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I was referring to the forum, which I thought was the subject of this thread. Many forums have a list of members or at least the number of members listed, couldn't find that info here. My point is that this forum probably has tens of thousands of members, so 50 or 100 people answering the poll is not representative.

This forum is dominated by old folks. That doesn't mean that the poll is representative of the total members. It's just that us old folks have more time to participate (and answer polls). I suspect that a goodly number of members are dead. Are memberships removed after a period of time due to lack of participation? Only 39 members have voted so far. Does anyone know how many total members there are?

I agree with you if you're talking about long term stays (monthly or even weekly). However, charging by usage is not practical for overnight stays. I've noticed that overnighters leave at various times in the morning, some at sunrise and others at almost noon. When I'm traveling, I don't want to have to wait until the office opens to settle up my electrical fees, I just want to get on the road, the earlier the better. I think parks do a good job charging, considering all the variables. Some sites are just nicer and more scenic than others, some people take longer showers, others use the swimming pool while some don't. No two situations are completely identical. I do agree that 50 amp should cost more than 30 amp. Many times I would run both a/c units to cool down my rig. I also used 110 volt to heat my fifth wheel. No reason a tent camper should pay as much as I do for electricity.

Do they use Verizon's network? Hotspot limited to 10 gb?

Refining capacity and petroleum production are two separate topics. I mentioned petroleum production. I didn't say I read anything. I said "the plan I've seen". I saw and heard a presidential candidate say that he wanted to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. In the first week in office, I saw and heard him take steps to curtain petroleum production. Over the next year, fuel prices went up over a dollar a gallon. He told us that was his plan, and he followed through on it. I suppose that may be one reason he was elected. I don't know. I'm not going to make a political comment about whether I think this is a viable plan or not or whether I agree with it. I'm just relating what I observed, thus "the plan I've seen". I don't spend eight hours a day on the internet searching for websites which justify my comments. I don't feel the need to. You can believe it or not.

Isn't the UWB only available in the larger cities? https://www.verizon.com/coverage-map/

Agreed.

I spent my whole career thinking outside the box to find solutions for unusual problems on the fly and in a matter of minutes. However, you're not giving us a problem to solve. You're giving us a solution to some problem that you had and asking us to figure out what the problem was. If you're going to play riddles, you could at least narrow it down to a category, like mechanical, appliance, structural, etc. 🙂

The plan I've seen is four parts. 1. Shut down the manufacture of ICE vehicles 2. Reduce the production of petroleum so that the price goes up enough to discourage people from buying it 3. Provide cash incentives for people to buy EV's, solar power, and other efficient systems 4. Hope everything else takes care of itself The plan will probably work, but may be the most painful method of accomplishing the goal, especially to mid and lower income folks.

Well, since you asked. I was abducted by aliens in a Neptune with a giant solar system on the roof and towing a Saturn. Oh wait, maybe it was just some bad bourbon.

Exactly my point.

My Medicare Part D plan lists Shingrix as a Tier 3 drug. Last time I priced it, it was over $300 each for the two shots. On Edit: I just went and priced it again at my preferred pharmacy. I can now get the vaccine for $184 each dose.

Ditto. However, we really don't know if we've had the Covid or not, unless we get tested every day. Because of the vaccine, we may have gotten it but didn't have symptoms. I doubt I'll go get my brain measured, in any case. 🙂

You're right. There's no structure on the rear of that fifth wheel which would support that much weight bouncing down the highway.

So, in Texas, the pharmacy has to report to the DMV, the DPS, and the PMP? That's a lot of reporting.

That applies to most 50 year old vehicles, houses, wives, etc.

One way would be to go to an antique mall nearby and approach two or three of the dealers there about them taking your items on consignment. You might also ask one of them to appraise all your items for you and then you continue to try and sell them yourself. Unless you're just very lucky to stumble upon an individual collector, you're not going to get near what you think those items are worth. Another way of selling such inventory is through an estate sale. There are folks who do that professionally. From my experience, they will get good money for a few items, okay prices for some more, but lot's of your property will end up going for a few pennies on the dollar to a flea market vendor, if it sells at all. Just remember, potential buyers didn't know your grandmother or your uncle, so those items have no sentimental value for them. Good luck.

If it's something I need to see, hear, smell, taste, size, etc., then I buy local. For example, I don't think it's fair to go to Best Buy and spend an hour with one of their associates looking at all the televisions and deciding which one to buy, and then go online and buy it to save some money. On the other hand, if I already know what I want or if it's something I'm just replenishing, I'll order it online sometimes just to save the hassle of shopping. Some items are a lot easier to shop online, where I can read about the specs and such. I'm not too fond of Walmart, but there's very few places left where I can go and buy a carton of milk, some laundry detergent, a pair of pants and a shirt, some curtain rods, and some grass fertilizer all in the same store. Overall, I probably spend half locally and half online. I didn't create the market, I just try to operate within it in a fair and reasonable way.

I've been buying vehicles of all sorts all my life and never had to prove citizenship Many people own vehicles in States where they don't reside. I don't know, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't just use your regular address, assuming you have one.

What would you suggest they do, since they've already paid for it? Hitchhikers were a well built trailer, but they are no longer in business. Customers do want better quality, but they don't want to pay for it. That's why Forest River is still in business and Hitchhiker is not.

If you've already paid and signed title application and so forth, they're probably not going to do anything to please you. They're just storing your trailer until you pick it up. On the other hand, if they are a conscientious dealer and truly care about their customers, they may help you out. Hopefully, they haven't sent in the paperwork yet. In seeing the photos, it's not really so bad that a little Ospho and some paint can't take care of. It's just a lot of work that one normally doesn't expect to do on a new trailer. The leaf springs are pretty telling. Trailer was obviously exposed to some type of corrosive situation without being cleaned up immediately, probably road salt. Worse case scenario, enjoy your trailer and take care of the frame issue over time, and don't worry about it.

I've owned a multitude of RV's in my days and I've never had one which had any noticeable amount of rust. Maybe a little around the welds after a few years. I don't know how much you're seeing, but I don't accept that it is the norm. As far as sales associates, like my grandmother used to say "you can tell they're lying when their lips are moving".

Chuck, I hired a local prominent electrical company to install a home generator for me. They said because of high demand and the supply shortage it would be at least 9 months before they would install it. They required a deposit 50% of total cost. When I asked why they wanted so much deposit, they answered "because we can". It seems to me that is what you're dealing with. Never mind what's fair, just "because we can".

I was always told that one can not create energy. The energy required to charge the EV batteries from re-generation would come from the tow vehicle in the form of reduced mpg.

RV, I'm curious about the Tesla. I know that you use the pin, so this doesn't apply to you. So, if someone did use the relay hack method to enter a Tesla and start it up, once they drove a block or so and out of range of the fob/phone, would the Tesla quit running? Or, is the fob/phone relay only necessary to get it started?