Strange energy field around a RV?

Kinda like how traffic just "clumps" together on the interstate? There might only be 10 cars on the whole road in front of me... but those idiots just love herding together and forming a rolling roadblock of ignorance...

GMCPU53 wrote:

naturist wrote:


So the answer to your question is "yes," but it's worse than you know. The only way I know to counteract that energy field is to present your rig as the most terrifying spot on the 500 acre field. Fly a giant skull & crossbones pirate flag, or a confederate flag, scatter empty beer cans liberally around, fire a shotgun wildly in the air when you see 'em comin', and chase your SO, around the RV several laps, both of you nearly naked and screaming at the top of your lungs. And if you can have 3 or 4 pitbulls barking loudly in the scrum, that will help, too.

You'd better be careful ! A spectacle like that might seem real inviting to some of us Redneck Truck Camper people ! Just like being at home..... we'll even bring Cousin Eddie with us !

At the very least, we will set up lawn chairs to watch!!

Walmart shoppers started it. Just park you vehicle out in the middle of the parking lot 75-100 yards away from the store and when you come out you won't be able to find it cuz all the yahoo's will have surrounded it.

On edit - MT said to do a search.

naturist wrote:


So the answer to your question is "yes," but it's worse than you know. The only way I know to counteract that energy field is to present your rig as the most terrifying spot on the 500 acre field. Fly a giant skull & crossbones pirate flag, or a confederate flag, scatter empty beer cans liberally around, fire a shotgun wildly in the air when you see 'em comin', and chase your SO, around the RV several laps, both of you nearly naked and screaming at the top of your lungs. And if you can have 3 or 4 pitbulls barking loudly in the scrum, that will help, too.

You'd better be careful ! A spectacle like that might seem real inviting to some of us Redneck Truck Camper people ! Just like being at home..... we'll even bring Cousin Eddie with us !

~DJ~ wrote:
I call them Cling-Ons. And they do the same dang thing on the freeway!!!

This statement is so true. We were coming home on I20 in January and half way home two Class A caught up to me and stayed with me for over twenty miles. The funny part is when I turned off at my exit they followed me. I turned right and they both went straight and got back on I20. Maybe they were looking for diesel and realized there were no gas stations at the exit.

It's a social thing, like double-doors to businesses.

There can be 2 perfectly serviceable doors, but, if someone is already holding a door open, everyone uses that door.

My point is, everyone thinks it's rude to not use the already open door, as if that's considered an insult to the person holding it open. I therefore conclude that some people think it's rude to camp too far away from someone else, even if there's all the room in the world to do just that.

mlts22 wrote:
One trick I did was when I was checking the LP gas lines with a wand and glycerin spray (I don't like soapy water -- if it isn't wiped off, it corrodes), and told someone pulling up that I was doing a Zippo test to hunt down why air is in my propane lines. He promptly selected a spot well away from me.

Could backfire as well the tuba and other "solutions"..;)

The guy pulling in - may figure he found a kindred spirit and demo *his* methods for lots of....stuff..:C


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One trick I did was when I was checking the LP gas lines with a wand and glycerin spray (I don't like soapy water -- if it isn't wiped off, it corrodes), and told someone pulling up that I was doing a Zippo test to hunt down why air is in my propane lines. He promptly selected a spot well away from me.

naturist wrote:
I think there's more to it than that. An astonishing number of folks are barely brave enough to venture out into the wilds, but not brave enough to enjoy it.

We once owned a house on a quiet cul de sac at the edge of town. Lots were acre-and-a-half, and although there was a house directly across the street, there were empty lots on either side and several hundred acres of woods behind. One couple who came to look at it had told their realtor they wanted seclusion, but the wife expressed her horror over the isolation and that she could never live so far from civilization.

So the answer to your question is "yes," but it's worse than you know. The only way I know to counteract that energy field is to present your rig as the most terrifying spot on the 500 acre field. Fly a giant skull & crossbones pirate flag, or a confederate flag, scatter empty beer cans liberally around, fire a shotgun wildly in the air when you see 'em comin', and chase your SO, around the RV several laps, both of you nearly naked and screaming at the top of your lungs. And if you can have 3 or 4 pitbulls barking loudly in the scrum, that will help, too.

This reminds me of years ago, we were camping with our kids in a beautiful, primitive CG in the Allegheny National Forest. The kids (responsible and able to do this alone) were starting a campfire while we grownups went for a walk in the woods. We started seeing major plumes of smoke coming from the CG area so we rushed back to see what was going on. Our son said - Nothing wrong... We just didn't want the newcomers to set up next to us so we added wet leaves to the fire to make lots of smoke. And it worked - they picked a spot pretty far away.