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  1. On 2/25/2024 at 6:08 PM, Vladimir said:

    When I worked for the Forest Service the taxpayers payed good money to put in composting toilets and then payed good money again to remove them because they did not work.

    Wasn't one of the issues with the FS composting toilets is they were too labor intensive for staffing levels?  Plus variables like some not getting used enough and others too much for the way they operated.

  2. I don't have near the experience Chad does but I put my panels on a few days after 9/11/2001 into the plywood then sealed with the self leveling caulk appropriate for my trailer (97Sunnybrook TT) and never had an issue. I believe my plywood substructure is 5/8 plywood. No problems with the mount yet. I wish everything else held up that well including my body and brain.

  3. Has anyone mentioned that gfi likely has an outside outlet on it.  On recommendation of an electrician friend I just helped a neighbor that had a gfi issue by killing all power to the trailer then hitting the reset. When we turned the power back on it reset at that point.

  4. I will let someone better at explaining tell you what to do but the answer is almost unequivically yes. Most likely will involve a good bit of water and bleach or another chemical and several fillings and drainings at a minimum.  How soon you get a definitive answer will depend on how soon some of the others read your post.

     

  5. I have been in 2 situations where i could not get service to call my tow company. So be prepared to deal with emergencies  the best you can just in case.  Also I would not hesitate to call my service but would not ride a good horse to death as they say since I volunteered with someone once that used theirs so much that the company refused to renew them.  I don't know the details but I do know they had a pretty good size motorhome.

  6. I remember buying one of very few new vehicles I ever bought. It was I think one of the most basic F100's out there I think about 1980. What ever time it was, that year and several years around that time frame they had  a 12 month -12,000 mile warranty.  I had one major issue right in front of a Ford dealer with the clutch just about 100 miles before the warranty ran out. They fixed it and had no more issues for over 100,000 miles when I sold it for a heavier truck.

    How much warranty does a new sticks and bricks have.  What if your builder ends up declaring bancrupty  after you take possession?  I think that has happened with a good number of rv mfg. over the years. But I do think there should be a better warranty rv's and a good number of other items.

  7. Unfortunately some will equate this to all or most law enforcement being this way. Of course that is not true but a far to high a percentage make the majority look bad.  If Babb has legally busted a drug dealer or other bad guy all would be well.

    I tend to believe this case to be true as presented but I cannot prove it. As far as the filming inside the vehicle I would think Babb did that on purpose as proof of statements made by anyone he questioned the same way.  I may be wrong but I believe it is highly unusual for officers to place people in front seat and I would think that could maybe help them feel less threatened while be questions.   I have done a few ride alongs years ago and observed some of the standard operating proceedures  and later on a couple of minor traffic stops recognized that some of the techniques were being used on me. Driving work trucks and especially work vans in fairly well known drug routes I was stopped because supposedly I failed to signal a lane change.  Every time when they saw me up closer their demeanor changed and I was given just a verbal reminder and sent on my way.  One of these locations was just east of Rockwall TX headed north in my case.  Sometime in that time frame they busted a retired Dallas Cowboy hauling hash in the same 1 mile strecth.  If they get it right I am on their side but if they are unethical they need to go. And I give lots of leeway as it is a difficult job.  Sadly it takes a lot less training to put them on the street than a lot of other professions and that is not fair to them or the public.

    Super God Bless the good ones and I hope I can always have their 6.

  8. On 5/28/2023 at 5:24 PM, RV_ said:

    Are you running Windows 10 or 11 or Apple? My Windows 11 unit does that but my Window 10 system does not. You are running 11? If so that glitch may be fixed on the next updates. I just updated my Firefox browser on my Win 11 system and it does not do that anymore so far.

    It took me a little while to sort it out since I did not trust the memory but the machine I was using at the time is W10 and I found out it is not W11  compatable but that's ok as I don't really use it for anything and eventually will  be getting  something new.  

    I have a second  HP basic chromebook more portable that I only access as a "guest" to do the little I do.  Any thoughts about that.

  9. 6 hours ago, durangodon said:

    I don't think it hates you Jim.  This just shows how we can be so wrong about our computer.  Perhaps your computer is dyslexic, gender misidentified, has mommy problems, or just lacks self confidence.  Have you tried a light dusting and a gentle touch of fragrance?  A little understanding goes a long way.  And, is it really so important that she/he knows how to spell, as long as he/she is getting the point across?

    Good comical explantion but when it comes to understanding mine leans toward big hammer, screwdrivers or even firearms to express my feelings about fault products and I would add politicians if I were not afraid someone would take me seriously.  🙃😃

    PS reading Clays post below I can tell he is old.  🙂

  10. With upcoming (or present) technology, they will figure a way to recover their share at the charging station including the federal part that is now collected at the pump. There may be fights and problems but something will have to happen to make it work.  Might require new federal laws and fights up to the supreme court ( not too supreme but the best someone can buy)  It will have to happen and it should have already been figured or factored.  Otherwise many state dictators ( sorry governors ) will do it and force a solution at some point.  I just hope if I am still a Texan when I switch we will have the relaible infrastructer to provide the juice  we need especially in winters and after big storms where the power is out for extended periods.

    for pity sake how do you spell infrastructer. It keeps telling me I am wrong no matter how I spell it. (not a flying flip. Its just the principle.)

  11. I don't remember the exact numbers to look for but in the glove box on most if not all Chev trucks there is a decall with the build codes for that vehicle and the one for the rear end  like g5 or g4 or somethiing. One means 3:73 and one means 4:10. There are other but that is the ones I was concerned about. Like stated most modern chev diesels have 3:73.

    update GT5 4:10  GT4-3:73  GT2-2:29  GT1-2:56  and there are others

     

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