Date:         Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:35:29 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (NVC)
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Move to Laughlin, NV and live in a casino. Seriously.
I figured out a month's stay while we were there once- it was less than a
grand, closer to $800 IIRC, a bit more if you want a river view. (You'd
probably wind up changing rooms/hotels now and again, but variety is the
spice of life, right?) Cell phones generally work in the hotels.
Think about it- utilities paid (air conditioning, you'll need it), maid
service, cheap restaurants/food/entertainment all around. A super Wal-mart
and all that other crap across the river in Bullhead City, Kingman's about
forty miles around the back way (cheapest gas for way way around those
parts).
Most of 'em even have covered garages and I'm pretty sure you could get a
Westy in more of them than not (RVC).
I dunno what you'd do for internet access- maybe use your cell at night when
it's 'unmetered'....
If I was single/childless I might seriously consider it.

What made me think of it at the time was an article I read about a woman
from Britain who figured out it was cheaper (and easier) for her to live off
her retirement on a cruise ship than it was for her to maintain a flat
wherever it was she lived. Just changes ships when she gets bored. Beats the
heck out of a being in a home, eh?

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Thompson" <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE (NVC)


> 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...