Mike Goad on August 5th, 2008

I started working on the shower modification this evening and took pictures of what it looked like before I started for later comparison.  The original shower “door” was actually a fancy rollup, very heavy duty plastic sheet.  It operated like old-fashioned rollup window shades except it was mounted vertically.  That is entirely removed with only [...]

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Mike Goad on July 21st, 2008

A month ago Karen showed me an new RV in a travel magazine ad.  It looked intriquing, so I checked it out online to find out more and see if there were any dealerships relatively close that carried it.
The next day we took a road trip to go check it out and also visited two [...]

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Mike Goad on February 9th, 2008

OOPs… I posted this to the wrong blog. That’s what I get for not being careful using a blog editor instead of doing it in WordPress. I moved the original post over to where I intended for it to be.
See the full size images at Haw Creek Out n’ About
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Mike Goad on January 31st, 2008

The fifth-wheel or circle of a carriage consists of two horizontal metal circles or sections of a circle 9or one of metal and one of wood), placed between the upper and lower portions of the front gearing, and generally connected with these parts by a king-bolt; these plates revolving one upon the other , allow [...]

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Mike Goad on January 12th, 2008

I’ve gotten rid of all of my AdSense advertising.
I guess I should clarify that. I’ve gotten rid of all the AdSense advertising on the Exit78 site.
I wasn’t making much of anything off of it. In all of 2007, I made a total of $16.27.
So AdSense is gone from this blog and the few [...]

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