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  I've lost my MOJO
Posted by: Texjbird - 03-20-2018, 08:59 PM - Forum: Wifi/Cellular/Computers - Replies (20)

Oy Vey  what a weeK I've had.  I was so sicK last weeK that I lost 3lbs in 48 hrs.  I know this because I was at the DRs on one day and 48 hrs later I was back.  Hopefully that won't happen again.  In the last week my blood sugar readings Have been 524, 368, 331, 319, 411, & just pick a number in amoungst those and I've been there.

Yes I know this is the WiFI/cellular forum Tongue

So today after 4 trys the owner of a 20ft Work and Play toy hauler TT emailed me and I was doing a quick run through here at home so didn't get a chance to talk to them.

I've also found a Class B and  a Class C that the pics and info sound good and have attempted to contact both.  AND THEY ARE BOTH IN MY PRICE RANGE   Big Grin

My PRO 12 tablet just bit the dust between 5pm and 9pm today.  It is a touch screen and I really need that.

This Asus EEEpc is 5yrs old and my hands already hurt from using it and this is all I've typed.

I have a older smart phone that was a gift and I don't know how to use it.

So I  need to know what is a good cheap cell phone I can get that maybe with some coaching I can actually activate and use the damn thing.  Other than talking I need to be able to take pictures and email or text them.

I also need to get a big screen tablet or a laptop with a touch screen.    A used one is OK and there is a good pawn shop here.  Mainly I'm just on a few forums and watching You Tube and Movies.  I know zilch about brands to be wary of.  This tablet has Windows 7 Starter {* what ever the hell that means} and "Atom" inside, see * and a energy star, see *.

I don't remember if I've posted this >>> My credit union pre-approved me for a $10,000 Rv loan a few mos. ago.
So I've been looking around and found a few prospects.  Called the CU and was told the pre approval was only good for 45 days.  So I reapplied and was denied and was extremely PO'd.  At a different branch yesterday I went in with a problem and the young lady that helped me with the loan to payoff the Aliner at Wells Fargo last year and refinance with the credit union now works at that branch..  I told her what was going on with me needing to sell the Aliner because of my back and neck issues.  Also how important it is to me to have a shelter/TT/anything that is a roof over my head that belongs to me.  She ran my credit and asked if I minded if she spoke to a loan officer for me because she could see no reason why my loan pre-approval had been denied.

So mu new loan application was approved and I think I have financing in place at a good rate.  I remember that someone had posted either her or over yonder about being turned down or having problems with financing a van because they were going to convert it.  I've been in a black funk for a week dealing with this $$$loan crap.  I bought a new lite weight Coleman tent on sale for $40 that sleeps 6.  I figured to hell with a damn TT.........at least I can still set up a tent!  I am so determined to stop living in a apartment that I'll be working on one Papa's favorite theories ...THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT!  NOT THAT I WOULD Huh

So if I had a way to take pics and post them somewhere I might get the Aliner sold Big Grin

JEWELLANN

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  Fantastic fan or Maxxair?
Posted by: AbuelaLoca - 03-20-2018, 07:01 PM - Forum: Passenger - Replies (11)

I can't piece together something like sternwake has and can't remember which fan I wanted. Anybody with pros and cons?

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  Phone as a hotspot
Posted by: Gunny - 03-20-2018, 06:07 PM - Forum: Wifi/Cellular/Computers - Replies (2)

I’m going to try and use my all-in-one instead of just this IPad, I have unlimited Verizon and want to link it but don’t know how. Anyone able to help?

Rob

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  Useful apps
Posted by: Cammalu - 03-20-2018, 03:46 PM - Forum: Links/Apps - Replies (12)

I thought we needed an area to post apps that help us on the road.

Here are a few I use:

Campendium - helpful app to find places to camp

Public Lands - has nice overlays and maps

Trucker Path - where the truck stops are and is updated by truckers as to are the lots filled

Freecampsites.net. Not an app but I use it a lot

Sanidumps - for those of us who need to find dump stations

GasBuddy - has where you can get the cheapest gas near to you

Roadtrippers - has a lot of info on scenic routes and things to do along the way

Only in your state - neat facts and things to see and do by state

National Geographic Park Maps - nice

Gas Guru - cheapest gas finder

Roadside attractions - this one ya gotta pay a little for but it lists tons of funny and cheesy roadside attractions. Has an interactive map

Anyone care to add?

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  Financing vs. paying cash shuttle bus
Posted by: RepublicOfTXPatriot - 03-19-2018, 09:44 AM - Forum: Other - Replies (1)

I'm on the fence of whether I should finance a newer model used low mileage shuttle bus to do my build or getting an older one that I can pay cash for but has alot higher mileage. I can afford both ways. Seeing as I will be keeping the bus as my home for life and I have no S&B ,any other vehicles financed, and good credit. I am at a cross roads. If I financed one then I could use my cash I have saved for the build and could be out of this TT in a short period of time. But I hate borrowing money. If things go south with work etc then in reality my "home" could get repossessed.  Any and all opinions welcomed. Thank you ! David

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  New here
Posted by: Stepchild - 03-18-2018, 02:33 PM - Forum: Welcome Center - Replies (9)

Hi just wanted to say hi 

Gonna start out with a fiberglass topper on my pickup and see how it goes and than move up to a cargo van if it works 

Thanks 
Bill

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  Desktop computer question
Posted by: TrainChaser - 03-17-2018, 10:38 PM - Forum: Other Topics - Replies (21)

The last couple of nights, I've hit Shut Down in the evening, and it says the usual about how it's updating the crap, andit's got to do two or three things, and not to shut it down.  Fine, I just leave it and go to bed.

The problem is that when I check it the next day, it's still got that warning up, and the little circle thing is still whirling around.  The only way to do anything is to flip the switch on the electrical thingy that everything plugs into.

Does anyone have any idea why it would be doing that, and what I should do about it?

Computers are electricity.  Electricity is magic.  If you can explain, please use small words and short sentence.

Thanks!

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  where to take a real bath
Posted by: pnolans - 03-17-2018, 06:17 PM - Forum: Health,Fitness and Hygiene - Replies (43)

I sometimes remember when I had a nice big bath tub.  It's one thing I really miss.  A really good shower is great, but a bath!  Oh, that would be something.  (And Jim, if you could restrain yourself, please do)  

Other than getting a gym membership with a place that has a Hot Tub or Spa, I think that finding some hot springs would be the next best thing.  

Most of the hotels I've been to don't have bath tubs, anyone know some that do?  Or spas?  Am I asking in the wrong place. 

Thanks in advance for any help,

Pat

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  Interesting info on Google and law enforcement
Posted by: BCGuy - 03-17-2018, 01:15 PM - Forum: Useful Information - Replies (16)

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/03/17/...ime-scenes

An anonymous reader quotes the public records reporter from North Carolina TV station WRAL: In at least four investigations last year -- cases of murder, sexual battery and even possible arson at the massive downtown fire in March 2017 -- Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google accounts not of specific suspects, but from any mobile devices that veered too close to the scene of a crime, according to a WRAL News review of court records... The demands Raleigh police issued for Google data [i][in two homicide cases] described a 17-acre area that included both homes and businesses... The account IDs aren't limited to electronics running Android. The warrant includes any device running location-enabled Google apps, according to Raleigh Police Department spokeswoman Laura Hourigan...

On March 16, 2017, a five-alarm fire ripped through the unfinished Metropolitan apartment building on West Jones Street... About two months later, Raleigh police obtained a search warrant for Google account IDs that showed up near the block of the Metropolitan between 7:30 and 10 p.m. the night of the fire... In addition to anonymized numerical identifiers, the warrant calls on Google to release time stamped location coordinates for every device that passed through the area. Detectives wrote that they'd narrow down that list and send it back to the company, demanding "contextual data points with points of travel outside of the geographical area" during an expanded timeframe. Another review would further cull the list, which police would use to request user names, birth dates and other identifying information of the phones' owners.[/i]
"Do people understand that in sharing that information with Google, they're also potentially sharing it with law enforcement?" asks a former Durham prosecutor who directs the North Carolina Open Government Coalition at Elon University. And Stephanie Lacambra, criminal defense staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, also criticized the procedure. "To just say, 'Criminals commit crimes, and we know that most people have cell phones,' that should not be enough to get the geo-location on anyone that happened to be in the vicinity of a particular incident during a particular time." She believes that without probable cause the police department is "trying to use technology as a hack for their job... It does not have to be that we have to give up our privacy rights in order to participate in the digital revolution."

Nathan Freed Wessler, staff attorney with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, put it succinctly. "At the end of the day, this tactic unavoidably risks getting information about totally innocent people."

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  Margie's van
Posted by: Blacktank - 03-15-2018, 07:23 PM - Forum: Mechanical Problems - Replies (3)

she says hi to everyone

92 dodge,wont start after warming up

she says it runs fine until she turns it off then wont start for hours after

i had her start it up, turn it off and it started up
no vacuum sound from the gas cap but she only ran it for a sec

sure sound heat/vacuum lock related but she did say there was issue before and they replace the computer 

i have her phone and email if anyone is interested

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