van life….very profane and funny roast…(cussing like a sailor….)

Posted on by March 19, 2018

Dave2D Vlogs….YouTube….roasting a couple of VanLifers playing the YouTube thing hard.

Awwwwwww…..Dave! So profane! Funny…..but profane.

Potty mouth.

It’s funny when somebody latches on to something like this ….and shakes it until it can’t be shaken any more.

And Dave won’t quit.

He’s a juggernaut….whether it’s a vlog from his van or a vlog from his apartment, he’s on to these people.

Something that I think….watching these videos….is that, if I ever live in a van, I’m going to have one of the largest breed dogs I can get to share the space with us.

We have a Great Pyrenees and I can’t imagine Appa sharing any enclosed area with us.

It would be a nightmare.

These people are nuts….vegan nuts….and they make money on YouTube.

What the heck?

They deserved to be roasted hard.

And…even though 5 videos at once are too many….this is “unwatchable”…it’s such a funny commentary on the reality of living in a little space for a while.

Hahahahahahaaha!

PS….a month or so later….here’s the followup to all the roasting….after the other videos were taken down.

How these Guys travel All the Time….

Posted on by March 3, 2018

I don’t know if Jenny introducing me would fly.

We’re a unit.

When we go out on stage, somebody better introduce us as a team.

Funny.

Funny strange.

Here’s a video where a young couple explain how they travel all the time with their kids.

They have a YouTube channel called “The Bucket List Family“.

One of the key points that was made early on is that if you start a company, design an app called “Scan” and then sell it for 54 million dollars….you can travel full time.

They don’t say this, but…it makes sense.

That may be a component in their ability to do this.

That helped me to understand how they’re doing this.

And….be a Mormon.

That may come into play, too.

I’m not sure.

I think that the chunk of change must have something to do with it.

So…if I was a rich Mormon, I’d say, “OK…let’s go.”

I could say that it’s time to go right now, too….but our experience might be a tiny bit less comfortable.

I wonder if 54 million dollars would make a difference?

Here’s the YouTube description:

Last year we spoke in front of the students at Brigham Young University and shared our story on how we became a full-time traveling family. Garrett shared some of his entrepreneurial journey and how he acquired the skills to start a tech company and eventually became a travel journalist

This guy had some skills that allowed his family to do this.

He’s not a trust fund dude.

He earned their situation.

Good for you!!

This is a good talk about entrepreneurship, too….it’s an interesting journey that brought this family to this place.

I will bet that this guy could figure out a way to do this even if he wasn’t a millionaire….

Billy Yang! Amelia Boone! Running….

Posted on by March 2, 2018

Here’s another nice film from Billy Yang….this time about obstacle course and ultra-marathon runner, Amelia Boone.

At the beginning of the video, she mentions that she had to postpone her first ultra-marathon because of a stress fracture of her femur.

A stress fracture of her femur!

Man.

That’s a big bone.

That’s a bone that breaks hard.

How hard are you training to stress fracture your femur?

This is a video with a great insight towards the end of the film where she says that the race is the celebration of the training….and how much she now loves to train.

That’s a good conclusion to arrive at.

How often is the “race” the only thing we see?

How much do we miss because we focus on the end instead of really paying attention to the things that get us to the “conclusion”?

Running is a good thing.

I need to run a little bit farther than just “Jeep to porch” again.

I need to lace up the shoes and open the door.

 

 

I’m glad they didn’t film me….

Posted on by March 1, 2018

Man.

I’m glad that nobody was around to film me when I was doing my most ignorant hijinks.

I’ve done my share, too.

What a blessing that technology didn’t include YouTube and cell phone cameras when I was early on in my “figuring out” years.

That would be as embarrassing as watching these hipsters muddle through.

This is a video of some millenials traveling to Mexico in a new Sprinter van….knowing nothing about what makes a van go and what keeps a van going.

And….they don’t seem to know any Spanish.

A Norwegian person would say “UFDA”. (Uff da (sometimes also spelled huffda, uff-da, uffda, uff-dah, oofda, ufda, ufdah, oofta, or uf daa) is an exclamation or interjection expressing bafflement, surprise, or dismay.)

This is a comedy that isn’t a comedy.

Sometimes those are the best kind.

I hope they get that “thing that’s supposed to turn inside the engine” to work.

They need to get back to the mall where people speak their language.

(Check out this follow-up video! Spoiler alert: THE ENGINE IS BROKEN!!)

Awwwwwwww, man.

The timing chain broke with 5,000 or so miles on the rebuilt Sprinter engine that was in the van (that they got a great deal on before the journey started).

Man.

You pay a lot for crazy ignorance.

Crazy. Ignorance.

And….how do these guys get the money to even consider throwing a 12,000 dollar rebuilt Mexican engine into their Mercedes? Where does money like that come from?

Goooooooooooofeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

“The Why”….a short film from Billy Yang

Posted on by February 28, 2018

I haven’t been running for a while…except to get a package to a front porch quickly.

I miss it.

I’m not competitive….or very fast….but there’s something really good about getting out every morning and feeling the breeze on my face….the rain….the pavement.

I would have to get up really early these days to do that…but I could get up earlier.

4 AM should do it.

I could do that!

Getting up at 4 to go run would be a better way to wake up than getting up at 4:30 because I couldn’t sleep.

Waking up excited about something ahead of you is a good way to wake up.

Here’s a short film from a filmmaker who specializes in films about running.

It takes place at a race out in Colorado….the Leadville 100 mile race.

All of Billy Yang’s stuff is good.

Check him out on his YouTube channel…. Billy Yang Films.

I’ll be driving around….freaking mail flying out of the Cherokee….jumping stuff just to scare the old women waiting at their windows….passing all the flags sticking up in the air….waiting for their high flying mailman to stop every once in a while…

Posted on by February 27, 2018

Oh.

Oh, man!

I didn’t even think that this was possible….but it raises a bunch of questions.

Could I drive like a bat out of Hades on the mail route?

They want me to hurry.

I drive too slow.

I say “hello” to too many of my customers.

“Speed” is a big part of the job.

If “speed” is so important…then…why don’t I take it to the maximum level?

MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!!

Do they make these bad boys in Right Hand Drive?

I think that most of my customers would get a real kick out of me pushing the limits and still getting their mail to them on time.

Why not shoot for all the fun I can have?

Jump! Jump! Jump!

Who am I kidding?

I’m dependable.

I’m predictable.

I drive slow….and I say “hello”.

Long live “mellow”.

Norwegian Kids Play Outside! Norwegian Kindergarten….

Posted on by February 26, 2018

Man.

I love the internet.

I can find things like this.

It’s pretty cool to find things like this out there on the “web”.

Our kids love to play outside.

We have animals….lots of nature….places to play in the woods.

It’s a good place to play….and learn.

But….if you have the internet, you can sit with a tablet and watch YouTube videos all day if your parents will let you. (We don’t let them do that all day….)

That’s not a good thing.

If the TV will turn on and it’s raining or I’m tired or I can figure out some other reason to do it, I’m going to turn it on and watch instead of doing.

That’s bad.

I should be outside more with these guys….start a new habit.

Here’s the description from the YouTube video:

This wee film demonstrates why Nordic kids are the happiest and healthiest in the developed world. They get to be children (they dont start school till 6 or 7), they get to play outside even in minus 10 (with the right kit provided), their parents can afford kindergarten (its a max of £200 per month) and they have the right to be there from age 1 (so their parents aren’t desperate for them to go to school early). As a result Nordic kids excel at all the skills learned at the very start of life — communication, teamwork, problem-solving. If kids have great, attentive parents fine. If they don’t, it’s still fine in the Nordic nations – it’s not fine here. And an uneven start in life creates destructive inequality all the way through school and beyond. Thanks to the 4H Kindergarten in Bodo, Wenche Roening the Childcare Co-ordinator there and Mona Rohne of the Norwegian Consulate in Edinburgh.

I don’t know if Norway is all that great.

Maybe it is.

I’ll claim it….I’m Norwegian….but I’ve never been to Norway so I couldn’t say for sure.

Here’s another “Norway video”.

How about that…Norwegian kids have got it good.

Naughty little squirts….naughty little Norwegian kids.

Shooting a bird?

Naughty.

 

float on….build a raft….

Posted on by February 25, 2018

Here’s a video about a bunch of Swedes building a raft and floating down a river.

That’s what you call “selling it”….a description that pulls people in and almost forces them to watch something that they didn’t know they needed to see.

I like this video.

It’s beautiful…it’s short…and they show that you can cook vegetables in an Ikea dish drainer.

That’s a cool tip.

Jenny will wonder where her dish drainer went the next time she sees smoke up in the woods.

Floating down a river looks good to me.

out in the woods

Posted on by February 24, 2018

Sparrow has no interest in her preschool.

She doesn’t want to go back next year.

That’s how it stood yesterday, anyway.

Two of her little buddies wouldn’t play “princess” with her.

She’s a “2-dayer”….they go 5 days a week.

That breaks someone’s heart when a friend doesn’t act like a friend.

Sadly, it’s probably a “welcome to life” situation.

That won’t be the first time that a little Judas comes to kiss you in the garden.

But….you take the good with the very occasional bad.

Most people love….and do it consistently.

Sparrow loves people.

She’ll be OK.

Maybe, though, it’s time to check out something a little different?

Maybe we should enroll her in a Forest Kindergarten?

This is a school in Denmark.

One of the parents says, in response to a question about why he thinks that the Danes could do something like this, that he really doesn’t understand it….but that maybe it’s because the Danes are relaxed about a lot of things.

You go, Danes! Stay relaxed! That sounds good to me!

We have a property to develop….barns….animals…fencing…well…refurbish the house.

That’s scary….and feels like a fool’s quest most of the time….but it could be good if we can pull it off.

It would be a good place for a child.

Nature is a good place for a child.

Being outside is good for everyone.

A life can be as big as you’ll let it be.

Here’s a similar school in the Tennessee Valley…..

Who knew that a bunch of Yanks could do something like this, too?

 

stools

Posted on by February 23, 2018

Image result for bathroom stools

I went into the bathroom and pushed the little stools out of the way with my foot.

That doesn’t sound right.

I mean the little stools that our youngest child stands on to reach the sink….uses to get up on the toilet.

Sometimes you need to clarify.

Little stools on the bathroom floor might not be a good thing if they were the wrong kind of stools.

I may have a lot of stuff….but I’m not a nasty hoarder.

No one needs to use a hazmat suit when they enter our house.

Anyway…I looked at these little stools while I was sitting in there….resting….and thought, “Man. Look at those little stools. They’re always in my way when I need to….rest.”

But then I thought, “Man. It’s nice to have those little stools around.”

I think that I realized that they were a part of the ….accoutrements….that came with having “another round” of young children.

Our bathroom is small….and the only one we have in our old house.

Stools have been a big part of it for many of the years we’ve been here.

I’ve been pushing them to the side so that I can sit down for what feels like forever.

What a lucky man to have little stools on my bathroom floor!

That still doesn’t sound right, somehow.