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10-28-2011, 08:26 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Ya gotta BELIEVE!!!!!
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10-28-2011, 08:59 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright
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There is something wrong with the software running this board. It scrambled part of this thread into gibberish.
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Originally Posted by W2R
When I was younger, I sometimes had an asthmatic component to bad respiratory infections (that went away when the infections were gone, so I wasn't really an asthmatic I guess). It almost sounds like he might have had something similar.
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I hope you guys can get that fixed, we might miss something important!
Wishing Mr. B. a speedy recovery.
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10-28-2011, 09:06 AM
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#8823
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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10-28-2011, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Seems only logical to me. 
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10-28-2011, 10:57 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird5825
He has been coughing all week and felt very tired. I had been bugging him to go to the doctor, but in standard Martian (Men are from Mars...) style, he declined until it got so bad it affected his breathing when walking across campus and up 2 flights of stairs to the classroom.
We were worried about pneumonia, but thankfully the chest Xray was clear.
I had a good nights' sleep and so did Mr B. He is so much better today. The bronchial dilator treatment and the steroid shot they gave him did wonders. |
Glad he is well on the mend. Tell him next time, if he doesn't skedaddle to the Doc pronto will you will kick his axx.
Ha
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10-28-2011, 11:22 AM
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#8826
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by haha
Glad he is well on the mend. Tell him next time, if he doesn't skedaddle to the Doc pronto will you will kick his axx.
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My "nag quota" has already been exceeded, and then some. 
He learned a good lesson here. Tough guy Martians are not bulletproof. 
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10-28-2011, 11:25 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I'll "see" your Worf and Data and raise you a Mr Spock <snicker>
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10-28-2011, 11:36 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
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Yesterday was a beautiful Indian Summer Day (? First Americans Summer?) and I met one of my daughters-in-law for sashimi downtown. Really fun, I like her very much and she is more talkative about their lives than my son who is her husband. Also, the sashimi is excellent, and since the place does a huge business it is very fresh. Then I walked home, enjoying the sunshine and my random encounters with people while she scurried back to work.
Ha
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10-28-2011, 01:26 PM
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#8829
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
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We have been having great fall weather. But, all good things must come to an end. Rain moved in this morning along with some cool weather. Not complaining, but no golf today. Ran a few errands and plan to take a nap shortly. Dinner with friends tonight. 
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10-28-2011, 02:44 PM
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#8830
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
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Yesterday mounted my new-to me freestyle skate blades. Today on ice tested and tweaked their position. Will finish securing them later today.
Lookout on the ice, geezer at speed.
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10-28-2011, 05:36 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
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A bad day - took the boat out of the lake.
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10-28-2011, 08:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
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The right rear wheel parted company with my new (9,000 miles) diesel truck today. This occurred while pulling our RV at 60 mph. Fortunately I had no problems controlling the sudden conversion from 4WD to 3WD, no one was injured and the tow trucks showed up in under an hour.
The wheel went down a steep embankment into a deep, thick, swampy ravine. Three nice guys stopped to help me look for it, but the backwoods of Arkansas apparently swallowed it up for good.
If I was still working and on vacation, this would be a major disaster. Being retired, it's nothing more than an inconvenience that we're treating as an adventure. I'm hoping it doesn't turn into more of an adventure than I anticipate should GM try to weasel out on covering this under warranty. (Note the rust on the ends of two of the sheared-off wheel bolts in the photo, indicating they have been cracked for some time...)
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10-28-2011, 08:22 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Wow! Bummer. I'm glad you're okay.
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10-28-2011, 08:27 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Wow, that's scary. Glad you could control the 3WD vehicle so well.
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10-28-2011, 08:57 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Shasta Lake
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This afternoon, I installed my new Rock Guard, from OODM... I watched two of these "How to" video's before starting, one from Out Of Doors Mart web site, and the other from youtube, produced for the "1970 Airstream DIY series"...
Watch and use the OODM video, and not the DIY, if you're planning to install your own Rock Guard. The DIY video tells you to use silicone to seal your mounting braket and screws. Also, they use more rivets, and less stainless steel screws to mount the Rock Guard.
Anyway, the task was pretty straight forward. The only problem I had was, one of the hinges was mounted on the wrong side of the Rock Guard brace. So, I had to drill out the rivet and drill another hole on the other side of the brace. And than reriveted the hing back onto the brace.
I also, glued the "M" back in place, which was hanging by one... rivet or screw? Would need to remove inside skin to see which one it is..... 
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10-28-2011, 10:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
The right rear wheel parted company with my new (9,000 miles) diesel truck today. This occurred while pulling our RV at 60 mph. Fortunately I had no problems controlling the sudden conversion from 4WD to 3WD, no one was injured and the tow trucks showed up in under an hour.
The wheel went down a steep embankment into a deep, thick, swampy ravine. Three nice guys stopped to help me look for it, but the backwoods of Arkansas apparently swallowed it up for good.
If I was still working and on vacation, this would be a major disaster. Being retired, it's nothing more than an inconvenience that we're treating as an adventure. I'm hoping it doesn't turn into more of an adventure than I anticipate should GM try to weasel out on covering this under warranty. (Note the rust on the ends of two of the sheared-off wheel bolts in the photo, indicating they have been cracked for some time...)
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Glad you nobody was injured! Scary, scary, scary (would be were it me, at least). I suspect you did a champion job of driving, just to get the truck and RV to a halt with no wheel and without turning over or something. Your piloting experience and reflexes probably helped. Hope your truck is still under warranty.
Most of Arkansas is pretty nice, though. Hope you have fun while you wait.
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10-29-2011, 05:32 AM
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#8837
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
The right rear wheel parted company with my new (9,000 miles) diesel truck today. This occurred while pulling our RV at 60 mph. Fortunately I had no problems controlling the sudden conversion from 4WD to 3WD, no one was injured and the tow trucks showed up in under an hour.
The wheel went down a steep embankment into a deep, thick, swampy ravine. Three nice guys stopped to help me look for it, but the backwoods of Arkansas apparently swallowed it up for good.
If I was still working and on vacation, this would be a major disaster. Being retired, it's nothing more than an inconvenience that we're treating as an adventure. I'm hoping it doesn't turn into more of an adventure than I anticipate should GM try to weasel out on covering this under warranty. (Note the rust on the ends of two of the sheared-off wheel bolts in the photo, indicating they have been cracked for some time...)
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Pretty amazing event at just 9k miles. Pretty lucky to escape unscathed. Watch out for those pesky razorbacks while in AR.
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10-29-2011, 08:41 AM
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#8838
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
The right rear wheel parted company with my new (9,000 miles) diesel truck today.
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Looks suspiciously like two studs on bottom and one at 1 o'clock had no nuts installed. Maybe just the picture. In addition to the pre broken rusty studs.
Good luck. Hope the warranty process will work.
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10-29-2011, 03:45 PM
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#8839
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I am feeling the flu bug hitting me very hard today...so I ate some leftover chicken and rice soup and drank hot herbal tea all day. My best option is to rest and keep the fluids going and not go out into the damp cold night.
I wanted to go out for Halloween, but having this bug cancelled it for me. 
I look forward to feeling better in a few days.
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10-29-2011, 05:23 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Portland
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Originally Posted by freebird5825
I am feeling the flu bug hitting me very hard today...so I ate some leftover chicken and rice soup and drank hot herbal tea all day. My best option is to rest and keep the fluids going and not go out into the damp cold night.
I wanted to go out for Halloween, but having this bug cancelled it for me.
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Ugh, no fun. I hope you are feeling well soon.
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