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Who here has lived in a trailer at some point?
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:22 am
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:22 am
And how did you like it?
I lived in one while in college from Oct 98 - Mar 99. It was miserable.
It was in a janky park with college kids mixed with plant baws and the chronically trashy.
Some of the underpinning was missing and the carpet would lift when the wind blew hard.
The idiot maintenance guy had somehow grounded the whole trailer to a single outlet in one of the bedrooms. This caused a short in which the circuit would try to use the cable wire as a ground whenever that br light switch was turned on. The cable would get knocked out ‘at the pole’ and the cable guy would have to come out to fix. The cae guy said that if someone were touching the outside of the trailer at the moment the switch was flipped, it probably would kill them.
It was just a total dump. I assume everyone living in a trailer has the same experience.
I lived in one while in college from Oct 98 - Mar 99. It was miserable.
It was in a janky park with college kids mixed with plant baws and the chronically trashy.
Some of the underpinning was missing and the carpet would lift when the wind blew hard.
The idiot maintenance guy had somehow grounded the whole trailer to a single outlet in one of the bedrooms. This caused a short in which the circuit would try to use the cable wire as a ground whenever that br light switch was turned on. The cable would get knocked out ‘at the pole’ and the cable guy would have to come out to fix. The cae guy said that if someone were touching the outside of the trailer at the moment the switch was flipped, it probably would kill them.
It was just a total dump. I assume everyone living in a trailer has the same experience.
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:24 am to Eli Goldfinger
The first 5 years of my life were in a singlewide.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:25 am to Eli Goldfinger
When I was around 5. Lived in one for a couple of months in Many, La.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:26 am to Eli Goldfinger
Not a damn thing wrong with a trailer if family is working hard and doing their best
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:27 am to Eli Goldfinger
I was waiting for your story to conclude with “And that’s how my sister and I conceived our first child. Roll Tide!”
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 10:45 am
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:27 am to Eli Goldfinger
Spent two nights in a trailer used as a camp, does that count?
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:27 am to Eli Goldfinger
I grew up in one.
And have since moved a long long way away from that. To allow my kids to live in a nice home I never got to have.
I didn’t know social status until around middle school, so I didn’t care when I was a small child. But, my parents did the best they could and raised me and my brothers right.
Everything evolves. This is why I think people that live in trailer parks have no excuses to improve themselves. There’s nothing holding them back but themselves to better their situations.
And have since moved a long long way away from that. To allow my kids to live in a nice home I never got to have.
I didn’t know social status until around middle school, so I didn’t care when I was a small child. But, my parents did the best they could and raised me and my brothers right.
Everything evolves. This is why I think people that live in trailer parks have no excuses to improve themselves. There’s nothing holding them back but themselves to better their situations.
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 9:29 am
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:28 am to Eli Goldfinger
For almost a year after Katrina. It was for work but it sucked bigtime.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:29 am to Eli Goldfinger
Yes. Single wide. In college. Off Gardere.
It wasn’t terrible. It was cheap.
It wasn’t terrible. It was cheap.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:30 am to Prominentwon
quote:
This is why I think people that live in trailer parks have no excuses to improve themselves.
maybe it's a choice
I know quite a few people who live in mobile homes and do it because they are frugal. Hell, I know people who live in travel trailers.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:30 am to Eli Goldfinger
All you do is start “is so and so trashy.” How many times have you actually posted anything that didn’t include the word “trashy?”
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 9:31 am
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:31 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:my uncle gutted out a bus, remodeled it, and lived in it for years
Hell, I know people who live in travel trailers.
Owning a trailer, travel trailer >>> renting an apartment, IMO
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:33 am to Eli Goldfinger
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The cable would get knocked out ‘at the pole’ and the cable guy would have to come out to fix.
You had cable in your trailer? You must have lived at the rich end of my trailer park.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:33 am to RogerTheShrubber
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maybe it's a choice
For sure. My brother lives in a trailer. And it’s not terrible. Very comfortable for him. But that’s his choice. More power to him. That’s what he wanted. That’s what he did.
I’m talking about the dirt poor MFers that sit in the porch all day with no jobs and drink their Milwaukee’s Best from 10-10.
Two totally different sets of people.
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 9:35 am
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:35 am to Rouge
quote:
Owning a trailer, travel trailer >>> renting an apartment, IMO
I agree. At least you'll get something when you sell it, and it's yours.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:35 am to Prominentwon
quote:
All you do is start “is so and so trashy.” How many times have you actually posted anything that didn’t include the word “trashy?”
The OP doesn't include the word trashy
Eta....yeah it does. I stand corrected
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 9:36 am
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:36 am to Rouge
It was a bit rhetorical.
OP is trash.
OP is trash.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
quote:people are so stupid about electricity. That wont kill you.
The cae guy said that if someone were touching the outside of the trailer at the moment the switch was flipped, it probably would kill them.
quote:sounds more like a floor problem than an underpinning problem.
Some of the underpinning was missing and the carpet would lift when the wind blew hard.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
How do storage container homes compare to trailers, trashy or cool?
My wife and I want to build something like this on our property on the north shore.
My wife and I want to build something like this on our property on the north shore.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 9:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
doublewide with friends during college. It was rather nice actually, had a lot of fun times there
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