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Home From The South; I think my credit card is on fire.
Topic Started: Apr 29 2005, 04:10 PM (280 Views)
olstuf
Bill
Made it home safe and sound although the pocketbook is somewhat lighter. I think I made only one purchase of fuel less than $50. Does anyone know how to wean a 5.9 gasser? Home to cut grass and frost expected tonight. I will try and catch up on the forum in a few days but for a while I will be on the lawn mower and unloading and cleaning the trailer. olstuf
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Trailblazer
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Hi olstuf! :) :) :)

Glad you made it home all safe and sound! Welcome home, and welcome back to the forum!! I'll bet it's good to be home.

I hope you had a nice winter down south, and hope your summer weather up north is nice too!!

We couldn't wave to you going through Oklahoma because we're in Kansas, both of us back in school, and working.

Thanks for letting us know you are home. I look forward to more of your posts!!! :updown:

Joanne and Richard (winging_away)
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TexasShadow
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Jane
glad to see you made it home, and looking forward to hearing from you more often, now.......after you've cut the grass. ;) :)
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Welcome back Bill! Wean that gasser by getting a diesel!
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corky52
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Bill,
Welcome back and don't listen to Chris!

Gassers rule and Diesels drool!
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DylansMom
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Jackie-Sioux Falls, SD (in Arizona for the moment)
Welcome back Bill.....heck don't bother with the grass, it just grows back! :faint:
Greg, Dylan & Jasper too!
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Chrissy
Bill,
Welcome back, we'll be here anxiously waiting to read your posts. ;)


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PRT
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Bill,
Glad you arrived home safely and it will be good to hear from you again on a more regular basis. It's nice to go away, but it's always nice to come home!
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Little Kopit
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Good to have you back, Bill.

Plant white clover, it needs less cutting.

:)
Lynne
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Kamloops - BC Interior
Good to hear from you, Bill! And never mind chris and corky - get a seasonal, park the beast!

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olstuf
Bill
Many of the folks that were heading home about the time we left were considering parking the units and hitchhiking home. We did find some ethanol at Des Moines for $1.909 but unfortunately we were unable to get our mini train into that bay. Had to settle for regular unleaded for $1.999 and thought that was a bargain! Most of the gas was in the $2.10--$2.24 range with the highest right next door to home. I never have seen so many semi trucks running the speed limit or less. Many of the national carriers apparently have put some governors on the units. While staying the last night on I 80 we counted traffic along the highway. (How's that for excitement?) It seemed that about 60% of the traffic was semi trucks. Think about their costs and then you can understand why we will be paying more for just about everything.

The winter went fast and well. Lucky in the fact that neither of us got sick with the malady most of us call the "Texas crud". I did drive a few less miles, about a 1000, for various reasons. First, we have seen most of the area for several years and then fuel prices. I did my 10-15 mpd on the bicycle and Fran did 4-6 jam sessions a week. Met lots of new people as the area is attracting lots of people because of the weather and lesser living expense. You can find just about whatever your pocketbook will allow.

The illegal alien problem along the Mexico/US border is getting greater rather than the feds want you to believe. One istance in particular really ticked me off. Seventeen illegals from Central America were captured north of the check point of Sarita, Tx. They charged them, told then to return for their court date and LET THEM GO! You can be sure they are going to return to be deported. :dunno: Even the local Hispanic community is disgusted with the problem. Central American drug gangs have esculated their warfare in various border cities. A couple of cities on the Mexico side have been put on the "Don't travel to" list by our government. However, the cheap medications and dental work along with the desire to cross over into Mexico finds many going despite the warnings. Well, it is time to get onto the lawn mower and cut some more grass. Glad to be home and looking forward to going back. It was 32 degrees here this morning. Brrrrr!!! :o
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Mrs. Mik
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Hey Bill, welcome home! Any time you want to take a drive up here, let me know! We could sure use an extra hand in the next 45 days! :P

Julie
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roscoe
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Nice to see you back. I guess after a while it's nice to go home.
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Little Kopit
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Bill,

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It was 32 degrees here this morning. Brrrrr!!! :ohmy:


Shucks, Bill, 0/32 is usual, if not high for us overnight here in Newfoundland. It was supposed to go down to -1/30 last night, but didn't. This was a second night in a row when it stayed above freezing overnight!!!!!

We get frost quite regularly all the way through May and right around the changes of the moon through June. In my 21 years here, the first frost us usually in October, but nights start getting colder at the end of August!!!

So, 0/32 brrrr or :eek: no way. Just normal.

:yes:

& I get to play with snow melting again today. :clap:

:yes:

If you think I'm teasing too much, you should see the stuff I've been having fun saying in Message Board on most days.

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Lynne
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olstuf
Bill
Teasing? Just facts. However after spending the winter where the local chamber of commerce contends it is never cold, 0 degrees on your scale or 32 degrees on mine, is too cold for me. By the way, if it is zero up your way, what would the temp be if it were twice as cold tomorrow? Two times zero is zero isn't it? Snow, I was "thrilled" to be in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas when they had their FIRST recorded snowfall on Christmas Eve this year. About an 1 1/2 of snow and a 1/4 inch of ice. I think the latest measurable snow around here was mid May although I played baseball in Menasha Wi. with snow flurries on June 2, 1951. Old bones like heat better than cold.
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