Are you REALLY that inconsiderate??

[Boatycall]

So, this is more of a rant than anything. Wayne, if you need to move it or delete it, I understand.

Went to Packwood, WA for the whole-town flea market. Just me and the TC, no trailer (the one in my sig stayed home). I park in the same property every year, a big grass field set aside 50/50 rvs/cars.

I pull in, it's POURING down rain, but the weather man says it's going to pass. The lot attendant directs me to the next open spot he wants to put me. He escorts me over, I back in, get out of the truck, dash around to open my awning first thing so I have some place dry to stand while I get things set up.

First thing I notice is this 30-ish foot TT next to me running this REALLY noisy generator. It's only 4pm - TV inside the TT is on. It's noisy, but I think to myself, "I can tolerate it, I've heard worse." The guy comes out and says "Ya, we're sure gettin rained on. I need to take the cover off my generator so it doesn't overheat."

It was noisy before he took this cover off! He took the cover off, and I swear, you could hear it echo through the whole camping lot!! Under this home-made insulated wood box was the crappiest gen I've seen - calling it a Harbor Freight Gen would be insulting Harbor Freight.

I packed up immediately and moved to a completely different spot, surrounded by TC's, none ran a gen all weekend.

Then I woke up Sunday, packed up to leave, and SOMEBODY had let their dog **** not only in my spot, but RIGHT ON MY CAMPER-MAT!! And this wasn't a little dog either! Right on my camper-mat.

I love going to the Packwood flea market, and I'll go again next year, but really people?? You need some POS 5KW 10 year old Kmart genny to watch tv, and you'll just let your dog **** on other people's camper-mat??

I step off my soap box....

[JacintoKid]

Reddog1 wrote:

Less Stuff wrote:
... Yet these same pointy headed numskulls provide plastic bags to rap Dog Bombs.

Now we have plastic rapped Dog Bombs laying everywhere and I am carrying groceries in my hands. ...

look at the bright side, you could be carrying Dog Bombs in your hands. :B

Don't give the city any ideas!

[Grit_dog]

Another awesome thread!
So you went camping with 1000 other people in the same field and someone had a generator on and a dog crapped on the grass that you covered with carpet?
I'm shocked!! Everyone totally should have made it like a wilderness experience for you complete with babbling brooks and beautiful views.......
Wth, you went to a flea market! Not Rocky Mountain national park.....lol

[Reddog1]

Less Stuff wrote:
... Yet these same pointy headed numskulls provide plastic bags to rap Dog Bombs.

Now we have plastic rapped Dog Bombs laying everywhere and I am carrying groceries in my hands. ...

look at the bright side, you could be carrying Dog Bombs in your hands. :B

[jimh406]

Less Stuff wrote:
Yet these same pointy headed numskulls provide plastic bags to rap Dog Bombs.

Now we have plastic rapped Dog Bombs laying everywhere and I am carrying groceries in my hands.

This is really a LOL! 😄

[qtla9111]

Boondocking rules. We've boondocked in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and have never been bothered by anyone.

[Less_Stuff]

Boatycall wrote:
Some times it's unavoidable.

Wadda ya do.....

Give up!

Our city fathers feel plastic bags are bad for the environment and so won't let stores provide them.

Yet these same pointy headed numskulls provide plastic bags to rap Dog Bombs.

Now we have plastic rapped Dog Bombs laying everywhere and I am carrying groceries in my hands.

Just give up! The idiots win every time.

[Boatycall]

Some times it's unavoidable.

Wadda ya do.....

[Haakon]

8 pages of great reasons to never go to a campground! So glad I live in the west with hundreds of thousands of square miles to boondock in.

[bka0721]

whazoo wrote:

Buzzcut1 wrote:

cameronpatentlaw wrote:

BradW wrote:

whazoo wrote:
Outback of Utah, 10pm someone rolls past our camp and sets up less than a stones throw away...and breaks out the bongos. Not good at it either........

If bongos are played in the desert and there are no people around to annoy, do they still make a noise?

Actually I have the cure for late night guitar pickers and bongo beaters; it has never failed me. It's called a small rocks thrown at pretty steep angles upwards and returning to earth pretty much straight down. It has never failed me in the past. But if its only you and him camping out in the middle of now where, you kinda loose any plausible deniability. 🙂

Oh, so that was you? You owe me $5 for a busted bongo.

I would have turned on all my lights, slipped my Ramones CD ( beat on the brat with a baseball bat)in the player and cranked up the outside speakers and started dancing in boots and a birthday suit with my Axe in hand...bet he would have left

Heck, I bet even the desert animals would leave haha.

Me? I just get the Rambo Camo gear out. Tie the scarf around the forehead, hang my loaded bandolier, drop holster and 3 point sling and long gun, black out face paint and begin patroling the perimeter of my camp, non stop. Oh, I almost forgot. Start my Onan Generator too.

That about tops it and haven't had any neighbors stick around after that.

b

[Bedlam]

deltabravo wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
And people question why I have a couple 500w halogens? If I'm boon docking and someone pulls close up to me that I don't know, you can bet I will turn night into daylight until I know why.

I know exactly what those two lights look like - not from experience, but because I have a similar one.

I never thought about using them to light up someone else's camp.

Thanks for the idea and proper usage of them. 🙂

If the lights don't scare them away, ask them why they parked over the pit toilet your party has been using.

[whazoo]

Buzzcut1 wrote:

cameronpatentlaw wrote:

BradW wrote:

whazoo wrote:
Outback of Utah, 10pm someone rolls past our camp and sets up less than a stones throw away...and breaks out the bongos. Not good at it either........

If bongos are played in the desert and there are no people around to annoy, do they still make a noise?

Actually I have the cure for late night guitar pickers and bongo beaters; it has never failed me. It's called a small rocks thrown at pretty steep angles upwards and returning to earth pretty much straight down. It has never failed me in the past. But if its only you and him camping out in the middle of now where, you kinda loose any plausible deniability. 🙂

Oh, so that was you? You owe me $5 for a busted bongo.

I would have turned on all my lights, slipped my Ramones CD ( beat on the brat with a baseball bat)in the player and cranked up the outside speakers and started dancing in boots and a birthday suit with my Axe in hand...bet he would have left

Heck, I bet even the desert animals would leave haha.

[deltabravo]

Bedlam wrote:
And people question why I have a couple 500w halogens? If I'm boon docking and someone pulls close up to me that I don't know, you can bet I will turn night into daylight until I know why.

I know exactly what those two lights look like - not from experience, but because I have a similar one.

I never thought about using them to light up someone else's camp.

Thanks for the idea and proper usage of them. 🙂

[Buzzcut1]

cameronpatentlaw wrote:

BradW wrote:

whazoo wrote:
Outback of Utah, 10pm someone rolls past our camp and sets up less than a stones throw away...and breaks out the bongos. Not good at it either........

If bongos are played in the desert and there are no people around to annoy, do they still make a noise?

Actually I have the cure for late night guitar pickers and bongo beaters; it has never failed me. It's called a small rocks thrown at pretty steep angles upwards and returning to earth pretty much straight down. It has never failed me in the past. But if its only you and him camping out in the middle of now where, you kinda loose any plausible deniability. 🙂

Oh, so that was you? You owe me $5 for a busted bongo.

I would have turned on all my lights, slipped my Ramones CD ( beat on the brat with a baseball bat)in the player and cranked up the outside speakers and started dancing in boots and a birthday suit with my Axe in hand...bet he would have left

[punomatic]

toedtoes wrote:

fpoole wrote:
Yah, I'm seeing it more and more regardless of where/what you're doing..

I think it's a generation thing, but lately, not so sure. Just flat out inconsideration on the "Little 'All about me' Emperors of the World"

Campfires in a a "no burn' area to whatever eles... so, not surprised at all..

Sad..

Unfortunately, I have seen Little Emperors of the World (love that) of all ages. It is not a generational thing. It's a symptom of our society rather than a result of someone's parenting. People of all ages think that they are special and don't need to follow the same rules - because as a society we have placed self-confidence above humility.

When the rule of law goes out the window (thank you politicians), it's every man for himself.

[Reality_Check]

pcoplin wrote:
So there I was in my trailer relaxing with a beer watching the outdoor channel, and this guys pulls up a stone's throw away. He sets up, then look over annoyingly at me. Then he angrily pulls up anchor to move way over to the back to the pet off-leash area. Weird...

LMAO....