for them to contact me, health coverage, a retirement account, and a police scanner.&nbsp; it's no use buying a house because you never know who might move in next door!<br><br>4)&nbsp; Let's see:&nbsp; I've got my one year plan, my five year plan, my 10 year plan, my financial planner, my accountant (bonded), and space reserved in a cryogenics facility.&nbsp; I have a disciplined daily schedule that no one is allowed to disturb, so that I can get where I am planning to go.&nbsp; I need an apartment close in to the city, and a retreat somewhere out in the country, so as to cover any and all social upheaval contingencies.&nbsp; And don't get me started on the bins of dried food I have buried....<br>

 

[angeli]

I can only joke about what I know or feel, Planet Moon. &nbsp;But you make some good points! &nbsp;Kudos.<div><br></div>