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RE: Oil could drop $70 in 30 days.....
Shortly before the Depression crash, one of the big robber barons (Morgan, Rockefeller, I forget which) sold much of his stock.
It was not an oil man - it was Kennedy who was quoted on this. He was into alchol as fuel if I recall :W
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horton333
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06/30/08 11:45am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Oil could drop $70 in 30 days.....
I guess it's fun to assume there is some quick fix that will invalidate the law of supply and demand and there are lots of people trying to profit from that: but anyone who follows the futures market knows that the speculators follow the trend: they do not make the trend. Supply is currently restricted by government regulation and taxes most everywhere, and demand is increasing: price has only one place to go and it has done that. Another thing the proponents of the speculator conspiracy theory ignore is that a speculator has to sell their position to make any profit and the futures market enforces fairly short term buybacks. This makes it a zero sum game as the selling will put just as much downward pressure on price as the original buying put on it upwards in the first place.
The one place that had massive potential to increase supply in a 'safe' area of the world were the tar sands in Alberta and Saskatchewan; but now politicians across the U.S. are lining up to make sure that does not happen and the tax grab in Alberta is scaring the producers out of the market there and of course both major federal parties in Canada are one upping each other to put more limits on the supply. It is almost 100% the government interventions that have lead to the cost increases for oil and adding more intervention is guaranteed to make the problem worse in way not foreseen by the politicians putting the restrictions in place.
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horton333
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06/30/08 11:42am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: How hard is it to change the gears on an SUV??
How many axles does my vehicle have?
Your sig says 4WD.....
For such a small trailer a gear change may not be required. I had good results with going to a lower profile tire as is suggested upthread. Even has a side benefit of the kid driving slower, as I never changed the speedometer programming so it reads 'high'.
:W
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horton333
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06/25/08 01:01pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Hensley Hitch Question
The size of the TT or TV has little to do with the use of a Hensley.
What determines it is the drivers want or need for the extra security the Hensley provides OR
The amount of stability (or lack of it) that any combination may have.
The Arrow also has the advantage of being more elgant to use, in my opinion anyway. I end up with less grease on my person with it and there is no playing with bolts to get a partial link change when I want to tweak the WD force. I have a toy hauler with a water tank at the extreme front end and a fairly small TV for the weight of the trailer and it makes a noticable differance to be able to vary the weight distribution easily given the hitch weight can vary by 30%+ on a given trip and I am fussy about the ride.
I know from some posts that not everyone may agree with the ease of hitching up, but I find it no harder than with a conventional setup and including the rest of the process being easier it is overall faster to hookup.
My only complaint is it's endless need for grease on the bar bearings, an everyday task when your traveling. Did they ever launch that competitor to the Arrow that was supposed to be out in the spring? Reducing the amount of grease and the abililty to vary the drop without having to get a new bar would seem to be obvious things that could be fixed and make a very good system even better. One I know is fixed with the adjustable bar.
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horton333
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06/19/08 08:41am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: X-Ray Inspection in Mexico
This IS NOT a hoax.
When I see comments like this, esp all in capitals, I immediately think of all the software spam that proports to be from Microsoft: but never is.
Your milage may vary.
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horton333
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06/03/08 11:21am |
RVing in Mexico and South America
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RE: 2005 GMC Duramax - how do I improve gas mileage?
This is what is coming too!:B:Bhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Hotelcali/P5260085.jpg:B:B
Takes me 18minutes to get to the shopping center, were my truck only takes 15, but hey , I'm saving fuel, and it's much more fun!
You can probably park up on the curb once there too: so the total time is shorter.
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horton333
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05/30/08 11:50am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Mileage decrease on mandated 10% Ethanol.
If it is so good for your car why are they not running 10 % at the race tracks this year?I
Many high end race cars and drag cars used to run on almost 100% alcohol ..... albeit with some nitro-methane in for a bit of kick. You can run a higher compression ratio with alcohol and so it will run more efficiently than since your compression ratio directly multiplies your efficiency as diesel owners well know and you can get back what is lost in the lower BTU per unit that way. Problem is the motor has to be designed to work at the higher compression ratio, and the higher compression ratios are incompatible with gasoline so even the 'flex fuel' cars have to be designed for the lowest common denominator fuel and of course the pollution standards put strong restrictions on compression ratios by virtue of requiring low nitrous oxide emissions.
If the rumours of turbos making a big time comeback are true then of course it is possible to adjust the effective compression ratio under computer control and maybe some of this (government inspired) mess can be cleaned up.
My personal experience is I noticed no change when I used the 10% blend here; but this is not scientific since there is no guarantee on the mix at the pumps here in Ontario and all I know was there was a maximum of 10% (but no commitment on the minimum). I check the computer at most every fill-up - I would have seen any significant change.
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horton333
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05/28/08 01:54pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Anyone Want to Buy Some Snake Oil??
We need Oliver Stone or Michael Moore to investigate this.
LOL
Michael Moore would prove conclusively it was a corporate coverup in conjunction with Bush oil money that goes back retroactively to 1922 and get three awards for doing it.
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horton333
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05/10/08 05:59am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: FYI-American Express
I've had MasterCard and American Express do this to me.
I phone now before traveling, but it has always been immediate: with no 10 days waiting period?
I still recall how pissed I was first time, out of gas in the middle of no-where and little money in the wallet and the MasterCard bounces and no phone at the gas station and they did't know what a debit card was there. When I finally get to a phone up the road MC tell me about how happy I should be about how they helped my "security". I felt real secure over half the continent from home and the credit card is bouncing: yah!! The other amusing part was they said they only cancelled my card after I had not returned thier call within 24 hours. They had left me a voice mail *in Canada*, asking was I currently vacationing in California ?!? I asked if they had my cell phone number and why didn't they use it. They said yes we have your number but for trying to verify important things it could not be used since it was a 'company phone' :h Let's see I was calling from who knows who'se phone in a restaurant in the place where if it was stollen someone would be calling from ..... oh and this is how much more secure than a cell phone number I had given them years earlier?
They told me I was more secure and I do not questions authority :W but I got an Amexcard when I got home and use the MC as little as possible since. Yes MC did re-enable the card immediately based on the phone call.
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horton333
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05/09/08 02:02pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: When do you replace the TV battery?
I just had to replace the battery on my 2003 Buick Lasabre.
I haven't replaced the battery on my 2003 Chevy truck yet, but now I'm concerned. When do yall replace them? After they fail or before?
I replace every five year, need it or not. Then I put in the best battery that will fit in the tray and while most new batteries would likely last more than 5 years I'm too old and batteries are too cheap to worry about will it crank on that cold visit up north in the winter. Especially with the modern cars where they typically start first crank you really don't know how much reserve there is till the time it is cold enough it has to crank over twice. :o
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horton333
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05/09/08 01:15pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Anyone cancelling trips due to gas prices?
I have not cancelled anything in terms of not going, but I decided one trip in June (to New Hampshire) will be with a tent and car instead of pulling the trailer with the SUV.
I've only got 4.5 days for this trip and it's ~1900 kilometers round trip, so half the time is long days on the road. I figure it's ~2 hours less time each way in a car and I asked myself is $350 more in gasoline worth the advantages of a trailer for three nights: this trip I decided it's not.
On my more reasonable trips I am making no changes to plans this summer.
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horton333
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05/09/08 01:06pm |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: Anyone Want to Buy Some Snake Oil??
If you develop something that will hurt a big corporation's profits, you can bet that big corporation will do what they can to stifle you.
The fact these inventions would be so valuable to corporations if they actualy worked is good proof they never existed. The physics just does not support these sorts of exagerations.
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horton333
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05/09/08 11:19am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Toyota Trucks....Please read!!!
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we’re extending the rust-perforation warranty covering these trucks for a period of 15 years from each vehicle’s original date of purchase, with no mileage limitation, for corrosion damage that results in perforation of the vehicle’s frame material. Owners of these Tacomas need not be the original owners. Even if you bought your Tacoma second- or third-hand, it’s covered by this extended warranty. Note--true factory warranty extension, not a so-called extended warranty service plan.
If frame corrosion damage is confirmed by an inspection at a Toyota dealership, at Toyota's option, we will either repair the vehicle or repurchase it. No matter the vehicle’s actual condition, it will be valued as a vehicle in excellent condition. If the inspection reveals no rust perforation, the 15-year warranty will remain in force.
- Mike Michels, Corporate Communications
http://blog.toyota.com/2008/03/living-up-to-ou.html
Hum - I wonder if the Ford fans will compare this what to the 'rusty Ford' coverage was from Ford them back in the early 70s ...
:W
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horton333
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05/06/08 09:17am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Shell record first quarter profits ...
There are LOTS of differences between NORMAL public companies and those with a monopoly. Gas companies sell a product we cannot live without; they have a monopoly and SHOULD have profits regulated.
All those companies have a *monopoly* at the same time eh? :h
Fuel is a lot less essential than say food, and of course for most of the history of mankind people have lived without gasoline so it is by no means essential. It is very nice to have. By your arguement we should go communist to protect people from 'profit'. Look to any country that has tried that and see how ineffective the concept is.
BTW the one place locally I know of that has legislation on the price of gasoline, the Province of Quebec, had the effect of driving up the price of gasoline there. In Iran they force gas to be cheap, with the net result there is no gas in the gas pumps even in a country that is a major supplier of the world's oil.
Monopoly: - from dictionary.com
1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
2. an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government.
3. the exclusive possession or control of something.
4. something that is the subject of such control, as a commodity or service.
5. a company or group that has such control.
6. the market condition that exists when there is only one seller.
7. (initial capital letter) a board game in which a player attempts to gain a monopoly of real estate by advancing around the board and purchasing property, acquiring capital by collecting rent from other players whose pieces land on that property.
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horton333
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05/01/08 09:38am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Exxon Revenue climbed 34% to $116.85 billion in 1st Qtr
HMMMM! and here I thought they were just making it by! if oil was so high and the gas prices were truly right, wouldn`t their profits be close to what they were the previous year. yep something wrong somewhere, and I `ve got a good idea where!!!!
Revenue is up 34% but profit was only up 25%, so there is a bit of a squeeze going on with them too.
The price is going up for all kinds of reasons other than oil company greed; but I guess they are the easy target. I see hardly anyone complaining how the companies are so restricted on where and how they look for oil, which leads to the shortages. At the governments who take far more in royalties than the oil companies take. At the governments who nationalize oil industries and turn them into cartels who sole purpose is to manipulate price (OPEC). At the overly restrictive pollution regulations that go far beyond what is required to simply clean the air and so wast huge amounts of gas and have crippled alterntatives like diesels in North America. At the governments and 'others' who disrupt the economies of major oil producing regions for their private agendas. At the governments who 'encourage' alternative fuels so companies will not invest in new capacity. At the 'not in my backyard' attitude that governments exploit and so new refiners are almost non-existant.
Put the blame where is belongs and we could solve the problem easy.
Now back to RVin'
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horton333
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05/01/08 08:56am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: OPEC says oil price is not supply & demand
Big Oil = Organized crime -> the socialist idea: that profit is theft.
now to the real issue: is 2x6=12 volts better than 2x12= 12 volts and how does that math work anyway? :h
In both cases, I think your formula is inaccurate.
So are you are saying 2x12 volt cells in parallel do not give 12 volts or are you saying that 2x6 volt cells in series don't give 12 volts? :W
I'm glad we agree the second formula is incorrect, since Big Oil = Organized crime is not true since there is no law broken (at this time). I did add the -> (which is not a formula symbol as far as I know) linking to the moral basis implied for a legal change to make the formula part true.
As with my 'math pun' on the batteries you would have to be comparing apples to oranges to assume the Big Oil = Organized crime is a valid formula.
PS
This is not supposed to be a political forum, nor math one, so I'll drop further discussion and go back to finishing off the taxes for this year - grumble grumble.
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horton333
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04/26/08 07:34am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: OPEC says oil price is not supply & demand
Big Oil = Organized crime -> the socialist idea: that profit is theft.
now to the real issue: is 2x6=12 volts better than 2x12= 12 volts and how does that math work anyway? :h
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horton333
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04/25/08 07:35pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Wow has everyone quit driving ?
They say get ready for $2.25 gas - and that's per Litre!
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horton333
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04/25/08 05:25am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Guaranteed to save on fuel. No Scam.
That is almost as good of an idea as the #1 way to save fuel. Drive less. How ingenious!
Lower your food bill too.... eat less
Lower your water bill ... use less
Lower your electric bill, turn off the breaker.
This sounds like a political post from the Green Party. Is that allowed?
:E
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horton333
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04/24/08 01:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Future MPG laws?
As someone who bought a TDI when it was the only game in town and quite enjoy it, I am looking forward to even more diesels to choose from.
Thanks for the link, should have known it was the CARB. I'm assuming a bit here, but as I understand it Canada is not nearly as tough on NO2 as CARB and New York state, and having two N/A models I guess was just too much.
Now if they only made the Jetta a little prettier, maybe some competition will help that and I really like the engineering on Honda's too so let's see how all that shapes up. Till then I think the bike is where it's at for good gas milage for me, with my other three vehicals all V8s these days gas milage is *almost* becoming a consideration.
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horton333
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04/24/08 06:21am |
Tow Vehicles
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