โApr-12-2015 09:25 AM
โApr-13-2015 07:36 PM
You see, while there is a toilet for number ones only, the hose attachment for the holding tank is broken. This means every week or so, we (read I) have to find a secluded gravel road or grassy patch whereby I can pull up, motor running, and pull the dump hatch open while jumping away simultaneously as the yellow liquid floods onto the ground. The timing and location of this exercise is everything. Once you begin the process, there is no stopping it and with a sixty-litre tank the process is not a short one. Therefore, you'd better be damn sure no one will come driving past while you're standing there waiting to close the hatch. A few times things haven't gone so smoothly and we have had to bail with the hatch still open. Cities pose the greatest challenge. Where are we to open up a sixty-litre tank of aged urine without getting caught? But it is the only way.
We feel terrible about having to do this across America, like a pair of dogs marking their territory on one of the most powerful counties {sic} in the world. I love you America and ask you to refrain from tracking me down and sending me to a Guantanamo Bay.
โApr-13-2015 07:19 PM
mlts22 wrote:NC Hauler wrote:mlts22 wrote:
The biggest difference is that gunpowder, casings, and ammo are a lot harder to get in the UK and OZ, so for the most part, a gun at best is something home-made there.
Funny, alway's seems the "bad guy's" never have a problem getting the gun's or ammo....The bad guy's can get guns from a lot of places as Mr. Wizard stated...doubt they're all running around with "home made" guns.......Sometimes, we really do have to take the blinders off and look at "the real world"........Eden disappeared a very, very long time ago...
also glad I live in a country where I CAN have guns and ammo to defend myself against those who use them illegally...
At the risk of a thread hijack, I will not disagree with you on that point about the 2A. This is one reason I am proud of the US, is because I do have the right for this (and it is a right that is at constant peril of being lost.) Even though statistics can be debated endlessly of what is best... each country is different, and again, when someone comes here from another country and complains about the US and firearms, I am one of the first that says they can have as many laws as they want... in their home country.
โApr-13-2015 07:18 PM
NC Hauler wrote:mlts22 wrote:
The biggest difference is that gunpowder, casings, and ammo are a lot harder to get in the UK and OZ, so for the most part, a gun at best is something home-made there.
Funny, alway's seems the "bad guy's" never have a problem getting the gun's or ammo....The bad guy's can get guns from a lot of places as Mr. Wizard stated...doubt they're all running around with "home made" guns.......Sometimes, we really do have to take the blinders off and look at "the real world"........Eden disappeared a very, very long time ago...
also glad I live in a country where I CAN have guns and ammo to defend myself against those who use them illegally...
โApr-13-2015 06:43 PM
qtla9111 wrote:stan909 wrote:
I just sold my Sportsmobile poptop van to a young Australian couple. They are going to travel the U.S. N Canada for the next 2 years.What an incredible adventure. We have such an amazing country. I feel bad for those who haven't seen it.
I'm sure a lot of people in different countries think theirs is amazing too. Australia, New Zealand, Japan, all of the Americas, Asia. Well, I guess you get the idea. The planet is an amazing place and there are lots of countries to rv in. No limits.
โApr-13-2015 06:11 PM
stan909 wrote:
I just sold my Sportsmobile poptop van to a young Australian couple. They are going to travel the U.S. N Canada for the next 2 years.What an incredible adventure. We have such an amazing country. I feel bad for those who haven't seen it.
โApr-13-2015 05:50 PM
Woodtroll wrote:
I did read the book, several weeks ago. A lot of it was interesting, but after the first few chapters the author simply wore the term "redneck" out, usually in conjunction with other derogatory terms. He's the one driving the past-its-prime van across the country with constantly squealing fan belt that he seems unable to fix; maybe he should ask a redneck for help? Sort of like me spending a ton of time and money touring Australia, then referring to half of its citizens in derogatory terms. I'm glad the book was free!
โApr-13-2015 05:45 PM
โApr-13-2015 05:39 PM
mlts22 wrote:
The biggest difference is that gunpowder, casings, and ammo are a lot harder to get in the UK and OZ, so for the most part, a gun at best is something home-made there.
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โApr-13-2015 02:07 PM
mlts22 wrote:
I got the book from Amazon, flipped through it. I think some of us tend to get cynical about outsiders, because there is a good chance they will start complaining about how Austin/Texas/the US suck compared to back home.
As for boondocking, the problem that the US has a raging drug epidemic (meth, etc.) This results in any public space that isn't policed 24/7/365 being turned into either a place of sale, a place of use, or a trap for the unwary. This is why hundreds of rest stops and picnic areas in Texas have been closed. Other countries don't have this problem. This is also why if one wants to dry camp, it usually is done on private property in the eastern portion of the country, while the western section is blessed with BLM dispersed camping. Before the epidemic in the 1980s, rest stops and other places were relatively peaceful and safe. Most other countries don't have this problem, so they allow people more rights in public spaces in general.
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