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Silverbee · 11-28-2014, 09:20 PM

Brian:
We noticed that this week as well. Doug is right-it's all in the wrist. Funny thing-I take the remote to the bedroom to shut it off-have not been able to find any buttons on that TV. Have to work through trying to figure out how to get the Tailgater working. Can't get a signal to the receiver using the outside satellite connection. But that has to wait- We are now at NC State Vet School with our 5 month Mini Schnauzer. Had to cut our trip short and come home. Looks like Diabetes-very rare for this age. Will know after more tests and stabilization. Long night ahead.

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**moosetags** · 11-28-2014, 09:30 PM

We hope things work out well for the pup. Let us know.

Brian

Arcticfox · 11-28-2014, 09:43 PM

I would like to Eco Brian's comments... Wishing you good luck with the pup. Those situations are always very trying

Cheers
Doug

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**moosetags** · 11-30-2014, 10:13 PM

Lucy's Samsung television in the bedroom has a manual switch in the lower right hand corner on the back of the television. You push the button, and a small pop-up menu appears on the screen. You pull the button down to the 'off' icon and push the button again. The large Samsung television in Lucy's living room has the very same manual controls. On both televisions, you simply push this button to manually turn the television on.

Brian

Silverbee · 11-30-2014, 10:23 PM

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Lucy's Samsung television in the bedroom has a manual switch in the lower right hand corner on the back of the television. You push the button, and a small pop-up menu appears on the screen. You pull the button down to the 'off' icon and push the button again. The large Samsung television in Lucy's living room has the very same manual controls. On both televisions, you simply push this button to manually turn the television on.

Brian

Thank you Brian and Doug. Maybe I should consider reading the manual. But the forum interaction is so much more interesting. By the way, little Reagan, our Schnauzer is still at the hospital but responding well to insulin. Was diagnosed with Type one Juvenile Diabetes with complications-very rare for his age. Almost lost him but should be home next week with lifetime insulin care to follow. A challenge but worth it.

**moosetags** · 11-30-2014, 10:32 PM

Sorry to hear that about your little guy, but it sounds like you have the situation under control.

Brian

**moosetags** · 12-01-2014, 08:52 AM

New Lucy is out on her first real camp out. The ten nights that we have spent in her so far have all been in SuEllyn's Dad's yard in Jacksonville. We have brought Lucy up to Hardeeville, South Carolina to visit friends. Last night was her first night amongst other RVs at a real campground. Most of the other RVs here are big Class As. Lucy looks like a silver painted Casita next to these big guys.

Brian

Tincampers · 12-01-2014, 08:58 AM

And you broke out the QSteer! I changed my rear diff fluid on mine. Very easy to do. The cleanup of the tools was worse than the actual procedure. You do need a pump to pump the fluid into the diff.

**moosetags** · 12-01-2014, 09:41 AM

Olivia (the Q-Steer) is our winter tow vehicle.

Brian

Shastalorie · 12-01-2014, 11:25 AM

I would love advice about our propane furnace. Brian maybe you can weigh in on this. We have noticed on our most recent trip to Mariposa(near Yosemite) that when we ran the propane heater for the first 2 times that warmed well but we smell a slight exhaust smell. None of the alarms go off. This was with the windows closed. I really couldn't tolerate it. We thought maybe something needed to burn off so we ran the furnace with the windows open and us not in it for about an hour. We then turned it on again closed up and still detected the smell, any thoughts?

**moosetags** · 12-01-2014, 11:35 AM

When we first fired up New Lucy's furnace, we not only had the smell that you are talking about, our smoke alarm went off. We were at home when this happened, so we ran the furnace for a while, and the smell became less noticeable, but still there. The next day I started the furnace again, and it did the same thing. I let it run most of that day and the smell became almost gone.

On this trip, we used the furnace several times and the smell is now gone. We remember that on Old Lucy, the furnace would smell when it was first used in the season.

Brian

Gene · 12-01-2014, 01:09 PM

Brian,

Just got to see those blue lights in the windows. Are you sure you haven't been to Colorado to try out our newly available somewhat legal products? That and those lights would go really well.

There are thick mats that Barb has found to dry out dishes on a countertop. When the dishwasher doesn't dry them all the way or we have a bunch of things that aren't dishwasher safe, she sometimes uses them. With the double sink, we generally use one to wash and the other has a dish drying rack inside. A small apartment sized dish rack fits right in the sink. When dry camping, a small rectangular dish tub fits in the other sink to save space in the grey tank (we drain dishwater into the toilet tank). If we need extra counter space, a cover over the left sink helps. Airstream should upgrade to two sinks.

I'ver seen gas fireplaces in some MH's and 5th wheels. They go well with the 4 or 5 TV's, including one stored inside next to the gas grill. They pop out when you are outside and push a button. Can't be without a large screen TV and a gas grill for real rustic camping! Then you go inside and sit around the fireplace. One combination RV with toy hauler even had a TV in the back room to entertain the ATV's, snow mobiles and boats.

Things that heat can collect dust during the warm season and I think that odor is dust burning. New stuff may have more dust or other things burning off. When ours was new there were other odors—glues, formaldehyde, other chemicals. It was pretty bad and lasted for quite a while. Keep ventilating. We picked up ours at the end of October, so the next spring there were still some odors.

A dishwasher and washer/dryer would be nice, but we'd end up with a heavier and even more expensive trailer. Some CG's have rather limited clothes washing services and that's when fantasies of a washer/dryer are born.

Gene

Antique Pedaler · 12-01-2014, 06:09 PM

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Back to a galley dish drainer.....we have these 'Original Drain Pads in our two trailers. Found them at BB&B.

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**moosetags** · 12-01-2014, 07:24 PM

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Back to a galley dish drainer.....we have these 'Original Drain Pads in our two trailers. Found them at BB&B.

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I'll have to stop by BB&B and take a look.Thanks.

Brian

Antique Pedaler · 12-02-2014, 04:54 PM

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Just installed and activated Dish Pay As You Go satellite Tv with a Winegard Pathfinder X1 system. The dish plugged right into
the outside cable inlet. The receiver plugged right into the SAT-in inlet under the dinette table. I was able to place the receiver out of the way on the floor under the drawer just to the left of the door. Then I ran an HTMI cable all the way around the aft and port side walls and up to the TV. I spent 15 minutes on the phone with two different Dish people, did what they said and IT WORKS. I get all the Denver channels in addition to a bunch of cable channels. No matter where I travel I'll still get the Denver Channels. When I want local channels from some other city I'm near Dish will make the change with a phone call. I never wanted Satellite service before, watching all the grief fellow RVers went through setting it up. But this new system is super simple.

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**moosetags** · 12-02-2014, 07:22 PM

We took Lucy from South Carolina down to Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka, Florida. We got her a really nice campsite and took a few pictures. A full hook-up campsite in the woods for $12, what a deal!

Brian

bunni · 12-02-2014, 09:07 PM

You'll probably be gone, but we'll be at Wekiva Springs on Monday. Going to test out our new kayak.

**moosetags** · 12-03-2014, 05:38 AM

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You'll probably be gone, but we'll be at Wekiva Springs on Monday. Going to test out our new kayak.

We will be gone then. We are going to head on to Fort Wilderness today to try Lucy there.

Brian

dbj216 · 12-03-2014, 07:55 AM

Good morning moosetags. It's very nice to read you are out traveling in your new Airstream in December. You can only imagine how odd that is to us northerners, it's 15f above and breezy this morning. Lucy would not like it. She would freeze her little ducts off!

I wonder if one of those dish soap dispensing brushes would allow wash and rinse in one step making a single sink more plausible. We do that quite a bit while traveling in our 86. What works even better is having the beagle lick the dishes clean!

As you put nights in Lucy's log book, let us know how the new 2015 trailers are performing in the real world.

David

murreywalker · 12-03-2014, 08:40 AM

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I'll have to stop by BB&B and take a look.Thanks.

Brian

If you havn't bought yet, here is another consideration. We had ours for a camping season, and really like it. AND it fits in the sink!

Amazon.com - Chef'n CleanGenuity Garden Dish Rack, Avocado - Chef N Dishgarden