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I have 6 or 8 convenience outlet testers in various places that I collected over the years when the electrical suppliers used to give them away. Like you, I used one with a dog bone and 30/20 adapter for 30 amp testing, and later on two of them with a 50/30/30 splitter for 50 amps. I haven't decided whether to invest in the 50 amp Dumble or not.

No need to Rube Goldberg a 30 amp tester either. https://www.amazon.com/Dumble-Outlet-Tester-Plug-Receptacle/dp/B0B3M8NJ6V/

Common law marriage is not "automatic" and can easily be avoided by following just a few simple rules: Do not hold yourself out as being married. Don't introduce your partner as your spouse. Don't refer to them as your husband or wife. Don't file federal tax returns as a married couple.

Chatbot is not the most reliable tool around, especially when it comes to legal issues. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chatgpt-judge-fines-lawyers-who-used-ai/

I agree with the direct wire transfer for most high dollar situations. Not a scam, but I did have a brief moment of concern when I sold one RV years ago. The buyer was a neighbor that knew he wouldn't get the title until the check cleared, so it was bit of a shock when he called me about an hour after closing the deal and asked me to please not deposit the check. It seems his wife had transferred the money from an investment account, but mistakenly put it in a savings account instead of the checking account. The next day he showed up with cash and his apologies. No harm done except to my nerves...

Towables have wheels too, and brakes that can overheat and cause fires. And from the charts at my link above: "Of the 4,200 RV fires, 85% were not self-propelled, and the remaining 15% were self-propelled." (emphasis added)

https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/snapshot-rv-fires.pdf

My green Flexzilla hoses are drinking water rated.

Your official state mail such as vehicle registrations and driver licenses use the Florida Escapees Bushnell address. Some investment accounts, insurance, etc, may require using that address as well. Mail to the Bushnell address is forwarded to the Escapees mail center in Livingston, TX for processing and forwarding along with your regular mail.

"The US Air Force has denied that an AI-powered drone ‘attacked’ operators in a simulation" https://fullfact.org/news/AI-drone-attack-air-force/

Nick also has a new volume in his "Tinder Street" series out. "A Changing World (Tinder Street Saga Book 5)" continues the story of the McNally's and their extended family, this time in the second half of the 1930's. The series is well researched historical fiction that starts with the days leading up to World War 1. The series is free for Amazon Kindle Unlimited members. https://www.amazon.com/Changing-World-Tinder-Street-Saga-ebook/dp/B0C5ZDBVJ6/

At least our Samsung Galaxy phones are not made in China, nor are any other Samsung products.

I know of a few RV parks in PA, NY, and NJ that are either open year round or allow seasonal renters to leave their RV's on-site unoccupied during the time they're closed for the winter. None of them are near waterways suitable for swimming though.

I didn't hear it all, but my impression was that they had studied the history in school in the lead up to the holiday.

I was walking around the campground yesterday and overheard a young fellow, maybe 12 or 13, correct his mother about the real meaning of Memorial Day. I didn't hear what she had said, but he seemed a little upset that she had it so wrong.

If there's WiFi available where you park your car, some of the WiFi enabled dash cams can be accessed remotely or can alert you remotely to motion similar to residential or business security cameras.

Lots of them to pick from: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=wifi+dash+cam&crid=2SDS0ZBPYRI2E&sprefix=wifi+dash+cam%2Caps%2C200&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

WiFi equipped dash cams are little different than WiFi equipped security cameras used in/on millions of businesses and residences. Law enforcement agencies with sufficient cause for legal access to specific cameras could monitor the feeds in the right circumstances, but the shear storage capacity needed for any broad ranging monitoring of the millions of cameras in use, whether for security or accident/driving monitoring is mind boggling.

I'm glad to see you got it fixed!

Keep in mind you're not paying Dish, DTV, Spectrum, Comcast, etc. to show you ads, you're paying them to deliver content to your TV. The content providers are the source of the ads. I see nothing saying these "free" TV's include any programming other than the ads running constantly on bottom screen whether the TV is on or not. You'll still have to pay Dish, etc., or streamers to deliver the content of your choosing to the screen.

Thanks, Derek and Joel! I'm making progress, but not as quickly as I'd like of course. The manual dexterity is the most vexing, but I am seeing small improvements as each day passes. My stutter is pretty much gone unless I get frustrated or aggravated. My overall mobility is better, but my balance is still off. I've "graduated" from a walker to a cane though, so that's good. I'll keep after it, and my doctors say I should expect near normal to normal functionality eventually. My physical therapist is quite pretty though, so maybe I don't want to rush things too much.

As some of you may know, I suffered a fortunately fairly mild stroke about 6 weeks ago that affected my speech, manual dexterity, and walking. After weeks of speech therapy, my speech is mostly back to normal. However, despite extensive physical therapy, my manual dexterity has not recovered nearly as fully yet, making typing quite difficult. While I was investigating a number of different voice to text tools, I ran across this free tool on the web that has proven to be quite helpful. Using the SpeechNotes dictation tool directly from the website has been quite good at managing my now mild stutter, needing few corrections. The Chromium add-on that allows direct voice to text entry into text boxes like we have in this forum has been a mixed bag though, with some sites working well and others showing a lot of missed words that require too many corrections to be helpful. The website does have provisions for copying text directly into the clipboard for pasting elsewhere though, that does work well. A post this long would probably take me close to an hour without the voice to text tool, and at this point it's only taken me about 10 minutes with just a few corrections. If any of you have have difficulty typing due to stroke, arthritis, or other health issues, take a look to see if this free speech to text tool would be useful to you. I have no vested interest in the site or the product beyond being a satisfied user. https://speechnotes.co/ On edit: I forgot to mention they also have a free Android app that also seems to work quite well in the short time I've tried it.

Yes, just take careful note of the connections. The picture will help with that.

The silver solenoid on the right is the one that connects the two battery systems together for charging. If it needs replacing, it looks like a common Ford starting relay, but it is NOT the same. The starting solenoid is rated for intermittent duty, while the battery isolation solenoid is rated for continuous duty. Make sure you get the right one. https://www.amazon.com/Stylemafia-Continuous-Solenoid-Nickel-Plating-Marine/dp/B09P71SLJ3/

Thank you, Derek. We have a Memorial Day week stay at a NY state park coming up about 2 hours from our current site. Our daughter and her boyfriend will drive the motorhome there and help us get set up. Looking forward to it.