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WELCOME ABOARD THIS DOUBLE-WIDE BLOG

This site is a place for mobile home park residents to share our stories of park life—good and bad.  A place for pad-renters from Maine to Oregon to listen and support one another.  

Like a double-wide, this site bonds two halfs:  My park is in group of about 25, mostly called “Regency.”  I started the blog as a place for Regency people to share our gripes.  . . . But the more I roamed the internet, the more I realized how little is out there to help people in any parks to get together.

So some of the site pitches mostly at Regency people.  But everyone is welcome to comment on any post or anyone else’s comments.

—You are welcome to make long comments as well as short, as you share your park gripes and joys.  

—Remember:  People a thousand miles away know almost nothing about your park.   Please sprinkle in local details.

—Protect your privacy!  Pick an alias that hides you, but identifies your park or town or state.   Or you can comment anonymously.

—Google piensa que habla español. (Algunos dicen que sí, otros dicen que no...) Un traductor en la parte inferior de la página tratará de convertirlo a cualquier idioma de Afrikaans al zulú.

Or, as we say in English:

Google thinks it speaks Spanish.  (Some say yes, some say no . . .) A translator at the bottom of the page will try to convert the blog to any language from Afrikaans to Zulu.

—A post labeled “2 DAVID tells you a little about me.

BLOG GROUND RULES

—STICK TO OUR TOPIC.   You and I the folks in far-away parks differ in hundreds of ways. We share concern about our parks and how we’re treated.   Let’s stick to that.

 —Sexism, racism and religious talk are off limits. Politics are relevant only regarding parks, tenants’ rights, etc.

—Profanity can be a good spice, but it’s a lousy main course:   Once every few days is often enough to call the bastard who manages your park a bastard. 

 —Please separate rumor from what you know.  We yearn to hear your wicked gossip.  But don't call your story Truth unless you would swear to it in court.   Do you believe the manager sleeps with a sow behind the office, or do you know it?

—Officers in the Churchill Group or other park owners must identify themselves if they wish to comment.

—Park managers or other employees may comment anonymously to guard their privacy, but must name their jobs:  “I manage a park.”

CAN YOU SPARE A MINUTE?

I’ve spent only a couple hundred bucks on this project—mainly on postage and supplies.  I’ve mostly spent Time.  Time researching, time setting up this blog, time sending a letter to a some of you . . .  And now time trying to improve the blog.

And time is what I ask you to donate:

—Take time to tell people about the blog.  Lots of people:  Your neighbors, your friends on Facebook.  Your cousin who lives  in another park . . . Anyone who might be interested.

—Do you know people who left your park for reasons worth hearing about?  Please track them down:  We want their stories.

—Better still, do you know a former manager or other park employee with tales to share?

—If you are fluent in another language that residents in your park speak, please volunteer to translate.

—If you know resources that will help us track down good information about parks, or good blogs for us to know . . . or whatever, please share it. 

—This is my first blog.  I’m a clunky amateur.   If you’re an experienced blogger, please help me make this site spiffy.