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07-08-2013, 08:58 AM
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Location: Louisiana
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CampDaven, you have the soul of a poet.
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07-08-2013, 09:00 AM
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#1696
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wherever the rig is parked
Posts: 8,092
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Originally Posted by Suspinz
Studies to ponder this situation seem to have proved inconclusive. It could also be spontaneous mutation, having nothing to do with either.
Cheers!
RVM36
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I think it may fall into the same category as "Insanity is hereditary - we get it from our children".
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07-08-2013, 09:01 AM
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#1697
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: IL
Posts: 6,266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CampDaven
....Others like, even crave it.
Campfires are for.....
Late night stories, using the glow and flicker of the fire to highlight the menacing gestures in the real scary parts; the glow of the faces of children, the fire making the whites of their wide eyes glisten pinkly just before the horrifying finish; poking it with a stick and watching the last tiny embers twinkle like stars; the morning with the mixing smells and sounds of a campfire and an old percolator, crackling and bubbling; staring at the fire, having thoughts of everything or nothing as the fire performs its hypnotic dance.....
Dave and Nola
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I fall into the "crave it" camp, NPI. ("No pun intended"). Grew up with fires, and my job while the folks set up camp was to gather dry dead wood. Kept me out of their hair and let me be useful.
A family we used to camp with had 7 kids, & their job was to start & maintain the fire all day. Someone was always near it, and the kids were all busy & well-behaved. They were an important part of the vacation.
RV parks aren't usually the kind of place where you can do that, of course. Nat'l, state & county parks are more likely places. Then there's the issue of buying firewood. Some folks just refuse to do that. Others use a propane-fired thingamajig. Somehow a gas "fire" doesn't have quite the correct ambiance. ;0
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'16 Thor Tuscany 45 AT & '14 Jeep Cherokee; 2 bikes, 1 kayak, 1 walking stick. Feline furfaces Betsy & Tikka. Yes, the journey IS the destination!
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07-08-2013, 09:15 AM
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#1698
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Fulltime, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4kids
CampDaven, you have the soul of a poet.
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Thanks but....I cant rhyme worth a darn.
I call it prose. Notice how I slipped "pinkly" in there?
I was warned by teachers against not overusing the semicolon. I think they were incorrect. It is a very helpful friend!
Really! Thanks! I get inspired moments. Like to paint with words. You?
You teach. Bet you write well.
I'm glad to see cursif making a comeback. Getting a well-written letter in cursif adds such style and feeling.
My Mom was a teacher, grades 1-12, 1-room schoolhouse, MN farm country. She taught me some very useful things.
Dave
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07-08-2013, 09:19 AM
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#1699
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Rainbow Riding
Posts: 18,574
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Originally Posted by 4kids
CampDaven, you have the soul of a poet.
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And I think he lifted his wallet too!
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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
Sioux Falls, SD (FullTime Since Nov 5th 2014)
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07-08-2013, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Louisiana
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Oooh, bad choice! Any poets I've known have had empty wallets. Better combination would be the soul of a poet and the wallet of an attorney or investment broker.
RVM4
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost...
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07-08-2013, 10:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Fulltime, USA
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Originally Posted by 4kids
Oooh, bad choice! Any poets I've known have had empty wallets. Better combination would be the soul of a poet and the wallet of an attorney or investment broker.
RVM4
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Yes, poets always have more moths than money in their wallets.
I always had work.
Mom and Dad taught me how to save.
I found it could also be wisely invested, without greed, and used to pay it forward.
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07-08-2013, 10:17 AM
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#1702
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Rainbow Riding
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4kids
Oooh, bad choice! Any poets I've known have had empty wallets. Better combination would be the soul of a poet and the wallet of an attorney or investment broker.
RVM4
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When you're right, you're right!
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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
Sioux Falls, SD (FullTime Since Nov 5th 2014)
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07-08-2013, 10:36 AM
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#1703
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 1,685
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#34 here
The nice long week-end presented the necessary pondering time and space. Small bursts of brain energy come and then fade. However during one energy surge, I stumbled on a tidbit of fact.
Has to do with food, or more accurately what is IN food that we purchase with the false comfort that all that is sold, and labeled as "natural" is just as advertised. But nay ... ! Sneaky little tricks are being heaped on us, the trusting consumers that we are.
Here is one small example: Natural vanilla and natural raspberry flavoring. Hidden in that "natural" is the big secret. Hang on folks, this is not for the frail, weak, or unstable. Natural castoreum can be extracted commercially from the anal gland fluid of a beaver !! Castoreum IS that little natural tasty pizazz in my favorite raspberry "flavored" ice cream. Don't ask me how they (the big food industry) handle the extraction from beavers.
The rest of the informative article on Yahoo detailed other ingredient scares too. Didn't take me long to look over our food supply to carefully read labels. It may come to owning an empty fridge, and bare cupboards.
I will waste away to a mere shadow of my former self.
RVM-34 (The skinny one)
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07-08-2013, 10:41 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Fulltime, USA
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Originally Posted by Moonrover
#34 here
The nice long week-end presented the necessary pondering time and space. Small bursts of brain energy come and then fade. However during one energy surge, I stumbled on a tidbit of fact.
Has to do with food, or more accurately what is IN food that we purchase with the false comfort that all that is sold, and labeled as "natural" is just as advertised. But nay ... ! Sneaky little tricks are being heaped on us, the trusting consumers that we are.
Here is one small example: Natural vanilla and natural raspberry flavoring. Hidden in that "natural" is the big secret. Hang on folks, this is not for the frail, weak, or unstable. Natural castoreum can be extracted commercially from the anal gland fluid of a beaver !! Castoreum IS that little natural tasty pizazz in my favorite raspberry "flavored" ice cream. Don't ask me how they (the big food industry) handle the extraction from beavers.
The rest of the informative article on Yahoo detailed other ingredient scares too. Didn't take me long to look over our food supply to carefully read labels. It may come to owning an empty fridge, and bare cupboards.
I will waste away to a mere shadow of my former self.
RVM-34 (The skinny one)
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RVM34 (aka Skinny)
Wow! I learn something new every day, and sometimes it is not good. Useful though.
Thank goodness bourbon is still pure
Dave
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07-08-2013, 10:48 AM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 95
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Moonrover,
Buy a pint of raspberries at the farmers' market and make your own! Our newest addition to the RV is an ice cream freezer DH dug out of the attic and dusted off last week. Can't beat the taste of homemade ice cream--we did strawberry one day and s'mores flavored the next.
RVM4
Now, I've really got to get off the computer and go mow the lawn, vacuum the pool, all that stuff that didn't get done while I was gone for a week!
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost...
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07-08-2013, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4kids
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Buy a pint of raspberries at the farmers' market and make your own! Our newest addition to the RV is an ice cream freezer DH dug out of the attic and dusted off last week. Can't beat the taste of homemade ice cream-- ...!
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Agree, and the old hand cranked ice cream bucket is classic "American 4th of July in the back yard". Coldest ice cream on the planet and instant headache for those first big gulps. Great memories along with some red oak smoke wafting around the yard. Hot dogs blackened on one side, marshmallows briefly flaming, and a ton of laughter.
I have many mental pictures of days gone by ... Grandparents ... Parents ... Brothers and sisters ... Aunts, uncles ... Cousins. Many are gone now, but the memories never fade. Family back yard gatherings in the summer were always very special.
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07-08-2013, 11:43 AM
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#1707
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: IL
Posts: 6,266
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Ice cream maker!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonrover
Agree, and the old hand cranked ice cream bucket is classic "American 4th of July in the back yard". Coldest ice cream on the planet and instant headache for those first big gulps. Great memories along with some red oak smoke wafting around the yard. Hot dogs blackened on one side, marshmallows briefly flaming, and a ton of laughter.
I have many mental pictures of days gone by ... Grandparents ... Parents ... Brothers and sisters ... Aunts, uncles ... Cousins. Many are gone now, but the memories never fade. Family back yard gatherings in the summer were always very special.
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Mmm-mmm! The ice cream freezer! Another thing I will need to pack, now that you remind me and now that I have a bit more space. My folks used theirs a lot, and I keep forgetting I have one. Just a baby one, but I hardly want or need that big ol' gallon size. A quart at a time allows more fun experimenting, eh? Who said S'mores flavor? Inspired!
Cheers!
RVM36
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'16 Thor Tuscany 45 AT & '14 Jeep Cherokee; 2 bikes, 1 kayak, 1 walking stick. Feline furfaces Betsy & Tikka. Yes, the journey IS the destination!
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07-08-2013, 11:47 AM
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#1708
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Rainbow Riding
Posts: 18,574
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Sue - can ya figure a way to get the spinning wheel and the ice cream churn working together? You could make several quarts at a time. There's a mutation to ponder.
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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
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