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06-22-2018, 02:48 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 30' FB FC Bunk
Hoover
, Alabama
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,530
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Reduce the stigma of GAAD
Hello everyone...I want to just share that I have a condition. Generalized Airstream Anxiety Disorder, aka GAAD.
This is a well known set of symptoms that will be likely qualified as a formal mental disorder in the future the DSM-VI.
When your airstream's AC is venting white smoke from the AC unit, signaling even the possibility of a total failure...the driveway ya had poured while on vacation did not turn out and ya bottomin' out when ya get home from the beach and now you are obsessed with how to make it right..which maybe includes the need to do a surgery on your baby, such as a 2 and 5/8 inch lift to cure this issue and you cannot find someone hardly to do the job...and the AC thing, well the local airstream dealer that didn't sell you the airstream you bought 5 years ago does not want to help you at all with anything.
Its like, your child is sick, has an improper home, and you just cannot feel settled. Your human children at home become pretty secondary...during this time of hardship, they are at ages 5 and 7 forced to simply eat pop tarts all day and drink caprisuns, not bath, the clothes are not being washed...
What is the treatment for GAAD? Well, it is not legal in the state of Alabama, and the board of pharmacy really does not like that coming up on your random drug screen, so talk therapy on airforums is about the best you can do.
This post as been satire.....maybe....
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06-22-2018, 03:23 PM
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Site Team
2017 30' International
Broomfield
, Colorado
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,555
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Bourbon. I hear ya!
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06-22-2018, 03:54 PM
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Rivet Master
, Minnesota
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Harsh. Move to Washington State. Or Colorado.
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06-22-2018, 03:58 PM
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Moderator
Vintage Kin Owner
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Bloody Mary in the AM, or a Mule in the afternoon.
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06-22-2018, 04:24 PM
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Site Team
2017 30' International
Broomfield
, Colorado
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,555
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markdoane
Harsh. Move to Washington State. Or Colorado.
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Ah. I live in Colorado. I am changing my answer...
Bourbon + Colorado
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06-22-2018, 04:33 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2007 19' Bambi
2020 27' Globetrotter
Chicago
, Illinois
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 90
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Hello pharmgeek,
You made me laugh because I recognize that I also have GAAD. To alleviate my symptoms over the last 4 years, I get up early on a Sunday in the fall (late October) and drive my bambi for 5 hours or so to the mothership's terraport. Wake up early Monday morning and march in to see Chris Burch with my list of repairs and upgrades to be done over the winter. I even have Chris Burch and Artie Pressor on my saved Amazon addresses to accept the packages for my bambi's upgrades. Pick up in the spring with a 10% discount on the bill. Knowing that everything will be perfect in the spring, keeps my GAAD in check. My husband goes along with it since he knows "a happy wife is a happy life". Warning....It's been and expensive disorder.
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06-22-2018, 04:48 PM
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
, New England
Join Date: Oct 2012
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As a pharmacist, surely you know the only prescription for GAAD is camping! Get out there and do it! Scraped the bumper on the new driveway? No worries - go camping - you'll forget all about it.
And whoever said bourbon was on to something too [emoji3]
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06-22-2018, 04:53 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 30' FB FC Bunk
Hoover
, Alabama
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,530
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pickles
Hello pharmgeek,
You made me laugh because I recognize that I also have GAAD. To alleviate my symptoms over the last 4 years, I get up early on a Sunday in the fall (late October) and drive my bambi for 5 hours or so to the mothership's terraport. Wake up early Monday morning and march in to see Chris Burch with my list of repairs and upgrades to be done over the winter. I even have Chris Burch and Artie Pressor on my saved Amazon addresses to accept the packages for my bambi's upgrades. Pick up in the spring with a 10% discount on the bill. Knowing that everything will be perfect in the spring, keeps my GAAD in check. My husband goes along with it since he knows "a happy wife is a happy life". Warning....It's been and expensive disorder.
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I’m a hater right now FYI
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06-22-2018, 06:46 PM
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Rivet Master
, Minnesota
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wulfraat
Bourbon. I hear ya!
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I don't think Bourbon will help. The world just lost a fortune in Bourbon.
The Barton 1792 warehouse collapsed this afternoon. Harsh!
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06-22-2018, 07:27 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1989 29' Excella
1979 31' Sovereign
1999 25' Safari
Youngsville
, North Carolina
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 344
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Where is the Barton Warehouse, I want to volenter to help clean up will work for for beverage.
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06-22-2018, 07:33 PM
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Rivet Master
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,721
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Head west and you'll arrive by noon tomorrow. Meet you there.
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06-22-2018, 07:44 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 30' FB FC Bunk
Hoover
, Alabama
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,530
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markdoane
i don't think bourbon will help. The world just lost a fortune in bourbon.
The barton 1792 warehouse collapsed this afternoon. Harsh!
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o. M. G.
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06-22-2018, 09:03 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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I’m not much of a drinker, but that is soooo sad.....
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Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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06-23-2018, 03:42 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
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Alcoholic termites cause the collapse?
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06-23-2018, 09:05 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 30' FB FC Bunk
Hoover
, Alabama
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,530
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Reduce the stigma of GAAD
My GAAD has been further exacerbated.
Quick Batman - to the bat mobile - destination CO!
Good news is I have no plans “soon” for AS travel so...plenty of time to roommate about my trauma, anxiety, etc...
https://youtu.be/de16ABmP4sM
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06-25-2018, 10:56 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2016 28' Flying Cloud
Colorado Springs
, Colorado
Join Date: Nov 2017
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Colorado has many answers! From over 300 craft breweries, 60 craft distilleries and the obvious legalized state of affairs. I stick to the craft beers (usually the stuff I brew) and fine scotch (12 to 23 yrs old) with Cuban cigars. Sit on the deck in the back yard or under the canopy of the Airstream. Life gets good quickly with that prescription!
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2016 AS Flying Cloud 28'
2019 GMC Denali HD, Duramax
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06-26-2018, 08:30 AM
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CoachEd
1976 31' Sovereign
1973 Argosy 22
Ocean Isle Beach
, North Carolina
Join Date: May 2017
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I think this qualifies as alcohol abuse....lol!
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06-26-2018, 10:41 AM
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Opinionated newb...
2018 25' Flying Cloud
League City
, TX
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 479
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I second fine Scotch and craft beers!!!! An expensive palliative but very satisfying [emoji16]
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06-26-2018, 05:24 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 30' FB FC Bunk
Hoover
, Alabama
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,530
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Once I got a vasectomy and I was given 10mg IV Valium....that was ahhhhhhmaaaazzzzing instantly
Gotta get to CO!!!
Im not much of a drinker - I have started to like a few nifty gin concoctions
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06-26-2018, 05:51 PM
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Rivet Master
2000 25' Safari
Davidson County
, NC Highlands County, FL
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,493
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PharmGeek
<<snip>> What is the treatment for GAAD? <<snip>>
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Treat symptoms with more camping stuff.
Only real cure; road trip!
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2014 Silverado LTZ 1500 Crew Cab 5.3L maximum trailering package
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