Life on a Converted Greyhound Bus

• 🚌 Moses Storm recounts his childhood growing up with a family of seven on a converted Greyhound tour bus.
• 🛠️ His father, a self-taught mechanic and handyman, converted the bus into an RV, though it was a constant work in progress with many issues.
• 🗺️ The exterior was spray-painted silver and teal, and the front display famously showed Bible verses.

Challenges of Bus Living

• 🚽 A single toilet served seven people, often breaking down and requiring use of campground facilities.
• 🤢 Moses's mother used laxatives for weight control, leading to frequent, urgent bathroom needs, sometimes on the side of the highway.
• 🛏️ Bunk beds in the back had minimal clearance, and Moses slept below a brother who was a frequent bedwetter, causing mold and rot in the unfinished wood.
• 😴 A loud buzzer system was used to train his brothers to wake up before bedwetting, which also disrupted Moses's sleep.

Resourcefulness and Survival

• ♻️ With limited funds, the family relied heavily on dumpster diving for food, often at grocery stores for expired or near-expired items.
• 🍦 A memorable instance involved salvaging an entire ice cream department after a hurricane, leading to an overwhelming feast that ultimately caused them to vomit.
• 🏊‍♀️ The family would also sneak into community pools for recreation, which sometimes led to shared vomiting incidents after consuming too much salvaged ice cream.

Competitive Yard Sales and Resourcefulness

• 💰 To raise money, the family engaged in competitive yard sales, often setting up on other people's lawns without permission.
• 🧸 They would sell items found from trash or discarded by wealthier neighborhoods, including furniture, clothing, and even expired imported beers and a handgun.
• 🍬 An industrial-sized cotton candy machine was purchased for fundraising, which took up the bus hallway and caused burns due to its hot, spinning bowl.

Childhood Games and Mishaps

• 🔨 The children played dangerous games, including throwing hammers at each other in Florida, resulting in injuries.
• 🚴‍♀️ Moses's mother once stole a pair of rollerblades from a rental place, leading to a tense confrontation where Moses had to pretend she was his sister to avoid trouble.
• 🛼 The bus itself was a constant source of issues, with things always breaking or falling apart, mirroring the family's precarious financial situation and the cult-like religious environment.