We need you all to come back.. 
we have been trying to reach you about your van’s extended warranty…


lol

If you're using Windows 11, there is an issue with the latest Windows updates affecting Solid State Drives (SSD). You might want to pause updates for a couple weeks.



Now I'm off to figure out if my computer auto updated this for me...

Here is a brilliant use for silicone..
Making templates and molds of things for future reference 
Caps/lids
Temporary parts
Basically like hand made 3-D printing..  lol


https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ABRNR1nCU/?


Super simple- figured it could be useful to us weirdos..  

Hey all. Haven’t been around in recent memory but things have finally shaken out and we’re off to buy our van tomorrow!! We were both caught up in the Windfall Elimination BS were they took a chunk of our social security because we had state pensions, now that that’s overturned my honey’s social security went up 55% and mine went up 25% (to where they were supposed to be originally), so money isn’t painfully tight and travel is actually an option. 

Anyway, just wanted to say hello again.

I bought a knockoff solo stove type firepit a few months ago. Due to life, I didn't try it out until this month. 
   

I've used it twice and here's what I've noticed...
   

It's not really low smoke, but it doesn't blow anywhere but up. The ash pan isn't really a pan, you lift it up the inside piece and ashes fall and blow everywhere. I've enjoyed the times I've used it. I used mostly twigs and branches from the yard and it was a quick fire (20-30 minutes) so I'll be trying it out again when it cools off (fall??) with a better supply of wood.

The price was better than a solo stove, but I have no comparison with the real thing.  

What I bought: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDWQSB36?ref...title&th=1

Link not wanting to stay together, so here's just a quick view:
   

Not sponsored, etc etc, I'm sure there are a TON of knockoffs now.

I have a degree in this stuff (a few decades ago), and I've been reading and interested in the electronics side of things for several years now.  I know how things work.  However, I'm finding that things that I know what they do now go by different names.  I have come to the (possibly incorrect) conclusion that a dc to dc 'charger' is what I know as a battery isolator that is put between two batteries to keep either one from drawing the other down past a set voltage, but sharing voltage above that point.  Am I right or wrong?  This term seemed to take over discussions a couple of years ago, and I never hear the term isolator now.

How often do you guys get your van routine serviced.  I have been dropping mine into a local mechanic every 12 months more or less.  But he syas it should be dropped in twice a year, depending on the mileage being put onto it.  Is this true, or is he just looking for some extra business??

Thanks

Or just convenient hands-free dog walking..

I am in the process of starting a small homemade modular service dog style leash business.

A few of you know already …

As soon as there is an actual store-front website up and running— I will let y’all know.



(and, mods, if this is not where this post belongs.. feel free to move it)

Howdy, I'm a musician who has spent the past few years living out in the mountains out of my big truck-uv.

Usually I'm out in Snoqualmie or Steven's pass, sometimes I go to town to perform, and I've lived all across the country.

I'm apolitical, if I'm not making music, I'm meditating or sauntering out in the woods

It would be great to meet more people who live similar lifestyles in the area

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Last year's van dying/tent dwelling/new (to me, the van is actually pretty old) minivan dwelling nomad here.

  Not exactly sure what to say here as I generally try to keep to myself for the most part (Pirate Camp attendees can attest to this).  Still feel a bit like a greenhorn in the van dwelling community having only been out just over a year, but making the most of it as I can.  Though I do tend to procrastinate a lot (which I'm sure frustrates ABNorm to no end) I do eventually get things accomplished (just don't ask about my van build because even after a year I've barely started...).  I believe it might be what some call 'planning paralyzation'. 

  Anyway, hoping to at the very least not be a negative influence on the forum and will help whenever I am able.