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    Thread: Hair clipper hack.
Post: RE: Hair clipper hack.

sternwake Wrote: (05-09-2018, 12:17 AM) -- Fiona and I were going for the feral look.   5vDC is same as USB. USB ports everywhere. I cut and spliced wires joining USB connector to barrell conn...
Optimistic Paranoid Solar/Electrical Sparky Camp 3 2,865 05-09-2018, 05:21 AM
    Thread: Inverter/Charger Problem, Maybe ?.
Post: RE: Inverter/Charger Problem, Maybe ?.

The charger (or converter) is supposed to convert the ac to dc. The light pulsing suggests to me that it is not doing that 100% any more.
Optimistic Paranoid Other Systems 17 10,724 05-08-2018, 07:01 AM
    Thread: Your Digital Footprint
Post: RE: Your Digital Footprint

Gary Wrote: (05-07-2018, 03:31 PM) -- anymore huff out of you and i'll make you site treasurer  :angel: -- Man, you REALLY know how to threaten a guy.  That was VICIOUS!
Optimistic Paranoid Wifi/Cellular/Computers 16 12,673 05-07-2018, 03:43 PM
    Thread: Prius info
Post: RE: Prius info

TWIH Wrote: (05-07-2018, 11:03 AM) -- Wile I'm thankful for the a/c, it wakes me up every time it starts.  :( -- Have you tried using some of those foam ear plugs?  Very inexpensive. I personall...
Optimistic Paranoid Passenger 28 23,915 05-07-2018, 03:40 PM
    Thread: Your Digital Footprint
Post: Your Digital Footprint

*Tech watch: Digital Footprint Could Cost You a Mortgage*   A new paper shows “that a person’s digital footprint can be as predictive of financial behavior as a credit score,” notes Bloomberg’s Leon...
Optimistic Paranoid Wifi/Cellular/Computers 16 12,673 05-07-2018, 06:10 AM
    Thread: Fun with back pain
Post: RE: Fun with back pain

Just saw this in today's NY Post.  Obviously, I haven't tried it personally.  Don't know if it really works or not.  But FWIW, it's hot right now . . . https://nypost.com/2018/05/04/can-this-tortur...
Optimistic Paranoid Health,Fitness and Hygiene 27 14,865 05-07-2018, 05:58 AM
    Thread: Affordable housing crissis is spreading
Post: RE: Affordable housing crissis is spreading

Wabbit Wrote: (05-06-2018, 09:18 AM) -- There's prob around 140 million housing units in the US. If 10% of those are vacant(the actual % is higher), that's 14 million empty housing units. Homeless nu...
Optimistic Paranoid Vandwelling News 11 7,936 05-06-2018, 09:24 AM
    Thread: Affordable housing crissis is spreading
Post: Affordable housing crissis is spreading

Article from Huffington Post on the spread of the affordable housing crissis to smaller cities like Boise, ID https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/housing-crisis-small-cities-boise_us_5ae878f7e4b05...
Optimistic Paranoid Vandwelling News 11 7,936 05-06-2018, 06:51 AM
    Thread: Robert"Gunny"Jungman 1951-2018
Post: RE: RIP Gunny

Also lost for words.
Optimistic Paranoid In Memoriam 48 24,013 05-05-2018, 03:46 PM
    Thread: Fun with back pain
Post: RE: Fun with back pain

Queen Wrote: (05-05-2018, 02:10 PM) -- I long for the day I'll finally legalized, pretty tired of eating advil. -- On a related note, I still follow the blogs of several of my old firearms instruct...
Optimistic Paranoid Health,Fitness and Hygiene 27 14,865 05-05-2018, 02:30 PM
    Thread: Taking someone with you remotely
Post: Taking someone with you remotely

I ran across this idea over on one of the mainstream RV forums.  It caused me to have one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" moments. The person sends his/her GPS coordinates to a home bound fa...
Optimistic Paranoid Wifi/Cellular/Computers 1 1,624 05-05-2018, 02:18 PM
    Thread: Fun with back pain
Post: RE: Fun with back pain

Queen Wrote: (05-05-2018, 05:45 AM) -- Anyone else have luck in finding ways to ease the seemingly endless discomfort?  -- You didn't say anything about Chiropractic adjustments, so I don't know if...
Optimistic Paranoid Health,Fitness and Hygiene 27 14,865 05-05-2018, 12:53 PM
    Thread: State Breakdown?
Post: RE: State Breakdown?

Gary Wrote: (05-03-2018, 09:27 PM) -- how does that look? and also check out the open road theme where i made the text larger and let me know if i should do that to all the themes -- I'm thinking t...
Optimistic Paranoid Forum Issues/Suggestions 33 17,853 05-04-2018, 10:05 AM
    Thread: what solar setup for pure boondocking, 12+ hrs/day laptop?
Post: RE: what solar setup for pure boondocking, 12+ hrs...

tx2sturgis Wrote: (05-03-2018, 01:11 PM) -- The person who asserted that the brief test would result in smoke and fire, never responded. -- I've found very few people willing to publicly admit:  "O...
Optimistic Paranoid Solar/Electrical Sparky Camp 28 28,139 05-03-2018, 04:17 PM
    Thread: Just back from the Ford dealer
Post: RE: Just back from the Ford dealer

Just off the top of my head, I imagine you could get a whole door from the junkyard, WITH the electric locking devices, for a lot less money than the dealer wanted for the new units. +1 on the De-o...
Optimistic Paranoid Mechanical Problems 5 3,843 05-03-2018, 04:10 PM
    Thread: State Breakdown?
Post: RE: State Breakdown?

rvpopeye Wrote: (05-03-2018, 01:35 PM) -- Weirdo Sights , By Weirdo's , For Weirdo's , State By State :P :P :P -- That's actually been done, in a series of books.
Optimistic Paranoid Forum Issues/Suggestions 33 17,853 05-03-2018, 04:02 PM
    Thread: Star ? gazing
Post: RE: Star ? gazing

Somebody figured out a road trip to 10 of the best dark sky locations in the US. http://www.doityourselfrv.com/texas-to-yellowstone-trip/ (http://www.doityourselfrv.com/texas-to-yellowstone-trip/)
Optimistic Paranoid Hobbies 14 12,464 05-03-2018, 11:46 AM
    Thread: State Breakdown?
Post: RE: State Breakdown?

I don't see the point to Hawaii and the other overseas territories.  None of us are going to drive there. Canada and Mexico make sense, although we might want to combine Mexico with the other Centr...
Optimistic Paranoid Forum Issues/Suggestions 33 17,853 05-02-2018, 03:29 PM
    Thread: what solar setup for pure boondocking, 12+ hrs/day laptop?
Post: RE: what solar setup for pure boondocking, 12+ hrs...

I'll just throw out a few random questions and thoughts here. What happens if it rains for 3 or 4 days straight?  It doesn't sound to me like you've got enough battery capacity to carry you over fo...
Optimistic Paranoid Solar/Electrical Sparky Camp 28 28,139 05-02-2018, 11:51 AM
    Thread: Mchood Park - Winslow, Az
Post: RE: Mchood Park - Winslow, Az

And if you're a Jackson Browne fan, remember that Winslow AZ has the "Standing on the Corner" park.  Be sure to stop and have your picture taken.
Optimistic Paranoid Arizona 4 2,440 05-02-2018, 10:31 AM