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Re: MH accident in gas station!
wallynm wrote: The driver must have been deaf or on the phone to do that much damage without hearing of feeling it and stopping sooner. Or the fact that some people are simply morons. Maybe the driver was. My brother in law is one. He can break anything or wreck anything. If he wants to borrow a tool or piece of equipment I know I'll be fixing it, sharpening it, or replacing it when returned. He wrote the encyclopedia on cutting dirt and rocks with chainsaws.455Views0likes0CommentsRe: Push to privatize National Park Service campgrounds
Bob806 wrote: IMHO our government could send more $$ to the NPS. Perhaps raise our fees slightly for usage, but leave the senior discounts in place.We could debate where to cut elsewhere so the NPS could be properly funded, but I'm sure we can all agree we need these parks properly maintained for our enjoyment. So basically raise fees and make cuts but do so at the expense of some other demographic group? I don't get the senior discount thing and never have despite being of the age I can get it at different places. So what if I've paid taxes for X number of years. If I can afford to pull a TT or drive a MH thousands of miles to a NP, I can afford to pay the standard price. The same with my breakfast, dinner, or anything else.445Views0likes0CommentsRe: Boycott “No Campfires”
fj12ryder wrote: Bert Ackerman wrote: If you do not like campfires, don't go to "Campgrounds" that have fire rings and permit fires. It's really that easy. Up in the Northeast / Mid Atlantic, the public campgrounds be they State or Fed/USACE, were built to be campgrounds for camping. They all permit fires and all have fire rings. They were not built to be overnight stops for travelers or to be long term accomodations for full timers. They are for the residents of those areas to be able to get out and experience nature. Campfires have always been a part of that experience and always will be. If you want to "RV", go to RV Parks or Resorts. Nope, I'll go where I want to go, thank you very much. I RV, I gave up tents and camping many years ago. Got a tent? You're camping. Got a trailer? You're RV'ing. Some just need a line drawn in the sand definition I suppose. That's wonderful you can do that. Go to a campground that has fire rings while you're rving, build a fire or not?, your choice. Don't expect to not get some smoke from those that do. Go to a packed in RV park without fire rings. Enjoy. It does not change the purpose for which a lot of facilities were built for. You hear the B&M all the time on these boards, usually from RVers. Tree branches, small sites, out of level sites, unpaved sites, 30 amp only, campfires, dogs, etc. They want to RV, and have every location fit their description of it and meet every need.460Views0likes0CommentsRe: Push to privatize National Park Service campgrounds
gemsworld wrote: Seniors are one group that might be hit hard by the policies, if adopted. The memo argues that the 50 percent discount for seniors should apply only to base campsite fees and encourages NPS to introduce “new senior fee blackout periods during peak season periods.” A good idea that makes a lot of sense. Why do seniors get a %50 discount to begin with, or a discount at all.448Views0likes0CommentsRe: Boycott “No Campfires”
If you do not like campfires, don't go to "Campgrounds" that have fire rings and permit fires. It's really that easy. Up in the Northeast / Mid Atlantic, the public campgrounds be they State or Fed/USACE, were built to be campgrounds for camping. They all permit fires and all have fire rings. They were not built to be overnight stops for travelers or to be long term accomodations for full timers. They are for the residents of those areas to be able to get out and experience nature. Campfires have always been a part of that experience and always will be. If you want to "RV", go to RV Parks or Resorts.459Views0likes0CommentsRe: Blizzard hits plains states and PNW
Grit dog wrote: Are you goofballs actually arguing about the weather forecasting 131 years ago? Darryl&Rita wrote: They were there for it. ROFLMAO............... Not the forecasting, but why the Pony Express operated by Paul Revere was not able to warn everyone. Why do you think Grover Cleveland was able to beat out Benjamin Harrison in 1892 and get his old job back? Yes Sir, Oct 10 1888, The temperature dropped from 40 to -30 in a matter of minutes. Those poor school children froze to death in their tracks. They did not even find them until Spring. Especially hard hit were the ones who had to trek uphill to school both ways, with no shoes.477Views0likes0CommentsRe: Rear Deck Patio - Aftermarket rails
nayther wrote: I saw someone using toddler "fencing" around theres this weekend, plastic panels that dovetail together for making play areas for toddlers, size seemed to fit very well. Couple of bungies and it was pretty secure. I would just tie a pork chop around the kids neck so the dog would play with him before I would drop that kind of coin.891Views0likes0CommentsRe: Boycott “No Campfires”
jplante4 wrote: I guess this explains the recent trend of putting electric fireplaces under the 60 inch TV in RVs lately. Quite sure those are a high quality item too, such as Furrion, or maybe even a top o the line Greystone from the fine folks at Way Interglobal.211Views0likes0CommentsRe: MH accident in gas station!
dodge guy wrote: Bert Ackerman wrote: Another example of why there should be mandatory training, testing and licensing to operate anything larger than a car or pickup, or to tow a trailer. A lot of folks can't negotiate a Walmart parking lot in a Kia Soul, and the next day jump in a class A and hit the highway towing it. Some people with CDL's can't drive either. So there goes that thinking! It's not about the size of the vehicle, it's about paying attention. That's beside the point. They might have a CDL and can't drive, but they had to have training, pass a test, and have regular mandated physicals. A group of 7 or 8 women in their 60's / 70's and maybe 80's, were at a campground we were at not long ago. They were traveling together with a travel trailer, two class C's, and a class B. One of the women who was the owner of a class C, and the driver, had to walk to and from the site where they had their nightly get-togethers with a wheeled walker. It literally took her 5 minutes to go 100'. Now tell me she is capable of operating that class C safely? Maybe she was sharp as a tack and had the reaction times of a 20 yr old for her age when driving but while bugging out she whacked off one of the 4X4 site markers, and clipped a stop sign. That was before she made it 200 yds. at 5 mph or less.252Views0likes0Comments
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