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Post #28,844
by kmself
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2/18/02 4:28:43 PM
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New SnowCrash
...by Neil Stephenson has a similar premise.

Frankly, I'd go the van/minivan route. This was actually somewhat prevalent in the Bay Area among tech workers in the past few years, and isn't utterly uncommon in any event.
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Post #28,869
by nking
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2/18/02 9:17:55 PM
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New Living in a van, down by the river!
I keep remembering that Chris Farley skit about the man who lived in a van down by the river being a motivational speaker. He kept adjusting his belt and pants, and spoke sporatically.
"Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
Post #29,904
by mhuber
2/26/02 6:21:27 PM
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New I slept in my pickup truck for a week this summer
But the ammenities (including an undisturbed spot) were provided by one of the heroes of the woodcarving community as part of an event he put on.
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     Living cheap in the USA - (nking) - (12) - Feb. 17, 2002, 11:50:02 PM EST
         Illegal, but whose to know? - (boxley) - (7) - Feb. 18, 2002, 11:31:39 AM EST
             If I can get over my fear of highways - (nking) - (6) - Feb. 18, 2002, 09:20:06 PM EST
                 That would result in your doom. - (Ashton) - Feb. 19, 2002, 12:54:17 AM EST
                 Ride the hound or drive down once - (boxley) - (3) - Feb. 19, 2002, 09:45:27 AM EST
                     I might try that sometime - (nking) - (2) - Feb. 19, 2002, 09:09:10 PM EST
                         Around $239 round trip on the big white dog. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 19, 2002, 11:41:08 PM EST
                             I see, very good! - (nking) - Feb. 20, 2002, 09:10:59 PM EST
                 Don't have a fear, just don't like driving that long - (wharris2) - Feb. 19, 2002, 10:46:03 AM EST
         Supposedly that used to happen in the Bay Area... - (tonytib) - Feb. 18, 2002, 01:05:30 PM EST
         SnowCrash - (kmself) - (2) - Feb. 18, 2002, 04:28:43 PM EST
             Living in a van, down by the river! - (nking) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2002, 09:17:55 PM EST
                 I slept in my pickup truck for a week this summer - (mhuber) - Feb. 26, 2002, 06:21:27 PM EST

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