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10 Rules for Living in your Vehicle (by VanGuy)

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Started 7 months ago by VanGuy
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10 Rules for living in your vehicle

To me, this is all common sense.

Rule 1
Never park overnight in front of anyones house or any business.

Rule 2
Keep everything inside the vehicle. Nothing outside,no spit, no garbage, no cigarette butts, no chairs, no tables, no generators, no couches, no swimming pools, etc

Rule 3
Don't have wild drinkin' sex drug parties

Rule 4
only pee or poo in the proper facilities. Not right outside your door. (Duh!)

Rule 5
Keep your vehicle licensed and running. And follow all parking rules.

Rule 6
Be polite and friendly to EVERYONE!

Rule 7
always Keep the vehicle clean, inside and out.

Rule 8
Clean around your parking spot even if it's not your garbage. Everyone will assume it's yours.

Rule 9
Always keep yourself clean and not smelly.

Rule 10
Enjoy myself! I have the day off!

Posted 7 months ago #
onederfullone

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The Ten Commandments of Seattle.

Maybe you could post it somewhere nearby, in case we forget.

Posted 7 months ago #
VanGuy

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Im sure you'll be able to find it here.

Posted 7 months ago #
Corvus

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Those are all good rules to live by whether you live in a house, apartment, condo, or van. Onedy lives in a basement so maybe that is why he completely ignores #6.

Posted 7 months ago #
PaytonKemp-AlleyOop

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I can't help but think of Chris Farley on SNL, proclaiming he lives in a van down by the river and then breaks a coffee table.

Posted 7 months ago #
onederfullone

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"You need to shoehorn the smokin' hot girlfriend into that equation edog :-)"

Plastic isn't a good thing to feed to your pet, I'm guessing?

Maybe, corvus/cd/what's yer face, you shoulda followed rule six yer-self?

Am I guessing?

Posted 7 months ago #
pennygirl

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That was me 1der :-)

Posted 7 months ago #
SaturdayNightSpecialGranny

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Oooo my my, VanGuy getting defensive. R-A-T-T-L-E-D!

Posted 7 months ago #
ynh98107

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Those are certainly good rules to live by, whether in a van or an $800K house. What I don't don;t understand is why one would chose one specific and stay for years on end, especially if one is mobile and free to live life. If I was that free I would not stick around int he same spot and see the world.

Posted 7 months ago #
teigyr

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I have a question about rule #4.

So if it's in proper facilities, who pays water and sewer? What about bathing/showering? Who's picking up the tab on that one? And what if you need to go #4 in the middle of the night?

Posted 7 months ago #
phoo

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teigyr: I think by "proper facilities" he meant a gatorade bottle and bowl in your van, then dump it in the puget sound later.

Posted 7 months ago #
pennygirl

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Right on Teigyr and Phoo.

Posted 7 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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PaytonKemp

I get the same visual with this song stuck in my head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctyn47bK8tU

Posted 7 months ago #
gracie

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And barf - I have seen those "facilities" aka bottles outside next to car/van. On 14th there was one with couple of "facilities" outside that were overflowing with poop & pee. Disgusting.
VanGuy - I'm curious and don't know the answer - where do van/car/truck/RV people go to take a shower and clean clothes? And this you really don't have to answer - but I see you all the time, any hour of the day, hanging around Ballard Commons area and you don't seem to have a job. HOw do you get your moola?

Posted 7 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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gracie - I was wondering the same thing about washing since the sprinklers at the Ballard Commons are only seasonal.

Posted 7 months ago #
gracie

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Oh God Buffalo, now I'm envisioning VanGuy & his cronies in the sprinklers sans clothes. Oh just burn my eyes out now!

Posted 7 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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On a warm day bring a picnic basket and you might catch a scene from " Oh!Calcutta!" ;)

Posted 7 months ago #
VanGuy

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At Ballard High School, there's a shower at the public swimming pool. It's Only $4. I also have a lot of friends who are glad to let me shower. I even treat them to dinner or something for the favor. As far as how I make my money, read my original post when I first signed up.

Posted 6 months ago #
onederfullone

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Dinner for $4, you are a legend in these parts.

Posted 6 months ago #
VanGuy

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when I first lived in my van, I lived on donating plasma for money. About $220 per month, for about 2 years. Lets see YOU try that. That includes, food, clothes, cigarettes, bus money, batteries for my TV/Radio, gas for cooking, heating and driving my van, etc, etc. I even paid $5/week and bought a guitar from a pawn shop for $100. I could easily feed 2 people for $4.

Posted 6 months ago #
pennygirl

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Why would you donate plasma for $220 per month when you can make 2 grand selling your art? Or did it take a while for your art to take off?

Posted 6 months ago #
ynh98107

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Snap!

Posted 6 months ago #
lifeisamazing

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Can someone tell me why Vanguy annoys everyone so much? I keep reading his stuff and he hasn't said anything that annoys me yet.

When I was in my one month "homeless" stage it was easy to get clean and use the restroom. Just park near the grocery store where you buy food or near the gas station where you buy gas.

We used to shower at the college or at the truck stops and there is a laundry mat on every corner. Laundry mats are 2fers. Someplace to sit and you get your clothes clean too!

And sometimes splurge on a campsite.

Posted 6 months ago #
pennygirl

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You are kidding right LIA? You were 'homeless' for a month and you think you even have an idea about it? VanGuy is not what you think he is.

Posted 6 months ago #
onederfullone

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iupciEEIv8E&feature=fvst

Posted 6 months ago #
teigyr

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Laundry mat? Or is it laundromat?

My current speculation is that van guy is another incarnation of a frequent MB visitor. The character development is sometimes there, the lead-up is also there. There tends not be one incarnation around at the same time another one is.

Not that I care, really. You park on my street, you will get reported. You abuse resources in such a way that I/we/our neighbors notice? You will get reported. FWIW, I think vanguy is just a bored diversion of the same ST type person who apparently doesn't have enough to do. It's time to go away. Or come back as the shark or the marauder or as the granny. It doesn't matter, not really. Hell while you're at it, why not sign up for some other forums that involve more interesting species than humans?

Posted 6 months ago #
VeganBiker

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teigyr - you read my mind and said what I was thinking but having a hard time putting in words. Well done!

Posted 6 months ago #
yourFriend

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+100 pgirl
+1 tygyr

-5000 lia homeless phony

Posted 6 months ago #
lifeisamazing

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Wow. Well, I naively had no idea when I joined here that I was going to be attacked for my opinions. I thought it was going to be great to belong to a nice little cyber community but I've been called stupid, ridiculous and phony by people who I've never said a negative word to.

If you are reading the Mine All Mine thread that is similar to this one I explained that I put "homeless" in quotes because I was only homeless waiting for a room that I was going to rent to open up. (Penny, you put homeless in quotes to make a point when I myself had put it in quotes to make the same point) In neither thread did I imply that I understood homelessness that comes from hardship in fact I made it clear that I was not talking about that.

My only reference was that I remember us hanging out in the places some of you are upset about and commenting that, at the time, it didn't cross my mind that we were upsetting anyone.

The only other reference I made was in answer to the where would you get clean? question which I could have answered without ever “having a short period of time when I didn't have an address, bathroom, kitchen or bedroom but was waiting for one so therefore was not truly homeless”.

Posted 6 months ago #
Mondoman

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Uh, LIA, you know VG is a troll sockpuppet, right? Nobody is attacking your opinions on this thread. Just in case you weren't sure, there are other troll sockpuppets on this thread as well (by my count, at least two).

Posted 6 months ago #
SmartsyArtsy

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I think it is not you opinion as much as your irrevalent story. It does sound as if neither you nor van guy have been homeless.

Posted 6 months ago #
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so by my count, the only one who has been homeless on this thread is...LIA.

and that gives her a unique perspective that most of us probably don't have.

it may have been only a month, but it sounds like she was dealing with many of the same issues long-term homeless face, particularly in terms of how one is perceived in the community.

I find it very 'revelant'.

Posted 6 months ago #
teigyr

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VB, thanks. I didn't want to be too harsh but there seems to be a definite pattern. Doug11, LTN (anyone remember him/her?), the list goes on. The faux-person develops a personality, such as it is, and then acts as such to get people all riled up. You would think, once again, that the powers that be would be checking IP addresses for duplicate accounts.

Posted 6 months ago #
Ernie

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You would also think, once again, that people would be able to just not feed the trolls....

Posted 6 months ago #
SmartsyArtsy

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I strongly disagree with you gi. Being faced with homelessness includes a fear that is unimaginable. It is accompanied with an inability to see a way out, at least in the near future. That is not LIA's story. I would call her situation an adventure .

Posted 6 months ago #
eric

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i would call this thread "too funny".

Posted 6 months ago #
raisedbed

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http://www.urbanreststop.org/ Free laundry and showers...

Oh, and it would also be nice if those living in their vans/campers would close their blinds/windows/doors when they're watching loud, graphic, porn in the middle of the day. I respect your right to enjoy adult entertainment, however it's not really something I want to expose my LITTLE kids to when we walk by... just sayin'.

Posted 6 months ago #
oldguybc

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ONEDER! YOU! STOLE! MY! AVATAR!!

I consider that RUDE!!

Posted 6 months ago #
iPlod

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Even if you got these rules etched in stone from a burning bush you would still probably have to angrily dash those tablets amongst your partying brethren.

Posted 6 months ago #
onederfullone

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older-one, I received that picture in my private email, and found it appropriate.

I wasn't aware its ever been used prior, and if so, you have my apologies.

I don't intend to change it any time soon, fwiw.

Posted 6 months ago #
VanGuy

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These threads always swirl right down the drain and end up with Me being a fake homeless person who used to be someone else. You guys are boring and predictable. Merry Christmas

Posted 5 months ago #
ynh98107

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Please clarify in context. That makes no sense. L.

Posted 5 months ago #
bambooboy

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VanGuy - I don't recall anyone ever calling you a fake homeless guy. You're constant sparing with "us" doesn't help maters though. If people want to argue, they argue. I have rarely seen that they turn someone else's opinion, so it's mostly for naught.

Posted 5 months ago #
pennygirl

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I don't know if you are 'real' or not, but Merry Christmas VanGuy. Have fun :-)

Posted 5 months ago #
lifeisamazing

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Hi Vanguy,

Do you put up a little tree in your van?

One time my boyfriend at the time and I were packing the truck to travel from here down threw New Mexico and California to visit family for Christmas and New Years. Just as he was getting exasperated at how many "satchels" I was putting in the truck I came out with a little 1 foot tree complete with battery powered lights and my tiniest ornaments.

He sort of stood there with his mouth open a little then finally said "Are you kidding me!!!???"

"You told me that the weather is so bad you hoped we didn't get stuck and not make it in time for Christmas so I wanted to be prepared to celebrate Christmas on the road."

While he was saying "I'm not taking that thing" I got it all settled in the back of the truck next to the bed we'd made up for the trip.

By the second day he was the one saying "It's getting dark, you have to turn on the tree" Hee

Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted 5 months ago #
Edog

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Yawn...

Posted 5 months ago #
lifeisamazing

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Oh well, sometimes my stories are entertaining and sometimes they're boring. It's a numbers game.

Posted 5 months ago #
Edog

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LIA - Not your story, the thread.

Merry Christmas!

Posted 5 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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This place could use smiley icons so comments aren't taken the wrong way.

Posted 5 months ago #
Edog

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Just make your own tags. For example,

I love you BuffaloHawk

</f*ck you>

or

I love you BuffaloHawk

</I love you man>

Posted 5 months ago #
onederfullone

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"One time my boyfriend at te time"

Kind of reduntant, fwiw. Anyway, a touching story....I'd suspect ;-)

Last log-in for awhile, I'm off to make it memorable.

</I love you man> lol

Posted 5 months ago #
lifeisamazing

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Merry Christmas to you too Edog and to the whole doggone family!

Oh I'm so sorry. 50's family tv lines sneak out of me sometimes. :)

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