Contagion Rampant

[working on it]

I've been thinking TnTTT thoughts for over two years, planning a build for that long too, building my TTT for 20 months now (a week from completion), and admiring the Colemans for at least half that time span.... Totally consumed with the contagion, the fever of the "build". I just last night finally faced the reality that someday I might actually get to use the thing, and committed to a camping get-together, in a few months! And my wife also started planning an "expedition" for a month later than that. And to top that off, when going to IHOP this morning, we passed thru a Lowe's lot past parked their "for sale trailers", and I made a casual remark that I'd like to do some things differently -and- a bigger, better starting point "trailer" (as compared to what I had started with on my 4x8 build) would be perfect. She casually replied "Yes, one of those will be better!". After fighting tooth and nail for little "trailer money", re-purposing everything, and piecing together the 4x8, with only begrudging support for all this time...I believe that maybe, only maybe, I've either won her over or more likely, little trailers are contagious. God help us after she lights up her first Coleman and breathes in the fumes!

[aggie79]

I'm sure you're wife will drink the Koolaide once you attend you're first gathering. Will that be in September at Dinosaur Valley S.P.? Hope to see y'all there.

My wife has transitioned from "allowing me to indulge in the teardrop build as a hobby" to liking camping.

Take care,
Tom

[working on it]

Surely, you're not talking about "electric Kool-Aid", circa the 60's-70's? Ha,Ha!

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mikeschn shared this with me when I was in the early stages of what I call traileritis. Now I'll share it with you: http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21033

BTW traileritis is definitely contagious. A lot of my friends have it now.

[working on it]

Yep, I've got it, the wife may develop the minor symptoms, but never goes all the way like me. Since I get obsessed with whatever I'm involved in, with self-inflicted OCD: cars-racing-trailer, etc., early on in the TTT research process I had thought it was just my disease, but after two years on the forum (lurking 'til now), I see that most, if not all, exposed to it catch it. Mike's list sums it all up nicely! Nail on the head.

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Yes. It's not like a virus where you have to come into direct contact with someone who has it. It's communicable by photographs.