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    Mobley giving up the ghost finally, I think.

    It should be noted that your Mobley probably received an over-the-air firmware update around 2018 that locked the sim card to the mobley with an unknown PIN number. Users report getting the PUK (pin unlock key) code from ATT customer service or online chat to unlock the sim in order to use it in...
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    Mobley giving up the ghost finally, I think.

    My Mobley device has been safely stored away while the mobley sim has been in a Netgear 815s since shortly after I started on the connected car plan, going on 5 years. The device is so much more convenient to use than the Mobley and gets good speed and signal. Another popular alternative to the...
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    Motorcycle to use as a "toad" with van

    A friend had a Chang Jiang which is a chinese copy of a russian copy of a BMW. "The CJ750 motorcycle is based on the original 1956 Soviet IMZ M-72 which itself was derived from the earlier German 1938 BMW R71"
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    Motorcycle to use as a "toad" with van

    I went down a tooth from 15 to 14 but also running an oversize rear tire. The change in final drive vs the increased tire size is just about even.
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    Motorcycle to use as a "toad" with van

    My carbed XT225, a 2002, has been on roads over 10,000 ft, up to 13,000 feet many times. I recall that running the Alpine loop, Engineer and Cinnamon pass, on some of the really steep grades I had to stay in 1st gear but it made it just fine. Rides at 10-11,000 ft have never been a problem. I...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I had the same dribbly shower head in my trailer shower, it wasted a lot of water and the pump cycled continuously to keep up with the leaky showerhead. So I ordered a cheap kitchen sink sprayer with hose; none of the fittings were compatible so I cut the hoses and sleeved the sprayer hose onto...
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    Covid vaccine.

    I got an appointment this week for first shot in Parker AZ on March 11. La Paz county residents only. Since I first saw the invitation on the county health website they have amended to include age 55 and older.
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    Wanted: Custom Mattress Recommendations

    I just got a new mattress from foamfactory; I went with 4" of HD36 HQ Foam with 2" of Super Soft foam for a topper. I'm real happy, it is very comfortable. I would have liked 6" of HD36 with a topper but my bed space is height limited and I needed the headroom for sitting up in bed. I found it...
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    I finally got a van and it's an ex-FBI spy van with a periscope!

    Those batteries appear to be Northstar TPPL (thin plate pure lead), basically 12 volt AGM sealed lead batteries made for rack-mounting. They have a slow self-discharge rate so hopefully they're charged and haven't drained down. Hard to tell from the video how big they are but look like 105 Ah...
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    $25/month Visible UNLIMITED EVERYTHING

    Sorry, my mistake. I thought this was the thread for discussing the Visible service. There must be another Visible thread that I was thinking of.
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    $25/month Visible UNLIMITED EVERYTHING

    This thread started out as a good topic of discussion on Visible phone service but all the recent posts are about filling Visible party pay groups. It might be too late but it would be nice for the two topics to have their own threads. Any posts about the service are getting lost in the party...
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    24/7 Chat About Anything

    For a big box store there is a Walmart in Parker, north of Quartzsite. Parker is about 35 miles from Quartzsite so just a little further than Blythe. And they have a surprisingly good selection of weather-stripping products. There's also a couple pretty good hardware/lumber type stores in Parker...
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    Arizona Africanized bees questions

    Made me curious so I googled and found some information: This article from 2018 says in Arizona, bees are more dangerous than rattlesnakes: Report: Bees more dangerous than snakes – at least in Arizona Here's some reports of bee attacks in Arizona. I narrowed the search results to fairly...
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    Arizona Africanized bees questions

    Another bee hazard in the southwest is in agricultural areas near desert lands like around Yuma and the Imperial Valley where large hives are set out to pollinate crops. On a walk or a bike ride one might encounter a hive like the one pictured where many bees could be in the air. Those bees...
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    Arizona Africanized bees questions

    I worked outdoors for years before retiring and ordinary bees and wasps would always be around; if ignored they’re mostly harmless unless you disturb a nest or hive. If they get caught in clothing they will sting. But the OP is asking about the Africanized Bees, also known as “Killer Bees”...
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    Pirate Camp....a build opportunity

    I did not know this and had never heard it before.  I just searched and couldn't find this anywhere in the rules. The only search results I found were go fund me links for members, many actually posted by mods and Bob himself.  Is there a link to the rule?
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    Pirate Camp....a build opportunity

    Sorry, the link and google results I posted was just information in reply to a question.
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    Pirate Camp....a build opportunity

    Google came up with:  a go fund me page for LPRVQ And facebook has a private group LPRV, Liberal and Progressive RVers. Q for Quartzsite?
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    Camping at Quartzite

    90 miles west of Quartzsite on I-10 is the fantastic General Patton Museum at Chiriaco Summit. Its location is near Patton's headquarters for the desert warfare training that took place during WW2. The museum and its collection of military vehicles could take a couple days for a real buff. There...
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    Horizontal vs undermount propane tanks

    I bought a trailer that had one of those horizontal tanks bolted on the hitch frame, it was the Manchester tank just like the one in your first link. It was a huge pain because it had to be unbolted to be refilled as it must be refilled vertically, and some filling station guys were put off...
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