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Old 03-31-2007, 08:27 PM   #1
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Here we are in Little Rock hauling home our new Uhaul. We picked it up today on our way home from San Antonio. Looks like some clean-up and we can use it. Tires are working well, lights are working. We can't tell much difference from our Burro in how it pulls. And a bathroom! But darn it, as soon as we get home, we have to go back to work and can't play with our new toy. But it has a name, Howie, for Hotel on Wheels.

We will take pix tomorrow and post them later.

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Old 03-31-2007, 10:02 PM   #2
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HOWIE!!

Very clever!

Can't wait for the pics!
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Old 03-31-2007, 11:18 PM   #3
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Congratulations! You've now obtained an anticipation sponge. Let lists and the "mod" process begin!
Please keep us informed as progress happens

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Old 04-01-2007, 05:21 AM   #4
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Hi: "But it has a name,HOWIE,...Watch out for the competition and don't paint the roof Orange that's copy righted!!! and yes we have to work to pay for these small indulgences... TWO Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie
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Old 04-01-2007, 06:29 AM   #5
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Old 04-01-2007, 07:18 AM   #6
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Old 04-01-2007, 02:16 PM   #7
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Here we are about 5 hours from home. (I am Cindy A when I post from my Treo phone.) I just drove the UHaul for the first time. Seemed little different from the Burro, except the tongue is so much longer that it scares me a bit more when turning and passing. But that is nice, because we can open the Eurovan rear hatch all the way, unlike with the Burro. The wind does not bother it.
And the Burro is almost spoken for. The son and wife are strongly thinking of buying it. Until then, I guess we have a herd. Right, Gina?
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Old 04-01-2007, 05:55 PM   #8
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HOWIE!!!! I LOVE IT.... good luck with it!!
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Old 04-01-2007, 09:17 PM   #9
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OK, here's Howie on the way home. And when he gets home and meets Jenny, our Burro.

Inside pix later. It was late when we got home.

Anyone know where to get the tire covers like the Burro has?

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Old 04-01-2007, 09:18 PM   #10
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Howie is very cute; can't wait to see the interior. Is Jenny being displaced by her new big brother?

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Old 04-01-2007, 09:26 PM   #11
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Yes, much though we like Jenny, we wanted more space and a bathroom. We are negotiating with our son and wife. We think that they want to buy her. We don't have space to keep both of them indefinitely in the city, and their tug is too small to pull something really heavy.

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Old 04-02-2007, 09:10 AM   #12
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Howie the 'Hauler!
Love the name...very clever!

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Old 04-03-2007, 09:03 PM   #13
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Kevin could not resist tackling the new trailer today. He pulled up the carpet, removed the cushions, and pulled up the covering that was over the stove. They had removed the propane to use only electricity. We plan to return it to propane. The cushions are not in bad shape. Because the coverings have zippers, we can take them off and have them cleaned. I might want to eventually recover them though.

We already had an offer from a neighbor for the Burro. A little neighbor girl begged her parents to buy that cute, little trailer.

Here's inside pix of the UHaul as we start to work with it. We have to figure out where to put things like the microwave. And we plan to pull up the water tank in the middle of the floor. The previous owners obviously left the bed up all the time and hid a larger water tank beneath it. There is a tiny water heater beneath one side of the diningroom bench too. Might look into something that takes less room.

The fun begins.
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Old 05-31-2007, 06:08 PM   #14
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Hi, Cindy. I'd like to hear more about how you post and read messages on this forum using your Treo. I have one with Sprint network and data plan. Are you using email or browser, and which client? Any other tips you can share? TIA

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Here we are about 5 hours from home. (I am Cindy A when I post from my Treo phone.) I just drove the UHaul for the first time. Seemed little different from the Burro, except the tongue is so much longer that it scares me a bit more when turning and passing. But that is nice, because we can open the Eurovan rear hatch all the way, unlike with the Burro. The wind does not bother it.
And the Burro is almost spoken for. The son and wife are strongly thinking of buying it. Until then, I guess we have a herd. Right, Gina?
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Old 05-31-2007, 07:41 PM   #15
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I can do it two ways. I have Verizon with a data plan and can directly post from my Treo through the browser. I could probably post pix too, but I have not tried this. The easiest way to post using my Treo is with a program we downloaded that works on my hubby's laptop (We both have Macs that are Intel Macs and run Windows also.). I think it costs something like $35.00 to download. It is a Windows program called PDAnet that powers the Internet on the computer through the Hotsync cable. Most of the time it has been fairly acceptable connection time, except for the last time when it was so slow that it was intolerable. I think we had a poor phone signal.

Not sure how/if this works with Sprint.

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Old 05-31-2007, 08:23 PM   #16
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Thanks, Cindy.

I also see the RSS button at the bottom of each page but it doesn't seem to do anything when I click on it. I'm told this works like email, which you didn't mention. Do you have any insight about this?

BTW I was able to read your post from my Treo via email because I finally got the notifications set up correctly. When I tried following the link to this topic on the Treo is was pretty slow, not surprisingly. I switched to Lo-Fi mode, which was much better, but then I can't seem to have the ability to respond to posts just read. So I'm back on my laptop now for this reply.

Thanks for the help, and sorry for bending your thread.

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I can do it two ways. I have Verizon with a data plan and can directly post from my Treo through the browser. I could probably post pix too, but I have not tried this. The easiest way to post using my Treo is with a program we downloaded that works on my hubby's laptop (We both have Macs that are Intel Macs and run Windows also.). I think it costs something like $35.00 to download. It is a Windows program called PDAnet that powers the Internet on the computer through the Hotsync cable. Most of the time it has been fairly acceptable connection time, except for the last time when it was so slow that it was intolerable. I think we had a poor phone signal.

Not sure how/if this works with Sprint.

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Old 05-31-2007, 10:28 PM   #17
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Sorry, I never used RSS.

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Old 06-01-2007, 01:05 PM   #18
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...I switched to Lo-Fi mode, which was much better, but then I can't seem to have the ability to respond to posts just read.
I tried this forum on my BlackBerry, and the Lo-Fi Version helps a lot. I think posting replies worked, but the BlackBerry is still marginal for this purpose. It can also act as a wireless modem for a computer, which is a much more functional setup... if you don't mind hauling the computer around!
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I also see the RSS button at the bottom of each page but it doesn't seem to do anything when I click on it. I'm told this works like email, which you didn't mention. Do you have any insight about this?
RSS is a method for "subscribing" to updates from a server, so you get them without having to browse for new postings; the message are not individual like e-mail, so it's more like watching TV with a TiVo (which shows you programs which have become available), where browsing a forum is like looking for videos on YouTube (you go and find it).

A source of information which is distributed by RSS (called a "feed") is received by a program on your end called a "reader."

The FiberglassRV RSS button is a little unusual (because it takes one more step than I expected), and caught me when I first tried it. You click on the RSS button, which pops up a box which says "Fiberglass RV"; you then click on that, and if your browser knows about an RSS reader you will be offered a subscription setup.

I don't know if a Treo supports RSS. Even if it does, you may need to start the RSS reader and tell it to go to FiberglassRV, in case clicking the "RSS" button on the web page doesn't work.
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