FlankSteak 0 #26 August 9, 2006 QuoteLived in a tent...? not just for a boogie or weekend at a dz you're visiting? I'm okay with it ...just like camping long term...*shrug* This is something I've been seriously contemplating because of the fucked up (and I do mean that with every bit of the word) costs living in Seattle. I just need to nail down where to shower and the house I need to say is mine when there's a lady I'm trying to impress (I know ladies - please sent your complaints to the trash).______________________________________________ "...whatever stands against freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharimcm 0 #27 August 9, 2006 I can say I've had a stable roof over my head for all of my life. You know, one that won't blow away in the middle of the night unless a tornado came through. "I had a dude tip his black cowboy hat to me after I provided him with a condom outside my hotel room at 3-something in the morning." -myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravityizsexy 0 #28 August 9, 2006 QuoteWe had a guy who lived in a cardboard refrig box in a field near the job site. A piece of plastic thrown over it and a sleeping bag. One day he was late, so we walked over to wake him up. There was a woman in there with him. HAHAHA!!!! priceless... did the tent thing for approx. 2 months....It's an experience, one I would not want to miss out on yet not really WANT to do it again... tents are fun(ish) campers are fun(ner) RV's are straight Trailers are a good time Winnebago is the way to go (luxury-opt) house is a good situation mansion couldn't really be any better private jet would trump the mansion in my book so in essence.... aim for jumbo private jet.. "'Someday is not a day in my week'" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #29 August 9, 2006 QuoteLived in a tent...? not just for a boogie or weekend at a dz you're visiting? I'm okay with it ...just like camping long term...*shrug* One time I thought I was living in a Tee-pee. Then I thought I was living in a Wig-wam. Then I thought I WAS a tee-pee, then I thought I WAS a wig-wam. Doctor told me I was just two tents._______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #30 August 9, 2006 Quote I can say I've had a stable roof over my head for all of my life. You know, one that won't blow away in the middle of the night unless a tornado came through. Give it time. You've only been jumping for a couple years. Something that I think is neat about the "culture" of skydiving is that instead of being the mark of a loser (think homeless), it's actually considered cool to live in a tent on a dz. For a little while anyway. After a few months it's time to move up to being trailer trash. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jheadley 0 #31 August 9, 2006 QuoteQuote I can say I've had a stable roof over my head for all of my life. You know, one that won't blow away in the middle of the night unless a tornado came through. Give it time. You've only been jumping for a couple years. Something that I think is neat about the "culture" of skydiving is that instead of being the mark of a loser (think homeless), it's actually considered cool to live in a tent on a dz. For a little while anyway. After a few months it's time to move up to being trailer trash. Haha, so true. Towards the end, I envied those fancy trailer people so much, with their flush toilets and microwave ovens! . Hey, when it rained, at least I had a miniature swimming pool in my tent! They don't have that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #32 August 9, 2006 I went on a 6-week tenting vacation in 1979. Only the odd week here and there since that.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #33 August 9, 2006 I wouldn't recommend living in a tent in Seattle. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlankSteak 0 #34 August 10, 2006 QuoteI wouldn't recommend living in a tent in Seattle. It would be a great burn though to camp out on peoples lawns and then to let them know "my tent cost $200, what did your 1600 sqr foot house cost? Ohhhhh $410,000???" I might get shot if I did that though. Your comment noted______________________________________________ "...whatever stands against freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
