Subj : Crampers was:Various was: [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 16:13:40
Hi Dave,
DD> Didja get a bigger one or just a newer example in the same size?
RH> We got a Grey Wolf; it's about 7' longer, not sure how much wider
RH> (significantly, though). Also got a newer tow vehicle, traded the
RH> Nissan Frontier in on a 2018 Ford F-150.
DD> I looked up Grey Wolf (thank you Bing) and there's quite a range.
DD> Which model did you get? Looking at the listed hitch weights I can
Grey Wolf, Limited. Beyond that I don't know of any other name but if
you look for specs like dual axle, walk around bed, dry bath (on back
end, bed is on towing end), no slide out, 3 burner stove, oven, etc you
should hit on ours.
DD> certainly
DD> see why you might have wanted a more herky tow vehicle. The R-Pod was
DD> light enough you *could* have towed it with a Honda Civic. The new guy
DD> - nit a chance. Bv)=
When we first got the R-Pod, we towed with a Ford Escape. That one met
its demise on a bridge in Wyoming, in December (later fixed, picked up
by our daughter and sold at the Car Max dealership where we had bought
the Frontier to get home). The Frontier did a decent job of towing on
the flat lands but hills (and the Rockies) slowed it down considerably.
The F-150 is turbo charged so we shouldn't have any "get up and go"
problems.
DD> I did not that some of the models come with a pre-installed
fold-out DD> awning. And other indoor-outdoor amenities.
Yes, we have that--and the awning has lights around the edges. A lot of
bells & whistles that the R-Pod didn't have.
DD> I like the flavoured seltzers ... or even just unflavoured club RH>
soda. DD> But, with the way prices have escalated I have decided to RH>
economise.
RH> Understandable. Most often our drink of choice when eating out is water
RH> with lemon.
DD> Me too. Both because it's better for me and because some of my local
DD> spots are U$2.50/cup for coffee and outrageously overpriced on soft
DD> drinks.
DD> Makes my throat slam shut.
Depends on how thirsty I am. Also, if it's a Mexican place and they have
hortchata, I usually get that instead of a soft drink or water.
DD> I prefer Coke Zero to Diet Coke ... which still has that nasty (to me)
DD> "Diet taste" from the sweetener used.
RH> I still go for the diet Coke if I can get it; the taste doesn't bother
RH> me.
DD> It does bother me ... the after-taste, that is. Although I did get a
DD> fountain dispensed Diet Coke at one of my rare stops at Mickey D's
DD> and the after-taste was much less pronounced so they may/must have
DD> done a re-formulation.
It's possible, I don't keep up with the ins and outs of its
manufacturing.
DD> 8<----- SNIP ----->B
DD> We've got an Indian place like that here. Flavor of India is in a
DD> small out-of-the-way strip mall. My lunch-bunch tried it one fine
DD> afternoon.
DD> I didn't hit anything with a real "wake-up" call buried in it. Even
DD> the dishes labeled as "spicy" were well within my heat tolerance ...
DD> altho I took a small sample to try before returning for a full
DD> serving. Bv)=
DD> Just the "spicy" with a chile pepper graphic. Level of "spicy" was not
DD> indicated. Which is why I went for sample servings.
Also a good idea to get an idea of which you want more of, which stays
on the table.
DD> My weekly "lunch bunch" is going to go back there in a couple weeks,
DD> We will be a somewhat smaller group as the Black Camel has knelt for
DD> some of our regulars. What's really scary is that some of them
DD> are/were younger than I am.
RH> Happens in all generations; it's one thing we can't escape forever.
DD> Since both of my parents snuffed it in their mid-50s I had no idea I
DD> was going to get this old. If my kid brother's doctor had not done him
DD> in
DD> (and made his widow rich) he'd be just a few years behind me. Looking
DD> at the generations before my parents -- they were all long lived. My
DD> grandmother and her mother (great-grandmother) were withing a few
DD> days/ weeks of the century mark.
I think my dad was older than any of his family (parents both died in
1949 when he was 27); he was 2 months short of turning 96. IIRC, mom's
parents were both in their 70s, mom almost made it to 86 (just 12 days
short). My older brother passed away at 63 and a few months; had he
taken better care of himself, he probably would have lived longer. I've
passed that mark, just taking days as they come.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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