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So we’re coming home from Spain today with a plane change in Madrid. I think Madrid competes directly with the Charles de Gaulle airport for the...

SeaTac's international flights were recently hobbled by a "computer issue" that led to the same solution, hand-written tags and manual check-in. We...

Christmas Eve is three weeks after Thanksgiving weekend. My son is here for Thanksgiving and we're traveling to PHX to spend it with friends. I say...

When we came back from Italy on American Airlines we flew from Naples. There was some sort of an issue there and I think it was local. The staff...

Technically, those are in the aisles back in September. It's probably just me, but I like seeing Christmas decorations for extended period of...

Christmas decorations are in the aisles of all the big box stores before Halloween and I can see trees already up in houses. TREES ALREADY UP IN...

After having a number of snafus with American in the Caribbean trying to get back to Miami to London this weekend (took 2 days with pain) in order to...

When we started making frames at Witcomb USA we used Turbo Torches for several months. We jettisoned them because they may heat well but lack all...

Trip B by Doc Mertes, on Flickr

Every year, these characters become more relatable.

In the Dorptown people have their tasteless plastic blow up Christmas lawn ornaments out already. That's how I know Thanksgiving is sometime in the...

We're moving to a small town in Wyoming in the spring. They don't do any Christmas stuff until the second week of December. My kind of people.

November 16, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr SPP

IMG_0741 by Doc Mertes, on Flickr

My negative feelings towards Christmas started in the Summer, specifically 29 June. That’s when my regularly scheduled programs were disrupted, as...

St Christopher (Hitchens) would approve.

Thanks, Dan....really enjoyed those. SPP

Oh yeah. This is a good thread idea. BTW Vonn is unretiring.

It's like this here and I'm ok with that.

It takes a courageous person to swim against the tide of giving and getting presents on the coming holiday. But it is the right thing to do.

I listen to my lists on Spotify at home and in the truck and watch documentaries on Prime and Netflix. The only Christmas stuff is the required...

My web browser is configured with ublock origin and I don't turn on any radio with ads. Problem solved.

What Dan said. Ours are mounted on the front and are the rigid panels.

They make brackets to mount rigid, flat panels on an Airstream roof. You can also get flexible panels that are glued directly to the curved roof. ...

I plan on using folding panels and set them up for the best exposure so the trailer can go in the shade. I can get some cables to make the shortest...

Where did you mount the panes to the AS? It's rounded streamlined shape don't seem to lend well to flat panels? My guess is a small foldable set...

I'm looking at 300W worth of panels and two 100Ah Battleborn batteries. Some of the remote NF campgrounds have potable and vault toilets. I figure...

Jinx. I just had two solar panels installed and planning on two battleborn batteries. The 180 watts of panel are enough to keep the batteries in...

My trailer extended warranty will pay for my new fresh water tank. Just a $100 deductible. We're looking at getting rid of the travel trailer before...

Good for you! I think that's a novel, and great idea.

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