Blow That Dough! -2021

[kitesurfer2]

Good for you. I have 4 down sleeping bags myself. Well 4 between the wife and I. They last forever. We bought 2 in 1996 to go out to the Tetons and the other 2 are even older. In fact one of them was the first thing I ever bought with my own money after having a summer job at 16. Bought it in 1976. Made by Gerry, a company I believe started by Gerry Roach a well known climber/mountaineer in the Colorado area. It was rated to 0 degrees so it hasn't been used too much since.
However the root cause of your gear "problem" is that a corvette doesn't make a very good camping vehicle. You really need to blow that dough and add an SUV to your fleet.

hahaha so true!!!! i bought a van primarily to use for camping and traveling. we use it when going somewhere, but for riding the mountains, i prefer the vette.

 

[Ronstar]

Woke up yesterday to a non functioning iPhone. So we went to the Apple store and got an iPhone 12 Pro with AppleCare. Blew a little dough there. Earlier in the week ordered a Specialized Como 3 bike for DW and an ebike bike rack for my truck.

 

[Time2]

It's unfortunate but true that most COPD sufferers will go from crisis to crisis. A lot of it is improper O2 management - though at some point, no amount is enough. If she's using a concentrator, I THINK (don't quote me) pure O2 from a tank will get her further along in the process. I did know a guy who died when his O2 tank ran dry and he couldn't change tanks quickly enough.

My mom had to use O2 and (as her doctor said) was 'fortunate' to eventually get pneumonia and go out quick. The doctor called pneumonia "The old person's friend." The nursing home (with Dr.'s approval) was ready to give her a shot if she became uncomfortable, but she went very quickly and quietly. It was a life well lived and and death to celebrate. May it be so for all our loved ones.

My mom had COPD (yes, she smoked) They put a large oxygen tank in her bedroom with a long tube. She also had a smaller tank. The large tank was for when the small tank ran out. She lived alone and I found she could not turn the round knob on the tank to open the valve. I made a long handle that fit over the round knob that gave her the leverage she needed to open the valve. I think it should be a product, I doubt she is the only one that had trouble opening the valve on a large oxygen tank. I even put an arrow on it so she got the direction right.

 

[sdtech]

We put in a sunroom - enjoying a foggy morning today, so maybe it's a fog room?

 

[audreyh1]

Very nice! Sun or fog.

 

[Time2]

I spent $1,600 building a sauna. Since I finished it, I've been doing sessions a day, a morning and a just before bed sauna. I haven't got my first electric bill or water bill yet. I've been taking cold showers after each sauna (first time in my life, I was always a hot as I can stand it shower guy) I expect on going electric costs related to the Sauna use. If I keep up the 2 times a day routine, it's near $1.20 a day for electricity.
Here's a picture, I hope to put a skin on the door and window in the door, but I'm pretty slow at additional work now that it is functional.

 

[Athermos4u]

Blow that fought, travel addition..

We've spent the entire winter living in Cape Town SA. We've been here five months, and we go on safari every six weeks or so.

 

[Letj]

Hmmm... We never thought about 24-hr live-in help. I wonder about the logistics of having someone living in our home for a couple of months.

I don’t know how it is where you live but it’s very common in parts of Florida and New York. A lot of older people, who can afford it, prefer to be in their home. My FIL did it for his wife when she came down with Alzheimer’s (two different shifts) and it can be cheaper than nursing home.

 

[finnski1]

hahaha so true!!!! i bought a van primarily to use for camping and traveling. we use it when going somewhere, but for riding the mountains, i prefer the vette.

Alright. You win. I'm sure the Vette is a lot more fun on the mountain roads.

 

[TheWizard]

Alright. You win. I'm sure the Vette is a lot more fun on the mountain roads.

I suspect he got the Off-Road version of the Corvette, with the air suspension upgrade...

 

[Al in Ohio]

High end fresh fesh in Ohio is flown in on ice and sold often same day as part of the catch that remained for sale on the coast.

 

[braumeister]

High end fresh fesh in Ohio is flown in on ice and sold often same day as part of the catch that remained for sale on the coast.

Very true. I know two store owners in Cincinnati who pick up fresh fish to sell every morning at the airport. I'm sure they're not the only two.

Globalization has many benefits.

 

[NW-Bound]

I suspect he got the Off-Road version of the Corvette, with the air suspension upgrade...

Like dis?

 

[Koolau]

Like dis?

The only time my Vette got that much ground clearance was when it left the ground a couple of times. Of course, that was 50 years ago. I (hope) it wouldn't happen now with any car, Vette or CRV.

 

[NW-Bound]

My Xterra has about the same ground clearance as the above high-lift Vette. It's not a crossover, but a true SUV with the subframe of a pickup truck.

The only time my Vette got that much ground clearance was when it left the ground a couple of times. Of course, that was 50 years ago. I (hope) it wouldn't happen now with any car, Vette or CRV.

You meant like dis?

 

[NW-Bound]

By the way, in case you wanted to buy the above high-rider 2020 Vette to blow some dough, you would have to have someone build it.

The photo above that I linked from the Web was the product of Photoshop.

And I checked the ground clearance of my stock Xterra. It's 10.3" .

Surprisingly, my class C motorhome ground clearance is less than the above at 8.5".

 

[marko]

As part of the culture, you will discover rules of etiquette in rural life, that you never ask a rancher or farmer of how big of herd or how many acres they have.

When we lived in Paris, asking what street or neighborhood you lived in was very impolite.

Where you live implies a certain income level so even idle curiosity or just making conversation of such is viewed the same as asking how much money you make.

 

[street]

I know three people that bought ne 2021 corvettes. I beleive they where in the 60K range. I really like the looks of every vett's but I would never have one. Mostly because I'm not a car person and autos aren't something I crave to have.

I can say they are hard on a persons body if you have to ride in one for 500 miles in one sitting.

 

[NW-Bound]

Not just the Vette, which I have not been in, but I cannot see myself driving any sedan now.

Even my mother's Accord or my son's Audi seat feels so low to me. It feels like driving a Formula One car to me (not that I have been or want to be in one), and it's uncomfortable.

I feel much more comfortable with the seat of a minivan, SUV, or a pickup truck. Why would I spend a lot of money to torture myself?

 

[Koolau]

I know three people that bought ne 2021 corvettes. I beleive they where in the 60K range. I really like the looks of every vett's but I would never have one. Mostly because I'm not a car person and autos aren't something I crave to have.

I can say they are hard on a persons body if you have to ride in one for 500 miles in one sitting.

I'd love to have a C8 Corvette, but it will never happen. I still love cars, but from "afar" now.

Not just the Vette, which I have not been in, but I cannot see myself driving any sedan now.

Even my mother's Accord or my son's Audi seat feels so low to me. It feels like driving a Formula One car to me (not that I have been or want to be in one), and it's uncomfortable.

I feel much more comfortable with the seat of a minivan, SUV, or a pickup truck. Why would I spend a lot of money to torture myself?

I still love my early 00's Buick LeSabre sedan. I haven't done a super long trip it in for several years but I DID once drive it from St. Augustine FL to Chicago in one day (stop for gas and food.) No ill effects. My Rav4 SUV doesn't hold a candle to it on comfort (or gas mileage!) YMMV

 

[street]

Not just the Vette, which I have not been in, but I cannot see myself driving any sedan now.

Even my mother's Accord or my son's Audi seat feels so low to me. It feels like driving a Formula One car to me (not that I have been or want to be in one), and it's uncomfortable.

I feel much more comfortable with the seat of a minivan, SUV, or a pickup truck. Why would I spend a lot of money to torture myself?

Exactly how you sit! A guys butt is only ~6 inches off of the road way. Lol

I forgot I had another friend and his wife as last week take their vette to Denver (~ 650 miles one way) to go to a wedding. That is one trip I wouldn't want to do in a vette. I can hardly get in one or out of one and sore and stiff when I do. Lol Beautiful cars thou!!

 

[audreyh1]

Regular cars freak me out. I feel like my butt is dragging down the road. Since we bought our first SUV late 90s we got used to sitting up higher. We even started only renting intermediate SUVs when DF started complaining about how hard it was to get in and out of my sister’s car. He was used to his truck.

 

[RobbieB]

I love my Impala. Nice big car.

 

[Sunset]

I spent $1,600 building a sauna. Since I finished it, I've been doing sessions a day, a morning and a just before bed sauna. I haven't got my first electric bill or water bill yet. I've been taking cold showers after each sauna (first time in my life, I was always a hot as I can stand it shower guy) I expect on going electric costs related to the Sauna use. If I keep up the 2 times a day routine, it's near $1.20 a day for electricity.
Here's a picture, I hope to put a skin on the door and window in the door, but I'm pretty slow at additional work now that it is functional.

That looks really nice, is it in your basement ?

 

[Time2]

That looks really nice, is it in your basement ?

It is located on our screened porch. I built it like a kit, I can take it apart in sections, in case I move or find I don't use it and want to sell it. For the first three weeks I have used it everyday.


When I'm ready to really "Blow that Dough" it will be a windowed porch. It has 11 screens, so it will need 11 large windows.