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    Parental words of wisdom

    My Grandfather was the wisest man I ever knew. He was born in 1901. At 8 years old, he was helping his father spread hay, and he was poked in the eye with a pitchfork, and lost his eye. By the time he was ready to go back to school he was way behind and dropped out in the sixth grade to help out...
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    Fuel prices coming down

    Have you noticed now that Labor Day weekend is gone, the price of fuel has gone down. It is $4.089 here now for Diesel. It was $4.23 on the weekend. Strange coincidence. :watchout
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    Ford vs Chevy prices

    I will need to send my 428 Edelbrock Aluminum heads out to be ported for my race engine, and they have given me a price of $1,500. Below is a Chevy engine from Jeggs for about the same money. I guess you get what you pay for. :lmao GM Goodwrench 1970-85 350 Engine & Packages - JEGS
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    Diesel prices are falling.

    Diesel prices coming down from $4.80 to $4.25 I might have to take our truck and fill up the in bed aux. tank. We will be going over to the coast soon, after the fires get put out.
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    Your Winter Projects

    Anyone making plans for a winter project? A few friends are restoring their hot rods this winter, and I am rebuilding our 1/4 mile car. New heads, cam, intake, valves, pistons, drag slicks, electronic ignition, etc. With the old stuff, dual points, iron heads, smaller valves, heavier rods, old...
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    Burned cub bear rescued.

    This will warm your hearts. The Wildlife rescue is nursing the cub back to health. His paws were badly burnt, and he was staggering around in the ashes when he was rescued. His mother was no were to be found. Burned Bear Cub Rescued - NBC 24 Action News LTWC's New Bear Cub
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    Prices are going up.

    Our house is heated and cooled by a central air unit. The a/c is run by electricity, and the heat is run by propane. When we first bought propane it was 99 cents a gallon. Today I called and it is $3.21 per gallon. I imagine that you guys that are using diesel for heat are going to be paying...
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    President to visit Redding tomorrow.

    President Bush is flying in tomorrow to view the devastation from all the fires up here. It is amazing on all the equipment he needs for a visit. Two huge C-17 cargo planes came in carrying helicopters and equipment. Air Force One is a 747. The glide path for Rwy 34 is less than a mile from our...
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    4th of July

    Where are you going on the 4th? Here in Northern California, we still have massive amounts of smoke and fires burning, with road closures, and it is hot. So this 4th we will stay home and have some friends over for a barbeque. Eating inside, with the a/c on. :D
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    I need to vent...

    Geeeez; I am on another site ( a FE Ford site, 360/390/410/427/428 etc.) and this guy just acquired two used "not run in ten years" engines, a 360 and a 410 and wants to make one good engine from the two. He does not want to spend any money except for gaskets. He says he has been building...
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    Scared to death....

    I took the wife out to teach her to shift the gears in the PSD :eek::eek::eek: Luke is still shaking. We made it back in one piece, barely... I am not so sure about the transmission :witch After about a half hour, I was done :wflag I stepped out of the truck and let her go. :goodluck I...
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    Beware what you purchase.

    After watching the flooding in the corn belt, we went to Walmart to do some shopping. I saw a box of Kellogg's corn flakes, and right next to them was a box of Corn Flakes that was significantly lower price. I have been burnt by buying cheap before, so I bought both boxes. When I got them home...
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    MPG increase or decrease.

    I have been reading where some people say that they get better mileage with the tailgate up, while others say down. Some say using a 5th wheel type tailgate helps and others say it hurts. I have done all the above and have not noticed any real change in mpg. The only real noticeable increase...
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    Ticked off.

    Today was the first day that I felt good enough to give our truck a good cleaning since our trip. :eek: Two pin size dings in the paint near the grill :rant. I can almost see the truck that slid in front of us, swaying off the pavement and right side trailer wheels into the gravel on the...
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    Semi good news.

    Well the niece is out of the hospital for one more time. She is doing fair. We are home now. Besides the storms, food poisoning, etc. we had a good time. We have lots of pictures to share. One of the below was with a Chevy, with about the same size 5th wheel as we had. We were going up a steep...
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    Trip is over....

    We got a call that the wife's favorite niece is in the hospital in Reno with Ovarian Cancer. She has been operated on, but does not look good. Wife is in tears. We head for Reno tomorrow. :( Maybe next year. Besides being sick, we have had a great time.
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    A good day.

    Today Tuesday 13th, we went to Branson and saw the Roy Rogers Jr. show and museum. It was a very good show, with great music. We all had a great time. We also went to another steak house, and enjoyed some good food. Tomorrow we go to see Bobby Vee, and Fabian, with the 50's bands. Looks like...
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    Day 11-17

    :dizzy :dizzy :dizzy Day 11-17 was a nightmare. We got poisoned at a restaurant between Amarillo Texas, and Oklahoma City Oklahoma. We stayed in a campground in Guthrie Oklahoma until I was able to drive again. We next stopped at Pawhuska Oklahoma. I was getting worse, so I went to...
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    day 10

    I am sick, so this day will be a day not to far from the restroom.
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    trailer brake controller.

    I did not take my owners manual with us on this trip, and right now the trailer brake controler is set at 6.0 ,,, Is this about right for 30 foot 5th wheel? It seems that the trailer is doing a lot of the work. I would like to put more bias on the truck, but do not know whether to go up or down.
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    Day 9

    We drove from Amarillo Texas to Guthrie Oklahoma. We are going to stay here a few days. It is a very nice campground, and I need the rest... i am getting old.. Or should I say, I am old. I will upload pictures and content later. Oklahoma on hwy 40 is a nice change from the deserts we have been...
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    More pictures from the Grand Canyon

    Here are more pictures of the Grand Canyon Look close and you can see Luke and wife in the truck.
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    Day 8

    Another windy day... gusts to 53mph per the news broadcast. We are now in Amarillo, and think we will stay here another day. We will be leaving here Saturday morning and hope to make it to Weatherford by Saturday night. Not much to film. Sand and dust blowing everywhere. We had dinner at the...
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    Day 7

    Here we are in Santa Rosa New Mexico. The winds have been fierce. We think we will weather out the winds by staying here a couple of days. It looks like we can be in Memphis Texas by Friday night. Then in Weatherford by saturday night. Someone, I don't remember who, suggested we stay in...
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    The trip is on.

    Well tomorrow morning we are on our way through Reno to the first campground Sage Valley RV Park in fallon Nevada. They do not have wifi. Friday we stay at KOA of Ely Nevada, and they have wifi. i will post our opinions of each campground, and maybe a picture or two. :trip

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