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On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:54:49 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 21, 1:13 pm, NotNow wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:22 pm, NotNow wrote:
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On Aug 21, 9:57 am, NotNow wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Dang, that porkulus paid out to Bozomas buddies sure worked well with
jobs down and forclosures up:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/74106.html
Toyota and Nissan sure liked that Clunker bill but GM and Chrysler are
still as lame and tied down by union mismanagement as ever. Only govt
money keeps em afloat, stuffin the holes in the hull with dollar
bills.
Dims ask, "where's the Repub plan", Answer, refer to 2005 when the
Repubs warned about the coming problem with bad mortgages and Barney
Frank said that Fannie Mae was sound so as to protect his lover who
was an exec there. We cannot forget all the money Fannie Mae and
Fredie Mac gave to Bozoma for his campaign, more than any other pol.
Dims, this iz yur depression, you caused it and now yur gonna pay.
Bozoma knowing he has totally screwed the economy decides to distract
everybody by trying to take over health care and run it into the
ground like he's done to Wall St. He's gonna run it like the Post
Office. Will we have nurses "going Obama" like we have Postal workers
"going postal"?
So, you really think Bozoma can run healthcare well, if'n you do, I
got a great deal on a Florida condo for you.
I'm sure you may not realize this, or at least you can spin it somehow
blaming the liberals, but Bush's regime was the pork presidency.
OK, I'll lay off the politics for now.
Right now am repairing the leak on the camper. It leaks around the
ceiling vent because some of the screws missed the wood entirely. Fix
involves epoxying an extra piece of wood so the screws have something
to grab.
Next project is to fix the lights on my Tolman Skiff trailer. I
thought I was good at DC electronics...NOT, although its sorta hard to
do anything when its dark out and you are sweating so much you cannot
see.
Next project is to put the new bimini on the sailboat, this should be
easy (yeah, I've said that before).
Then, sailboat has to be sailed from Shell Point, Fl to Carabelle to
be hauled to have her prop strut replaced. Although only 36 miles,
constant thunderstorms make it dicey (call me a wimp, I am afraid of
them).
Then I gotta put a new kicker mount on the Tolman.
Maybe someday, I'll get around to fixin the second MiniCup sailboat
and making a new sail for her.
Did I ever mention the cabin in WY that needs to be rebuilt..........
Have you posted any pics of the camper yet? I'd like to see it!
Not yet, let me get it back on the truck and then I'll take some
pics. From a distance, it looks good. Up close, you begin to see it
is an amateur effort. The siding that I bought from an RV supplier
looks good on the sides but on the front I had trouble bending it over
the curve. Buying the windows and doors on line worked well and they
look good. I still have not entirely figured out the jacks. There is
also a lot of wasted space between the camper sides and areas in front
and behind the truck bed wheel wells. I intend to put in some round
boat type screw in ports to access those to access those areas but
have not ordered them yet. I'd guess that total cost was maybe $3000.
Wow, that's not bad at all!

Reason for building it was that every time we wanted to go camping it
was a major ordeal finding all the gear and loading it up. I thought
that maybe having gear in a trailer like a pop-up would make it much
easier so a few years I suggested this to my wife. GOD, you'd have
thought I'd suggested castrating myself she was so derisive of the
idea and has not allowed me to forget how I almost turned into a wimp
by wanting a pop-up. She has this notion that camping is so macho and
pure outdoorsy and using an RV is for geriatrics and pansies.
So, when I started building the camper, I told her it was just to
carry gear in but soon she saw it had sleeping room and started
thinking about camping in summer in FL if I would put an AC in it.
Then she got into thinking about it and soon she was making all the
cushions. Now, she likes it. She actually put memory foam on the
bunk although I hate the stuff. I just wanted 2" regular foam cuz I
like really hard surfaces to sleep on but she insisted on 4" foam and
then 1.5" of memory foam.

I had a hard sided pop up that I loved! It was PVC plastic in place of
where canvas usually is, with little sliding plexiglass windows, etc.
I'm actually looking to get another pop up, probably canvas because I
like the tent kind of feeling. I like the pop up for just what you
mentioned, all the gear is there. Before I go anywhere, I pop it up
quick, take a look around, put perishable food away, close it up, haul ass!

A guy has the trailer below for sale at Ft Belvoir. His is a 2007, and
he's asking $6350.

http://coachmenrv.com/products/model...lipper%20Sport

or http://tinyurl.com/llq6re

The one he's selling has A/C, Fridge, etc.

Just for info.

I'm trying to convince my daughter she should start with something
like this, so they don't have to buy something new to pull it with.
They have a Pilot now, which can handle something like the pop-up.

My camp mates have a pop up.. The biggest problem is at the end of the
weekend they have a lot of packing to do (takes them about 2 hours with
3-4 people and they need a travel carrier on the roof of the tow vehicle
too as there is little room left in the trailer after you pack it to be
taken down... They also have stuff strapped to the outside of the pop
up.. Next year I want a hard top over me. I am looking at these buses
they move elderly and handicapped with. They are nice and wide, lot's of
windows, stand up room, and wide enough to put the bunks thwart wise for
room. I would still carry the bikes and gear in a trailer behind us.
That's my plan after camping nearly a dozen times this summer and
getting washed out by violent storms every single weekend so far...

Keep your eyes open for a used Dodge Sprinter. It would probably fit
the bill, and would definitely pull a trailer.

Not wide enough for how I want to set it up. I need to fit two queen
size matresses across and a bath/shower in the middle. I have looked at
all kinds of conversion vans and sprinters, just not the right tool.

Oh. When you said 'bunks', I thought you meant 'bunks', not friggin'
queen sized beds!

I didn't know motorcycle racers took showers. Don't they have a hose
or something you can wash off the big chunks with?

Well, right now I get them at our Team mates trailer.. Tell ya, it's
great to finish a long day in the mud and the sun, have a nice hot
shower, a nice toddy, and a few hours sleep with the headphones on.
Showers are important, anything you can do to be more comfortable in the
seat helps in a game of milliseconds...

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