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Subject:Re: urban camping in sf
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:36:31 PDT

You need a bed that pivots in space, side to side, and front to back... List
vendors: come up with this and you might make some money...

>From: Brent Christensen <brent@vanagon.com>
>....but the big problem is that breaking out the wood
>blocks and propping up the tires is a bit of a giveaway...  :-)
>I have parked for days in the Sunset district without any troubles (just
>watch for the Tuesday street sweeping signs), but you have to >get used to
>waking up with a headache or your feet swelling.

The egyptians slept with their beds slightly slanted so the feet were lower
and the head higher, than when level... but they didn't drive Vanagons. They
did meet a few Germans during the fall of Rome though.

>That being said, sleeping in a car in urban areas always gives me the
>willies - I can't shake the feeling that some cop is going to come banging
>on the window at 3 AM...  For this reason, I usually feel safer sleeping in
>a brightly-lit Walmart parking lot, despite the idling diesel trucks
>surrounding me.  (Its kind of a Zen thing being able to fall asleep with
>all
>that noise...)  :-)

Park directly under a street light and you have'll both better security and
a better chance you won't be bothered by police because you won't look like
you have something to hide like when parked in some crevice of a dark
street.

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