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KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:31 AM

OK, so I live in an RV park.

I live in a Winnebago with 3 dogs.

I wanna try fishing in the nearby river.

I pay people in beer for advice and help on the RV.

But, at least with the cash saved... I don't think anyone has my setup in this park.

Make the best of what you have.

I like it just fine.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 30, 2006, 01:33 AM

What kind of job you have?

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

What kind of job you have?

I don't have one right now. Why?

leehotti · Jan 30, 2006, 01:37 AM

Thing is, RVs depreciate. Fast. Houses... don't.

euchomai · Jan 30, 2006, 01:38 AM

Cool set up man!

Do you kill people for money? If so, pm me please.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 30, 2006, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

I don't have one right now. Why?

just never met someone who lived in one. What type of work you normally do?

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by leehotti

Thing is, RVs depreciate. Fast. Houses... don't.

I have house on the market that appreciated nicely, thanks. When it sells, I will buy another once the market comes down, I will make more.

I bought a used RV that has already done most of it's depreciating, ok?

When you can afford to own a house and an RV, come talk to me.

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

just never met someone who lived in one. What type of work you normally do?

Designer. I do some on the side. But, right now, I am in grad school and want to focus on that. I just moved from NH to GA, so this is what I got.

I'm happy for now.

euchomai · Jan 30, 2006, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

Designer. I do some on the side. But, right now, I am in grad school and want to focus on that. I just moved from NH to GA, so this is what I got.

I'm happy for now.

Congratz on doing what you enjoy. Life is way too short to not be happy!

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by euchomai

Congratz on doing what you enjoy. Life is way too short to not be happy!

Thank you.

I just decided to learn more and move to a new state. Who knows where it will go from here. I'll let you know in a couple of years.

greenamp · Jan 30, 2006, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

Thank you.

I just decided to learn more and move to a new state. Who knows where it will go from here. I'll let you know in a couple of years.

You go to SCAD?

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by greenamp

You go to SCAD?

uh-huh...

greenamp · Jan 30, 2006, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

uh-huh...

Right on. I almost went there too at one point, but ended up going for a smaller school locally.

Kevin · Jan 30, 2006, 08:01 AM

Cool.. how liberating that would be.

Railroader · Jan 30, 2006, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by leehotti

Thing is, RVs depreciate. Fast. Houses... don't.

This, from the guy who pays someone to let him live in their place. Otherwise known as renting.

You must really LOVE throwing your money around uselessly. I wish I had that kind of money.

Kevin · Jan 30, 2006, 08:12 AM

I rented in College. But not since then. I've owned my house outright for a few years.

Big Mac · Jan 30, 2006, 08:55 AM

The strange thing about this thread is, I don't think leehotti meant anything negative by that remark. Perhaps I've missed something big, but that post alone reads relatively harmlessly - just a difference of opinion.

Doofy · Jan 30, 2006, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by leehotti

Thing is, RVs depreciate. Fast. Houses... don't.

Wrong again. Plenty of home owners got stung in the late 80s/early 90s here in the UK and ended up with a mortgage larger than the value of their house. A crash of this nature (and a massive one) is due to hit the UK and US sometime real soon:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/ar...752866,00.html

Railroader · Jan 30, 2006, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Wrong again. Plenty of home owners got stung in the late 80s/early 90s here in the UK and ended up with a mortgage larger than the value of their house. A crash of this nature (and a massive one) is due to hit the UK and US sometime real soon:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/ar...752866,00.html

In the US, right about...

Now.

Railroader · Jan 30, 2006, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

The strange thing about this thread is, I don't think leehotti meant anything negative by that remark. Perhaps I've missed something big, but that post alone reads relatively harmlessly - just a difference of opinion.

He was telling KeriVit that she had made a wrong financial decision.

I was telling Rob that he did the same thing.

Mastrap · Jan 30, 2006, 10:01 AM

Good for you, Keri.

When I lived in London, I lived on a boat for a while, for similar reasons. Wait until the you've finished your studies and see where the housing market has moved by then. This might work out better than you could have thought.

wdlove · Jan 30, 2006, 10:43 AM

I think that is a very nice looking set. Like seeing the iMac and PB.

Sealobo · Jan 30, 2006, 10:48 AM

Amazing.

dcmacdaddy · Jan 30, 2006, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by Mastrap

Good for you, Keri.

When I lived in London, I lived on a boat for a while, for similar reasons. Wait until the you've finished your studies and see where the housing market has moved by then. This might work out better than you could have thought.

Yeah, sweet set-up. As long as you got your Macs does it really matter where you live?

As for alternative living arrangments, I spent a year living on a sail-boat in Washington, DC. The September 11th attacks put an end to that--The marina was on the river behind the military base used to evacuate members of Congress in times of national emergency. The whole area become a bit of a no-mans-land after that.

So, what's up with your gal-pal? Is she with you or still overseas in Iraq? I'd say if you've got your Macs, your dogs, and your beloved where and how you live doesn't really matter.
Just enjoy!

waxcrash · Jan 30, 2006, 11:19 AM

I'm sorry if this question is a little personal, but how much do you pay to rent out a slab of concrete at the RV park? How do you get an Internet connection in your RV?

leehotti · Jan 30, 2006, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

I have house on the market that appreciated nicely, thanks. When it sells, I will buy another once the market comes down, I will make more.

I bought a used RV that has already done most of it's depreciating, ok?

When you can afford to own a house and an RV, come talk to me.

That's cool man. Way to save money by purchasing used unlike the retards who buy brand new cars. But if you're a student and you own what you live in, that's rad.

PS: Do you have a dixie horn?

dav · Jan 30, 2006, 11:59 AM

what make of speakers are those by the imac?

leehotti · Jan 30, 2006, 12:00 PM

I'm still stuck renting, which sucks, but it's not a choice. Can't afford a downpayment on anything at this moment, so until I get out of school it's going to be wasting money on landlords. Hooray.

andi*pandi · Jan 30, 2006, 12:17 PM

sounds like a liberating way to live for a while. My folks did the RV thing while their house was being built. Guess that's an advantage of living down south, and something you couldn't have done if, say, you'd gone to grad school in New England.

Never knew GA had a good design school.

paul w · Jan 30, 2006, 12:32 PM

Looks pretty nice KV (yes I just gave you a nickname). I very nearly went to Savannah College way back when I but I chickened out and stayed up in New York.

How do you like Savannah? Are you from GA or NH? I actually have been considering moving up to NH, as I enjoy it so much every time I go up there.

Oh and I've had crappy Euroflats that looked much worse. Oh and Mas, my dream is to live on one of them houseboats in Sausalito. A friend of mine there showed me around the inside of some of them - they're AMAZING. My favorite had a window next to the bed, and the bed was at the same level as the water line.

teknopimp · Jan 30, 2006, 12:37 PM

sweet setup.

i have that same printer, it saved me many trips to Kinko's when i was in design school.

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

I'm sorry if this question is a little personal, but how much do you pay to rent out a slab of concrete at the RV park? How do you get an Internet connection in your RV?

Less than $300- works for me cuz they allow my 3 dogs- no apartment owner would allow that and the RV and the slab still cost less than an apartment.

Cable is provided free. i simply went to comcast, got the self-install kit and hooked up the cable modem to my ariport and SHAZAM!

(OK, it was a little more complicated, I buried the cable before I checked the connection and ended up digging it out to use less splitters.)

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by leehotti

That's cool man. Way to save money by purchasing used unlike the retards who buy brand new cars. But if you're a student and you own what you live in, that's rad.

PS: Do you have a dixie horn?

I'm working on the horn, but the Barred Owls produce some real noise.

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by dav

what make of speakers are those by the imac?

Virgin

Boomtube ex- the sub is behind the iMac. Sound great - but could use a little more volume.

KeriVit · Jan 30, 2006, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by paul w

Looks pretty nice KV (yes I just gave you a nickname). I very nearly went to Savannah College way back when I but I chickened out and stayed up in New York.

How do you like Savannah? Are you from GA or NH? I actually have been considering moving up to NH, as I enjoy it so much every time I go up there.

Oh and I've had crappy Euroflats that looked much worse. Oh and Mas, my dream is to live on one of them houseboats in Sausalito. A friend of mine there showed me around the inside of some of them - they're AMAZING. My favorite had a window next to the bed, and the bed was at the same level as the water line.

I love Savannah. I grew up in GA and LA, been in NH 12 years- really wanted to head back down south. I hate the cold... regardless, it has been a mild winter everywhere.

leehotti · Jan 30, 2006, 01:11 PM

Do you like Tabasco?

production_coordinator · Jan 30, 2006, 01:19 PM

I lived in much much worse in college. I'm also sure I paid more

Mastrap · Jan 30, 2006, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by paul w

Oh and Mas, my dream is to live on one of them houseboats in Sausalito.

Well, if the latest news from the BBC are true, your descendants might not have much of a choice in that matter.

production_coordinator · Jan 30, 2006, 01:20 PM

dp .

Tomchu · Jan 30, 2006, 01:33 PM

Holy crap, it's a mobile redneck command center!

Nice.

SeSawaya · Jan 30, 2006, 01:54 PM

demograph68 · Jan 30, 2006, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by SeSawaya

good one.

Railroader · Jan 30, 2006, 04:00 PM

"ARMY Training Sir!"

Rolling Bones · Jan 30, 2006, 07:17 PM

Technically you're 'White Trailer Trash'.

Rednecks work (drink) out in the sun all day and have fried brains along with necks, drive pickup trucks with rifle racks and the back is filled with crushed beer cans...oh and speak like Bush.

So sorry, you're not in the club.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 30, 2006, 07:20 PM

So what does the other half look like? Is there no room so you have to put a computer and printer on the dashboard?

JoshuaZ · Jan 30, 2006, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by SeSawaya

I`d live in an RV if it came with two sexy MPs and had a lot of big guns.

Plus I bet it gets cable.

TheMule · Jan 30, 2006, 07:46 PM

Thing is, RVs depreciate. Fast. Houses... don't.
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Houses are not as good of an asset as most people think.

euchomai · Jan 30, 2006, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by TheMule

Thing is, RVs depreciate. Fast. Houses... don't.
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Houses are not as good of an asset as most people think.

Hit the quick reply button then check the box for "quote message in reply?" and you'll have it down!

Now about the comment. Houses can be great assets, location is a huge factor. There is a nearby town that is selling 1500 sq ft houses right now for under $50,000. The larger city nearby, oklahoma city, is getting closer and closer, meaning that the property values are going up on a MONTHLY basis.

You can currently buy a house and sell it in just a few months and make several thousand.

Again, houses can be great assets, just not with three mortgages on them!

jjlannoo · Jan 30, 2006, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

OK, so I live in an RV park.

I live in a Winnebago with 3 dogs.

I wanna try fishing in the nearby river.

I pay people in beer for advice and help on the RV.

But, at least with the cash saved... I don't think anyone has my setup in this park.

Make the best of what you have.

Actually I think that is a really cool way to live.

If the opportunity ever came along I would give it a shot. Why the hell not? Actually its probably not much smaller then my apartment. LOL Can you insure everything inside like a house or an apartment?

leehotti · Jan 30, 2006, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by jjlannoo

Actually I think that is a really cool way to live.

If the opportunity ever came along I would give it a shot. Why the hell not? Actually its probably not much smaller then my apartment. LOL Can you insure everything inside like a house or an apartment?

Yep.