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03-13-2009 , 08:49 PM
Cool thread. I like how you outlined your problems and how you solved them.
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03-13-2009 , 08:52 PM
The real Tim Hortons question:

Were you hungry enough to eat the bowl?
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03-13-2009 , 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ivienthol
Big deal. Most of BBV lives in vans.
You included?
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03-13-2009 , 09:23 PM
cool story op, enjoyed it
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03-13-2009 , 09:25 PM
did u ever live down by a river
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03-13-2009 , 09:43 PM
cool read, props
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03-13-2009 , 09:53 PM
why didn't you **** @ the gym dummy? cool story =P
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03-13-2009 , 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Ephialtes
tl;dr
this, gj tho
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03-13-2009 , 10:10 PM
cool story op. You adapted to the challenge and improved financially, physically and mentally

solid
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03-13-2009 , 10:14 PM
didn't you spend a lot more than $9k with the van, fuel, batteries, microwave, etc.? i think you're getting close to breakeven if you'd calculate it
nice job anyway though
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03-13-2009 , 10:15 PM
this would only be remotely hard if you lived somewhere hot and couldnt use AC, easy 9k imo
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03-13-2009 , 10:21 PM
Great story.

I agree with the other posters who said there were a few stipulations that made this a little too easy on you... If it were my 9k on the line, I would've made the stipulation that u were only allowed to leave the van for say... ~3 hours a day? & it would've DEFINATELY been 7 days a week.

Then again, 9k is a lot to me, so I'd wanna be damn sure I either won, or by the time the bet finished u were too insane from cabin fever to collect
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03-13-2009 , 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lcscanada
Ok, Now that I am settled back in an apartment this month, I have my VAN living story to tell. due to being more fresh and alert during sessions b/c i could sleep in the van 2 minutes away for a break
-I made 9K!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you guys want more specific stories, i will post
read the whole OP with a huge smile of envy/lawl/damn that's cool

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03-13-2009 , 10:43 PM
great story, you should have gotten like 2:1 though or even 2.5:1. how much did u make playing live during the 3 months?
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03-13-2009 , 10:52 PM
[ ] lived in a van
[x] slept in a van
[x] stupid friend
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03-13-2009 , 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TAG-NIT
15,000 posts in less than 2 years
First thing that came to my mind too.


IMO it was a great read. Congrats OP.
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03-13-2009 , 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TAG-NIT
15,000 posts in less than 2 years
7,000 - "tl;dr"
7,000 - "1st"
1,000 - "wat"

A great member to this or any society.
LOL, that's pretty accurate. A glance at his most recent posts confirms that the average length of his worthless posts is about 3 words.
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03-13-2009 , 11:03 PM
Some questions:

1) You only had to replace the ice every other day? That seems like a long time. Even in a cooler, ice takes less than a day to melt/become warm.

2) You mentioned you covered the back windows with black paper. What did you do about the front? Because I looked up 2002 Chevrolet Venture and apparently it looks like this:


Couldn't people peek through the windshield and see you sleeping?

3) How much room was there in the back? Van looks small for an air mattress + cooler + your belongings.

4) You said you removed the rear seats. Did you remove the mounted brackets as well?

5) I had to look up camping potty and I guess it looks something like this:


Where did you put this? It would be pretty awkward to keep it in the front and poop while people are walking by, so I'm assuming you put it in the back. But then there's the phrase "don't poop where you eat/sleep." Even with kitty litter, it had to have smelled. Plus, like I mentioned earlier it doesn't look like there's much room in the back. So wtf.

6) Pics of the van or it never happened.
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03-13-2009 , 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TAG-NIT
15,000 posts in less than 2 years
7,000 - "tl;dr"
7,000 - "1st"
1,000 - "wat"

A great member to this or any society.
wat
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03-13-2009 , 11:32 PM
[x] lived in a van
[] locked in a van

well done OP
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03-13-2009 , 11:38 PM
cool
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03-13-2009 , 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LetMeLive
why didn't you **** @ the gym dummy? cool story =P
Quote:
Originally Posted by lcscanada
So an average day looked like this:
Monday
...
9:30am: work out, shower, shave, ****e
...
I could be wrong, but I think this means he did.
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03-13-2009 , 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by lcscanada
Oh its possible, Tim hortons coffee ok ok, no, but comeon, their bagels everyday for 2 weeks and crappy dried chicken club sandwhiches, its possible, especially when they run out of out soups and they have crappy chicken noodle only
you have to have the chicken salad with some honey mustard. the rest of the sandwiches are crap imo

great post, well written, well played
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03-14-2009 , 12:41 AM
wake up
drive 90min to casino
play poker
drive 90min back to wherever
find empty parking lot
sleep

did you not think of

wake up
play poker
find empty parking lot
sleep

?????
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03-14-2009 , 12:45 AM
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I could be wrong, but I think this means he did.
Reading is hard.

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