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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65483 is a reply to message #65481] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 08:29   |
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Terry,
I'm totally with you on that question- Especially with all these "failure to launch" young people I see everywhere, (my own included)
But on the other hand, the wheels came off my life when I was 40 and I think my 80 year old mom got something out of being able to help me out a bit.
But really, the more important question; why spend $40k on a leaky deathtrap that goes down the road like a fat drunk when there are still GMC's available for less money.
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65488 is a reply to message #65474] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 08:55 |
Rusty
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Terry the question isnt so much why he thinks its ok to squat in his parents driveway - its more why THEY think its ok LOL . And from the way he writes about a warranty and maintenance (here / his neighbor) is he expecting his neighbor to address issues that come up?! Ahh but the location Slatington pa may explain , in the boonies north of allentown. They recently had a scandal up in that part of Pa involving school teachers having to have to come up with 5 grand to get a job teaching, payable to school board members, bunch of people got busted.
Oh I forgot, you can get a really really nice house in the Detroit suburbs right now for under $10k. Maybe I'll post him a message.
Rusty
75 Glenbrook
Philadelphia Pa
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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65492 is a reply to message #65481] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 09:13 |
C Boyd
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| Terry Skinner wrote on Tue, 24 November 2009 09:18 |
I have seen that whole scenario go on here. What I want to know is why
does he think it is OK to live off his folks parked in the drive
way.........Terry
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Gentlemen: JWID.. Everybody is different in their own way, If my Mother would "let me", my GMC would be in her driveway.
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65513 is a reply to message #65483] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 10:59 |
Larry C
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why spend $40k on a leaky deathtrap that goes down the road like a fat drunk when there are still GMC's available for less money.
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I didn't see where he was planning on doing this. Someone said In Pennsylvania?????
I think someone who fulltimes a GMC and actually parks in the cold weather for a while should talk up here.
I can say when it is cold, MY GMC has a freezer floor, and my floor is insulated by the PO.
If I were to live in it in the Winter, I would find some way to direct the furnace air flow to the floor to try to warm it up a bit.
I can understand the community trying to keep the GMC's popular but this is one case where if it has not been modified and heavily insulated, he won't like it, it will be cold and expensive.
This bit of information seems to have been left out in recommendations to him.
Popularity of the GMC will continue to be good as long as they get all the information they need to find what they want.
( Notice how he seems to comment on the great ride the GMC has.... LOL... what till he actually drives one. )
So any full timers that have spent time in the frigid north in the GMC, speak up, how well or might I say comfortable are you in your GMC.
If you can stay toasty, I WOULD BE INTERESTED in what you did to get it that way.
Gatsbys' CRUISER  ( Who had used a 30btu heater to heat up the coach in mid Winter and about froze his feet off even though the rest of the coach was toasty )
Gatsbys' CRUISER  08-18-04
74 GLACIER X, 260/455-APC-4 Bagg'r
Remflex Manifold gaskets
CampGrounds needed, Add yours to "PLACES" />
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| Re: Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65538 is a reply to message #65532] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 13:28 |
Chr$
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It's true, in places like Maricopa, etc. If you are retired that is fine, but if you work in the valley, the commute sucks.
The cookie cutter homes are crap, too. they all have 2x4 construction with 1" of polystyrene, chicken wire and stucco.
No, I'll stick with my Slump Block built home.
| RF_Burns wrote on Tue, 24 November 2009 11:36 |
So is it really true that almost new homes can be got in Arizona for 100k or less.
See lots listed in the real estate sites... must be a catch.
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-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65542 is a reply to message #65481] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 14:49 |
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USAussie
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Terry,
I thought the same thing too at first and it prompted me to read the whole
message.
At the bottom of page 2 Barb from Livingston, TX asked:
Are your parents happy with this idea? While I love my daughter, I would
have been very upset to have them living in our driveway permanently in a
MH. There is a time when children need to leave the nest.
On page 3 he responds:
Hi Barb
Thanks for the input but I really don't need a lecture on this subject of
living at my parents but I'll give you a few reasons why I'm thinking of
this possibility.....
I'm getting a divorce (been married for 20 years)and at this time in my life
I really don't want to pay rent on an apartment nor do I want to pay another
mortgage on a home and would rather for a few years save more $$ so I can
afford a nice small home.
I'll have a nice "stash" of $$ from selling our home and don't want to blow
it all buying another house and then just be getting by with monthly
payments on home.
My mother loves the idea because at times she may want to use it for travels
to her daughters house in Virgina and other small vactions.
Her house I am welcome but I don't want to be couped up in it all day long
and need my own space so this idea seems perfect, I can help my
Mother/Father/Grandmother (all live there) out when they need me.
Regards,
Rob "whose Father gave him a choice at 18 of: 1) go to college 2) join the
military 3) MOVE OUT" Mueller
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Terry Skinner
Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 1:18 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net
I have seen that whole scenario go on here. What I want to know is why
does he think it is OK to live off his folks parked in the drive
way.........Terry
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Terry Skinner
253-686-2624
Roy. Washington
'76 GMC
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65554 is a reply to message #65546] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 15:47 |
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USAussie
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Dan,
I chose door 2) and quite frankly it disappointed my Father. He wanted me to
go to college but I had enough skoolin' by the time I graduated high school.
Four years in the USAF as a Mechanical Accessories Technician gave me what I
needed to know to get a job at Hamilton Standard. Punching a clock for three
weeks made me realize that I NEEDED a college education so it was off to
night school for me. I told my Dad once that I had saved him lots of money
by doing it this way!
Regards,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan Gregg
Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 8:09 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net
Rob, you make me laugh out loud. My dad pretty much gave me the three same
choices. I was the oldest with 4 behind me. I chose all three of your dad's
options and glad I did. While I really did not enjoy college and the USAF it
sure did me good.
Now, I told my kids something a little different. "Yall stay as long as you
want, I don't care. But, once you move out, don't expect to move back in".
Whatever works I guess. My kids are much more educated than I am and make a
lot more money than I could ever have imagined. Best of all, they gave me
grandkids that love their grandpa. :d
I suffered through what the boy on rvnet is going through. It is no fun. I
was fortunate that I did not have to sell my home to pay anyone off though.
Then, Here came Teri. :)
Dan
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The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65661 is a reply to message #65542] |
Wed, 25 November 2009 15:28 |
Terry Skinner
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What I get out of this is he wants his folks to pay his way while he
saves his money for some future project. I can understand why his wife
left him.............Terry
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Terry,
>
> I thought the same thing too at first and it prompted me to read the whole
> message.
>
> At the bottom of page 2 Barb from Livingston, TX asked:
>
> Are your parents happy with this idea? While I love my daughter, I would
> have been very upset to have them living in our driveway permanently in a
> MH. There is a time when children need to leave the nest.
>
> On page 3 he responds:
>
> Hi Barb
>
> Thanks for the input but I really don't need a lecture on this subject of
> living at my parents but I'll give you a few reasons why I'm thinking of
> this possibility.....
>
> I'm getting a divorce (been married for 20 years)and at this time in my life
> I really don't want to pay rent on an apartment nor do I want to pay another
> mortgage on a home and would rather for a few years save more $$ so I can
> afford a nice small home.
>
> I'll have a nice "stash" of $$ from selling our home and don't want to blow
> it all buying another house and then just be getting by with monthly
> payments on home.
>
> My mother loves the idea because at times she may want to use it for travels
> to her daughters house in Virgina and other small vactions.
>
> Her house I am welcome but I don't want to be couped up in it all day long
> and need my own space so this idea seems perfect, I can help my
> Mother/Father/Grandmother (all live there) out when they need me.
>
> Regards,
> Rob "whose Father gave him a choice at 18 of: 1) go to college 2) join the
> military 3) MOVE OUT" Mueller
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
> [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Terry Skinner
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 1:18 AM
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net
>
> I have seen that whole scenario go on here. What I want to know is why
> does he think it is OK to live off his folks parked in the drive
> way.........Terry
> --
> Terry Skinner
> 253-686-2624
> Roy. Washington
> '76 GMC
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253-686-2624
Roy. Washington
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| Re: [GMCnet] Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65665 is a reply to message #65661] |
Wed, 25 November 2009 16:19 |
Rick Denney
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This whole thread actually suggests to me that people have
relationships with their parents that are between them, and nobody
outside that family knows what goes into those relationships.
I know many an aging parent who wishes their kids lived on premises or
nearby, because they need the help and don't trust or can't afford to
buy it.
Parents are as fully capable of imposing unfairly on the family
relationship as are kids. And while there are lots of kids who refuse
to grow up, there are just as many sets of parents who didn't teach
their kids to be adults.
In commenting on where this fellow fits into that spectrum, we are
only gossiping, it seems to me.
Rick "opposed to gossiping" Denney
'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia
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| Re: Check out this thread on rv.net [message #65679 is a reply to message #65474] |
Wed, 25 November 2009 18:50 |
Chr$
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"Boy"??? I took it this guy was in his late 30's or 40's, like me!
Rick is right, this is gossip.
If it works for them, then so be it...
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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) Some parents like to have someone younger around. We do not have enough information to really say what is going on...
) stayed in my '73 for a few months. It was VERY expensive to keep warm. I think apartment rent would have been cheaper than the increase in the electric bill!