Reversing discrimination against bus conversions (Thousand Trails & elsewhere)

[Dreadnought]

I didn't think what Geoff said was rude- it rather made me laugh. I don't think he was being discriminatory - I took it as saying that a lot of folks who get vans and shuttle buses can tend to be folks who are vagrant scammer types of people and mooches which our Prof Jeanine obviously isn't. So that made me laugh as did the below.

....I don't agree with anything she says that's not about her bus, (i.e. all the liberal carbon footprint BS and climate change hoax crap)....

[Geoff]

Okay, for the record I stand by my post earlier in this thread.  It was written in a very concise manner, where every word is thought out and the delivery is is designed to make a comment.  If anyone read my earlier comment's in Jeanie's other thread your can see I was very nice to her.  However, when I read a title like:

Reversing discrimination against bus conversions (Thousand Trails & elsewhere)

I had to disagree.  What discrimination against "bus conversions"?  Does she have a "bus conversion"?  I think not.  Re-read my post:

I think the people of this BUS conversion group are rising up; and Jeannie, your shuttle bus "conversion" story and TT discrimination is not drawing much support.  This group is about "bus conversions" and you moving your studio apartment into a shuttle bus and demanding full rights as an RV'er is not sympathetic to us.  We spend a lot of time and money on our bus conversions to make them as nice or better than a house, and we are not "carbon neutral".   Homeless people get vehicles like you and dump their waste in sewer drains, or worse, and have become a scourge on society by breaking the rules.  You have unwittingly placed yourself in this group.

I think personally, and as part of a group (that I've been a member of for 20 years),  that her foray into her idea of converting a shuttle bus and trying to draw us in as her supporters by her mis-leading topic title is what upset me.

It is easy to support causes that speak of discrimination, but it takes a lot more fortitude to stand up and speak your mind.  Just look at what is happening in the news lately with women coming out of hole 20-30 years after a real or concocted incident. 


--Geoff

[eagle19952]

 
Just look at what is happening in the news lately with women coming out of hole 20-30 years after a real or concocted incident.

be grateful one of them isn't your daughter...

[windtrader]

OK. Geoff, the issue is you bolded the wrong word. It should be THIS rather than BUS. You emphasised that we have buses and shuttles and skoolies are not real buses. If your statement was as you wanted, then you are a big OTR bus conversion snob.! 

[Geoff]

OK. Geoff, the issue is you bolded the wrong word. It should be THIS rather than BUS. You emphasised that we have buses and shuttles and skoolies are not real buses. If your statement was as you wanted, then you are a big OTR bus conversion snob.! 

No, what I said was you can't throw your stuff in a vehicle and call it a "conversion", more specifically a bus conversion out of a shuttle bus with no real conversion work done. Why are you making stuff up?  I'm no snob in the least.

[windtrader]

dup - sorry

[niles500]

Heck with the magazine cover, I vote that Gumpy gets a centerfold (staples appropriately placed) 😁 Just funning Craig

[gumpy]

Heck with the magazine cover, I vote that Gumpy gets a centerfold (staples appropriately placed) 😁 Just funning Craig

I don't want to be the cause of BCM subscription rates dropping to zero! They're a good group of people!

[skihor]

I have a plan for Dr P.

Buy a cheap Wal Mart tent.  Put it up where ever you camp and throw a sleeping bag in it.

Then camp in your rig, and say nothing!

That's a brilliant idea

[Slug]

Put a copy of the RV parks letter on a Motor Home Club forum and was taken of
this was there reply
So you can't win anywhere

I have removed the copy of the letter quoted in the opening post and the photo posted, as well as another post, as we are unable to authenticate the relationship between the photo and letter. I'm sorry.

If proof of connection can be provided this will be reconsidered.
mod1. 

[chessie4905]

Over on BNO, they have asection titled " places we stay". Members can leave comments about RV sites and their impressions of them. Broken down by state.......

[Scott & Heather]

I'll throw in my two pennies. We have converted two buses neither of which looked like million dollar coaches. Our first one was nicknamed the "prison Bus" by our friends if that gives you any perspective. I was proud of that first bus as I am our second. I never once was discriminated against in rv parks but I can assure you I never once tried to get into a really nice resort either because I just understand that there a places my bus might not be an appropriate fit and that's completely ok with me. I recently had a T/A grounds employee try to kick me out because I had an RV and a very whisper quiet Honda generator running. I walked into the store and spoke to the manager and showed him a photo of our coach and he very kindly apologized and told us we were more than welcome to park our coach for the night and he would inform his employee. If he had sent us packing, we would have left. No argument, no threats. Just would have found a new place to stay.

Society today has blackened the word discrimination when it isn't a bad word at all. We all discriminate....I don't like mushrooms, I'm discriminating. I don't like loud hip hop music blaring out of the next cars speakers at a stop light. I'm discriminating.  I'm a Christian male in American and frankly, a lot of people in this country dislike me for those two reasons alone. They are discriminating. And you know what? It's ok! It's ok that not every RV park wants my bus conversion, there's thousands of them that are fine with it so I'll go to them. It's ok that people don't like me because I'm a Christian, I'll make friends with others who do. This societal trend towards "everyone like everybody and let's all hug and kiss" is insane. These RV parks have the right to have discriminating tastes on who and what they allow or don't allow through their gates. I appreciate championing basic human rights, but whether or not your shuttle bus is accepted into a elite RV park/club ain't exactly a third world problem.

And for the record, I like having clearly defined men's and women's bathrooms thank you. I have two daughters (one in the oven) and that whole nonsense is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. And I'm a millennial......


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[pete36330]

Folks,, I think that all this YA YA needs to be put to rest,,
  Lets move on to more Bus related subjects ,
Seems to be getting way to political,,Pete

[Scott & Heather]

Nah Pete, this ain't nothing....soon this thread will morph into whether to use straight weight motor oil or not...and then someone will weigh in with how multi weight allows the Bus to get better fuel economy and reduces the emissions of the Bus which in turn saves the environment...lol. We are major thread drifters here...embrace the drift lol


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[Dave5Cs]

Hey "40 WEIGHT MATTER"S"