You Might Be a Vandweller If...

[Pikachu711]

You see a truck or a van going down the street and you say out loud -- "I could live in that" <img src="/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif" alt="" align="absMiddle" border="0" />&nbsp;---- the person next to you say -- "What the hell you talking about" <img src="/images/boards/smilies/eek.gif" alt="" align="absMiddle" border="0" />

<br /><br />And I thought I was the only one who did that! lol

 

[MasterOfSparks]

If you tell your coworkers you have "a little place at the beach" and feel sorry for them when they have to eat Ramen noodles for lunch&nbsp;all week to pay their rent.

 

[Bodhi]

If you found the world's only 12V Rechargeable Vibrator manufacturer.....<br />You might be a vandweller<br />

<br /><br />Please elaborate....&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/cool.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

 

[Bodhi]

When you truly understand that some people are so poor all they have is money...&nbsp; you might be a vandweller.

 

[Sunny1]

<span id="post_message_1275565540">When you truly understand that some people are so poor all they have is money...&nbsp; you might be a vandweller.</span>

<br /><br />That's the best one yet.

 

[Ballenxj]

<span id="post_message_1275565540">When you truly understand that some people are so poor all they have is money...&nbsp; you might be a vandweller.</span>

<br /><br />That's the best one yet.

<br />I like that one too. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /> <br />-Bruce

 

[Pikachu711]

You might be a van dweller if...<br /><br />...every&nbsp;once in a while you're driving&nbsp;and&nbsp;you see a vehicle and&nbsp;tell yourself, "I could convert that (fill&nbsp;in the blank) into&nbsp;something I could easily&nbsp;live in!" lol

 

[travelinwithus]

When you truly understand that some people are so poor all they have is money...&nbsp; you might be a vandweller.

<br /><br />My favorite also! I have to add one:<br /><br />You go on a month long trip in your Skoolie with your family and you get toward the end of your trip and don't want to go home.... you might be a vandweller.

 

[Kevin H]

You put on your workout clothes to go take a shower...

 

[Lou]

<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">When you refer to a rental car as temporary housing.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">When the morning sun that enters your living room window can enter that same window when it sets.</p>

 

[Ballenxj]

^^ Temporary Housing?&nbsp; Hahaha, GOOD one Lou. ^^ <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"> <br>-Bruce

 

[vokus]

<p class="MsoNormal">If you have over 50 different book marks in your GPS that say slept here...</p><p class="MsoNormal">You might be a VANDWELLER!</p>

 

[Unchained]

If you find yourself thinking 'cabin', 'condo' and 'mansion' instead of 'Prius', 'cargo van' and 'Winnebago', you might be a vandweller. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/angel.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"><br><br><br>ETA- If you spot an attractive member of the opposite (or same, depending) sex while driving down the highway and start mentally undressing their gorgeous... RIG, you might be a vandweller! <img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"><br><br><br>Last one- If you have ever, even for a moment, wondered whether it would be possible to hollow out your van's passenger seat in order to make a 'stealth' bucket potty out of it&nbsp; (yeah, I'm guilty) <img src="/images/boards/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"><br><br>

 

[Half_Pint]

If you find yourself looking at hightop vans in a parking lot and getting disappointed when
you see seats in the back

When your out with your non vandwelling friends and they yell at you to stop oogling all the vans

 

[rollinhomed]

You might be a van dweller if you went from counting calories to counting watts.

You only go outside if no one is round

In your prayers you mension better gas milage.

You get a warm feeling when you see a sign saying "Free Parking".

Your happy when no one knows where you live.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

Oh man, i fit so many of these <img src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; <br><br>

<span id="post_message_1278557698">... looking at hightop vans in a parking lot and getting disappointed when <br> you see seats in the back

<br><br>So true <img src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; <br></span>

 

[caseyc]

Every time I see a decent looking Vanagon or EuroVan, I take a quick peek to see if it's the camper version, or the passenger version.&nbsp;If&nbsp;I see it has the sink/stove/fridge built-in off to the side, I think to myself "cool!". But when I see nothing but rows of seats, I think to myself...Loser! <img class="emoticon bbc_img" src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif"><img class="emoticon bbc_img" src="/images/boards/smilies/tongue.gif"><img class="emoticon bbc_img" src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif">&nbsp; Juuuuust kidding!

 

[k&p Catalano]

from&nbsp;<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Unchained</span><br style="white-space: nowrap;"><br style="white-space: nowrap;"><strong style="white-space: nowrap;">02/08</strong><br>

<span style="line-height: 20px;">Last one- If you have ever, even for a moment, wondered whether it would be possible to hollow out your van's passenger seat in order to make a 'stealth' bucket potty out of it&nbsp; (yeah, I'm guilty)&nbsp;</span><img style="max-width: 100%; max-height: 650px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 20px;" src="/images/boards/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img">

<br><br>You think that hey...that's a really good idea...I bet I could build one...(adds to her list of custom conversion ideas)<br><br>You might be a vandweller (soon-to-be<img src="/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img">)

 

[Phyllis Anne]

You spend nearly a year searching for a certain year and model and perfect condition low mileage WHITE cargo van, a clean and empty 2000 Dodge B3500 MaxiVan (had only 41,000 college campus miles on it), and suddenly find IT in another state and called the dealer immediately and put a deposit on it and bought it sight unseen within 30 minutes, all the while saying, "I'm going to live in that!" Then serendipitously was provided a free ride to California the day the deal closed, and then got to drive that awesome MaxiVan some 400 miles back to Arizona, and drooled all the way back to home, while thinking of living in your own MaxiVan once again (this is my 5th MaxiVan).<br>You once lived in your MaxiVan all 4 years while in Nursing School...and loved it...<br>All your bookmarks on your computer have to do with RV or Van living, places to travel, boondocking, stealth parking, Vandweller groups, eating healthy without refridgeration, etc...<br><br>You have a large number of 12 Volt items in your wish list on Amazon.com, and you order a couple of them each month, and your clothes closet is storing them...<br>You go into your clothes closet to pet your 12 Volt items often, while thinking what do I really need next, and before leaving the closet you pick a few items of clothing and say "I'm not going to need that."<br>You spend hours on this site each day, knowing that preparedness is key for a nice van life...<br>You don't tell any of your relatives what your plans are...<br>You refuse to give up your 24 Hr Fitness gym membership, because it's only costing you $4 a month (bought in 1990)<br><br>Spend hours each day, picturing in your mind how your MaxiVan is going to look inside and out, how you're going to build what you'll need for off-grid life...think of and picture where each screw can go to hold this or that in place...<br>You ask yourself often, "Is this going to be stealthy?"<br>You refuse to spend any money on anything other than what you know you're going to need to live in your van...<br>To save money toward your new life, you cook inexpensive healthy foods, beans and brown rice 3 or 4 meals a week is OKAY and it still tastes great...<br>You learned more about Solar Electricity than any of your friends and family would begin to care to know, and you can't talk to anyone about it except to the online vandwellers &amp; in other online forums of like minded people...<br><br>I could go on and on....I was thrice times a Vandweller, I still might be a Vandweller...<br><br><br>

 

[stude53]

YOU definitely are a van dweller from the south ... and you also know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.
~ Jeff Foxworthy...