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Archive for April, 2011

Posted by Blimpy 2 COMMENTS

Do I still exist?  Is Bessie repossessed by Uncle Sam to pay down the debt?  I guess I don’t get $3 back from the weeklong pass I bought? According to CNN I have 24 hours to leave until they shut the gates.  This seems somewhat ridiculous, if I didn’t have the 3Gs on my phone [...]

Categories: Mapped, News, Politics
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This is the sixth DIY solar post in a series on solar power systems detailing the role of the solar charge controller and why to prefer an MPPT charge controller.  While this application was done for an RV solar panel system, the concepts are intended to apply for any do it yourself solar power system.  [...]

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FYI, they just built a new Hard Rock Cafe right on the strip, it’s totally separate from the Hard Rock Casino a mile away, even though they both focus on their concert venues and the ad leaflets all over town don’t really differentiate.  So after seeing the flyer and adding another mile to my stroll [...]

Categories: Mapped, Music
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Well, if you live in a van in Bally’s parking lot and from day one in the city can’t stop thinking about escaping back to the desert, not much.  A friend of mine put it most accurately that this place really shouldn’t exist.  I imagine if you brought anyone here who wasn’t from a first [...]

Categories: Mapped, Travel Stories

About Blimpy

This site is the story of a man (Blimpy Backgammon) from Calgary AB, Canada who made the electrifying realization that there’s more to life than working for the man or owning a condo.

So he quit his job, sold all his stuff, bought an RV (Bessie) the same age as him (27) and can now go anywhere and do anything, whenever he wants.

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