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Offline Scott S

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In a van, down by the river...
« on: June 21, 2016, 04:38:13 AM »
Sounds legit. Oh....and I feel compelled to say "Not my ad".

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/wan/5637611097.html


Wanted: Used Van to Live-in! (Charlotte, N.C.)

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1210 N. Tryon St.
Urgent!!!! Needed!!!! Van to LIVE-IN!!!! Stripped and used is Fine! Hopefully windows. Need sound mechanical, good drive-train, brakes, etc.(pause)Please call (above) phone number, (and keep calling!!!!), to begin negotiations!!!!(pause) I'm looking for an older work-van, with a bunch of good life still left in it: Body not that important, (except windows, helpful), unless frame is bent, (making bad tires, etc.), but somebody's old van would be IDEAL!!!!
I can perform all kinds of services, medical experience, security-guard, bagger and greeter at Harris-Teeter and WalMart, (also cart-pusher), companion care, yard-work, dishes, cleaning, some cooking, etc., (legal or other research: PROBLEM-SOLVING!!!!), to help defer costs. A "square," (since high-school), I attended a college-prep. school, accepted at Cornell and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, for 2 years: I get results. (I also have some "street-creds.," if you need help with that kind of thing.) plus cash!!!!(quote me a starting price!!!!)
Using common sense: What do you need? Where do YOU want "to go?" What can I do for YOU?!!!! Please call the above number, soon and often: I am (about) desperate!!!! (and homeless, ugh, lol, chuckle...)...
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2016, 05:01:38 AM »
 Only on Craigslist  ::)

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2016, 05:10:15 AM »
Will see him on the 6 o'clock news before too long....

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2016, 06:10:41 AM »
He's educated, he gets results, and he's homeless. Hmmnnnn............. ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2016, 10:07:11 AM »
Maybe just not the results he was hoping for?  ::)
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2016, 11:01:55 AM »
Or he's shucking off life in the modern world and going full-on Alexander Supertramp.

Into the Wild

Or bust.

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2016, 05:14:24 PM »
Looking at his resume, I'm betting bust............. ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2016, 05:43:49 PM »
Or he's shucking off life in the modern world and going full-on Alexander Supertramp.

Into the Wild



Good movie, watched it again last week.  Apparently the movie is inaccurate, he did not mistakenly eat the wrong plant.  Still being debated.....
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2016, 06:13:58 PM »
What? An inaccurate Hollywood movie? I just can't believe it.............. ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2016, 06:16:42 PM »
I could use those street creds.  I lost mine a long time ago. 

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2016, 07:12:18 PM »
Or he's shucking off life in the modern world and going full-on Alexander Supertramp.

Into the Wild



Good movie, watched it again last week.  Apparently the movie is inaccurate, he did not mistakenly eat the wrong plant.  Still being debated.....


I wouldn't find it hard to believe a survival book publisher put the edible version of a plant in the page order BEFORE the toxic/fatal one.

Sad ending either way.  Dude wasn't far from the ranger station the whole time.

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2016, 02:45:10 PM »
That ad could be in the seattle craigslist. We have an epidemic of homeless RVers parking all over the place. Once they park they usually can't drive away the city has to tow them at tax payer's expense.
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2016, 02:57:52 PM »
Vancouver did to we called them house boaters a long time ago.
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2016, 03:19:00 PM »
That ad could be in the seattle craigslist. We have an epidemic of homeless RVers parking all over the place. Once they park they usually can't drive away the city has to tow them at tax payer's expense.

I noticed that near Fremont and Ballard neighborhoods when I rode my friend's bike around there last year. Lotta parked RVs and campers on streets and a LOT of homeless people below bridges.
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2016, 03:23:48 PM »
I hope the guy get's 'out a' the hole',it must not be too much fun being down there.. I imagine he's not left with too many options since he has to put an add in CL.
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2016, 06:14:02 PM »
That ad could be in the seattle craigslist. We have an epidemic of homeless RVers parking all over the place. Once they park they usually can't drive away the city has to tow them at tax payer's expense.

I find it more disturbing that the government has criminalized RV living.

Frankly, if you own an RV outright (or anything for that matter) you ought to be able to do with it as you please.

And public property is public.  Remove the public from it and its no longer public now eh?

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2016, 07:38:11 PM »
That ad could be in the seattle craigslist. We have an epidemic of homeless RVers parking all over the place. Once they park they usually can't drive away the city has to tow them at tax payer's expense.

I find it more disturbing that the government has criminalized RV living.

Frankly, if you own an RV outright (or anything for that matter) you ought to be able to do with it as you please.

And public property is public.  Remove the public from it and its no longer public now eh?

agreed
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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2016, 03:22:11 PM »
That ad could be in the seattle craigslist. We have an epidemic of homeless RVers parking all over the place. Once they park they usually can't drive away the city has to tow them at tax payer's expense.

I noticed that near Fremont and Ballard neighborhoods when I rode my friend's bike around there last year. Lotta parked RVs and campers on streets and a LOT of homeless people below bridges.

But the economy is doing great!

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Re: In a van, down by the river...
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2016, 06:10:21 AM »
That ad could be in the seattle craigslist. We have an epidemic of homeless RVers parking all over the place. Once they park they usually can't drive away the city has to tow them at tax payer's expense.

I find it more disturbing that the government has criminalized RV living.

Frankly, if you own an RV outright (or anything for that matter) you ought to be able to do with it as you please.

And public property is public.  Remove the public from it and its no longer public now eh?

agreed

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