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RE: NASCAR..made in America..right
I don't think it would hurt to add some real performance cars to the mix. Now if they added some real corners to the tracks, even I might watch it! ;)
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Orion
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11/26/09 02:23pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Sewer hose support in Florida?
What am I missing? Why do folks leave the sewer hose out when you are not dumping. The tank gets dumped only every few days to a week. I store mine away between dumps. Looks a heck of alot better.
What are YOU missing? Gee What am I missing? I have never heard of anyone doing this. My sewer hose is hooked up all the time as I leave my grey tank valve open all the time, until a day before I empty my black tank, to help flush my pipe.
I have never used a hose support either.
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Orion
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11/26/09 12:02am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Another Cdn border crossing problem thread
And I agree also. If you don't know the rules - don't play the game!
There have been many many threads over the years on problems crossing the border in both directions. This is one of the first ones however where there really doesn't appear to be any hard & fast rules.
It would appear that the border authorities are trying to interpret a 'rule' such as 'ensure that the traveller can prove he will be returning to his own country'. This is not a simple requirement like ensuring you have a passport, or a vaccination certificate for a pet, or not be carrying more than one 40oz booze bottle.
If all border crossings, both US or Canadian start implementing 'restrictions with variable requirements', then ALL fulltimers will start to have problems. I think that Bob was just giving a heads up.
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Orion
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11/25/09 07:21pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Health Care
Guest brings up a good point. Emergency care is just that. In the UK, everyone is treated at the ER, even tourists. It has been mentioned here that a similar system exists in the US. You can always go to the ER for 'free' treatment.
I asked in a previous thread, in the US, what happens when the terrible pain in your side turns out to be a tumour, and you have no medical insurance. Someone replied that a relative of theirs was in this very same predicament and was treated for seven years by a specialist for free. This seems to contradict the fact that if you have a life threatening disease, and you have no insurance, you will be treated anyway. No wonder 46 million have no insurance!
In our local ER, we have big signs up listing the charges if you are not covered by any of our provincial plans, so maybe we are NOT that nice after all! ;)
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Orion
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11/24/09 11:37am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Health Care
Three things I wanted to mention after seeing the past few posts.
-The 20/20 'documentary' mentioned people in the UK having to line up for a doctor. If you look carefully at the first line up, they are outside the Houses of Parliament. I don't think they are waiting for a doctor, I think they are tourists waiting for a Parliament tour!
-This same 'documentary' said that the average wait time in a Canadian ER was 13 hrs???. Last time I went, in another province, late at night, on a Sunday night, between Christmas & New Year, with a severe earache, I was seen by a triage nurse within minutes and waited 45 minutes to see the doctor.
- With regard to the town in Ontario that has a 'doctor lottery' yes there are doctors that are full up. Doesn't that happen in the US?
Some small towns only have one doctor. I see that Stossel did this video as well!
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Orion
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11/23/09 08:54pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Health Care
THANKFULLY, my daughter and I are both healthy but I NEED to see a dentist....My daughters glasses cost me over 300.00 bucks a year
Just so you know, our provincial health care plans do not cover these items in any form. These expenses are either out of pocket and or employees supplementary plans.
These items are covered in the UK, however, but it is always the bare minimum that is covered. If you have toothache, and it's gone too far for a filling, out it comes and in goes a partial plate or full set of choppers! None of this fancy root canals, crowns or implants!
They do however have private options if you want.
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Orion
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11/23/09 06:21pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: ....I'm trying to watch the American Music Award....
I thought the same. Even some of the acts that I thought would have been 'country' sounded like 'rap' with people prancing all over the place.
Even some of the dancer's 'moves', which years ago you had to wear a big trench coat to go and see, got a bit monotonous.
Notice how they rarely leave a camera shot on a singers lips for very long, or the singer has a microphone as big as a 1930s news announcer to cover the mouth so you cannot tell if they are really singing.
I'm always reluctant to say it 'ain't music' as that's what our parents used to say about our music, but at least much of ours was 'real'.!
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Orion
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11/23/09 01:37pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Do any of you have a harpiscord?
I have the sound of one on both my full size organ & on the portable keyboard. The latter is better though as it is fully digital.
On the original instrument the strings, that were very similar to a piano's, were plucked rather than hit as on a piano. Without looking it up, I think they may have predated a piano.
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Orion
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11/23/09 12:32pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Health Care
Well it's not free. The main source of revenue is via your income & sales taxes. Some provinces don't even pay the $54 that we pay here in BC. However if you say you are able to get your taxable income low, make sure you have signed up for the 'Fair Pharmacare' programme. Under this, you can get most of your prescriptions paid for if your income is low enough.
Here is a LINK to the programme.
Where we have the advantage over the US is that with no advertising, no marketing, no profits for the hospitals & insurance companies and much lower malpractice payouts, we can put more dollars into actual health care.
The downside is that with everyone able to be treated here, we have longer wait times for non urgent procedures. It will be the same down there when & if they ever get universal coverage.
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Orion
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11/23/09 12:20am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Arizona....for the 1st time!
We have travelled with another couple from BC and often stayed in southern Arizona on our way to & from Mexico. The days are warm but the evenings are cool, sometimes cold. Even so, we were totally shocked by what seems to happen right after suppertime. We expected to see people out & about, taking a walk, or sitting outside with their coats on, drinking 'loaded' hot drinks, just like we do in the cooler spring & late summer/early Fall temperatures back in BC. Instead, everyone goes into their unit and by somewhere between 8-9 pm, all the lights are out!
Obviously there will be exceptions, but we have never seen it. At least when you get down to the Mexico, the evenings are a little bit more fun!
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Orion
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11/21/09 11:05am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Video, model falls and news anchor laughs.
Do you just look for videos to post? Got any good camping information to share instead?
I thought that 'Around the Campfire' was for NON Rv related posts, especially the sub category of Humour & Jokes?
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Orion
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11/19/09 10:57pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: dollars changed to pesos
According to the "Church" book, the toll road only takes pesos. So, should we hit the ATM at the Migracion office banco where we pay our vehicle permits? We're heading for Kino mid-December. Anyone else going that way then? It's our first time and it's all so new!
You are going to a different country, so you should be using the currency of the country you are visiting. Can you imagine if French tourists tried using Euros in the US!
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Orion
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11/19/09 10:19am |
RVing in Mexico and South America
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RE: World Corruption (Crime?) Perceptions & where Mexico ranks!
No, it's not the perception of crime but of corruption.
Interesting!
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Orion
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11/18/09 02:45pm |
RVing in Mexico and South America
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RE: Would you miss Saturday home mail delivery?
We haven't had Saturday Mail delivery for years & years. The postal unions used to be very powerful here and so Saturday delivery disappeared years ago.
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Orion
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11/18/09 01:21pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: A Thread For Humor about Mens Rules over Womens.
A woman's answer to most of these would be that most feared of all women's sayings, you know, the MOST feared four letter word beginning with 'F'
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Orion
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11/18/09 10:21am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Sign
We have a Japanese restaurant in town called 'Shisen Sushi' _ I guess they don't get too many German tourists!
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Orion
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11/16/09 04:36pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Buying new trailer in the states do they need social ins#
There are only two places you have to give your SIN.
One is on your tax return, the other is to a financial institution, but ONLY if you want them to pay you interest. You do NOT need it, if you are borrowing money and they need to do a credit check.
If you don't need to give it in Canada, why would you give it to a foreign country.
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Orion
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11/16/09 03:41pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Pictures of your cool car
I have a favourite Cobra story, I wonder if you've heard it.
It was around the time when you could buy the original HP 289 or the 427. A guy went to a dealer & said he wanted the 427. The dealer questioned this as he said that you normally need to graduate up to the 427, as it was so wild to drive. The buyer was insistent that he could easily handle the 427 & he could well afford it.
The salesman insisted though that he give the 427 a good long test drive. So off they went. Within a few blocks though, the customer was having second thoughts as he was scaring himself to death with the savage acceleration and great braking & roadholding. They got back to the dealership & the customer agreed that maybe he should start off with the milder 289 as he would clearly kill himself in the 427.
"I'm sorry" said the salesman, "That WAS the 289 you tried!"
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Orion
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11/16/09 01:22pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Pictures of your cool car
Gee Dave, those Cobras are RWD, why don't you just tow it 4 down,;)
BTW What motor does it have? Lovely car.
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Orion
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11/16/09 11:17am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Biggest ...anything...you ever ate ?
Our friend is a commercial fisherman. A few years ago he & his wife organised the local 'Annual Fisherman's Dance'. We were invited.
There was no dancing! It was a 'Gorgefest'! All the fishermen had to bring some of their own catch to eat, and they all tried to outdo each other on what they brought. I think the facility provided the potatoes, salads etc, but 95% was pure protein.
I have never seen anything like it, they had huge buckets overflowing with fresh, wild seafood, not a single 'farmed' Tiger Prawn is sight!
They had 45 gallon oil drums at each end of the tables for all the crab and prawn shells as the feast was devoured. Indian Candy (sweet smoked salmon) is my favourite, but I had never eaten that much of it as it is so expensive. I ate that stuff till I could eat no more! Little of the spuds or salad or breadrolls were eaten. It was like a cross between something Henry the Eighth would do & a Klingon Feast!
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Orion
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11/15/09 07:27pm |
Around the Campfire
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