To Chris, Tim, et al..... Where & why do you think I've been living in "Ole Putt" since 1999? (6 years this coming March 1st). My so-called joke of an "average" salary can barely afford the necesseties (sp?) such as food, gas, a small storage room (at $200 mo!) and heart meds, much less the niceties of a warm domocile here on the left coast and I was born here. Living on less than $28K in California a year is a pain in the butt, no matter who the person may be. The only thing separating myself and the local (Ventura, CA) homeless on the street is a relatively cozy Westfalia for myself and boxes/tents for them. Steve's rig is priced OK for this part of the country and looks rather nice. But a guy like me can't take advantage of this deal because 1) No place to keep or work on it; 2)No $$ to do or have the work to be done with it; 3)No $$ for the additional insurance; 4)No $$ to buy the rig in the first place. I had to take a personal loan out last year ($4500) for a complete engine/auto trans overhaul, plus a bunch of other things that needed fixing on "Ole Putt" and just paid that off recently. Eric - I really think yer way off-base on this one IMHO. Jim Thompson 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" oldvolkshome@earthlink.net jim@karmannghia.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com *********************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:45 AM Subject: Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (NVC)
> In a message dated 1/5/05 12:06:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, > so where do the "average" people live..if they cannot afford a $200k+ home?? > i always wondered how people survive on the west coast..those like me who do > not make over $25k a year.. i have known so many of my friends who have moved > out there to the west coast, only to move back to the east coast in a year > becuase they say its so expensive and cannot make ends meet.. > > chris > scraping together pennies in pennsylvania... |
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