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Today’s thought
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ―
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Tip of the Day
Can your “other half” handle the rig? They should know how
By Bob Difley
Though becoming more balanced among couples, more men still drive their RVs than women. If you are the female half of a couple, imagine if you were out in the boonies and the driver were to become ill.
You would have to learn how to drive the rig quickly – and at a most difficult time while under extreme stress. Don’t wait for that moment to happen. Start learning to drive the rig now, and then share the everyday driving to stay in practice. Read more.
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Quick Tip
Bed sheet too big for your RV mattress? Here’s a tip to make it fit
If you find your sheets are a bit bigger than your mattress, buy a set of suspenders you’d use to hold up your pants. Buy the type that has clasps on the ends, not the button attaching type. Undo the stitching where they would cross on your back so you end up with two separate pieces. Criss-cross them under your mattress – it helps to have two people do this – and attach to opposite sides of your bottom sheet. Double up the material where you attach the clasps and there’s less chance it will damage the material. Thanks to George Bliss (and his suspenders!)
Website of the day
Is the website down for everyone or just me?
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Trivia
For 100 years maps have shown an island that doesn’t exist. Sandy Island, a landmass about the size of Manhattan in the Pacific Ocean, has been on maps for 100 years. Explorer James Cook discovered the island in 1774 and it began appearing on maps in 1908. It wasn’t until 2012 that Australian scientists wanted to visit and research the island, that they discovered it wasn’t there.
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Based on my observations, I would never rent my 5th wheel RV to anyone. Maintenance would be unbelievably expensive.
Simply go up to the banner at the top and under “categories” Ichoose Daily Tip Newsletter and click on October 13, 2020.
I clicked on read oct.13 and oct, 6 issue downloads?
The email is linked to Oct 6. If you go to the website, Oct 13 shows up and loads.
Same here. What gives?
October 6th again? I think that 10102020 was just too weird, can we skip that ?
Did everyone get a repeat of last week’s newsletter??
It’s deja vu, all over again.
Learning to drive the RV and take down is a must. I can do it. It may not be a quick task but I can get it done. We are retired semi truck owners and I even went to school to learn to drive a semi truck because I knew if something happened hundreds of miles away from our home terminal I could get the truck and load back home. This woke me up when a friend broke both ankles when he was knocked off the trailer and was 700 miles from home!
As for using suspenders to keep your sheets tight, why go to all that cost and effort? A set of suspenders are surely more than $15 to begin with. Then go through the disassembling and adapting on top of that. Why not just buy these for under $7. I’ve used them for years and they work great. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VFN23XJ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_5?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07VFN23XJ&pd_rd_w=JlGYm&pf_rd_p=f0355a48-7e73-489a-9590-564e12837b93&pd_rd_wg=E9Rd9&pf_rd_r=8PZ63AYAABXYDPBZXPG6&pd_rd_r=e1247983-5442-4274-824c-2c3a2762b082&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSFkxOVBXRDlKSDRFJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjg0MDEwMUlRSjhKVEpRTzhXMSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTU2NTQ5M05XTVJNUVc2TU8zUiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
Awesome! Thank you, Gary, for sharing!! 🙂
Thank you very much Gary
In our household it would be the other way around to learn to drive. I do ALL the driving of our motorhome. I should let him take the wheel every so often but I LOVE to drive it. At 5′ tall, it is about the only time I can see over everything (except those pesky semis! 😉 )
Please tell the lady with the blind dog to look up Muffins halo for blind dogs ,I’ve got one for my blind dog and it works great
Thank you very much, Brian. I have emailed your suggestion to Susan, in case she doesn’t notice your comment. That’s a great idea. I’ve never heard of it before. Have a great day, and stay healthy. 🙂 —Diane at RVtravel.com
This may be an explanation:
https://www.livescience.com/28822-sandy-island-undiscovered.html
Wow! Thanks for posting this!
Ladies who can’t drive the rig yet. Please. Get hubby (or a calm third party!) to coach you into being able to drive it. Do it now while you are both sharp, and you can choose a quiet low-traffic area to practice in. Then spell him on long highway drives just to keep up your skill at it, and practice pulling into some of the easier campgrounds. The time to learn is not when you’re both pushing 80 and he’s having chest pains. The saddest people I meet are the ones who have to quit RVing because they can’t/won’t learn to drive the rig late in life. If you see this coming, and the rig is just too crazy big, think about downsizing now to something you both can handle as long as possible.
I agree one hundred percent. I just haven’t mustered the nerve yet. I do not want my husband coaching my driving. He questions my navigational skills that have not let us down yet. I asked that I be able to drive the first time around a church parking lot to practice and get a feel for the turns, like when I first learned to drive a car. He wants me to get on the highway. So, my choice of driving instructor would be my brother-in-law who drives a big rig for a living. He knows it best and won’t judge.
Is it possible that the island wasn’t that high above sea level therefore the missing island is just below the surface of the sea due to the melting glaciers causing the sea level to rise?
Seems like I just saw something about this on TV a while ago. Or maybe it was yet another island with the same story.
The sea hasn’t risen that much in the last 1000 years to to do that. You should look up that sort of thing to educate yourself.
I think YOU need to check your facts. The sea level has risen 6 to 8 inches in the last 100 years. Many islands are only a foot above sea level. Add a large storm and the breaking waves can quickly eliminate an island. I saw nowhere in the article that gave the depth of the ocean where the island was suppose to be. There have been many documented cases where volcanic islands have broke the ocean surface only to disappear several years later due to sea erosion.
To piggy back with Crowman below, scientists certainly had all the instruments in 2012 to determine if indeed it was below the surface, i.e. sonar,
Sea level has not risen that much, yet.
I agree with Crowman!
You should read Bob’s link above.