RE: I won the lottery!!!
I'd send you some money but I already mailed it to that nice Nigerian lady who said she she was speaking on your behalf.
Didn't you get it?
RE: Considering 2007 Coachmen Freelander - Any Other Options?
The entry level flooring is just what we need with 3 dogs!
Ken
I can second that.
When be bought our 2005 31' Freelander we looked at many other options. Having worked in the industry in my "past life" as I say, and with the DW's input, we had very specific ideas as to what we did, and did not, want. The 3150SS fit the bill perfectly.
For us, one of those requirements was ample carpet and little tile/linoleum or other hard flooring. I know some complain about carpeting, and consider more hard flooring to be an upgrade, but with a Dachshund who has had spinal chord surgery, and a ten year old FlatCoated Retriever who is getting a little weak in the hips, carpeting is a necessity for their mobility and comfort. I too prefer carpet on bare feet when getting up in the middle of the night or wee hours of the morning.
Since someone mentioned it, I think their WaterWorks system is among the best in the industry and provides for the easiest management, winterizing, and sanitizing of the water system available.
Our unit does not lead an easy life, as it is taken to many remote sites from the lowest deserts, to the highest mountains, and much of it on unimproved roads. It takes everything we throw at it. Other than routine maintenance, the only real work has been to ad accessories and to "sweeten it up" by sealing gaps, adding insulation and weather stripping here and there, and sound deadening in the chassis doors mostly for audio system performance.
My only real gripe is that the battery compartment (under the step) is too small (short) to allow for the use of higher capacity 6V batteries. I have found the most it can handle is two Group 29 12Vs in parallel. With our solar system, and without using an inverter and 110V appliances after dark, this has proven to be more than adequate for lengthy dry camping, without generator use, but more flexibility and capacity would have been nice. Of course, I could convert other external storage for battery space but have been unwilling to sacrifice the storage space. I don't know if the newer model years use the same storage space with the same height limitations.
RE: Firefox 3.5.7 now available / today 1/5/2010
As an IT professional, I always let someone else take the arrow.:B
There is no arrow to take.
FireFox 3.5.7 is a routine, minor, "housekeeping" update that merely addressed a few stability issues. Automatically performed and integrated flawlessly, and seamlessly, on both Macs and PCs in my household network (in less than a minute).
The BETA for FireFox 3.6, which will be a major upgrade, is available for download.
RE: Does putting USB hubs in series cause any problem?
If you don't mind me asking, what all are you hooking up to it?
The Mac Mini has an ample supply of FIVE USB 2.0 Ports.
http://images.apple.com/macmini/images/features_portdiagram_20091020.jpg
RE: Midnight.. someone starts Pounding on your door.
"I was in fear for my life officer"
that is all.
Bare fear does not justify the use of deadly force by anyone, anywhere. It does not justify it for police officers. It does not justify it for private citizens.
The defendant must have reasonably believed that the force was necessary to prevent imminent great bodily harm or death to himself or another while resisting one of the following:
1. the alleged victim's attempt to commit a violent crime against him; or
2. the alleged victim's attempt to kill him; or
3. the alleged victim's attempt to commit a felony upon or in any home, boat, or vehicle occupied by the defendant.
"Bare fear," or the killer's subjective fear, by itself, is not sufficient to justify self-defense or the defense of others.
Not only must the person attempting to exercise the right to self-defense or defense of others honestly feel the need to use force, but the circumstances must be sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person as well. (People v. Sonier (1952) 113 Cal.App.2nd 277, 278; People v. Lopez (1948) 32 Cal.2nd 673, 675; People v. Williams (1977) 75 Cal.App.3rd 731, 739; P.C. § 198; CALJIC # 5.14; "Homicide in Defense of Member of Family.")
"Apparent necessity" is required. As long as the person is acting reasonably (what a "resonable" person, with similar training, similar experiences, and under similar circumstances would do), he may act on appearances even though it is later discovered that there in fact was no real need for self-defense. (People v. Dawson (1948) 88 Cal.App.2nd 85, 96; People v. Pena (1984) 151 Cal.App.3rd 462, 475-478.)
For example, in using deadly force to prevent a residential burglary, whether or not the deceased actually had the intent to commit a burglary is irrelevant to the issue of whether the person who killed him could legally use deadly force. (People v. Walker (1973) 32 Cal.App.3rd 897.) The issue will be what the person who applied the force reasonably believed the circumstances to be.
An honest but unreasonable belief, while insufficient to establish a claim of self-defense in a murder case, might be enough to negate malice aforethought and thus reduce murder to a non-statutory voluntary manslaughter, sometimes referred to as "imperfect self-defense." (People v. Flannel (1979) 25 Cal.3rd 688, 674; People v. Uriarte (1990) 223 Cal.App.3rd 192; see also People v. Saille (1991) 54 Cal.3rd 1103, 1107, fn. 1; McNeil v. Middleton (9th Cir. 2005) 402 F.3rd 920.)
The Supreme Court has held that such an "honest, but unreasonable belief" theory applies to the commission of a homicide in the defense of a third person as well. (See People v. Randle (2005) 35 Cal.4th 987.)
However, the theory of an "imperfect self-defense" is not available where the defendant's acts are based only upon his own delusions, paranoia, or unreasonable perceptions. (People v. Mejia-Lenares (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 1437.)
RE: Anyone ever had a vandal/burglar problem when boondocking?
Police woke me one night and said they would stay till I was safely out of the area. WHAT!!!!!!. Yep they said I was in a bad area and they would stick around till I was safe. Never did sleep that night.
Stopped in another out of the way area and in the middle of the nigh about 20 motorcycles pulled up near us and camped. Yep another sleepless night.
Third time someone was jiggling the door handle. I was in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. I opened the window and shot off a round in the air and hear foot steps running for the hills.
No more boon docking for me.
I guess some folks have different definition of "boondocking" than I.
In the places that I consider "boondocking" there would be no chance of the police coming and telling me that I was "in a bad area" as there would be no police, and often no other people but perhaps another "boondocker", within 50 miles or more.
Boondocking is also not "another out of the way area where I stopped in the middle of the night" nor is it someplace where I'm likely to encounter "20 motorcycles".
Boondocking, to me, does not imply someplace "in the middle of nowhere" where I arbitrarily stopped for the night. To me, boondocking involves going to an unimproved campground, or just a campsite, that is far off the beaten path, isolated from services and crowds, and as close to "wilderness" as I can get my RV. The whole point of boondocking is to get away from the rush, crowds, noise, and especially the lights of civilization. Boondocking is not just an unplannned stop over. It's a well planned, well organized, adventure into an area where I must take everything I might need as there is nowhere nearby to buy anything and it's too far to go back.
NO. I have never had problems with any kind of a "vandal or burglar" when boondocking as anyone close enough to see my "stuff" is as self-sufficient, and well organized, as I. The people I've met while boondocking, are generally friendly but respectful of people's privacy and desire to "get away from it all." I feel safer boondocking than I do in an RV park, campground, or congested area in close proximity to people who feel the need to bring the whole city, and all of it's problems, with them when they camp.
RE: Smoke detector and Carbon monoxide detector going off
Thank you, everyone. We replaced both detectors and have had no trouble at all! We just got back from a five-night CA Coast trip to Morro Bay, San Diego and Santa Barbara, and it was fantastic! Loving our "new" motorhome, and planning our next trip. Nice to not hear any alarms going off, and everything worked! Amazing!
Good to hear you got it fixed and had a nice trip. Those things are sensitive. Our LP Gas detector has gone off when our FlatCoated Retriever, who likes to lay directly underneath it, has "off gassed" as well.
When he does it, first we get the alarm...and then the smell. Really kind of comical when you think of it.
RE: tinnitus
Additionally, as his tinnitus has worsened, so has his vertigo which, along with the spasticity and lack of motor control from his cerebral palsy, has made it more difficult for him to safely walk. This is especially true in the dark and, as we take him to many astronomy club events and other trips in our motorhome, has prompted us to install motion detecting (red) nightlights so he can navigate to and from the restroom after lights out.
Wow, that sure puts things in perspective, doesn't it? It's amazing that your friend still wants to be social and active with all his physical limitations and wonderful that he has friends like you to help him. I guess I can survive feeling like somebody just clapped cymbals behind my head. Been that way all my adult life. My solution is to have TV on all day and a noise machine on "rain" at night.
Hi. Just wondering, you mention noise to mask the tinnitus, whereas our friend, even though he does not hear at all, says that exposure to noise and apparent stimulus of his auditory nerve, by whatever mechanism, actually makes his tinnitus worse. He says his is best after a quiet night, and builds to it's worse din throughout the day. The more exposure he has to environmental noise, the worse it will eventually become. I just wonder what the experience is of others, and if maybe part of our friends problem is the "jumble" that his CP impaired neuro system is making of what he "hears"?
BTW, it's a pleasure for us to take our friends to events with us as how he handles his "challenges" (he does not call them disabilities) is an inspiration to us. He maintains what mobility he has in his tortuous limbs by faithfully working out with weights every day. Until recently, when his vertigo got too bad, he bicycled to most destinations be it to the store, to visit friends, or to medical appointments. Now that he no longer has the balance for two wheels, he has purchased a "Tri-Rider Industrial Tricycle" and goes everywhere on three wheels.
Those of us who have gotten to know him, realize that he is very bright, probably a genius. We call him our Astronomy Club's "Stephen Hawking" after the world renowned theoretical physicist who is almost totally paralyzed from a form of neuro-muscular dystrophy that is related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). His mind is brilliant, but his body is weak. He also has a wonderful heart for public outreach and teaching and the relationship he has with kids inspires me as well. In spite of his stilted speech, the kids seem to know how bright he is and hang on his every word as he explains something about the cosmos. Not once have I heard a kid make fun of him or treat him with anything but respect. With all the talk about how disrespectful the youth of today is, the way they treat our friend has restored my faith.
RE: tinnitus
I have Tinnitus also, but fortunately, I'm hard of hearing and can't hear it.
Apparently you don't appreciate those of us who have tinnitus or you wouldn't have made such an "insensitive" statement." By "insensitive", I don't mean "politically correct", I mean a permanent degration of a lifestyle. It's like making fun of a crippled person with a rubber crutch. BALL'S IN YOUR COURT.
I have found that one way to cope with my disabilities is with humor.
I know all about "permanent degration of a lifestyle" as I am hard of hearing, seriously in one ear and profoundly in the other. I was not lying or kidding about that. I do ok with 1 or 2 people, but can not function well in a group. Having said that I DO get annoyed when I get the "turn up your hearing aids" when I don't hear someone.
What a lot of people do not understand about hearing loss is the bigger problem is not hearing, but UNDERSTANDING. When you say something to someone and they say "I beg your pardon" it is not that they did not hear you, they would not have responded if they didn't hear you. They heard you but they did not understand what you said, it was like you were speaking a foreign language. Hearing aids can help, but they don't cure the problem.
Bob has redeemed himself by proving that he has at least a modicum of understanding of how debilitating tinnitus can be.
The fact of the matter is that the level of hearing, or remaining hearing, has little bearing on whether or not you hear, or perceive to hear, the ringing of tinnitus.
We have a friend who has cerebral palsy and who is totally deaf. We communicate with him via his limited ability to lipread, and our limited ability with American Sign Language. Even though he is totally deaf, he is also plagued by tinnitus and the perception of ringing in his ear. Over the last few years his ability to verbally respond to us, or speak, has deteriorated badly. He used to "hear" himself speak via bone conduction but, as his tinnitus has progressed, he has lost the ability to "hear" himself and his speech has become much more difficult to understand. This makes him more frustrated, more isolated, but not necessarily depressed as he is one of the most mentally strong people I have ever known.
Additionally, as his tinnitus has worsened, so has his vertigo which, along with the spasticity and lack of motor control from his cerebral palsy, has made it more difficult for him to safely walk. This is especially true in the dark and, as we take him to many astronomy club events and other trips in our motorhome, has prompted us to install motion detecting (red) nightlights so he can navigate to and from the restroom after lights out.
...and YES, as he is 61, and has tried everything else in the way of conventional medical treatments, he has tried Quietus...and NO, it had no perceived effect.
RE: Pismo Coast Village or Pismo Sands????
I've never been to Pismo Sands, but go to PCV a couple times a year. It's close to town, close to the ocean, and they now have 50a in a lot of their spaces. Summertime in Pismo is hectic and being able to walk to town is a big plus.
This is true.
In regard to the 50A service, this has been available throughout much of the park as long as I can remember. However, PCV also renovated much of the park (including the pool) and upgraded many of the sites throughout the past year. The site upgrades included new electrical service, plumbing upgrades and improved pads. To facilitate this, certain blocks of sites were unavailable at various times.
With it all done, I think a majority of the sites now have 50A service with improved electrical system performance throughout the park.
RE: Reservations At Pismo Coast Village arrrgh
Avoid the fruatration, go to Morro Bay.
Fred
I'd almost second this since I basically grew up RV'ing at Morro Dunes, as did my children for their younger years as my folks, "Grandma & Grandpa", had a large TT in storage there that was in an almost permanent site throughout the summer months.
It was (is) a nice, quiet, safe place for the kids when they were little. HOWEVER, after we got our own motorhome, and once the (now older) kids had experienced Pismo Coast Village with it's pool, recreation, and other activities, and it's proximity to the nearby shops, restaurants, Pismo Pier, and a safe swimming beach (as opposed to the rip currents near Morro Dunes) it became their RV park of choice.
We still enjoy Morro Dunes, especially when the wife and I want a quiet beach retreat without the kids, but unlike PCV it is not a destination that is easily done without bringing the toad as it's bit isolated from shops, restaurants, and other attractions.
PLUS, during prime time, reservations at Morro Dunes are getting almost as hard to come by as at PCV.
RE: Reservations At Pismo Coast Village arrrgh
You've got to remember that at Pismo Coast Village the reservaton/date requests of shareholders will take precedence...especially for prime time dates.
Dates tend to open up throughout the year as shareholders who had made reservations for dates, "just in case" change their plans and cancel. I've been pleasantly surprised at the number of times I have been able to get summer "prime time" dates with only a few weeks notice.
RE: smog checks for diesels in CA
I did NOT see any RV exemption listed,
what I saw was the smog check was for ALL diesels under 14001 lbs, "14000# & under"
Generally Diesel RV's weigh more than this, my 30ft gasser is 14500# GRoss total weight.
I would not worry about Diesel RV's in Calif, unless you have a sprinter conversion that is rated under 14000#
Remember, not everyone herein has a motorhome.
For the purposes of many members of this forum, MOST diesel tow vehicles for travel trailers and fifth wheels WILL fall under the purview of these emission test requirements.
I also know many diesel TV owners who have put various modifications on their vehicles which, as previously noted, may not be CARB compliant.
RE: Pismo Coast Village or Pismo Sands????
NO CONTEST!!
Pismo Coast Village.
As they say, "Location, Location, Location".
Pismo Coast Village is further north and away from the hustle, bustle, and congestion of Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area.
Pismo Sands is really in Oceano and not Pismo Beach. It is also further inland and in a much more urban area nestled between residential and industrial areas.
Pismo Coast Village is right on the beach, closer to the major attractions to to the north, and relatively sequestered from the rest of the urban area. It has nice grounds, beach access, many amenities and activities, and access to the footbridge to the pier/downtown area. You can easily walk to the pier and adjacent shops and restaurants. Though we often take a toad, especially if we are planning on going to the North Coast, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, San Simeon...there are times that we leave the toad at home as we can easily walk, or bike, from Pismo Coast Village for just about anything we need.
Unless you get placed in the sites on the southernmost edge of the park, the sites are large with grass, trees, and ample room for privacy.
RE: Where did "Should auld acquaintance be forgot" come from?
Aye. That's only a fraction of the versus of "Auld Lang Syne". The full lyrics of the traditional Scottish version, as penned by Robert Burns, can be found here: Auld Lang Syne
In the Scottish community, in January, we have an annual Robert Burns (or "Rabbie Burns") supper in which we toast the memory of the National Bard and poet laureate of Scotland.
There is usually a place set at the head table for the ghost of Rabbie himself. The supper portion of the program begins with Burns' Selkirk Grace.
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.
Followed by "Piping in the haggis" where a bagpiper leads a merry procession carrying the haggis in on a silver platter. Part of this procession is the Whiskey Bearer with the single malt.
This is followed by Burns' "Ode To A Haggis"
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm :
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace
As lang's my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o'need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin', rich!
Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit! hums.
Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad make her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash;
His nieve a nit;
Thro' bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whissle;
An' legs an' arms, an' heads will sned,
Like taps o' thrissle.
Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer
Gie her a haggis!
Mmmm. Yummy. Liberal doses of single malt Scotch Whiskey serves as both the "gravy" and "lubrication" for the festivities.
Entertainment revolves around various types of Scottish/Celtic performers with the evening ending in a rousing sing-a-long of "Auld Lang Syne."
A description of the full festivities of most any Robert Burns supper, as conducted by Scots anywhere, can be found here: Robert Burns Night
Scottish or not, it's something everyone should experience at least once.
RE: smog checks for diesels in CA
California is finanically broke!!!! where are they going to get the money to pay for all the processing of these inspections. Our DMV takes 2 to 3 hrs. of waiting just to pay for your registration if you go into the office and now they are only open Mon. through Thru.:)
With very few exceptions, most registrations and other DMV transactions can be handled online without a visit to a DMV field office. With an appointment, which can also be made online or via telephone, the typical wait is rarely more than 10-15 minutes in a DMV office. Only those without the foresight to make an appointment wait for any appreciable time and, even then, I find any claim of a "2-3 hour wait" to be bit incredulous.
In case you aren't aware, smog inspections are NOT performed by the DMV, are not administered by the DMV, and do not require a visit to a DMV office. Adding certain classification of diesel vehicles onto the smog check program will not affect DMV operations in any way.
Smog inspections are performed at independent, commercial, smog inspection stations. They are administered by the Department of Consumer Repairs/Bureau of Automotive Repair. Other than adding notification onto your DMV renewal form that an inspection is necessary, there is very little in regard to paperwork or processing. Smog check equipment is wired into the Bureau of Automotive Repair's network and smog check results are electronically transmitted to the BAR and DMV, in real time, as they are performed. Additional costs to the state will be minimal and the inspection fees may even make it self sustaining.
The biggest problem I see is that diesel owners who have added aftermarket equipment onto their vehicles may find that much of that equipment is "non CARB compliant", meaning that it does not, and never has, complied with the rules of the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Gassers in locales with biennial smog inspections have always had to ensure that aftermarket accessories met California emission rules but, until now, this was not an issue for diesel owners.
Information concerning the type of equipment that may, or may not, be compliant can be found here:
Diesel Parts Article Make sure you check out the chart on page two.
RE: What's Apps are on your iPhone/iPod Touch?
Another question:
How do you transfer photos to the IPod Touch? I transfered (by accident 15 photos) non of which I really wanted when I first started messing around with it. Now I'd like to put some photos on it that I really want and can't find a way to do it.
I wish it were as user friendly as a simple MP3 player and it could appear as a drive on Windows Explorer, but I guess the Mac crowd doesn't like that feature. Not knocking Mac, but if this is how Mac operating systems work, I don't want anything to do with it.
It seems like this thread was hijacked from one about "iPhone/iPod applications", to one about iPod Touch/Windows support. Why not start a new thread, in the forum Technology section, specifically with your support questions...or...better yet...go straight to the source.
Apple - iPod Touch Support
Apple Discussions - iPod Touch
As for the inability to mount an iPod Touch as a "drive" on a Windows PC, I would suppose it has something to do with the fact that they have different hard drive file formats. Most Windows PC drives would be formatted in FAT32 or NTFS whereas Apple/Macintosh products would be formatted with Journaled HFS+. It's the Windows machine that has trouble reading the Mac file format. iTunes acts as the go-between with an iPod and Windows PC thus the necessity to use iTunes to sync data on your PC.
On a Mac, I can access an iPod, as a mounted drive, via either iTunes or via the "Finder" (similar to Windows Explorer). iTunes also checks to ensure that a given iPod or iPhone is "authorized" for use and purchases on a given computer.
It certainly isn't valid to judge the Mac OS by how your Windows machine interacts with a device which is much more useful, much more powerful, and thus much more complicated than just a simple MP3 player. Nor is it fair to judge the utility of the device by the fact that you just got it and have not yet learned how to use it, the accompanying applications, or web resources.
As for finding your Diabetes related applications, launch iTunes (on your computer), enter "diabetes" in the search bar, when the results come up click under "Filter by Media Type">"Applications" then on the "Applications" that come up click "See All". Browse to your hearts content as there are currently 90 diabetes related applications listed.
RE: What's Apps are on your iPhone/iPod Touch?
How many of these do you really need and/or use? It seems like the current "keeping up with the Joneses" as to who has the most.
Wow. How would you define "need", or "necessary". If you're familiar with the concept, can't some just be for fun?
I'll give you a synopsis of what my wife has on hers.
46 astronomy applications. Examples are "Moon Map", which shows the phases of the moon and maps of what is visible on any given night, "Star Walk" which shows a current star chart, planets that are currently visible, constellations, and detailed information on each. "Star Map Pro" which is similar to the last only with a searchable database of object catalogs (Messier, NGC, Caldwell etc.) AND with the capability to control a "Go-To" telescope mount. One of the most useful is an electronic compass which, as it can be set for Celestial North, is useful in making a rough alignment of our telescope mounts before the sun goes down. Some just display images, like one that displays images from the Hubble Space Telescope, just because it gives her pleasure.
26 medical related work applications for her job as an RN in a cardiac catheterization lab. These include such items as "Infuse", which computes infusions of IV drugs by body weight, dosage, dilution and rate, "Instant ECG" which helps with the interpretation of electrocardiogram strips and the effect that different rhythms might have on a patient, "IABP" which deals with principles, applications, insertion, and troubleshooting of "Balloon Pumps" in invasive cardiology. Of course, she has the ubiquitous PDR or "Physicians Desk Reference" drug database which is subscription service updated on a regular basis.
Several language interprtation programs which she also finds useful at work.
Travel and mapping applications. News applications. Applications that locate restaurants and fast food places. Wine choice applications. "Mixology" applications for mixing drinks. Food choice, exchange, and calorie counting applications.
Plus GAMES, GAMES, GAMES...just because they are fun.
A total of 128 applications. She really doesn't absolutely "need" any of them, not even the work ones, as there would be other methods of finding information or computing the data they provide, but they certainly make it easier, faster, and thus more productive. Same for the astronomy applications. We could thumb through books, or charts, or use computer applications, but WHY should we when such handy resources are available?
This certainly isn't a case of "keeping up with the Joneses" as no one would know she has these applications on her phone unless they see her using one. Even then, she's not going to say, "I have xxx applications. How many do you have?"
RE: Removing the entertaiment centre in the cabover
It sure limits my options for buying a newer Class C as most seem to have this TV/Entertaiment centre in the cab-over.
I need to have that space for a bed.
I'm surprised that you cannot find unit equipped as you want it. I have found that many units, especially those from around 2007 and beyond when most manufacturers had started using LCD TVs, have the entertainment center/TV in passenger side cabinet, just to the rear of the passenger seat. These usually have the LCD TV on an articulating mount that can be swung into the center of the coach for viewing, and back to the side when the overhead is to be used for sleeping. I know virtually all Coachmen and Forest Rivers are equipped in such a manner and/or have it as an option.
I suppose it depends on what you mean by "newer".
RE: Caulking on vents that have vent covers... do you check?
I have the Maxxaire II vents with hinges so cleaning them and inspecting caulking is relatively easy. Vent caulking appears to weather better with vent covers installed.
Ditto...only I retrofitted my vent covers (x 4) with the hinges to make cleaning, inspection, and maintenance easier. The hinges are one of the best accessories I ever added to my motorhome.
Though everything has always looked relatively good, I clean and add an occasional bead of self leveling Dicor to anything that looks even the slightest suspect.
I have not, and will not, resort to stripping everything off and installing Eternabond until if, and when, the existing caulking develops adhesion issues, excessive cracking, or becomes a real maintenance chore. As others have said, if it ain't broke...don't fix it.
