RE: Calling all firefighters.............
Late evening, possible woman in the water. Show up, happens to be a beachside bar. Our rescue boat arrives, starts slowly checking the area. Small boats are moored near shore, rescue is looking into the boats also. Spot a woman wearing a life jacket in a boat... radio back that they might have the victim. Chief (on shore) asks for a description of the clothes she is wearing. "Uh, Chief? She is wearing a life jacket. That's it."
All turned out well, just drunk people.
RE: Be Warned - Newb questions...
YES, a gasser can handle it. And YES, a diesel can handle it easier. With shorter trips, I would lean towards gasser also.
RE: Ya gotta love printer mfrs!
I've had a few "tech" people tell me to think about buying a laser printer. I guess their cartridges last a heck of a lot longer? By the time you replace the ink cartridges a few times on a "normal" inkjet printer, you've basically paid for a laser printer.
It is hard for me to swallow that initial cash outlay, though. Our HP C4180 All-in-one inkjet works fantastic, and we've had it for a couple years now. I used to be a diehard Epson fan (I still have an older Epson on one of our computers), until our last two Epsons were literally pieces of junk.
My local Staples used to carry "generic" ink cartridges, but stopped that and only carries name brand now. I asked about it, and the sales person said they had trouble with the cheap ink working well. I thought that was hogwash, but then thought back on all the difficulty we always had printing when using cheap ink cartridges. My wife and kids use our printer for all sorts of projects, so it is worth it to me to spend the money now for new, name brand cartridges to avoid printing problems. If we were just printing basic documents, generic ink works okay.
RE: Ford F-350 Diesel
Are you talking about a 6.4l diesel, or a brandy new one? Actually, I don't know if the "newest" Ford diesel is available yet. For what it's worth, a friend has a 6.4 diesel and loves it, no problems at all.
RE: Online Wolfenstein 3D
I played it for a bit, and the space bar worked for opening doors for me. It is a "flash" game... you sure you don't have any software / firewall blocking the game?
Impressive how far games have come - I am a big Battlefield 2 player.
RE: buying off lot or special order..best deal ?
Well, hotpepperkid, you got a great deal if your special ordered truck was less than a truck that the dealer already had on their lot.
RE: buying off lot or special order..best deal ?
If you are financing, I suggest getting a warranty that at least lasts the length of the financing. You can deal on the cost of the warranty! I ended up getting a 6 year warranty for 1/2 the supposedly full price - mostly because (I think) I paid for the warranty AFTER the sale. I came back a week later to pay for the warranty in cash. I don't think the dealer thought I would because, as I said, he ended up giving me the full warranty for 1/2 his "first" price.
You are sure you need to special order? Have you (or the dealer!) contacted other dealers to see what they have? You may be able to get a nicer truck with more options for less money if you take an "off the lot" truck. I ended up getting all the options on a truck I wanted, but a different color. My dealer "swapped" with another dealer for my truck.
Anyways, in a word, YES, special ordering will cost you more. You certainly can still "deal" as much as possible, but then you get EXACTLY what you want!
RE: Options advice for new TT
I don't think this has been mentioned...
Spare Tire! TTs don't always come with them. Make sure you have one. There is another thread that was just started asking why some TTs don't come with a spare tire.
RE: Am I the only happy F-150 tower
More than a few 3/4 ton and up trucks have the 5.4, like my 2008 F250! I have the 3.73 rear end and it works fine. I towed up and down the east coast with it. The newest F150s have some incredibly high tow capacities for a "1/2 ton" truck.
See you on the road!
RE: So how do you divide up your camping chores??
Also, related to young kids, we used to trade off watching them. When our kids were younger, wife and I would trade mornings and afternoons as to who was going to watch the kids. Of course, everyone was aware of what the kids were doing, but one person was "designated" to be in charge of the kids, and also the dog. That way the spouse could take a nap or go off with friends for a little while. Provided a little break from constantly chasing the kids.
RE: Route from southern New Jersey (Del Mem Br) to Rockport, ME
Are you heading up to Maine now? Getting rather cold quickly. Anyways... YES, avoid I95 from Newark up through New Haven, Connecticut (middle of CT). Road conditions are pretty bad.. you don't really notice it when driving a car, but when towing it is very noticable. Tappanzee Bridge can have "repair plates" on it that will scare the bejeesus out of you when towing. Basically, I don't think you can get to Maine from New Jersey.... lol
I'm sure others will post with good routes!
RE: Fuel injected portable generators,,,,soon?
I certainly can see generators coming out with it. More and more lawn mowers are coming out with fuel injection. Larger generators may already have fuel injection.
RE: So how do you divide up your camping chores??
When people say inside and outside set-up jobs. What exactly are the 'inside' jobs?
I ask because off hand I can't think of anything inside that needs 'set-up' except for maybe opening the center vent and turning on the fantastic fan.
I am sure this depends on your rig and amount of people camping. We have a family of four and a 21' TT. When traveling, the inside of the TT is crammed with stuff... grill, tables, chairs, outside rug, dinette table is down for long trips, cookware is packed with towels to prevent movement / breakage, bathtub has broom and basketballs etc. in it, and so on. Also when "unpacking" is done, we quickly sweep out the camper to start out the weekend with it clean... doesn't last long, though!
RE: So how do you divide up your camping chores??
Wife handles most of the inside setting up - with a family of four and a small TT, the TT needs a lot of organizing when we get to a campground.
I do most of the outdoor stuff - driving, backing, leveling, hookups, dumping. My son is helping me more and more which is nice (but of course, I still go over everything he does! lol).
Trip planning we both work on. Wife does most of it, but last year when we went to Fort Wilderness (Disney) I planned pretty much the whole trip. On the longer trips I go over the route carefully (and use Open Roads forums a LOT for advice) with my wife.
She just got a GPS this summer.... I am still not used to it! I am also a little leery of it because it doesn't realize I am towing - we haven't figured out how program it for that, if it can be.
Wife drove the truck and trailer a little bit this summer, she feels that she should drive it some more. I am fine with that.... except over the years I swear we have put the local autobody shop's kids through college! (shh, I didn't say that.. but my wife's accident rate is a running joke with our friends - and the autobody guy...).
When in doubt, help out! Camping is supposed to be fun. If someone is having a bad day, the other person will step up and get things done.
RE: Replaced flooring with Allure Flooring - Nice!
You can see what it looks like in my blog link below if you are curious.
Very cool looking camper! Love the "lounge" area in back... is that like the party room? :B Flooring looks great.
