BoatBanter.com - Upstanding citizen

On 6/13/2014 6:36 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/13/14, 2:21 AM, KC wrote:
On 6/13/2014 1:46 AM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 3:44 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 12:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:

On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote:

I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the
leveling
foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down.

Most of them are manual ... hand cranked.

It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to
the
RV crowd. (a motor on that crank)

One broken antenna would pay for it.

I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to
amortize the costs of an RV..
My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class,
rent a
nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually
used
it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and
drive
his diesel pusher).
I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to
find a
buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over
$500 a
day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he
threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat,

I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it
from a
financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around,
seeing
new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define.

I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few
times
we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of
comfort from a tent and sleeping bags.

Ahh, but a tent and a sleeping bag is "camping." A big RV is
nothing more
than a towable or driveable motel room.

Actually for long tours is much better than tents and motel rooms.
In the
late 1980's I had a sabbatical and took 7 weeks to tour the US with
two
teenagers and the wife. Did not have to worry about finding a motel
room
where we wanted to stop, ate healthier, and when traveling, the kids
could
do hobbies, etc at a table. Cost was probably comparable to
motels. I
have a truck camper, but tow my boat to some remote lakes and
rivers. I
think a 40' diesel pusher, unless you are living in it full time is
pretty
worthless. Lots of Federal and State campgrounds limit out at about
28'.

I was talking about "camping," not driving or trailering a large metal
and plastic motel room. You know, tent, sleeping bag,
campfire...camping.

The settlers in prairie schooners, were camping. And they towing a
camper.

I camp, but I am not gonna' waste my time here telling harry about it so
he can use the experience as his own elsewhe)

Camping out was a lot of fun when I was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout, and
it was ok when we started going out to the Shenandoah, but there's a
nice building out on the lot now, with a wood pellet stove for heat when
we need it, a Honda genny, and bunk beds. We still cook outdoors, for
the most part, unless it is raining.

With all your serious medical conditions, I'm surprised you venture
outside at all.

Gotta have that genset to keep that sleep apnea machine running, eh?
You never dis answer us when we asked why you get monthly physicals?
Normal, relatively healthy folks don't require medical attention that
often. (Glass houses. Careful about those rocks you throw.)