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  1. One of my friends is in a park where you have to move every few months but you don't have to actually leave the park. So they just move to a different site for the required time then right back into their preferred site again. That does keep out RVs so derelict that can no longer move. And it keeps the park designated as temporary housing instead of permanent which has lots of implications for the owner. Linda
  2. Obviously, I 'm wrong. Maybe the real reason my Dad's address changed was that they had to pick up the house and move it back into the former picnic area because a new highway was built too close to their house for it to stay there. So, they actually built a long driveway to his house that now has a couple other houses on it. So, maybe they gave that long driveway a name and called it a street--although they named it Nell Drive? Linda
  3. I thought all rural route addresses went away with the beginning of the 911 system. I know my Dad's address changed after about 50 years of living there and he gave me the 911 system as the reason why. It's no longer RR 8 Box 412. Linda
  4. Winter Weather Advisory here in MSP today and tomorrow. We may get as much as 6" of snow over the next two days. But the cold, and the wind, are what's keeping us all inside. The event Dave was scheduled to attend this evening has been cancelled--mostly because there's no on-street parking there if it snows. Linda
  5. Actually, I do that. I just didn't want to use the huge cutting board to slice grape tomatoes for a salad. Then I wished I did. Linda
  6. My biggest plastic cutting board has a gutter around the edge on one side but not the other. The gutter side is for cutting meat. Everything else uses the other side. I used one of the smaller ones yesterday to slice tomatoes; it does not have a gutter and I wish it did--tomatoes are juicy. Linda Sand
  7. I never heard of it either. Does it make a difference what material your cutting board is made of?
  8. When my niece was a toddler her parents took her canoeing in the Boundary Waters, now Voyagers National Park. Karen would dip her fingers in the water as they paddled. Then suck her fingers. She got Giardia which is not something you want your toddler to have on a canoe trip. Those are some BIG lakes up there but not enough to keep the poop dilated to where it is not risky. Linda
  9. Our city water has enough minerals in it to leave a residue where it dries. That does not tend to dissolve when wet again. I can't take a Magic Eraser to the inside of a tank. So keeping a tank wet and moving is better with our water. That's why I rarely hooked up to outside water, even when it was available, except to refill the tank when I had used about half its water. I did hook up to water for daily use one time when a neighbor complained about the sound of my water pump but that's it. I made it. point to not camp so close to a neighbor after that. Linda Sand
  10. While I kind of like that idea I wouldn't want the results coming back at me through the courts. I had a small, collapsible cone deliberately run over while I watched. I was so shocked, I didn't get the vehicle description. Um, light colored car is not much to go on. Linda
  11. Maybe they are simply telling you that it is safe to continue driving the normal limit for this section. That would make it easier to relax while driving it. Linda
  12. sandsys

    Myth Busters

    The Deaconess at our church listened as her son was told by another kid that there is no Santa Claus and no Easter Bunny. He turned to her and said, "Did you lie to me about God, too?" That's the year I asked our daughter if she wanted to help me be Santa Claus for her dad. Linda
  13. Pull over has been the law in Minnesota for years. Not always followed though. Linda
  14. Kirk, The link to the map did not work for me. You might want to check it out since it might be more than me. Linda
  15. sandsys

    Questions

    I am old and my body is cranky. If I had an HDT it would have to have a lift to get me into it. I know that from trying to get into our daughter's HDT. So, you might want to take future health into consideration when deciding. Linda Sand
  16. Hannibal was fun--checking out the Tom Sawyer sites.
  17. If you go to https://sandcastle.sandsys.org/?s=Great+River+Road you can read about our trip down the Great River Road in 2009. If you can get past my warped sense of humor. Linda Sand
  18. There are requirements for what must been the cab to do that, though. Linda
  19. sandsys

    Myth Busters

    A good driver can teach you a lot without going the CDL route. A Greyhound bus driver taught me the importance of breaking before a curve so you can accelerate slightly in the curve to hold the road better. And Click and Clack on the radio taught me how to set the outside mirrors on a passenger vehicle so as to eliminate the "blind" spot. An instructor at the RV Driving School taught Dave how to use a Jake Brake in a Class A. None of those led to a CDL but they made us better drivers. Linda Sand
  20. Is that for commercial trucks rather than personal ones? You might want to read the HDT section even though you plan to buy an MDT to see what they recommend you carry in a binder for California people who don't actually know what the rules are. I've never owned either type but I was impressed with their binder recommendations as a way to help in otherwise difficult situations. Linda
  21. sandsys

    Water

    We've had that discussion on this forum before. It indicated most RVers call any camping without hookups boondocking. Even "blacktopping" at Walmart gets called boondocking nowadays. But, my favorite is still "mooch docking" where you park in a friend's driveway and use some of their facilities. Linda
  22. We used our USAA card to do ATM cash withdrawals in Europe but that was many years ago so things may have changed. Linda
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