Retirement

[Piute]

  How much money (monthly)would it take to retire and just ride I'd say .
3K since I have no kids or Ole Lady just Judose

  Seems somebody wonts to buy me out trying to find a $$

[MarkPBG]

A lot less I'd guess, with no kids or wife or mortgage, I'd say gas, food and lodging would be ½ your expenses, then beer would take up the other half. LOL I bet could do it on $1500 a month for sure. (don't get a hotel every night, use the tent at least ⅔ of each month.

[shinyribs]

I'm self employed so retirement will be death for me....or the lottery-so i'm out on this discussion. What I really want to know is how you ( Mark) did those little 1/2 and 2/3 fractions like that.Sorry,but I'm easily amused.

[icerigger]

Are you intending to become a vagabond or keep a home and ride from there? Does a house/mortgage own you? Any bank loans/credit cards? You don't have the biggest drain on resources, the ole lady.

I've been retirded for about three years, and if not for the little woman who has no idea what stuff costs, but wants it anyway I'd be well off on 2K a month.

[MarkPBG]

Well, you estimate the average hotel at $70 a night, that doesn't leave you with many nights you can stay in a hotel if you want to stay in budget. The ½ comes from an estimate of what my income would be with side jobs on the road or social security check instead of a steady job in one place. I doubt I could pull down more than $18k a year with part time work like that funding the life on the road.

[shinyribs]

LOL Nah man, I was not talking about your math, but the little characters themselves :)

[Piute]

Don't drink much maybe  pint of Crown a wk.(fridaynight cool down)
                                                               like now but not Friday

  Yeah Ice ,
   Just finishing bank-rup(1yr but started 3yr's)) bull,Lost house and gave everything in it away along with few big toys. The Indian Casino Kicked are family out of the Money about 20yrs ago(o.k. no prob) . But know the Lawyer says we have a case again ,If they wont to buy me out I need to come up with #'s .
  Plan is custom small toy hauler and use U-haul to move around.What can't fit in trailer I don't need.
 Was looking at Big Dog Custom trailers ,Not Bad but there in Georgeaaa some were's and can't get credit not like I'll need it but not sure,this could take some time,N Lots of day dreaming
   Find some land and build a cover N a shitter call it home when tired of road or

[MarkPBG]

That, I do not know, it did it automatically as I posted. I'm not sure what caused it. There are other posters here using a Mac with OSX like me and Safari for a browser...maybe they'll try it and see if it's system specific or not.

You can do it on your PC with the Character Map feature of your OS. Not sure if it works within a browser, but it should work anywhere you can insert text. Come to think of it, I think I have my OS settings for the Character Palette to automatically convert fractions to their true text counterparts. That might be it.

[Truck]

If not getting an RV you can stay in cabins at campgrounds for around 30-40 a night.  I've also seen small, single campers you can tow behind your bike.

[dyelawn]

sheeit, if you're really talking about just riding around, you can stay almost anywhere for free.  i just went about 4 weeks on the bike and didn't pay for camping at all.  just need a map of usfs and blm land and a big smile.

[MarkPBG]

If I ever did what he's thinking about, regular showers would be a part of that deal. No sleeping in alleys and riding stinky for me!

[Piute]

        FOUND THIS peace of info


     Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
  Well, for example,
 the other day, my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and I said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket.. I called him a Dumb ass. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires. So Mary called him a moron. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Just then our bus arrived and we got on it and went home.

     We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age

[Hellbilly429]

Oh damn, I would hate to be the owner of that car!

[icerigger]

Yeah, ya gotta keep busy. Having a background in process engineering and a minor in chemistry I think I have found the perfect public service to provide.

I spend much of my time converting alcohol into urine, I know it's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

[Piute]

  My idea was to visit family and friends that I have all over the U.S. nothing in N.Carl.,Florida,Miss,Area
 But plenty west N north.
  Ya see I just got back on the road 17-20 yr's ago ,spent time(3yr's) in wheel chair N (couple)learning to walk again(was mugged N in comma 3wk's) SO I lost lots of my time,witch should of been the best of my life.Riding wonting to ride my bike was what kept me going,had a 89 shovel and a 50 pan,and of course my Lil C B 650 that my sister still rides.
  My memory is lot better and think I'm ready to hit the road finally,
    Just to catch up on lost miles I think belong to me,East coast Those different mountain ranges and all the lakes up north around Main .YEP Sure I'm going to need a trike after a 1st winter on the road.

       
  dreaming out loud could be happening too

[shinyribs]

icerigger wrote

I spend much of my time converting alcohol into urine, I know it's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

[easyrider12]

hey piute, if you ever pack it in and come on up north, you can join me on my twice yearly trip to NFLD, Iits an amazing trip and i do it once a year on the old 750.   cheers.

[easyrider12]

the second trip is on the bus in februrary.   haha

[Piute]

easyrider12 wrote

hey piute, if you ever pack it in and come on up north, you can join me on my twice yearly trip to NFLD, Iits an amazing trip and i do it once a year on the old 750.   cheers.

      One Year I'm going to Alaska (Fairbanks) have family there that havn't seen in 10+ yr's. But may be a one-way ride ,but they say June is the best time.
           

[rrgunslinger]

shinyribs wrote

LOL Nah man, I was not talking about your math, but the little characters themselves :)

It's an ascii char.  This site tells you how to do it.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Ascii+Characters&view=detail&id=19F515433145B6E87FC74C2B97111DE29922D971