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We're heading for S'pore and Brisbane in April/May. Anyone there?

EVERY visitor at my RV, gets my standard lecture when leaving. "STEP SIDEWAYS GOING DOWN!" They get tired hearing it, but before I started cautioning them, two women stepped down forward. The momentum of their movement carried their foot off the too-narrow step and they fell onto their tail...

Does anyone ever see their doctor at or within 30-45 minutes of appointment time? In South Texas people that I know NEVER see doctors at appointment time. My Urologist in McAllen, Dr. Seiba never sees a patient with less than 3 hour's wait. My GP in Alamo, Dr. Jones ALWAYS keeps patients...

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But the value is hardly worth it; I was offered $1 each if I would bring them to the rebuilder's house. He confided in me that he didn't "rebuild" them; he only removed and sold the lead for about $6 per battery. Re charging a disposal fee, whether leaving a battery or not: In Texas it's...

Here's a series of messages that transpired from a laptop ad that I posted. The messages show the classic scam of buying something with a possibly fake check, demanding a refund of overpayment while the check/money order is being processed. The transaction is pending, but I'll be there with...

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I carry a spare and have used it twice. Rotating the spare when you rotate tires will add 20-25% to your tire life -- the tire will age faster than the on-ground ones if you don't rotate it due to stagnations of the oils in the tire. I also carry an elelctric impact wrench/generator and can...

Chris You have outlined all the reasons for NEVER BUYING A NEW RV. We always buy 3-5 year-old units because most of the bugs have been worked out and someone else took the first depreciation hit. Most of our RV's (at least a dozen) were sold for very near our original cost. We've never had...

Well said, but provocative. The Wal-Mart freeloaders are very jealous (zealous?) of their priviledges.

1. We've reduced our monthly food/groceries bill by $100 by using Angelfood Ministries. Hundreds of churches throughout the country use this as a fund-raiser. It's not welfare! The churches have food donated to them by stores and manufacturers. They then sell packages of the food items for $25...

Here's today's (also identified as a scam by PayPal): Unauthorized access to your PayPal account! We recently noticed more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address. If you accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by...

The primary and most-important rule is "NEVER CLICK ON A LINK IN AN EMAIL."

An eBay seller sends an email saying "thanks for your payment for the phone" which you realize right away that you didn't buy. At the bottom is a link which says, "Click here to dispute this charge and receive a full refund." If you click on that link, your password and other data will be...

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