Zulu
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It's a tossup between a very expensive Engine Failure in Northern Wisconsin or the very scary Chicago I-80 rear air bag failure.
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Couldn’t agree with you more, RV. However, it appears that the US, along with most of the world, doesn’t have the will to do anything about climate change.
So . . .
I think it’s time to start building the domes — and definitely not along any shoreline.
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8 hours ago, GlennWest said:
I turn 65 next month. Signed up for traditional Medicare.
Congratulation! One of the few benefits of getting old.
Part A, B, D, etc, etc. Confusing as sh** isn’t it?
When you need medical care, especially major care — and you will — Medicare saves you zillions.
For example, my wife just had cataract surgery and paid ZERO for it. When she saw the hospital bill, it was five figures. BTW, she is sooo glad she had the procedure — has 20/20 vision back.
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1 hour ago, orca said:
I know that "global warming" and "climate change" is real because where i live right now was covered in ice one kilometer deep and it began melting about 25,000 years ago! Was it caused by human activity? Absolutly not!
25,000 years ago was a tad bit before the Industrial Revolution.
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3 hours ago, oldjohnt said:
Zulu good questions, here are a few You Tube videos addressing cooling unit changeovers, both with traditional RV Gas/Electric as well as converting to 12 Volt, plus a good vendor, Cooling Unit Warehouse, check them out hope this helps
RV Cooling Unit Change out - YouTube
RV Refrigerator Full Cooling Unit Replacement Tips & Tricks - YouTube
John T
Great info, tx!Have you (or anyone else) installed one of these high efficiency DC compressors?
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I have a 8 cu ft Dometic fridge that may need a new cooling unit.
Anyone have that done? Result?
BTW, not interested in swapping it out yet for a residential fridge.
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We're looking at getting new tires for our-soon-to-be 2001 National RV Sea View which needs 245/70R 19.5" tires.
So I checked out Toyo, Michelin, and Americus, especially the tire load ratings. For example, Toyo M143s have a 136/134 Load Rating which means when used as singles, each tire can support 4,938 (the 136) pounds. But when used in duals, each tire can only support 4,674 (the 134) pounds.
This looked fantastic at first because -- check my math -- the front axle rating of our 2001 Sea View is 7,000 pounds. So all things being equal, that's 3,500 pounds per front tire. Looks great, as each of my front tires would have 1,438 (4,938 - 3,500) pounds to spare.
My rear axle gross rating is 13,500 pounds total or 6,750 pounds per set of duels. Again, two of these Toyos are rated at 9,876 (4,938 x 2) pounds so plenty of room to spare, right?
However, if one of the rear tires when flat, does that mean that the single tire left on one side could only support 4,674 pounds or 9,348 (4,674 x 2) pounds?
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2 hours ago, Pappy Yokum said:
New CA rig buyers - beware of DL requirements!
Just like a CDL, a Non-Commercial Class A requires a written, and driving test - with an appropriately rated trailer to take the desired test. For the driving test, the applicant *must* arrive accompanied by a driver with either a CDL or Non-Commercial Class A DL. Also, not all of the state DMVs are testing sites.
I don't believe that's true.
After arriving in CA last November, we found the RV License classes very confusing . . . and apparently so did the CA DMV.
For starters, this is a Summary of the Various License Classes as well as the Non-Commercial Class A Requirements and the Non-Commercial Class B Requirements.
Lots and lots of tests . . . skill test, vision test, physician report, etc.
Our 41-foot Newmar DP straddled the line between Class A & B (toughest standard), so we went for the Class A.
As mentioned our local DMV office didn't provide testing, so we drove to the Modesto DMV where my wife (the one applying for a license) ended up getting the commercial tests because this DMV was clueless about RVs.
We didn't need to bring along a driver with CDL or non commercial Class A license, but I think the commercial license applicants did.
Anyway, after this experience we decided to sell our DP & get a 26,000 pound (or less) RV so that we could use our ordinary Class C driver's license.
Lovely.
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. . . or so someone claims on another RV site.
I don't doubt the guy, but how could this have happened?
The guy has a dual-output Xantrex 485. He said he had shore power and was running his ACs. Then he turned on his inverter and all hell broke loose.
The only thing I can think of is (1) one or both of the 485's dual outputs was mis-wired so that one or both outputs back fed AC or (2) the inverter had a catastrophic failure. Otherwise, this should not have happened, right?
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2 hours ago, podwerkz said:
Hold up your hand if you were told and believed that XM radio was designed and engineered for the musical purists out there?
Thanks for clearing up the forest from the trees. The purists here are probably 55+ so their hearing is already down to 14 kHz with a fair chance that they also have tinnitus. So unless they hardwire a jack to their brain, the glory days are gone.
Now back to the show . . .
XM makes the journey much much easier, especially the ability to get NPR anywhere. When we traveled with FM only, searching for public radio on the far left of the dial, we’d always seem to find that religious station trying to out power the public station.
And when XM gets tiring, there's alway that audiobook via AUX.
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1 hour ago, Ray,IN said:
I'm hoping tonights 100 Starlink satellite launch will put me in the coverage area.
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2 hours ago, buckeyefan4 said:
. . . one specific item that would be helpful to me is how to legally respond to the "Notice to Confirm Voter Registration Address by Providing Documentation" (SOS Form 17-4, 8/2021)
PDF - Texas 17-4 (8/2021)
2 hours ago, buckeyefan4 said:Section 1.015 , Texas Election Code and listed below.
Sec. 1.015. RESIDENCE.(a) In this code, "residence" means domicile, that is, one's home and fixed place of habitation to which one intends to return after any temporary absence.
(b) A person may not establish residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a certain election.
(c) A person does not lose the person's residence by leaving the person's home to go to another place for temporary purposes only.
(d) A person does not acquire a residence in a place to which the person has come for temporary purposes only and without the intention of making that place the person's home.
(e) A person who is an inmate in a penal institution or who is an involuntary inmate in a hospital or eleemosynary institution does not, while an inmate, acquire residence at the place where the institution is located.
(f) A person may not establish a residence at any place the person has not inhabited. A person may not designate a previous residence as a home and fixed place of habitation unless the person inhabits the place at the time of designation and intends to remain.
It looks like (a) and (d) are "solved" by Travis Carr's advice to "carefully set up their domicile records to prove that they do indeed have a “physical presence” in the state, showing their intent to call Texas their home. Having doctors, banks, storage, fitness club, and so on in the vicinity helps prove their intent."
However, if you don't actually live in TX, how do you get around (f)?
For those of you who have houses/property in another state, do you pay taxes on these or avoid taxes by claiming a TX domicile?
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2 hours ago, traviscarr said:
We have attorneys in Austin looking into this new law further. The good news is that, to our knowledge, no one has been unable to register to vote using their Escapees Mail Service address to date.
It's been a whole 13 days since SB 1111 went into effect, too!
2 hours ago, traviscarr said:Know that Escapees will continue to do everything within our power to protect the constitutional rights of full-time RVers.
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First, where (City, State) will you be hosting?
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Officially, not yet, but that hasn't stopped some people.
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15 minutes ago, Vladimir said:
I think the Corporations have failed.
SpaceX is a corporation.
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7 hours ago, Barbaraok said:
Kirk, since the specific law cite was passed and signed into law June 1st and took effect Sept 1st, it would seem that it is long past time when Escapees would be letting all of its mail users their status as far as voting goes so that people can make any adjustments, such as "moving" to a different state as we are also considering.
Isn't the mail forwarding service Escapee's bread & butter?
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1 hour ago, Chalkie said:
If it was an emergency then federal law requires that that take you no matter if you have insurance or not or what kind of insurance.
It wasn't.
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45 minutes ago, Barbaraok said:
We've been all over the country and have never been in a place where they didn't accept Medicare patients at urgent care or emergency rooms . . .
Well, I have, so can we leave it at that?
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On 9/8/2021 at 2:35 PM, 2gypsies said:
If you have Medicare and a Medicare supplement you can use it anywhere in the country.
That's what I thought until we got to TX. We tried to use a medical facility near Corpus Cristi, but we were told that they don't accept "federal" insurance (ie Medicare).
On that same note . . .
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3 hours ago, beemergary said:
Just because you got the experimental drug . . .
Your argument isn't helped by the numerous writing errors you made (see below). Look into an online writing course like this one.
"You're the scary ones" not "Your the scary ones"
"Did you check to see if you had it and now have the God-given immune antibodies?"
not
"Did you get check before to see if you had it and now have the God given immune antibodies now?""vaccinated Norwegian" not "vacinated Norwiegen"
"socialism" not "socializm"
"veterans" not "vetrans"
"You still have the freedom of choice" not "you still have the freedom choice"
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Interesting YouTube video from Scientific American.
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According to Cherie at MIRC, ispMint is another AT&T reseller, but has no info besides that.
Google reviews (all 11 of them) seem to be divided between saying ispMint is the greatest thing since sliced bread to "dreadful".
We had Verizon Visible for a year or so, transferred the Visible phone SIM to a 8800L hotspot, but service still sucked so we dropped it. We also used HughesNet Gen 5 satellite service which was ALWAYS available and fairly fast, but it was huge and pricey. Now we use an AT&T Mobley (lucky us) and just acquired one of the new Verizon plans.
I second Bill Joyce's recommendation to check out MIRC. Here's their latest review of the BEST cellular data plans: BEST Cellular Data Plan (as of Sept 2021).
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SB 1111 was signed into law in June. Looks like only Latinos took notice until now.
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Probably Yes – if you spend time in a couple of locations during the year.
Probably No – if you spend time in many locations during the year.
The ACA has a provision called the Special Enrollment Period (SEP). In a nutshell, it allows you to change health insurance as you move around.
For example, if you wintered in FL, then you could apply for one of the FL ACA plans which I believe still offer nationwide EPO plans. To check, determine the ZIP code of where you'll stay and use www.healthsherpa.com to see the available health plans. For instance, I used the ZIP code for St Johns county (32033) and found 108 plans. I further refined the search by just looking at Florida Blue (Blue Cross Blue Shield FL) – there were 26 EPO plans.