renterbob Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Predictions? Mine is 5 months. If you don't believe this now, you're crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Jungle Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) How long until we have people living in cars at motorway service stations again? Maybe 6 months. Edited September 22, 2008 by BeenieSiegleDesertEagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 How long until we have people living in cars at motorway service stations again? Maybe 6 months. Ahh shit. I've done it for years. There's a few tricks to it. First is to be highly organised and carry only the stuff you really need. Make blinds for the windows and don't be ashamed of making a bed up, permanently in the front passenger seat. You need the boot space for essentials and a kind of wardrobe. Get those rain deflectors for the front windows so you can leave them open a little for air. Parking. This is the difficult one. Best to park under street lamps and minimise the light coming into the car. Orange lamps tend to make you crazy and you never get to sleep. Find a local sports centre where you can sneak in a get a shower etc. Must shower once a day. Most of all, keep the interior really clean and tidy. No rubbish at all. Also, don't live on fast food. This will kill you. Have a camping set and a bucket to wash stuff in. Go for packet salads and other better foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ʎqɐqɹǝʞɐɥs Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Ahh shit. I've done it for years.There's a few tricks to it. First is to be highly organised and carry only the stuff you really need. Make blinds for the windows and don't be ashamed of making a bed up, permanently in the front passenger seat. You need the boot space for essentials and a kind of wardrobe. Get those rain deflectors for the front windows so you can leave them open a little for air. Parking. This is the difficult one. Best to park under street lamps and minimise the light coming into the car. Orange lamps tend to make you crazy and you never get to sleep. Find a local sports centre where you can sneak in a get a shower etc. Must shower once a day. Most of all, keep the interior really clean and tidy. No rubbish at all. Also, don't live on fast food. This will kill you. Have a camping set and a bucket to wash stuff in. Go for packet salads and other better foods. What do you do about entertaining? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 What do you do about entertaining? It's got a radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It's funny really. I hear all this doom and gloom talk and how everyone will end up living like, well . . . like I do. Most of us site guys live like this. Do have showers on site though which makes all the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissy_fit Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) It's funny really. I hear all this doom and gloom talk and how everyone will end up living like, well . . . like I do.Most of us site guys live like this. Do have showers on site though which makes all the difference. I thought you lived in a Thai paradise? Or am I confusing you with another poster? And why wouldn't you get a campervan under those circs, even an old Vdub would be better..... Edited September 22, 2008 by gleeful_expat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Living in caravan or a tent is not fun. And a depression is not fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It's got a radio. Entertaining? "Hi! Fancy joining me in the sports centre shower? Great!! Can you bring a bottle?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondhandsofa Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Sounds like some of these im alright jacks and jacquelines are in for the shock of their lives. Imagine going from some big spacious house in a peaceful leafy suburb to some crappy rented flat in one of our most excitingly 'diverse' and 'dynamic' neighbourhoods . Imagine Cecil and Henriettas faces when faced with an inner city school after being sent to Private school. MUMMY I HATE YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!! Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I thought you lived in a Thai paradise? Or am I confusing you with another poster? And why wouldn't you get a campervan under those circs, even an old Vdub would be better..... I do part of the year. When in the UK I work on regeneration sites all round the place. One of the reasons I've only got a small (and I mean small) flat in the west country. Bought 1996. No point in house here, would never be there. Hotels are damned expensive, so I developed this curious lifestyle of basically living rough. Lived like it since 1997. Not too bad right now. Got a little cabin thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Living in caravan or a tent is not fun. And a depression is not fun. Agree. Have experience of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I do part of the year. When in the UK I work on regeneration sites all round the place. One of the reasons I've only got a small (and I mean small) flat in the west country. Bought 1996. No point in house here, would never be there.Hotels are damned expensive, so I developed this curious lifestyle of basically living rough. Lived like it since 1997. Not too bad right now. Got a little cabin thing. How do you get internet? Via 3G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 How do you get internet? Via 3G? Yes. T-Mobile. Not too bad once it's running right, but can be temperamental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATH Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Do middle class have vans? Maybe you mean their 4x4s. Do you have to pay council tax if you live in an SUV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Do middle class have vans?Maybe you mean their 4x4s. Do you have to pay council tax if you live in an SUV? An SUV? That'd be like a penthouse apartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATH Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 This just gave me a funny idea. Imagine cutting out a letterbox in your Range Rover and fixing a proper flap to it, park it outside No.15 and put "15 A" over the letterbox. I bet the postie would shove your mail through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wad Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Sounds like some of these im alright jacks and jacquelines are in for the shock of their lives. Imagine going from some big spacious house in a peaceful leafy suburb to some crappy rented flat in one of our most excitingly 'diverse' and 'dynamic' neighbourhoods . Imagine Cecil and Henriettas faces when faced with an inner city school after being sent to Private school. MUMMY I HATE YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!! Oh dear. The irony is that there is private school where a eco hipppy family setup home outside the front gate in an old horse box truck. They were there for about a week - lovely smell of bacon and cooking eggs when I was dropping of my kids. I enjoyed it especially because all the other parents couldn't park there with their 4 x 4 there which really annoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potwalloper Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 This just gave me a funny idea. Imagine cutting out a letterbox in your Range Rover and fixing a proper flap to it, park it outsideNo.15 and put "15 A" over the letterbox. I bet the postie would shove your mail through it. It would be more spacious than most modern flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 In a serious depression keeping an empty property would be illegal. Remember, we don't have a housing shortage in this country; we just have an organisational difficulty matching up homeless people with empty houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its time to buy Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Mr Parry Ahh shit. I've done it for years. There's a few tricks to it. First is to be highly organised and carry only the stuff you really need. Make blinds for the windows and don't be ashamed of making a bed up, permanently in the front passenger seat. You need the boot space for essentials and a kind of wardrobe. Get those rain deflectors for the front windows so you can leave them open a little for air. Parking. This is the difficult one. Best to park under street lamps and minimise the light coming into the car. Orange lamps tend to make you crazy and you never get to sleep. Find a local sports centre where you can sneak in a get a shower etc. Must shower once a day. Most of all, keep the interior really clean and tidy. No rubbish at all. Also, don't live on fast food. This will kill you. Have a camping set and a bucket to wash stuff in. Go for packet salads and other better foods. That roughly fits into my plans if it happened. I ve not lived the streets, but have thought this through. So many middle class will be humbled in the comming years. This is fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 (edited) mate its all about ATTITUDE, i have sailed all over the pacific in a 38 ft boat..... small as a caravan... now the dif between caravan living in rural hull vs sailing in pacific is........ yep but he space is the same.... attitude...... not having any debts and having shit loads of dosh helps tho...... seriously after 7 days of rain and 45knots at anchor..... tempers are fraying....... do you realise how many BTLers could have swapped all there UK assets for paridise at the top, but no greed rules..... f**k em and the yacht they sailed in on greed is an emotion best sorted out early in life Edited September 23, 2008 by kiwi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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