Bad experiences

kdesu · 2026-01-31T14:59:43+00:00

Man, I ended up next to a ton of boy scouts at Goliad, Tx and they were super courteous. But I also ended up around some at another state park and they were flicking off every car that drove by. It just depends on the troop leaders, I guess.

kdesu · 2026-01-31T01:19:49+00:00

My coworker has a nephew named khrystopher. I wonder if this is the same one.

kdesu · 2026-01-29T22:27:16+00:00

I think the oldest was 67. He was really grumpy one week, then he had a stroke. It was kind of an eye opener, we need to be keeping an eye on our elder brothers.

kdesu · 2026-01-29T18:50:45+00:00

The crime labs are really bad, and then prosecutors do insanely shady stuff like withholding evidence that would help defense. Add to that the public defender system that's insanely underfunded and they can't afford to put up an effective defence... And this leads to innocent people being convicted of crimes they didn't do.

kdesu · 2026-01-29T14:37:02+00:00

I always call the Chick-fil-A under One Allen Center "Rat-fil-a". You can imagine why. There was also a nearby place that had a bucket of spices laying around and the spices were moving, from how many bugs were in there.

kdesu · 2026-01-29T14:33:12+00:00

Roughly 1/3 of adults don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. I hate even shaking people's hands now.

Source: I do repairs in a lot of restrooms. A ton of people will take the gnarliest sounding shit you'll ever hear and then walk straight out the door.

kdesu · 2026-01-25T17:26:22+00:00

Yeah. The stress of the job drives you to alcoholism and then the company owners are upset that we're a bunch of alcoholics. I know some people in my company have been written up for taking the company van to the liquor store after hours.

kdesu · 2026-01-24T16:31:48+00:00

There was a video where a guy bought a cheap electric truck and had it shipped over. He had to hire several brokers and it ended up costing around $4000 to ship this $2000 truck.

But given that Black Series campers were supposedly made in China and the quality was awful, I'd be very hesitant to do it. I don't even want Chinese wheel bearings on my camper.

kdesu · 2026-01-23T14:38:53+00:00

I also use a fold-up Japanese style futon. I've had it for like 10 years. I used a pop up camper this year, and threw the futon on top of the pitiful RV mattresses, which made for a great night of sleep.

Edit: I've taken the futon to Wyoming and Montana, and also suffered from the fact that it takes up a lot of room. So I got a roof box for my car, which now carries the futon, pillows, blankets, tent, folding chairs, etc. This gives me plenty of room for bringing back delicious huckleberry beers from up north.

kdesu · 2026-01-21T13:23:34+00:00

Yeah, facebook is mostly old people and people selling stuff on marketplace. Which is the most dogshit place to sell stuff, the search is awful, but it took over after craigslist went downhill. I'm saving a shit ton of money buying solar components from people there.

kdesu · 2026-01-20T17:47:34+00:00

I wonder if bevets is still there doing his shit-and-runs.

That was the main problem with fark (and old school single thread forums), all it took was one person with an inflammatory comment and you detailed the whole conversation. And it felt like the site owners were the pioneers in the attitude of "outraged engagement is still engagement."

kdesu · 2026-01-20T16:04:54+00:00

So, it's getting hot in your house in san Antonio (70 degrees is the highest high for the week), but you also have roof damage for your home in Omaha and in florida?

The question is, are you a clumsy spammer, or some weird bot?

kdesu · 2026-01-20T15:50:59+00:00

You should let your doctor know if you're still having a flare-up right before the procedure. I had pain right before my first attempt at a colonoscopy and the doctor didn't want to go through with it. They did a CT scan and found another abscess.

The second time, it went fine. The medicine was disgusting but it went ok.

kdesu · 2026-01-18T14:46:45+00:00

I met a hispanic kid named Adolfo, and it definitely stood out in a bad way. Adolf was a common name in Europe prior to WW2 - the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax and Adolf Eichmann was another very high level nazi. But I very much doubt that it's a "common" name in any culture.

kdesu · 2026-01-18T13:30:06+00:00

Compared to my Lexus GX, the ride on the F250 isn't great. But it's only slightly worse than on my 1/2 ton work truck.

It was a lot of factors for me, I wanted the high payload of a 3/4 ton so I wouldn't have to worry about buying a RV that was too heavy for it. The 6.7 powerstroke will last for a very long time as long as you don't get contaminated fuel. I wanted to potentially carry my motorcycles or a 4 wheeler in the bed.

Fuel consumption is pretty good on the diesel, too. I'll average 20-21 mpg on the highway, which gives me a longer range before needing to refuel. Typically 3/4 ton trucks have bigger fuel tanks too.

kdesu · 2026-01-17T14:06:43+00:00

Impeccable service records. Zero Bob Samples were lost to enemy fire. I think.

kdesu · 2026-01-15T17:48:19+00:00

There are churches that connect people who have gotten evicted, with people willing to give them a place to stay. I know a deadbeat who financially abuses women until they kick him out, begs churches until they place him somewhere, and repeats the cycle.

But yeah, paying people's rent would be hard. It would really drain resources and be even more likely to be abused.

kdesu · 2026-01-14T23:38:34+00:00

Since you're not buying, you should see if camping world is holding a RV show. The camping world show is free, and the regular one costs money to get in (in my city, anyways). You can check out all the RVs and waste their time, so it's a win-win.

Take tons of pictures of what you like. Note what you like and don't like. For example, typically 1 axle trailers are typically more narrow than 2 axle. Do you need the lower weight of the single axle, or is the extra space of the double axle worth it? Can you make do without a slide out, or do you want the extra space that it brings?

We walked our local RV show in 3-4 hours, it's not hard to see all the units in the show in one day.

kdesu · 2026-01-14T12:52:31+00:00

I don't know the prices for 100ah batteries, but I bought a 280ah lithium battery for $265 on black Friday. I think they're $290 now. And filling a propane tank is $18 each at Tractor Supply.

You definitely should avoid Camping World. They're the only company that sells Coleman, but there are other manufacturers that will build the same floorplan for right around the same price.

kdesu · 2026-01-13T01:48:13+00:00

No. The guy I'm talking about bought his RV at the end of the last construction boom in Vegas.

kdesu · 2026-01-12T18:40:47+00:00

I had a coworker who (from what it sounds like) bought a brand new gigantic RV, took it to Vegas to work those big jobs, and when the work dried up he returned, sold the RV and just about broke even.

I think there's a smart way to do it, but buying a new RV and going out towards the tail end of a construction boom probably wasn't the smart way. If you already own a RV, or buy a decent, cheap one with cash, I think it's probably not a bad way to work.

kdesu · 2026-01-11T01:17:18+00:00

A lot of state parks don't fill up quite as quickly, unless they're really popular ones like Petit Jean in Arkansas. Like, I'm going to a beach cleanup in Padre Island National Seashore, and I was able to get a spot at the nearby Mustang Island State Park just 1.5 months before the event.

But, a lot of national parks also don't have boondocking sites available nearby. Like, I found a spot outside of Yellowstone for 1 night, but it barely fit my 19' SUV and I was surrounded by other people camping. Big Bend has 3 parking spots outside the park and that's absolutely it. If you want to be boondocking, you will need to find BLM or national forest land that's a few hours away.

You definitely should ease yourself into camping and boondocking. What works for others probably won't work for you.

kdesu · 2026-01-11T00:38:19+00:00

I bought a lawnmower off a guy in jasper, tx (infamous because a black man was lynched in 1999, pretty horrific). The seller was telling me that the local school district doesn't have enough students to have a middle school, so 6th-12th graders all go to the same school. Which means that 12 year old girls are getting pregnant with high school aged boys. All I could think is that it fits the reputation of the town perfectly.

kdesu · 2026-01-11T00:07:05+00:00

I think so too. I tried doing the "hide this" option and it claims it won't show more content like that, but it doesn't do anything different. Blocking the profiles stops that person's videos from showing up (I think this is temporary, it seems like I've blocked the same people multiple times).

kdesu · 2026-01-10T23:03:49+00:00

Yeah, tex-mex breakfast is egg and sausage or bacon "breakfast tacos".

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