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    Quote Originally Posted by PessOptimist View Post
    Pussy alert? Kitty alert? where can i sign up for that list?

    What would a grey and white Maine Coon/domestic longhair look like anyway? i don't know but sounds like it could use a shave, then you could see what it looks like.

    Call back number was two area codes away. did you call the number and say "i think the whole neighborhood has seen it"?
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  3. #194

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    Before & After: An RV to Call Home | Design*Sponge

    I have this grand plan to travel the USA from coast to coast when I retire, but I'm not real sure on the mode of transportation I will use. I've thought of travelling part ways by train, car and/or motor home.

    I like the the idea of travelling by train, but then what would I do with the car/ RV when my route begins by rail? I could leave it I suppose at a friends house when I decide to hop the boxcar, I do know lots of people around the country. But then that means back tracking. Anyway, they are just some random thoughts right now. Nothing is in stone.

    I came upon the article above and fell in love with this renovation of a '94 Safari Continental. It looks so comfy, not like your typical pimped up RV's...more like how I would decorate my home. I'm wondering now, if I found myself a reasonably, affordable, well maintenanced DTS, I mean RV....I could live with that.

    These are just some rambling thoughts spinning in my head right now and I thought I'd let'em loose in 'The Patio'!

    Aloha 🌺

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  5. #195

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    Quote Originally Posted by konakathy View Post
    Before & After: An RV to Call Home | Design*Sponge

    I have this grand plan to travel the USA from coast to coast when I retire, but I'm not real sure on the mode of transportation I will use. I've thought of travelling part ways by train, car and/or motor home.

    I like the the idea of travelling by train, but then what would I do with the car/ RV when my route begins by rail? I could leave it I suppose at a friends house when I decide to hop the boxcar, I do know lots of people around the country. But then that means back tracking. Anyway, they are just some random thoughts right now. Nothing is in stone.

    I came upon the article above and fell in love with this renovation of a '94 Safari Continental. It looks so comfy, not like your typical pimped up RV's...more like how I would decorate my home. I'm wondering now, if I found myself a reasonably, affordable, well maintenanced DTS, I mean RV....I could live with that.

    These are just some rambling thoughts spinning in my head right now and I thought I'd let'em loose in 'The Patio'!

    Aloha 🌺
    i vote for rv! there are high class trailer park resorts where you get a place to park and a bathroom/outdoor kitchen building with fire ring and stuff and full spa facilities at the clubhouse. or you can just go park in the woods and swim free in the lake somewhere if you want, too.

    hey kk, do you get to drive one of those cool postal delivery vans on your job? that would be sweet! i have always had a dream to convert a grumman llv into a studio apartment on wheels and just take off wherever whenever. if the usps gets its new vehicle contract there should be lots of them available as surplus, cheap.

    Special Delivery: Automakers Will Get to Bid on a Huge USPS Contract

    Have you ever thought to yourself, “the postal service sure could use some sexier rigs”? Well, your silent prayers have been answered, because the federal government has put the wheels in motion to get the nation’s postal workers exactly that.
    on a somewhat related note, has anyone here ever had sex in the back of a postal van? that is on my bucket list.
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    Yep, I'm leaning more to a comfy RV rather than a pimped up LLV. Those LLV's are junk to drive and are always breaking down. Kona has a contract with a mechanics shop that's stands by every morning in our yard waiting to fix one or more of the vehicles.

    If you're good at car mechanics and can find the parts, go for it, buy one. There is a guy on the island who bought two of the older model LLV's and made them into ice cream trucks. He modified the inside with freezers, painted the outside with bright tropical colors and even has that catchy ice cream truck jingle blaring around the neighborhoods. So there many possibilities with these trucks, you just need a little ingenuity.

    As for your other inquiry.... Yes, I know of two incidents of which carriers have had intimate encounters in the back of the postal vehicle. And NO, it wasn't me. They were busted by fellow employees and customers. It's still a joke around town. Good luck on your bucket list. Happy Trails.

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    Burro's bucket list: on a somewhat related note, has anyone here ever had sex in the back of a postal van? that is on my bucket list.[/QUOTE]

    I can't say that I have, but these are on sale, quite a bargain, buy one and go at it. If you notice it's a three wheeler, if you tip it over your mate'll be pissed.

    Last edited by TSP-roulette; 03-29-2015 at 04:04 PM. Reason: correct

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    Quote Originally Posted by TSP-roulette View Post
    Burro's bucket list: on a somewhat related note, has anyone here ever had sex in the back of a postal van? that is on my bucket list.
    I can't say that I have, but these are on sale, quite a bargain, buy one and go at it. If you notice it's a three wheeler, if you tip it over your mate'll be pissed.
    my mates tend to get mad no matter what, so i don't think the back of a postal van, the alley, or the bathroom at the theatre is going to make much of a difference.

    i wonder if maricar could fill us in on proper management protocal when a postal carrier is caught in the back of a van making, uhhh, a baby carrier?
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    We'll just keep wondering, don't think anybody will comment on that subject. Oh well, carry on my wayward son. Whoa, that reminds me of this great oldie tune.


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    Well gee. Good topic, whatever it is called. Retirement travel? The Patio is good enough.

    Burro, The USPS bought over 100,000 LLVs, many, many Windstars and Caravans, and before that DJ-5s. Many of these vehicles were in service well over 25 years. Let’s see, number of carriers times 25 times 365 times 100,000 (don’t forget to carry the bum) = probably. More than once.

    KK, I have too thought about train travel mixed with other means of transportation. Some NRPC (Amtrak) routes go through beautiful countryside you could not drive through or would miss the scenery driving through because you would be trying not to drive over the edge. Some parts of the routes are deadly boring until you get in to the cities. A lot of those boring parts are travelled at night. Not always. A thought I have not investigated is train where you think it would be interesting during the day, train all night if you would rather sleep through some territory (you can sleep in your seat but they do have sleeping compartments) and plan to rent a RV one way for parts of the trip. Fly over some parts if you want. The possibilities are endless. It might be a little pricey but go for it.

    Just my jumbled thought about a similar dream.

    While you are on the trip you can have the surplus LLV you buy fixed up by one of the reality show shops on Velocity channel.

    PO

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    Last edited by PessOptimist; 03-31-2015 at 09:29 PM. Reason: forgot to brag

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    We've been having a bit of fun in another serious thread where the DiskussionsforumChef who is also a DiskussionsforumFacharbeiter is trying to work through a software change/upgrade/problem while we yuck it up.


    I don't want to stop yucking it up so I thought what better place than the patio.


    I am at the end of my 4-10 AWS so I am ready for some R&R.


    Quote Originally Posted by DreamboatAnnie View Post
    PO, I'm fairly certain this is not German. Looks more like German pig-Latin to me.. Funny.... Something about site, the bad finger and repair it! Lol...
    Was sagst du? Miene deutschsprachig ist unfehlbar!


    Quote Originally Posted by ravensfan View Post
    ...Der springen werks ist definitely kaput!
    The mainspring is broken or maybe the clockwork.


    Quote Originally Posted by PessOptimist View Post
    ...ravensfan-nichts mit die siteseeren und gerfingerpoken so das machinenfacharbeiter machs das repairen...
    Stop looking on and keep your fingers out of it so the tecnichian can fix it.


    What's so hard about that?


    dBa may be right about the language. I have no idea what to call it. I believe it developed as a result of the fractured German spoken by many Americans and the fractured English spoken during the many years a few hundred-thousand Americans were hosted as guests of the Federal Republic. Whatever, we were playing with it with the local national employees back in the day.The spelling and grammer is all wrong. Some of the words don't exist.


    "Es war Der Beste aller Zeiten und Es war Der Schlimmste aller Zeiten. Die besten Jahre unseres Lebens, nicht" as we used to try to say.


    Enough reminiscing about the past. Got to go to the doc tomorrow. They think there is a cat inside me? My dear departed dog could do a great cat scan. Can they do any better?


    PO
    Last edited by PessOptimist; 04-23-2015 at 09:58 PM. Reason: fixing spelling and grammar

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    Computer stuff happening on the patio today. Maybe getting back to things that need doing. My old lap top (Dell D600, fine machine with a 38Gb HDD) has been sitting on a desk for six months or so now. Excuse was I might need something from the hard drive. Today I think I have everything I might ever need.
    The drive certainly has pii on it so what to do. Install winxp again. The installation program says the version installed is newer than the disk (well yeah, SP3) so I must reboot from the CD. No prob except somewhere along the line someone instructed the laptop never to boot from the CD. Let’s try F8 then F12 then F2 etc. during startup. F12 gets a screen with boot choices but BIOS appears to take over and it still boots from HDD. F12 give a choice to BIOS settings so etc. etc. I get it to boot from the CD. HDD has three partitions? Never knew. What treasures might be on those partitions? I bought this thing used. A map to the missing money from the Brinks Robbery or DB Cooper? Too bad, only someone smarter than me can find out now.
    That was fun, a trip down memory lane. Now I can donate it to a worthy cause which will immediately send it to a dump somewhere.
    Seriously, any thoughts on how I might repurpose this for something? I mean repurpose it away from my ownership.
    Have a great Sunday!
    PO

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    Quote Originally Posted by PessOptimist View Post
    Computer stuff happening on the patio today. Maybe getting back to things that need doing. My old lap top (Dell D600, fine machine with a 38Gb HDD) has been sitting on a desk for six months or so now. Excuse was I might need something from the hard drive. Today I think I have everything I might ever need.
    The drive certainly has pii on it so what to do. Install winxp again. The installation program says the version installed is newer than the disk (well yeah, SP3) so I must reboot from the CD. No prob except somewhere along the line someone instructed the laptop never to boot from the CD. Let’s try F8 then F12 then F2 etc. during startup. F12 gets a screen with boot choices but BIOS appears to take over and it still boots from HDD. F12 give a choice to BIOS settings so etc. etc. I get it to boot from the CD. HDD has three partitions? Never knew. What treasures might be on those partitions? I bought this thing used. A map to the missing money from the Brinks Robbery or DB Cooper? Too bad, only someone smarter than me can find out now.
    That was fun, a trip down memory lane. Now I can donate it to a worthy cause which will immediately send it to a dump somewhere.
    Seriously, any thoughts on how I might repurpose this for something? I mean repurpose it away from my ownership.
    Have a great Sunday!
    PO
    choot it choot it!

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    Are you saying you didn't use a military-grade disk-wipe program to completely overwrite everything you ever put on the disk, and that you didn't use that program to overwrite the disk about 20-30 times? Does reformatting and re-installing the operating system on the partition you used accomplish the same objective? I only knew one way to accomplish the objective up until now and that was using gov-grade disk-wipe program. willing to learn something new this fine Sunday. for instance I don't have a clue what the F keys are good for anymore, now that Windows has taken over the world from DOS, which I used to be fairly comfortable with in the wayback machine days. Manuals that come with new machines since Windows engulfed DOS, don't really talk about that part of the keyboard that I've ever found.
    "life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards" - soren kierkegaard

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