Do any of you ATOTers live on a boat?

[George P Burdell]

No, seriously, do oyu live on a boat? If you do, I have some questions:

1. Why?
2. Does the postman deliver to you, or do you have to use a p.o. box?
3. What about FedEx?
4. Being on ATOT (almost) implies that you are a geek/nerd. Which means you need high speed internet to stay alive. So how do you get broadband on your boat?

More questions may follow.

edit:
5. What kind of boat? How big? Pics?

edited to remove miserable engrish from OP

 

[InlineFive]

1. Bubbagump.
2. P.O. Box
3. FedEx goes everywhere. NP
4. Verizon cellular broadband

 

[moshquerade]

in another life i was onboard the Titanic. does that count?

 

[JDrake]

Is living on a boat a popular thing??

 

[IronWing]

No, but I drive a boat and I could live in it if a I had to.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: joedrake
Is living on a boat a popular thing??

Houseboats...
In some areas of some countries there are areas where there are a fair few.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I did live on a boat, for about 4 years... I had to get everything shipped FPO--it sucked.

EDIT: What kinds of boat? USS Moosbrugger (decommissioned), USS Inchon (decommissioned), and the USS Oriole.

 

[iroast]

in france, for example, people do live on barges heh

 

[vi edit]

I've got a great aunt & uncle that have lived exclusively on a boat floating around the Carribean for the last 18 months. They are sitting on a boat docked in a marina all day. They are afloat for days at a time and never are in the same marina twice.

Any mail that they do get goes to a relatives place where it's scanned and emailed to them. My uncle has a cell phone that he also uses for an internet connection to his laptop. He only hooks up when he's in a signal area. I'm not sure the provider he uses.

All of his bills are paid online via billpay through his bank.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
in another life i was onboard the Titanic. does that count?

Funny, I never saw you there. Did you meet Jack?

 

[MustangSVT]

1. Cause I can and I am most wanted in 45 countries.
2. I have them shipped to secret locations.
3. FedEx is scared of me
4. A super technology not available to public yet.
5. size is pretty good. 3 rooms 1 bathroom. it is a stealth boat.

 

[acemcmac]

I know people who live on boats at my marina. They get regular utilities so DSL or Cable-HSI would both be possible for when they are hooked up to shore. I know one guy who has some kind of satalite downlink/cellular uplink for while he's anchored. The marina is cool enough that they'll sign for your packages and you can pick up your mail at no extra charge.

It's just like living on land except there is no property tax and any boat with a working head has really good tax advantages. If you know what you're looking for, a boat IS the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to housing. I could buy a boat that I could comfortably live on for less than what you'd pay for a new car.

 

[K1052]

If I could get the Athena I'd consider doing it.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: K1052
If I could get the Athena I'd consider doing it.

wow.There's 20 minutes of my workday gone....

 

[DainBramaged]

I live in a river.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: K1052
If I could get the Athena I'd consider doing it.

wow.There's 20 minutes of my workday gone....

A small forest gave its life for that boat, but damn if is isn?t beautiful.

 

[Anubis]

anyone still got that PPT of Greg Normans Yacht, the 80 million $ massive thing

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Anubis
anyone still got that PPT of Greg Normans Yacht, the 80 million $ massive thing

Aussie Rules?

 

[intogamer]

leeching off unsecure satellite connections

 

[Stifko]

1. Why?
It was a job, I got paid

2. Does the postman deliver to you, or do you have to use a p.o. box?
3. What about FedEx?

I didn't give up my apartment.

4. I didn't have web access.

5. What kind of boat? How big? Pics?

46ft Uniflight and 39 ft Beneteau.

 

[Baked]

Why yes, yes I do. They call me Capt. Stabbin'.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Anubis
anyone still got that PPT of Greg Normans Yacht, the 80 million $ massive thing

Aussie Rules?

yea thats it but there was a sweet PPT doc of it with a ton of info about it that was floating round the net a while ago

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: K1052
If I could get the Athena I'd consider doing it.

wow.There's 20 minutes of my workday gone....

A small forest gave its life for that boat, but damn if is isn?t beautiful.

Well, what do you think of this one. AND! you get a free Rolls Royce Phatom with it (you could always sell it for a Maybach 62 )

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: K1052
If I could get the Athena I'd consider doing it.

wow.There's 20 minutes of my workday gone....

A small forest gave its life for that boat, but damn if is isn?t beautiful.

Well, what do you think of this one. AND! you get a free Rolls Royce Phatom with it (you could always sell it for a Maybach 62 )

She is very nice (not sure about the marble floors though).

I prefer sailing yachts for some reason and Athena (at nearly 300ft it could also be called a ship ) looks like the best of both worlds.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I live in a van down by the river... Close enough?