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RE: Outer Banks or Fla panhandle? Compare
Well from my experience you won't avoid the crowds on Hatteras. The setting is completely different than the keys too, as I recall there is a sand dune blocking the view of the ocean from the road for most if not all of the way. Not to say we didn't enjoy it, which we did. It just isn't the keys. As a nitpick the sand is very fine and gets in everything as opposed to Florida beach sand which is coarse being mainly crushed shells and such.
The panhandle doesn't duplicate the keys either, I never got that balmy day feeling along the gulf coast. You don't have the azure water for one thing. Again it's a great place to go but different. We are heading to St Josephs Peninsula in a few weeks ourselves. And depending on where you go, you'll find plenty of crowds. More so the further west you go.
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agesilaus
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05/23/13 06:52pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
LOL, but the evidence is against you. That 'natural' product just does not work.
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agesilaus
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05/21/13 11:17am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
Ah yes, that natural Titanium Oxide aka Titanium Dioxide:
"Crude titanium dioxide (in the form of rutile or synthetic rutile) is purified via converting to titanium tetrachloride in the chloride process. In this process, the crude ore (containing at least 70% TiO2) is reduced with carbon, oxidized with chlorine to give titanium tetrachloride; i.e., carbothermal chlorination. This titanium tetrachloride is distilled, and re-oxidized in a pure oxygen flame or plasma at 1500–2000 K to give pure titanium dioxide while also regenerating chlorine. Aluminium chloride is often added to the process as a rutile promotor; the product is mostly anatase in its absence. The preferred raw material for the chloride process is natural rutile because of its high titanium dioxide content."
and by the way:
"the researchers found significant cell-type dependent effects on cellular functions such as viability; proliferation; apoptosis, or cell death; and differentiation. The research team concluded that there is a risk factor with micronized titanium dioxide products on impaired skin."
and it's friend that natural Zinc Oxide:
"the indirect or French process, metallic zinc is melted in a graphite crucible and vaporized at temperatures above 907 °C (typically around 1000 °C). Zinc vapor reacts with the oxygen in the air to give ZnO, accompanied by a drop in its temperature and bright luminescence. Zinc oxide particles are transported into a cooling duct and collected in a bag house. This indirect method was popularized by LeClaire (France) in 1844 and therefore is commonly known as the French process. Its product normally consists of agglomerated zinc oxide particles with an average size of 0.1 to a few micrometers. By weight, most of the world's zinc oxide is manufactured via French process."
And that natural Coconut Oil:
"RBD stands for "refined, bleached, and deodorized." RBD oil is usually made from copra (dried coconut kernel).
The dried copra is placed in a hydraulic press with added heat and the oil is extracted. This yields up practically all the oil present, amounting to more than 60% of the dry weight of the coconut.
This "crude" coconut oil is not suitable for consumption because it contains contaminants and must be refined with further heating and filtering.
Another method for extraction of a "high-quality" coconut oil involves the enzymatic action of alpha-amylase, polygalacturonases, and proteases on diluted coconut paste.
Unlike virgin coconut oil, refined coconut oil has no coconut taste or aroma. RBD oil is used for home cooking, commercial food processing, and cosmetic, industrial, and pharmaceutical purposes."
Yes all those natural products are so good for you.
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agesilaus
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05/21/13 07:42am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Two "controversial" questions...
You may be able to get the axles flipped on a fiver. That will give you 4 to 6 inches more. I thought I might have to do it but it turned out not to be needed. The local trailer place (not RV shop) said they would do it for $150 to $200.
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agesilaus
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05/20/13 05:37pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Factory brake controller question???
Check the trailer brakes is the obvious first step. Pull the break away cable out and see if the trailer wheels lock up.
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agesilaus
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05/20/13 05:30pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
All right, heh. So much for skin so soft.
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agesilaus
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05/20/13 11:26am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
I've actually seen some studies on skin so soft. Some say it works and some don't. If it does it seems to have a shorter effective period when it works. That and the lemon eucalyptus oil seem to be the only two 'natural' materials that may be effective.
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agesilaus
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05/20/13 10:55am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
There is a big difference between occasionally touching something and slathering it all over your skin regularly. Many mechanics are required to wear gloves to protect their hands from automotive chemicals.
Just sayin it is somthing to think about since there are alternatives. Each of us makes our own choices and lives with the consequences.
Do you plan to drink any of those skin cremes that people put on their skin? How about sun block, do you apply that to your radicchio sandwich? Do you eat eye liner, lipstick or hand sanitizer? How about shampoo or rinse, body soap? The statement is just plain wrong.
BK
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agesilaus
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05/20/13 10:39am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: test photo
It's posterized
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agesilaus
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05/20/13 06:26am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Fresh water tank plants
Sounds like a good plan.
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 07:37pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Fresh water tank plants
Put a cup of bleach in the tank, fill it up, and let it sit overnight, drain and flush until clear. Good idea every year before the camping season.
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 07:16pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
What do experts say about being bitten by West Nile or Western Encephalitis carrying mosquitoes. Or by Lyme, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis or half a dozen other disease carrying ticks?
Life is a trade off, you have to take the course that evidence shows is the least hazardous.
BK
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 06:17pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
....and who sponsored this article?
Sponsored? Slate is a left leaning news and opinion site. I doubt that the article was sponsored by anyone except the author who was looking for something to write an article on.
There are these:
MD
New England Journal of Medicine
And this government lab that tested 16000 different compounds
USDA ARS lab
BK
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 05:14pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
I guess that's why it's been used over 10,000,000,000 times and no one has noticed an epidemic of neurological problems. I doubt is any other chemical has been used as much except for the over the counter analgesics like aspirin and Tylenol.
Neurotic problems are a whole different thing of course.
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 03:52pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
rockhillmanor
people with chemophobia are probably the same ones that refuse to vacinate their children. California had it's first whooping cough death in memory caused by one of them.
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 02:41pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does your insect repellant work?
Yeah I have a supply of 100% DEET tho I've been told that 20% is optimum.
BK
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 02:14pm |
General RVing Issues
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Does your insect repellant work?
Here's an article on what works and what doesn't:
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As expected DEET works and most "natural products" don't. There are a couple of newer synthetics that also work. And Lemon Eucalyptus oil is the one natural product that may be effective, but don't use it on young kids.
DEET has been used billions of times with not one confirmed bad event with the exception of a couple of people that drank it.
BK
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 01:08pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Salt Lake and Heading North?
If you plan to stay in the park then reservations are a must for Yellowstone/Tetons. If you stay outside the park plan on over and hour drive each way getting in and out of the park sites that you will want to see. Fishing Bridge is the only CG in YNP that has hookups and you may already be too late to get a summer spot there.
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 12:34pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Any good CG near Kemmerer WY?
I think I read a review on rvparks that duplicates your experience.
BK
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 10:58am |
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RE: Oregon coast travel
We followed 101 from south of Crescent City all the way to the end in Washington last year. No problems just take your time and enjoy the scenery.
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agesilaus
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05/19/13 10:27am |
Roads and Routes
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