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steve68steve
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Sep 17, 2013

Hershey RV show / silly humans

At the Hershey RV show while my wife and where clambering over all the Lance TC's, we overheard several choice comments from other people in the area:

- "wow, this is so small. you could never go camping in this." (wonder what this woman said at the stall with TENTS)

- guy explaining a TC is to his wife: "this is for a guy who goes hunting or fishing by himself. You wouldn't really travel with it."

- "they call that a BATHROOM?"

I've pretty misanthropic, so maybe that explains my annoyance with people's "thinking"... but part of me really just wanted to start slapping people for being stupid.

My wife and I looked at tons of other RV's - TT's, 5ers, MH's. We didn't walk around a MH and say with disgust, "well, geez, you're never going to get THIS ridiculous whale very far off road,"... or in a 5'er say, "wow - people are so fat, lazy, and spoiled that they need a big screen TV inside... AND OUTSIDE their trailer?"

Eventually (if it doesn't already exist), some RV maker will put out a "camper" with a hot tub. Lemmings will flock to it. Other RV makers will have to copy it to compete. Eventually people won't be able to IMAGINE camping without a hot tub.
  • Is it not OK for people to voice an opinion? Remember, you're eavesdropping; they're not talking to you.
  • One of the things I like about RV'ing is the diversity, not only in the people, but in RVs. But I respect the choices others make about their RV. To each their own.
    That being said, I'm sure there's people that crack on my Columbus fiver. To them I say...:p
  • You mean its OK to slap them? Why wasn't I told about this?
  • 25 years younger I made the remark to my wife that the TT her parents had was like towing around their living room. That's not camping. Now 25 years later, and hopefully wiser, here we are with a 36' 3 slide 5th wheel...and I call it camping.
  • I've had a similar experience with boats. The wife and I have a Boston Whaler. We were at a boat show and listened to two older men telling each other how stupid and overpriced Whalers are compared to their boat of choice: a Bayliner Trophy.

    We just agreed with them. There is no point in arguing with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with their experience.