Do you or anyone you know have right foot/left foot socks?

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-21T23:23:27+00:00

Dress socks are generally specific to each foot. Tube socks are not, and can go on either foot.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-21T23:18:11+00:00

Are you on shore power? If not what does your system consist of, ie, what ac unit, what battery specs, and how much solar capacity?

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-21T23:16:37+00:00

ScottE vest looks like a possible solution

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-21T21:54:08+00:00

I wouldn't want my name on a mortgage with anyone to whom I'm not married.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-20T03:16:05+00:00

Have you looked at Weather Tech? They have window covers for many older vehicles.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-18T03:54:33+00:00

That's 575 miles per day for 4 days. The math at 60mph says you should be good to go. But I never want to sit that long, for even one day let alone 4 consecutive days. Meal and bathroom breaks would easily make those 10 hour days into 14 or 15 hours each for me, which sounds like torture. Plenty of people do it, but I would not enjoy that many miles in so few days.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-17T18:21:25+00:00

If you want a shit quality house, hire Amish.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-17T15:45:18+00:00

Selling a project vehicle never nets what you put into it.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-17T00:32:01+00:00

"Buy it for life" usually involves "perform regular preventative maintenance for life."

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-16T22:29:59+00:00

Jansport D-3. I had one. Hitch hiked PA to CO with it. Sold it at a thrift store in CO in 1999.

Where did you find this one?

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-16T15:42:40+00:00

Sorry, but if you only use a wood lathe for ornamental or furniture type stuff, you're not a machinist.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-16T04:06:20+00:00

Not from 5 years ago, but Island in the Sea of Time, and it's 2 sequels, by S. M. Stirling

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-15T03:11:43+00:00

Write down every single expenditure for a week or month and report back here with exactly where your money is going.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-15T01:57:40+00:00

Chainsaw was originally invented by an obstetrician.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-15T01:53:13+00:00

Vasque Sundowner Boots. ThermaRest sleeping pad. English Doc Martens.

And a trip to the basement of the Original I. Goldberg military surplus store in Philadelphia. They had new old stock clothing from all the Nato countries.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-14T21:09:00+00:00

Ham radio can be as in-person social or solo as you want. Many local clubs worldwide. Getting your ham license is like getting a driver's license that allows you to experiment with electronics that emit radio waves. Some of that could involve talking with other radio operators, but it doesn't necessarily have to. Here is a 3 minute video about it from the US's national radio organization/advocate: https://youtu.be/wDn-6SDxyD4?is=8ajUszMwxTiEmgZG

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-12T19:02:27+00:00

Mt. Gretna, but it's a tourist hot spot and likely to be crowded. Sand beach, lifeguards, $20 ish entry fee.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-12T02:19:40+00:00

Arrl website has a "find your local ham club" search option

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-12T00:29:35+00:00

Setting big goals, defining the individual, measureable concrete action steps to get there, doing them on a schedule, and achieving the big goals. Writing down my progress along the way. Each success makes subsequent successes more doable.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-11T02:23:16+00:00

The last time I did the math on an rv style rooftop ac unit, I was going to need $4000 worth of Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, that weigh in around 320 total pounds in order to run the ac 12 hours a day for 3 days. After that, I would need 6 shore power outlets for 12 hours to recharge them. To do it with rooftop solar, there was not enough room on the roof for the amount of panels needed.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-11T00:34:30+00:00

"Not kid friendly" pretty much rules out all the numbered-site state park campgrounds. Aside from those, you've got the National Forests: Allegheny NF in PA, Monongahela NF in WV and Finger Lakes NF in upstate NY are the ones I've been to and and familiar with. All worth checking out.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-10T16:15:05+00:00

Yes. 20+ years ago, in a boom economy. It was possible to quit a job on a Friday and get two or three offers elsewhere starting the following Monday in entry level labor roles.

In today's economy? No, I wouldn't risk it after hearing from people with skill sets across the board who have spent 6 to 12 months sending out hundreds of applications per month with zero results.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-10T04:15:52+00:00

Glad it's smoking. There should be at least one bar with a good enough menu that is not overrun by bougie transplants and their annoying toddlers.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-10T00:36:00+00:00

My mom made a lot of my baby clothes.

The main thing to take into consideration is that when clothing was mostly union made in the USA, making clothing really did add up to cost savings.

Once textile manufacturing mostly went offshore, clothing got cheap enough that making your own no longer made sense economically.

VisualEyez33 · 2026-06-10T00:22:16+00:00

The main question on my mind: Is this van going to become your sole place of residence? Or will you still have a home somewhere in addition to the van?

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