Yackity Yack
Fulltime 13+ years. We try to pick out of the way places and frequently boondock so as to minimize the impact of other people.
We're in a tiny (18 space) park in SE TN. Sites are 30' X 120' gravel with virtually unlimited woods behind. Peaceful, heavily wooded and for the most part nothing but frogs singing at night. We've been here for a week and plan on another 2. Of the 18 sites, about a rotated 6 have been occupied the time we've been here.
Today, a rig pulled in 2 sites from us. New 40' Montana 5'er with 5 slides towed by a 2013/14 3/4 ton. I could just hear the salesman: "Of course you can tow that with this"! But that's another issue.
One of my great joys in life is to be able to sit under a quiet canopy of trees with a good cup of coffee and a book. I was doing just that.
OK, OK, I'll get to the point. The woman from that new rig spent at least the next 4 hours on her phone, outside, and speaking at a volume that, in the 1st 1/2 hour, made me privy to some very personal information about her husband (the jerk), her daughter (fibroids)
and the unsupportive son in law. Bear in mind that they are at least 500' from us. And to those who will inevitably say, "Well just don't listen" it's like a train wreck. At one point she looked at me and I gave her the universal finger to lips "shh" sign. She turned away and continued on with no decrease in amplification.
I gave up and grudgingly went inside at that point, but she was still out there 3.5 hours later. (Do cell phone batteries last that long?) No connectivity issues here. We carry a cell phone for emergencies and the rare other call, via Virgin Mobile. Their coverage sucks but even here we have 2 bars of quite usable service INSIDE our rig.
Bottom line: Take it inside with closed windows.
We're in a tiny (18 space) park in SE TN. Sites are 30' X 120' gravel with virtually unlimited woods behind. Peaceful, heavily wooded and for the most part nothing but frogs singing at night. We've been here for a week and plan on another 2. Of the 18 sites, about a rotated 6 have been occupied the time we've been here.
Today, a rig pulled in 2 sites from us. New 40' Montana 5'er with 5 slides towed by a 2013/14 3/4 ton. I could just hear the salesman: "Of course you can tow that with this"! But that's another issue.
One of my great joys in life is to be able to sit under a quiet canopy of trees with a good cup of coffee and a book. I was doing just that.
OK, OK, I'll get to the point. The woman from that new rig spent at least the next 4 hours on her phone, outside, and speaking at a volume that, in the 1st 1/2 hour, made me privy to some very personal information about her husband (the jerk), her daughter (fibroids)
and the unsupportive son in law. Bear in mind that they are at least 500' from us. And to those who will inevitably say, "Well just don't listen" it's like a train wreck. At one point she looked at me and I gave her the universal finger to lips "shh" sign. She turned away and continued on with no decrease in amplification.
I gave up and grudgingly went inside at that point, but she was still out there 3.5 hours later. (Do cell phone batteries last that long?) No connectivity issues here. We carry a cell phone for emergencies and the rare other call, via Virgin Mobile. Their coverage sucks but even here we have 2 bars of quite usable service INSIDE our rig.
Bottom line: Take it inside with closed windows.
