Schoolie

Branderson · May 09, 2018, 01:21:39 PM

What happened to the guy that use to post here a lot with the gray schoolie? I think it's been about 3 months since I've seen a post from him.

eagle19952 · May 09, 2018, 06:30:46 PM

Quote from: Branderson on May 09, 2018, 01:21:39 PM
What happened to the guy that use to post here a lot with the gray schoolie? I think it's been about 3 months since I've seen a post from him.

the one with chartreuse purple painted plywood interior ?

i think he left...

Scott & Heather · May 09, 2018, 06:51:01 PM

Yep. He left. Same way he left the skoolie forum. Kinda does this to himself sadly. I followed his threads a little over there over a year ago and it was rough.

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Branderson · May 09, 2018, 06:52:38 PM

I know he was full on schoolie mode but he was motivated and i could appreciate that.

Welp long as hes ok...

eagle19952 · May 09, 2018, 06:55:57 PM

Quote from: Branderson on May 09, 2018, 06:52:38 PM
I know he was full on schoolie mode but he was motivated and i could appreciate that.

Welp long as hes ok...

to be clear, this fellow ?
http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?action=profile;u=11018;sa=showPosts

DoubleEagle · May 09, 2018, 08:31:55 PM

Yep, good ol' Zephod. I think my last comment about him put him over the edge. He was enthusiastic, but he had some strange ideas. I think the moderator kicked him out for his abusive comments.

windtrader · May 10, 2018, 01:30:35 AM

Be nice, seems like Gary puzzled him but spared his fingers. lurking here recently.
http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?action=profile;u=11018

Branderson · May 10, 2018, 07:25:13 AM

Ahh that is him but I completely missed that convo posted. The last convo I remember was talking about our different ideas of camping/fulltiming/using a bus.

He seems to be set on the minimalist kind of way and I want to use it for vacations and comfort. But I did get a laugh at the thought of using a bucket for a toilet like him. Well, I laughed at the thought of what my wife would say when I pointed at the bucket.

DoubleEagle · May 10, 2018, 04:53:34 PM

If you missed the Vietnam experience you missed having piss pipes set in the sand, and cut-down 55 Gal barrels to crap in. Our wives would not go for all of that fun, so Zephod's bucket is not too bad.

PP · May 10, 2018, 06:30:29 PM

Having spent as much time in the woods as I have I used to find 5 gal buckets left behind after hunters vacated their campsites all the time. Some even had toilet seats attached to them. 55gal drums-yeah those were the days...

I'd like to say I miss the old bus driver, but I'd be lying.

Will

Branderson · May 10, 2018, 08:12:25 PM

Lol yea im not sorry i missed those days. I also never had the privilege of burning poop barrels.

Scott & Heather · May 10, 2018, 08:47:02 PM

I think the final straw for me was the feces in garbage bags that he merely dumped on the property occasionally burying them. At some point you just gotta realize that this forum has a different mindset than that. The skoolie group is really really relaxed. You have to reach a pretty high level of obnoxious behavior before they run you off.

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DoubleEagle · May 11, 2018, 06:42:41 AM

Beyond the waste disposal methods, what really bothers me is the use of paint rollers to coat their schoolies. Spray painting is expensive alright, but rolling paint diminishes the image of bus conversions, in my opinion (roofs excepted?).

bigred · May 11, 2018, 07:15:47 AM

Quote from: DoubleEagle on May 11, 2018, 06:42:41 AM
Beyond the waste disposal methods, what really bothers me is the use of paint rollers to coat their schoolies. Spray painting is expensive alright, but rolling paint diminishes the image of bus conversions, in my opinion (roofs excepted?).

Stuff like this is why a lot of camp grounds won't let schoolies in their camp grounds It is like dog poop 'A few rotten apples causes problems for every one else!!

Branderson · May 11, 2018, 07:20:55 AM

I personally don't care if someone rolls or brushes paint but at the same time, there's a line and you can't be mad if campgrounds don't let you in.

On the other hand, I can't stand when a campground will ask what year my bus is and over the phone say that it can't come. (1974) I usually lie or tell them the year it was converted but that was 98 so even now that is pushing it.

There's no excuse for the feces part I agree. The only way I could see it is if I was in the woods by myself and honestly, you shouldn't be able to get a bus into woods that deep.

I don't know what his situation was but I don't understand b/c if you are at a campground even without hook ups, aren't there always a restroom nearby? That part was confusing to me.