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Wow, I didn't see that coming...

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    Loki
    wrote on 8 Feb 2021, 22:58 last edited by Loki 2 Aug 2021, 22:59
    #17

    Someone wise told me don’t bother thinking about retirement until you are close because the variables change so much and you will only be thinking about the context of the times in which you retire.

    How far out are you?

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      George K
      wrote on 8 Feb 2021, 23:01 last edited by
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      I've read that many full-timers recommend a diesel "pusher" type of Class-A - the engine is in the back.

      Anyone have experience with those?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Jolly
        wrote on 8 Feb 2021, 23:43 last edited by
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        @george-k said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

        I've read that many full-timers recommend a diesel "pusher" type of Class-A - the engine is in the back.

        Anyone have experience with those?

        Dad's boss owned a Newell. For years. Very dependable, diesel pusher.

        If you want to go First Class....

        https://www.newellcoach.com/--overview

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        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • J Jolly
          8 Feb 2021, 23:43

          @george-k said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

          I've read that many full-timers recommend a diesel "pusher" type of Class-A - the engine is in the back.

          Anyone have experience with those?

          Dad's boss owned a Newell. For years. Very dependable, diesel pusher.

          If you want to go First Class....

          https://www.newellcoach.com/--overview

          alt text

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          George K
          wrote on 8 Feb 2021, 23:47 last edited by
          #20

          @jolly said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

          https://www.newellcoach.com/--overview

          $1.6M

          https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=9922680&p=1&s=Year&d=D&t=preowned&fr=xPreOwnedInventory

          That's more than I make in 2 years!

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • G George K
            8 Feb 2021, 23:47

            @jolly said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

            https://www.newellcoach.com/--overview

            $1.6M

            https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=9922680&p=1&s=Year&d=D&t=preowned&fr=xPreOwnedInventory

            That's more than I make in 2 years!

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            Jolly
            wrote on 8 Feb 2021, 23:57 last edited by
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            @george-k said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

            @jolly said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

            https://www.newellcoach.com/--overview

            $1.6M

            https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=9922680&p=1&s=Year&d=D&t=preowned&fr=xPreOwnedInventory

            That's more than I make in 2 years!

            Who wants used? $2.15M for ready to roll, new.

            https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?page=xNewInventoryDetail&id=9857089&p=1&s=Year&d=D&t=new&fr=xNewInventory

            But hey, if I was buying, might as well be custom. This is too jazzy for me...

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            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:07 last edited by
              #22

              You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

              I was only joking

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              • D Doctor Phibes
                9 Feb 2021, 00:07

                You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

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                George K
                wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:10 last edited by
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                @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

                And buy your own linens and cookware!

                A suite at the Ritz Carlton....about $750 a night, let's say.

                $2,000,000/750 = about 7.4 years.

                Of course, room service and tips are extra.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:17 last edited by Doctor Phibes 2 Sept 2021, 00:18
                  #24

                  You could stay at Hill Top Farm, complete with libidinous farmer's daughter, for decades.

                  I guess it would get old, eventually

                  I was only joking

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                    9 Feb 2021, 00:17

                    You could stay at Hill Top Farm, complete with libidinous farmer's daughter, for decades.

                    I guess it would get old, eventually

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                    George K
                    wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:28 last edited by
                    #25

                    @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                    You could stay at Hill Top Farm

                    HILLTOP FARMS IS A QUALITY POULTRY BREEDING FACILITY.

                    WE SELL CHICKS AND OTHER POULTRY YEAR ROUND.

                    LOTS OF NEW AND EXCITING THINGS ARE COMING 2021

                    PHEASANTS, QUAIL, GEESE, GUINEA FOWL, SEXED POLISH, ENGLISH ORPINGTONS, AND LOTS OF EXOTIC CHICKEN BREEDS

                    Er, no thanks.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • D Doctor Phibes
                      9 Feb 2021, 00:07

                      You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:48 last edited by
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                      @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                      You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

                      Drive off in that hotel room...

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • J Jolly
                        9 Feb 2021, 00:48

                        @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                        You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

                        Drive off in that hotel room...

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:52 last edited by
                        #27

                        @jolly said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                        @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                        You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

                        Drive off in that hotel room...

                        You could blow 50 grand on a car and not even notice.

                        I was only joking

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                        • G George K
                          9 Feb 2021, 00:28

                          @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                          You could stay at Hill Top Farm

                          HILLTOP FARMS IS A QUALITY POULTRY BREEDING FACILITY.

                          WE SELL CHICKS AND OTHER POULTRY YEAR ROUND.

                          LOTS OF NEW AND EXCITING THINGS ARE COMING 2021

                          PHEASANTS, QUAIL, GEESE, GUINEA FOWL, SEXED POLISH, ENGLISH ORPINGTONS, AND LOTS OF EXOTIC CHICKEN BREEDS

                          Er, no thanks.

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:57 last edited by
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                          @george-k said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                          @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                          You could stay at Hill Top Farm

                          HILLTOP FARMS IS A QUALITY POULTRY BREEDING FACILITY.

                          WE SELL CHICKS AND OTHER POULTRY YEAR ROUND.

                          LOTS OF NEW AND EXCITING THINGS ARE COMING 2021

                          PHEASANTS, QUAIL, GEESE, GUINEA FOWL, SEXED POLISH, ENGLISH ORPINGTONS, AND LOTS OF EXOTIC CHICKEN BREEDS

                          Er, no thanks.

                          Come on George, they have sexed Polish chicks.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          • M Mik
                            9 Feb 2021, 00:57

                            @george-k said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                            @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                            You could stay at Hill Top Farm

                            HILLTOP FARMS IS A QUALITY POULTRY BREEDING FACILITY.

                            WE SELL CHICKS AND OTHER POULTRY YEAR ROUND.

                            LOTS OF NEW AND EXCITING THINGS ARE COMING 2021

                            PHEASANTS, QUAIL, GEESE, GUINEA FOWL, SEXED POLISH, ENGLISH ORPINGTONS, AND LOTS OF EXOTIC CHICKEN BREEDS

                            Er, no thanks.

                            Come on George, they have sexed Polish chicks.

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                            George K
                            wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:58 last edited by
                            #29

                            @mik said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                            they have sexed Polish chicks.

                            "Sexed" not "sexy."

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • D Doctor Phibes
                              9 Feb 2021, 00:52

                              @jolly said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                              @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                              You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

                              Drive off in that hotel room...

                              You could blow 50 grand on a car and not even notice.

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                              Jolly
                              wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 00:58 last edited by
                              #30

                              @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                              @jolly said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                              @doctor-phibes said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                              You could stay in a lot of really swanky hotels before you'd spent $2 million, plus you wouldn't have to clean out your own septic tank.

                              Drive off in that hotel room...

                              You could blow 50 grand on a car and not even notice.

                              For fifty grand you could get blown in a jet and you'd definitely notice.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                Mik
                                wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 01:02 last edited by
                                #31

                                I got a great massage from a tall blond stewardess in first class one night. Probably as close as I’ll get to that.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                • M Mik
                                  9 Feb 2021, 01:02

                                  I got a great massage from a tall blond stewardess in first class one night. Probably as close as I’ll get to that.

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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 01:57 last edited by
                                  #32

                                  @mik said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                                  I got a great massage from a tall blond stewardess in first class one night. Probably as close as I’ll get to that.

                                  That Sven really gets about, doesn't he?

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • D Doctor Phibes
                                    9 Feb 2021, 01:57

                                    @mik said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                                    I got a great massage from a tall blond stewardess in first class one night. Probably as close as I’ll get to that.

                                    That Sven really gets about, doesn't he?

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 02:10 last edited by
                                    #33

                                    @doctor-phibes she was better looking than any woman who ever looked at you.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    • M Mik
                                      9 Feb 2021, 02:10

                                      @doctor-phibes she was better looking than any woman who ever looked at you.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 02:16 last edited by
                                      #34

                                      @mik said in Wow, I didn't see that coming...:

                                      @doctor-phibes she was better looking than any woman who ever looked at you.

                                      "Woman...."

                                      Haha! Oh, my sides!

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 02:22 last edited by
                                        #35

                                        I don't know how to break this to you, but that wasn't a scented candle.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          Renauda
                                          wrote on 9 Feb 2021, 02:31 last edited by Renauda 2 Sept 2021, 02:31
                                          #36

                                          I have always thought a 5th wheel and truck made the most sense. If looked after, the trailer unit keeps its value longer over time. A well maintained 3/4 or 1 ton truck also have a decent used vehicle market value. The same cannot be said for RVs.

                                          Having said that, my preference would be always be a truck bed camper. I sold my camper this year for exactly what I paid for it 24 years ago. I still have the 3/4 ton 4X4 long box truck.

                                          Elbows up!

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