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Taco-Grinder · Apr 29, 2020

jwctaco said: ↑

Well it’s raining like hell right now, washing away a lot of my grass seed that went down the other day. I will have the nicest lawn in my ditch.
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The strange thing is that the radar is showing the rain is heading west. So it should be here soon.

Tacoma-toy · Apr 29, 2020

Cypherian said: ↑

Wonder if I should tell them the beaches aren't open ..so go home!!

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Ours are open (and free), the parks had a few people there on our last nice day and everyone was keeping there distance.

Crazy Nick · Apr 29, 2020

A few weeks ago a buddy of mine said that his wife was going to be having some type of surgery on her spine.
I talked to him recently and asked him how the surgery went, he said it went good but he didn't realize that they were going to make an incision on her neck next to her adam's apple.
I said adam's apple ? okay bro whatever floats your boat. Are you sure they weren't shaving down her adam's apple ?
It took him a minute to catch on, then when he realized what he said we had a really good laugh

bucktales · Apr 29, 2020

MoneyMan55 said: ↑

Morning all. Not starting so good for me. Arrived @ work, boss informed me coworker in our shop was killed in an auto accident last night. Tim was turning 60 this year, was a close friend of mine outside of work. Just the other day, he told me he has 18 months to go until retirement, sucks. Trying to keep my mind on work today, might leave early....
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So sorry to hear this.

Taco-Grinder · Apr 29, 2020

US Marine said: ↑

Not sure if anyone likes these but Oreo carrot Cake Double stuff cookies
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Went to the store and got some of these.
Pretty good.
And to help keep social distancing at the store everyone has to use a cart.

jwctaco · Apr 29, 2020

Taco-Grinder said: ↑

Went to the store and got some of these.
Pretty good.
And to help keep social distancing at the store everyone has to use a cart.
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Martin64 · Apr 29, 2020

Cypherian said: ↑

Well the whole state is now required to wear masks in public or near anyone our peak appears to be happening now so ... Besides who takes a long drive and leaves the Cheez-it's in the bin on the back of the damn vehicle not to mention it is a HEEP ! lol

Covid-19 Notice
All Delaware beaches are closed until May 15 or until the public health threat of COVID-19 has been eliminated. Beach access from within Cape Henlopen, Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island State Parks is prohibited. Parking and fishing at the Indian River Inlet within Delaware Seashore State Park is permitted.

Annual park passes and surf fishing permits must be purchased online only or at third-party agents instead of at park offices or in the Dover office. Purchased park passes will be mailed before April 30.

For more information, visit our Covid-19 Information page.

Cypher
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If you like screwing with people take an old coffee mug, drill a hole in the bottom of it and bolt it to your rear bumper...

jwctaco · Apr 29, 2020

Martin64 said: ↑

If you like screwing with people take an old coffee mug, drill a hole in the bottom of it and bolt it to your rear bumper...
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Now that’s funny, great idea.

Taco-Grinder · Apr 29, 2020

Yesterday our gas prices were under $1.00 a gallon. Today there are $1.29 a gallon.
Smells like a big conspiracy.
Dammm alien spaceships.

floodedkiwi · Apr 29, 2020

MTgirl said: ↑

The lady I talked to was nice, I imagine she hears all kinds of stories about different businesses. At one point she asked on a scale of 0 to 10 how likely would I be to recommend Bretz to anyone. I asked if negative numbers were an option. She kind of paused, trying not to laugh I'm sure.
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Dang, what did I miss?

floodedkiwi · Apr 29, 2020

Our cat has gone to the great litter box in the sky a couple of weeks ago and the dog has been looking for him.
Whenever an ad on TV has a cat that meows, he perks up and wanders off to find where the meow came from.

Kinda sad...

CaptAmerica · Apr 29, 2020

floodedkiwi said: ↑

Our cat has gone to the great litter box in the sky a couple of weeks ago and the dog has been looking for him.
Whenever an ad on TV has a cat that meows, he perks up and wanders off to find where the meow came from.

Kinda sad...
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Awwwwww...poor pup.

And sorry for your feline loss.

US Marine · Apr 29, 2020

Martin64 said: ↑

If you like screwing with people take an old coffee mug, drill a hole in the bottom of it and bolt it to your rear bumper...
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Here's another way !!!!

If you can access someone's fuel tank pour this in and sit back and laugh !!!! . In fact any gasoline engine lawnmower ,weed trimmer or chainsaw

My friend uses this in his drag race cars and is funny seeing people's reactions when they smell it

http://www.powerpluslubricants.com/store/p42/ReeferMadnessFuelFragrance.html

US Marine · Apr 29, 2020

floodedkiwi said: ↑

Our cat has gone to the great litter box in the sky a couple of weeks ago and the dog has been looking for him.
Whenever an ad on TV has a cat that meows, he perks up and wanders off to find where the meow came from.

Kinda sad...
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Sorry to hear about your Cat

CVYota · Apr 29, 2020

MTgirl said: ↑

.if i work from the camper can i consider it a home office and deduct it on my taxes? hmm...
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No, but you don't have to wear pants in the camper

MTgirl · Apr 29, 2020

floodedkiwi said: ↑

Dang, what did I miss?
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see below. short version = dealer is staffed by dipshits who know nothing and don't care about customer service. picking up my camper wasted 7-1/2 hours of my day because they didn't/wouldn't do what they said they'd do.

MTgirl said: ↑

OK...so rant about the RV dealer...its a long one so settle in.

Last Thursday 4/16 I first called and got the basic info on the camper. Talked with the sales guy again on Friday 4/17 and asked a few more questions.
I specifically told him that I:
A) wanted to test out all plumbing including the water heater and asked if they could blow the lines out after.
B) needed help getting it on the truck and getting the tie downs settled and
C) that the only part I knew I didn't have was the cord that hooks up the electric from the camper to the truck so that the brake lights work. Its not a universal, one size fits all sort of thing so...
I told him that I would be in on Friday 4/24 and he said that they had a spot in the schedule for 10am. Great. That gives them a week to get the inspection done and get everything ready for me. Several other calls throughout the week. Mentioned the above three items at least a couple more times. No problem with any of it mentioned by the sales guy.
The lot at the dealer is a U shape. You drive in the middle of the U and a fenced yard with RVs is on either side of you. And the end of the drive is the main showroom and service center. At the right is a staging area where they bring out the RVs that are getting picked up.
When I got there at 940 my camper wasn't in the staging area, it was still behind the fence. So I went into the showroom and the receptionist is on the phone. I saw the sign for the restrooms so I headed back there and then back to the front desk. Stood there for almost a full minute and the receptionist flat out ignored me. I said excuse me. Her head snapped up and she sort of off-handed asked if I had been helped. No, that's why I'm standing here you dumb . I told her I was there to see the salesman, Darren. Ok, he's on the phone. Fine. So I stand around for another 15 minutes. I ask her if she let him know I was there. Yep. OK. Next thing I know he comes out of the sales offices and introduces himself to me. Tells me he didn't know I was there. No one had told him I had been waiting. I gave the receptionist a look. She's on the phone again.
He takes me out to the camper and we do a quick walkthrough. I go through all of the cabinets, stove, heater, AC, climb up the ladder to check out the roof, back inside and I turn on the faucet. Nothing. I ask if they put water in it and why the faucet isn't working. Oh, no the techs always winterize it after they de-winterized it for their inspection. I reminded him that I wanted to check out the plumbing and water heater. OK, well they'll have to bring it back into the shop to put water in and that will take about an hour. How about we go in and take care of the paperwork now while they do that. No. Fucking hell no. I want to check everything out. So I leave for 90 minutes, come back and a different guy comes out. Says he's going to finish my walkthrough with me. Ok. I go in and turn on the tap. Ice cold. Why isn't the water heater working? Oh, they didn't turn it on, don't worry it only takes about 15-20 minutes to warm it up. Great but that 15 or 20 minutes could have been happening while I was gone and not while I'm standing there waiting again. OK. Well, why don't you get the camper on the truck while you wait? Fine. Are you helping me with that or is someone else? Oh, we don't do that. NEWS TO ME. I specifically told the sales guy that I was going to need help. I didn't bring any tools. The tie-downs are still in the boxes. They can't touch anything, they don't have any tools. I pretty much lost it at this point. Why didn't someone tell me this before I drove over by myself? I could have brought someone with me. I could have gotten the tie downs prepped at home. I had to drive over to the ACE hardware store to buy a wrench to take off my tailgate. $10 for two bolts. Then I had to carry the gate off by myself, thankfully it wasn't that heavy. Then I try to get parked and not wreck the camper but they put it so close to the curb that I've only got about 6 inches to move back and forth and get the truck lined up. The guy finally came out and I told him that they needed to put the camper back on the dolly and pull it back a few feet so I had room to maneuver the truck. He stayed out there to help me get backed in but he ended having me so crooked that I would have been better to do it by myself. So after going forward and reverse a hundred times and somehow not hitting the camper, I was in place. Took me another hour to get the tie-downs assembled. The water heater finally works. I go in to sign everything and they bring it back into the shop to blow out the lines. It's after 300 at this point. While I'm waiting for my truck and camper to come out of the shop I remember that I didn't hook up the power for the brake lights. I can't find either of the guys I've been dealing with. The truck comes out and I go to hook it up myself. But I can't find the cord. Back into the showroom, I go. Finally, find the second guy that I was dealing with and told him I can't find the cord. We go out, go through the cabinets again. I told him to get Darren, I had told him that I needed this and its nowhere to be found. Can't find Darren. Back in we go to the parts manager. Parts manager looks in their computer, nothing. Calls the other dealers in town, nothing. The cord is a special order item, no one has one in stock. Why the hell not? Did I ask about it a week ago? Why the hell wasn't it ordered then? So they take the truck and camper back into the shop again and get to work wiring in a new plug. At this point its a little after 4, they close at 5. I go back to the waiting area. I finally see Darren out on the sales floor and I went over and lit into him. I pretty much lost it at this point and chewed his ass for a good 10 minutes. He told me that he personally had looked for the cord and it was there. Then go tell the techs where it's at because they're working to rewire a new one in. He goes back, few minutes later he's back with me. Oh, it was the 30 amp to 110-volt cord I saw, not the brake cord. I lit into him again. The only three items I asked him about he either flat out lied to me or dropped the ball and didn't get it done. He walks away and goes back into the sales offices that have the two-way mirror in the windows. I don't see him the rest of the time that I'm there, the coward. About 445 all of the other customers are gone. Cashier at the parts counter closes out her till. Half the staff leave for the day. I decide to start pacing in front of the parts counter instead of waiting in the customer area in the back for fear that they'll lock me in for the night. At 515 they pull my truck back out. I go out to see what they had to do to get me lights and see a passable but not great plug Frankensteined up. The cord rubs up against the cab. Don't you have a plug that has a 90* to it? No. OK, fuck you too. I walked around to make sure the doors and cubbies were locked tight, checked the tie-downs again, and took off. No thank you for being so patient with my unparalleled incompetence from the salesman. If I had seen him in the lot as I drove away it would have taken some will power not to run him over.
I know that they're going to do a follow up call this week and sorry to the poor person who will get to listen to my tirade firsthand. I know none of my experience will be their fault but they need to know how shitty their service is. I will never set foot in that place again. And if I can help it neither will any of my family or friends. I was keeping in touch with my folks throughout the day and they are about as mad as me. I know that if it wasn't for the COVID thing right now they would have driven over with me. Not sure it would have helped but at least I would have had a little back up. Not sure if they were taking advantage of me being a girl on my own or what.
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CVYota[OP] said: ↑

No, but you don't have to wear pants in the camper
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how would you know? youre not an accountant

kamakazie_1 · Apr 29, 2020

Taco-Grinder said: ↑

Yesterday our gas prices were under $1.00 a gallon. Today there are $1.29 a gallon.
Smells like a big conspiracy.
Dammm alien spaceships.
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Lowest I've seen here around us is $1.69...

RJ

MTgirl · Apr 29, 2020

Good news = the state of MT doesn't require that I license the camper since it is tied to the truck and not a separately mobile unit. Finally something that's not going to cost me an arm and a leg.
Bad news = the camper hangs over the back of the truck and blocks the truck's license plate.

I called the local PD and asked what they would recommend as a remedy so that I don't get pulled over constantly for having an obstructed plate. Since MT requires front plates putting that on the camper isn't an option so I have to pull the back plate off and put it on the camper. Then if I ever leave the camper behind I've got to remember to put the plate back on the truck. Sigh...

US Marine · Apr 29, 2020

My truck has a very deep glossy shine after I applied ceramic coating last night , not bad for an 18 yr old truck !!!!

ImpulseRed008 · Apr 29, 2020

MoneyMan55 said: ↑

Morning all. Not starting so good for me. Arrived @ work, boss informed me coworker in our shop was killed in an auto accident last night. Tim was turning 60 this year, was a close friend of mine outside of work. Just the other day, he told me he has 18 months to go until retirement, sucks. Trying to keep my mind on work today, might leave early....
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So sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers to you and his family.

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