Subj : Crampers was:Various was: [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 16:13:40 Hi Dave, DD> Didja get a bigger one or just a newer example in the same size? RH> We got a Grey Wolf; it's about 7' longer, not sure how much wider RH> (significantly, though). Also got a newer tow vehicle, traded the RH> Nissan Frontier in on a 2018 Ford F-150. DD> I looked up Grey Wolf (thank you Bing) and there's quite a range. DD> Which model did you get? Looking at the listed hitch weights I can Grey Wolf, Limited. Beyond that I don't know of any other name but if you look for specs like dual axle, walk around bed, dry bath (on back end, bed is on towing end), no slide out, 3 burner stove, oven, etc you should hit on ours. DD> certainly DD> see why you might have wanted a more herky tow vehicle. The R-Pod was DD> light enough you *could* have towed it with a Honda Civic. The new guy DD> - nit a chance. Bv)= When we first got the R-Pod, we towed with a Ford Escape. That one met its demise on a bridge in Wyoming, in December (later fixed, picked up by our daughter and sold at the Car Max dealership where we had bought the Frontier to get home). The Frontier did a decent job of towing on the flat lands but hills (and the Rockies) slowed it down considerably. The F-150 is turbo charged so we shouldn't have any "get up and go" problems. DD> I did not that some of the models come with a pre-installed fold-out DD> awning. And other indoor-outdoor amenities. Yes, we have that--and the awning has lights around the edges. A lot of bells & whistles that the R-Pod didn't have. DD> I like the flavoured seltzers ... or even just unflavoured club RH> soda. DD> But, with the way prices have escalated I have decided to RH> economise. RH> Understandable. Most often our drink of choice when eating out is water RH> with lemon. DD> Me too. Both because it's better for me and because some of my local DD> spots are U$2.50/cup for coffee and outrageously overpriced on soft DD> drinks. DD> Makes my throat slam shut. Depends on how thirsty I am. Also, if it's a Mexican place and they have hortchata, I usually get that instead of a soft drink or water. DD> I prefer Coke Zero to Diet Coke ... which still has that nasty (to me) DD> "Diet taste" from the sweetener used. RH> I still go for the diet Coke if I can get it; the taste doesn't bother RH> me. DD> It does bother me ... the after-taste, that is. Although I did get a DD> fountain dispensed Diet Coke at one of my rare stops at Mickey D's DD> and the after-taste was much less pronounced so they may/must have DD> done a re-formulation. It's possible, I don't keep up with the ins and outs of its manufacturing. DD> 8<----- SNIP ----->B DD> We've got an Indian place like that here. Flavor of India is in a DD> small out-of-the-way strip mall. My lunch-bunch tried it one fine DD> afternoon. DD> I didn't hit anything with a real "wake-up" call buried in it. Even DD> the dishes labeled as "spicy" were well within my heat tolerance ... DD> altho I took a small sample to try before returning for a full DD> serving. Bv)= DD> Just the "spicy" with a chile pepper graphic. Level of "spicy" was not DD> indicated. Which is why I went for sample servings. Also a good idea to get an idea of which you want more of, which stays on the table. DD> My weekly "lunch bunch" is going to go back there in a couple weeks, DD> We will be a somewhat smaller group as the Black Camel has knelt for DD> some of our regulars. What's really scary is that some of them DD> are/were younger than I am. RH> Happens in all generations; it's one thing we can't escape forever. DD> Since both of my parents snuffed it in their mid-50s I had no idea I DD> was going to get this old. If my kid brother's doctor had not done him DD> in DD> (and made his widow rich) he'd be just a few years behind me. Looking DD> at the generations before my parents -- they were all long lived. My DD> grandmother and her mother (great-grandmother) were withing a few DD> days/ weeks of the century mark. I think my dad was older than any of his family (parents both died in 1949 when he was 27); he was 2 months short of turning 96. IIRC, mom's parents were both in their 70s, mom almost made it to 86 (just 12 days short). My older brother passed away at 63 and a few months; had he taken better care of himself, he probably would have lived longer. I've passed that mark, just taking days as they come. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... 90% of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .