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I just looked at the shop toilet downstairs, its really old. House is galvanized pipe, no shut off at all!
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My take away and lesson learned for everyone: if you or your parents or anyone for that matter, use on line web sites for things like insurance, financials, work records, benefit plans, etc. - keep really good records of login ID's, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, etc. that are needed to access those sites. My Mom and Dad probably set this up back around 1985 when they retired from the Canal Zone. My poor Mom couldn't remember anything about it. Don't rely on the web site admins to help you, especially if it's a government site. And close enough won't suffice - computers compare what you're trying to input with what they have on file and if it doesn't match exactly, you won't be grant access. And if it's government related you'll need things like social security numbers, assigned employee numbers, claim numbers, dates of birth, etc. So keep all that historical data someplace you can find it later.
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And be mindful if accounts have not been accessed in years that passwords on file may not even work. Electronic record keeping has its downfalls, as well, if no hard copy records are available for backup. Chuck
I’m on my soapbox today. Next time you encounter a service person and they aren’t the exemplary example of what you are expecting, consider the world that person is in.
Imagine asking the person how they are and you get a response like my husband just left me.
Your day may be peaches and cream, the person in front of you may be struggling to keep it together.
So how is the other person’s day?
Imagine asking the person how they are and you get a response like my husband just left me.
Your day may be peaches and cream, the person in front of you may be struggling to keep it together.
So how is the other person’s day?
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Worked about 2 to 3 hours on stripping the parts scooter. I gotta get this thing stripped before winter. Some of the parts I'll keep as spares for my scooter and the rest will be sold on ebay.
Handlebars and all controlls and brake asse.blies are gone now. Next will be the rear wheel and transmission assembly and fuel tank. Last thing to come out will be the engine. Ive already pulled the intake and fuel injectors off the motor.
The wheels and front fork tubes will probably be sold.
Handlebars and all controlls and brake asse.blies are gone now. Next will be the rear wheel and transmission assembly and fuel tank. Last thing to come out will be the engine. Ive already pulled the intake and fuel injectors off the motor.
The wheels and front fork tubes will probably be sold.
A couple of weeks culminated today. Overall good and extremely blessed. Good to be home. A 2 week trip to central Texas Hill Country. My wife had an event down there and we decided to try the travel trailer. She left me for 4 days and the pup and I survived just fine. I got in a half day of guided fishing and am so excited to go back. Nothing large, but lots of fun including catching my very first Rio Grand Cichlid.
But the adventure started on the way down. We hit a bad rainstorm and I lost control of my truck. Well, more accurately, the truck took off across the centerline being pushed by the travel trailer. Two lane road and luckily no one close. The oncoming guy saw what was happening, slowed and started heading to the shoulder. I had time to let up and allow my diesel pickup with exhaust brake on to do its thing. I was also in tow-haul mode I mention all of this as I have learned to really trust my Ram with these features. It’s a bit older, a 2014, but they work. I want anyone reading this to use those features.
Funny thing is, the week before we left I bought new tires for the wife’s Wrangler. I know that when tread gets down it’s like the compound is harder, wears faster, and well they just don’t do the job. With this winter coming, I wanted to be ready why wasn’t I more observant on my truck before starting a 2000 mile trip pulling a travel trailer.
I now have a new set of tires and they were great coming home and it’s ready for winter.
Chapter 2. Noises, little vibrations, funny feeling in the seat of your pants……well, I wasn’t smart enough to put all the clues together until nearly wrecking us about a dozen more times, most of those coming in 30 miles up and over Raton Pass on the way home Sunday. The truck threw an ABS code but couldn’t figure out what was going on Saturday. It turns out my right front hub was imploding somehow and by the time we made it to the Love’s in Trinidad we were on the verge of apparently losing the entire assembly.
Did you know you can camp at many of the Love’s stations? Yep, stayed at one Friday night and although not fancy, they have power, water, and sewer. Along with a lot of truck noise. But it worked. Turns out the Loves in Trinidad had camping.
How do you find a mechanic to have your truck towed to? You get lucky with your roadside assistance driver that happens to work with maybe the best mechanic around. Blessing abound for this guy….we were safe and found a guy that got us in and jumped onto things. Wow, were things bad and he found other legit problems. If the parts shops had done their job right we would have been on the road early today. As was he worked until 8 Monday and another 3 hours this morning.
Last 160 miles uneventful and I’m not sure the truck has ever been that smooth and steady.
The good: we camped at Inks Lake State Park, I fished the San Gabriel and the Llano (before this weekends flood), and Denise was at a wonderful retreat location. I had forgotten how special the area around those lakes is. Family used to vacation near there every year…….more than 50 years ago. Along with Austin, it has really grown and changed.
But the adventure started on the way down. We hit a bad rainstorm and I lost control of my truck. Well, more accurately, the truck took off across the centerline being pushed by the travel trailer. Two lane road and luckily no one close. The oncoming guy saw what was happening, slowed and started heading to the shoulder. I had time to let up and allow my diesel pickup with exhaust brake on to do its thing. I was also in tow-haul mode I mention all of this as I have learned to really trust my Ram with these features. It’s a bit older, a 2014, but they work. I want anyone reading this to use those features.
Funny thing is, the week before we left I bought new tires for the wife’s Wrangler. I know that when tread gets down it’s like the compound is harder, wears faster, and well they just don’t do the job. With this winter coming, I wanted to be ready why wasn’t I more observant on my truck before starting a 2000 mile trip pulling a travel trailer.
I now have a new set of tires and they were great coming home and it’s ready for winter.
Chapter 2. Noises, little vibrations, funny feeling in the seat of your pants……well, I wasn’t smart enough to put all the clues together until nearly wrecking us about a dozen more times, most of those coming in 30 miles up and over Raton Pass on the way home Sunday. The truck threw an ABS code but couldn’t figure out what was going on Saturday. It turns out my right front hub was imploding somehow and by the time we made it to the Love’s in Trinidad we were on the verge of apparently losing the entire assembly.
Did you know you can camp at many of the Love’s stations? Yep, stayed at one Friday night and although not fancy, they have power, water, and sewer. Along with a lot of truck noise. But it worked. Turns out the Loves in Trinidad had camping.
How do you find a mechanic to have your truck towed to? You get lucky with your roadside assistance driver that happens to work with maybe the best mechanic around. Blessing abound for this guy….we were safe and found a guy that got us in and jumped onto things. Wow, were things bad and he found other legit problems. If the parts shops had done their job right we would have been on the road early today. As was he worked until 8 Monday and another 3 hours this morning.
Last 160 miles uneventful and I’m not sure the truck has ever been that smooth and steady.
The good: we camped at Inks Lake State Park, I fished the San Gabriel and the Llano (before this weekends flood), and Denise was at a wonderful retreat location. I had forgotten how special the area around those lakes is. Family used to vacation near there every year…….more than 50 years ago. Along with Austin, it has really grown and changed.
I cleaned the carb on an old 026 Stihl and found a brake in the coil wire. Made some farmer style repairs so it works for now. Cut a few barrles of white ash with it.
I then broke down a Stihl 029 Super that had no piston rings and rebuilt it with parts from a few saws. It now has an 039 jug and top end. Did some reading. Looks like I need to dual port the muffler. Letting it set for 18 hours for gaskets before fueling.
I then broke down a Stihl 029 Super that had no piston rings and rebuilt it with parts from a few saws. It now has an 039 jug and top end. Did some reading. Looks like I need to dual port the muffler. Letting it set for 18 hours for gaskets before fueling.
What a memorable trip! Great that you recovered so well from near accidents/incidences! You are the second person THIS week that stated that Love’s allows RVs! Good to pass that along! Chuck