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    Flu Season 2025

    Flu shots many times only reduce the severity for a person. Most people that die from the flu were not vaccinated. Did your friend get so sick they had to be admitted to a hospital? Did your friend live?
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    Where to get water?

    Almost all major truck stops used to have them at the diesel pumps.
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    which camper payment calculator is more accurate?

    Might I suggest that a used camper a few years old might have received warranty repairs already and any minor problems it came with might have become more visible. As almost all manufactured RVs come from the factory with defects it seems and repairing them takes time and money. Buying a used...
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    What ARE YOU WATCHING?

    Amazing how back then they pretty much hit everything that’s crazily a problem today! Lol!!!
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    Space/Rockets Thread

    There is a reason for launching away from populated areas. Musk/Trump just got rid of the department head that pointed that out to them. Just doing his job got him gone.
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    24/7 Chat About Anything

    Variety is the spice of life!
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    Anyone here ride unicycle?

    You can live just outside of town or make day trips! Lol!!! There are people that live in town year round, in fact they are good at it. Staying within a few miles and spend almost nothing on fuel by playing gigs at local bars and nightclubs. Isn’t for me but they seem to enjoy it.
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    Anyone here ride unicycle?

    Tucson has the Loop and several hundred miles of paved bike paths! Moab Utah has paved bike paths as well as Grand Junction Colorado. There are plenty of designated bike paths that are paved out west. Several mountain bike dirt paths out west as well but they seek out ruts! Lol!! Dirt roads when...
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    Anyone here ride unicycle?

    Where are you going to store the crutches? Lol!!!
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    INTJohn’s Winter ‘24-‘25 Van Livn

    lol!!! I couldn’t afford to maintain them when they were brand new!
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    Where to get water?

    I always filter drinking/cooking water thru my Berkey no matter the source. Wash water from unknown sources goes through a cheap Camco filter to keep the big stuff out of the plumbing as well. Just for fun I used to tie a white wash rag on the hydrant when I filled jugs it would be brown and had...
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    Where to get water?

    The only faucets I have ever seen locked off are ones that visitors left running continuously or had been shut off for maintenance to prevent water loss and hydraulic hammering when water pressure was restored, but you know things happen! Lol!!!
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    Where to get water?

    Yet another reason for park passes, never been a problem to get water at a park even though it might require trips with a container. Heck I even got free ice where I was nobody likes smelly fish! Lol!!!
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    Auto Insurance

    In most states you can limit your driving to around 7,000 miles a year and repair/maintain/test drive your historic or classic vehicle to and from club meetings/events/get togethers and etc. while paying I believe when I looked into it $75 a year and usually the plates are a one time fee. I had...
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    Auto Insurance

    Costs have gone up especially for parts and tools. Lower cost substandard parts are plentiful but even those are expensive. It is expensive for the majority of people to even maintain an older vehicle even doing their own labor. Monopolies have empowered the large corporate interests to corrupt...
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    Let’s Talk Park Passes

    It is not uncommon to park after dark in a launch ramp parking lot and stay with as little notice as possible till daylight when it is safe to launch or be picked up at the dock. Many rentals will not allow departure until mid morning. Night fishing is a good hobby to develop as well.
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    18 Ft Step Van Build

    Weight distribution with water tanks is a problem if they are of any size and if planning on being in freezing temps need to be insulated and in a heated space. The shorter and easily drained plumbing systems are the better. Putting the kitchen and bathroom so they share a wall that contains all...
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    Let’s Talk Park Passes

    I liked the northern part of Glen Canyon Recreational Area so well I stayed pretty much. Easy place to get a seasonal job with full hook ups, swim or fish and camp from the water most of the hundreds of miles of shore line, hot showers and restrooms, fuel, water, dumpsters and dump stations...
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    R-value vs thermal capacity

    A trellis with leafy plants on the south side in summer works well to provide shade in summer. With the proper roof angle full side windows with a dark rock wall behind them provide solar heat storage in winter as the plants loose their leaves or die off. But who needs the hassle, Lol!!!
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    Let’s Talk Park Passes

    Many National Parks out west have BLM or other government land with free dispersed camping near by. It is really easy to find someplace to sleep then spend the daylight hours inside the parks with all the amenities they have.
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