Dweller NOT RFN Pictures - Page 3

Nirvana · 08-24-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I believe I rejected the entire notion of Halloween as a "reverse conformity" holiday, where people could feel safe rejecting conformity as a group. I explained to mystified people that my costume was "a rock".

You looked a bit "Screech"ish [saved by the bell]

glatt · 08-25-2009, 11:51 AM

I'm the one reading the paper. My grandfather is next to me asleep. This would have been around 1980 or so.

It was our 2nd VW Bus. The middle seat was easy to remove for camping trips. My dad had built a platform and also mounted a couple of supports so a sheet of plywood could rest on the front seat backs and a removable rope that stretched across the inside of the bus to those supports. Each night, we would install the rope and pull the sheet of plywood down off the roof rack. We had home made foam mattresses. We could easily sleep 6 in that bus, assuming 2 were kids and would sleep down in the "sweatbox."

Those were good days. We crossed the country 3 times in a VW bus and saw a lot. At night, if there was no campground around, we'd pull off into some deserted dirt side road. We were very self contained.

Sometimes I feel like I'm depriving my own kids because we don't do stuff like this with them. But I don't have summers off like my dad did, and I think people today would shoot you if they saw you parked by the side of the road overnight. Or at least call the cops.

morethanpretty · 08-25-2009, 12:06 PM

Thats really cool glatt! You're not deprivin' your kids, everyone grows up with different experiences and memories. You do your best and that is what counts.

glatt · 08-25-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by morethanpretty

Thats really cool glatt!

Thanks. It was always a lot of fun. We had a lot of adventures.

Flint · 08-25-2009, 12:45 PM

Look at you reading your paper, in your Fievel Mousekewitz hat. That's an "oh hai" shot if I ever saw one.

Shawnee123 · 08-25-2009, 12:50 PM

It's like Little Mr Sunshine!

glatt · 08-25-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Look at you reading your paper

Actually, thinking back, there is no way it would be a newspaper. Those were rare when camping. It was probably a MAD magazine.

DanaC · 08-25-2009, 01:20 PM

Har! look at that old Cornflakes box at the back. Cute.

Shawnee123 · 08-25-2009, 01:22 PM

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Spexxvet · 08-25-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Actually, thinking back, there is no way it would be a newspaper. Those were rare when camping. It was probably a MAD magazine.

What, me worry?

Spexxvet · 08-25-2009, 02:39 PM

BTW, I like the "triple stack" sleeping arrangements. It's like Jenga!

spudcon · 08-25-2009, 03:46 PM

Studying the photo closely, it looks like the Sunday Comics from the newspaper, disguising the smut magazine behind it.

Elspode · 08-25-2009, 06:49 PM

What secured the upper bed platform to the roof? Duct tape?

glatt · 08-25-2009, 07:00 PM

It was pretty clever. A hinge was screwed up into the roof truss on each side of the bus. The other side of each hinge was tied to a rope, and the rope stretched loosely across the bus like a hammock. The plywood was supported on one end by the rope sling and by the front seat backs on the other end. During travel, you would just pull each hinge pin, and the rope could be removed with the attached hinges on each side.

dar512 · 08-25-2009, 07:31 PM

From your posts, we can deduce that your family was clever, fun, and close. You're a lucky guy to have those memories.

And, yes, you should be doing the same with your kids and relatives. (Yeah, I know. Easy for me to say. But I bet you'd have a ball.)

08-25-2009, 11:51 AM	#32
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm the one reading the paper. My grandfather is next to me asleep. This would have been around 1980 or so. It was our 2nd VW Bus. The middle seat was easy to remove for camping trips. My dad had built a platform and also mounted a couple of supports so a sheet of plywood could rest on the front seat backs and a removable rope that stretched across the inside of the bus to those supports. Each night, we would install the rope and pull the sheet of plywood down off the roof rack. We had home made foam mattresses. We could easily sleep 6 in that bus, assuming 2 were kids and would sleep down in the "sweatbox." Those were good days. We crossed the country 3 times in a VW bus and saw a lot. At night, if there was no campground around, we'd pull off into some deserted dirt side road. We were very self contained. Sometimes I feel like I'm depriving my own kids because we don't do stuff like this with them. But I don't have summers off like my dad did, and I think people today would shoot you if they saw you parked by the side of the road overnight. Or at least call the cops. Attached Images

08-25-2009, 12:06 PM	#33
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Thats really cool glatt! You're not deprivin' your kids, everyone grows up with different experiences and memories. You do your best and that is what counts. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

08-25-2009, 12:45 PM	#35
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Look at you reading your paper, in your Fievel Mousekewitz hat. That's an "oh hai" shot if I ever saw one. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-25-2009, 12:50 PM	#36
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's like Little Mr Sunshine! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-25-2009, 01:22 PM	#39
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	... Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-25-2009, 02:39 PM	#41
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	BTW, I like the "triple stack" sleeping arrangements. It's like Jenga! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-25-2009, 03:46 PM	#42
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Studying the photo closely, it looks like the Sunday Comics from the newspaper, disguising the smut magazine behind it. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-25-2009, 06:49 PM	#43
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	What secured the upper bed platform to the roof? Duct tape? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-25-2009, 07:00 PM	#44
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It was pretty clever. A hinge was screwed up into the roof truss on each side of the bus. The other side of each hinge was tied to a rope, and the rope stretched loosely across the bus like a hammock. The plywood was supported on one end by the rope sling and by the front seat backs on the other end. During travel, you would just pull each hinge pin, and the rope could be removed with the attached hinges on each side.

08-25-2009, 07:31 PM	#45
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	From your posts, we can deduce that your family was clever, fun, and close. You're a lucky guy to have those memories. And, yes, you should be doing the same with your kids and relatives. (Yeah, I know. Easy for me to say. But I bet you'd have a ball.) __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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