Recent content by raz06759

Thanks for the tips, and Loring, I am going to try the Irish Spring (as added insurance)(See message that follows)....  Please, excuse the semi-drift, but it has to do with vermin invasions and remedies !!!!!  Sorry for the long post !!!!! We have a detached garage which is unheated.  About a...

Hey DenMarc, I have an Ethanol Magnet that I bought at the Dollar Store.  It's a small metal box containing an iron-core magnet looking device, a coupla diodes, some LED's, and a transformer.  The instructions say to pass it over a 5 gallon can of gas and the ethanol component is removed. It's...

I, also enjoy the War Stories and episodes of humor and hopefully they help mitigating some of the tales with more gruesome details......  Having said that, allow me to relate abit of humor..... During mid-1960's, I was tasked to deploy a new GDB (Ground Directed Bombing) radar/computer system...

Well, Heather, I'll get back "on-topic".........There are a number of reasonably priced, small, wooded, pet-friendly private and/or county campgrounds that I have visited in the I88 corridor (cross lots from Rhinebeck).......... Most are off the beaten tourist track and NOT adjacent to the...

Yo Tin Man.......... I have been "fortunate" enough to drive in a lot of big cities, and one thing I have noticed is the different "habits" of the residents....... For example, in Boston they just park anywhere (literally) and go about their business ( I have seen a whole new meaning to "double...

My $0.02 !!!!!  If you are staying outside Chicago proper, save yourself 17 headaches, 28 migraines, 42 incidents of road rage, and 94 pounds of TUMS and take the train downtown and then taxi/tourbus/walk !!!!!  I55 can be half (notice I said "half") way tolerable at times, though NOT...

You're right on, Wolf Pack........ The DW "dictates" that certain foods MUST be cooked outside (either on the grill or portable stove)  like fried bacon (OK to bake inside ONLY in the oven), fried/baked/poached/broiled fish of ANY kind, and microwave popcorn (Yes, I have a small/cheap microwave...

FWIW, allow me to expound (lenghty I know, but PERHAPS useful) on my solution to the freezer/refrigerator issue that we solved for our hunting trip to Montana a few years ago.  Granted, you may NOT wish to haul the trailer that we did, but this solution could be modified to fit in the normal...

Plastic Drywall Bucket works GREAT !!!!!!  Can be trimmed to fit the vertical dimension so that it can't tip over.  Works GREAT for water hoses also !!!!!  As regards hoses and/or wire power cords; the cheaper, the stiffer !!!!!!  Invest a few extra dollars and eliminate the cheap plastic coated...

Speaking of lobster tails.......... While in Pleiku, our barracks (hootch, actually......) backed up to a barb wired compound that contained US Army personnel that had been quarantined prior to going LRRP and then again when they got back to be there again for de-briefing.  They ate MRE's and...

Yeah jje1960, those Merit Badges went REAL well with the Bus Driver uniform !!!!!!

Nice comments CJ, I totally agree with your comment regarding those "thin skinned dudes or dudettes".  I also am an AF Vet with 22 years/4months/28days (but whose counting!!!), been in/on/around/over every continent (and most larger countries) except Antarctica, been TDY or stationed in 42 of...

A while ago I read/received a blurb about what service members of the US called various items...... I can't remember IF it was on this forum, or not............ Such as, different terms for the eating facilities:     Navy men called it the "galley"     Marines called it the "mess hall"    ...

Thanks CJ and Ray for your comments........  I don't smoke in the house, car, porch, or yard...... BUT the "man-cave" (garage) sure does !!!!!  I haven't moved the coffee maker out there or a stash "bottle", but the thought  has crossed my mind. CJ---- I'll try the "dollar in the pack" but I...

I have been lurking this thread since its start and have found relief in that I am NOT the only one having a difficult time kicking the habit for good.  I usually am able to go 2 or 3 days "without" and then it caves in.  A while later (1 or 2 weeks) I can quit again until I again re-start.  I...