Repairing a RV window screen is fairly straightforward and not difficult. In fact, the steps are the same as most window screens found on a house.
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Why I Replaced a Perfectly Good Water Pump – Hope You Avoid the Same Mistake
Just got back from a camping trip.
We left early on a Sunday morning. On Saturday afternoon, as I always do before a trip, I filled our fresh water tank and then ran the hot and cold water to purge any air, and to fill the water heater so when it is turned on there is no damage done by trying to heat an empty tank.
When I turned on the water pump it was extremely noisy and then it quit pumping water. Crap.
On our last few trips, the pump was louder than normal, but then I was wearing my new hearing aids, so I had not been concerned now that I can hear well.
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What’s Up With That?
It started out quite innocently. Joyce asked me what I wanted for my birthday. This is an annual exercise for Father’s Day, my birthday, and Christmas. Joyce asks what I want, and I reply, “Nothing.”
You see, I have everything I need. Not a lot of stuff, since what I need is limited. I have my library of books, backpacking and camping gear. I don’t need anything else, and I don’t need any new books or gear. My life is “dialed in.”
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As we do at the end of each year, we spent the last two weeks (and New Year’s) of the year camping. Leaving home on Dec 20th the forecast was rain, rain, and more rain (L.A. got over three inches) and desert lows in the 30s. Is this camping weather?
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Senior Moments – Hearing Loss
I first noticed my diminished hearing about 10 years ago while training customer facing people. At the time it became a little difficult to hear them talking to customers from my normal distance. As the years went by my hearing got worse. But I was focused on the advantages of not hearing well.
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