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Found this post on the IRV2 Newmar forum: Best RV Internet for Dummies What do you think?

If you wish to examine a granfalloon, just remove the skin of a toy balloon. — Bokonon

I'm going to go with Kurt Vonnegut here and say that this kinship is just a granfalloon.

Another Death at the Grand Canyon

Yep

I'm pretty sure that some of us will end up in a mobile home (park model, single/double wides, etc) after we leave the road. Here's a heads-up from HBO's John Oliver.

If it's a H3 with a Travler, then you're probably using a DPH42 switch also, right? Pull the plug on your H3 and DHP42 BEFORE starting the Travler.

What DISH receiver do you have?

I'm still waiting for the monorails and home helipads I was promised as a kid.

Well, so they say as there's a fair amount of back patting going on here as in "I'm glad I managed my finances well" or "Unlike others, I've done ok". Though few people write posts like packnrat . . . had some money, but it went pop with the housing market years back.but had nothing like some here talk about, like it is pocket change. in 8 years i will be lucky to get (total all sources) $3, grand a month, gross. but hope to manage not having to go back to work just to eat. . . . it doesn't mean there aren't more, perhaps a lot more, people in packnrat's shape. So, Barb, unless you have some compelling data source, I think people on this forum (Escapees, RVers, whomever) trend like any other group of retirees.

Judging from other posts, this seems to be the norm in this thread (good financial planning) which runs counter to the bankruptcy filings trend for our age group:

QED.

I think you would be better served looking at your family's health history and, with provisos, DNA testing.

Look at Bradd & Hall too.

Well, I can see that "Have" and "Have Nots" weren't the best terms to use. However, I don't think anything I said about people with military/government health care & pensions was derisive. I just said some people have these benefits. The rest is in your head. Since I never had any intention of making the military my career, I don't regret that decision at all. Just to be clear, I am a "Have". Between our 401ks, pensions, and annuities, the wife & I are hunky dory financially. So I'm not bemoaning my current status by talking about military/government health care and pensions.

You missed the point. Reread my post: I used "Have" and "Have Nots" to differentiate between retiree's health and pension benefits, not a person's upbringing.

Did you retire with a military pension and Tricare?

First, thank you for your service, RV. Two years as a draftee (remember that time?) was enough for me. Anyway, your "it's not about the money" argument IS about the money. BTW, that's why I asked you if you had Tricare healthcare and a military pension. It's comparing Apples ("Haves") vs Oranges ("Have Nots") again. That is, people with government/employer health insurance and/or pensions vs all the others without pensions and healthcare. So when Haves make the "it's not about the money" generalization, I cringe. Also, for those of you looking at other folks RV budgets, take them with a grain of salt -- one size does not fit all. For example, the multi-year budgets on RV Dreams (Howard & Linda) are very very detailed. However, their early health insurance budgets were incredibly small. That's because they had an employer-supplied Anthem PPO health plan. Now they're on the much more expensive ACA.

That's not true . . . Bankruptcy & Older Americans:

Do you have a military pension & Tricare?

Just offhand I'd guess that most full timers don't store stuff from their former house. I'll also guess that the cost of long-term, temperature-controlled storage would equal the replacement cost of the stuff stored. If you start full timing now at 62 and have to buy your own health insurance, that could be your single major expense. Create an Excel spreadsheet of your current expenses/income. Start from there. Your budget sounds realistic. As you've already read, there are a number of folks who think you can full time for much, much cheaper. Bully for them. Best to determine the budget that's right for YOU, not someone else.

I got on the Purogene train. It's pricey, but I usually just sanitize twice a year, so not a big expense.

I read where you will start full timing next month. In a year or two, why don't you stop back here for a reality check.

Well, you certainly have the job from hell. Fully understand why you want out. Good luck. Sorry about your experience with the ACA. It saved our arse.

So you're in poor health now? Still working?