We found a WalMart that actually does prescriptions right! It’s in Shakopee, Minnesota. We ordered five prescriptions between the two of us and they were all ready on time. Because, when one of the on-line orders did not come in clearly, they called me to ask which ones I wanted filled. Maybe it’s because we are in home territory so it was a local call. All I really know is, they made me happy by not making us jump through any hoops this time. And our insurance covered the cost so we didn’t have to pay anything. Doubly happy.
You all know I have a Segway on the back of our RV.
The straps that hold it in place are wearing out.
I need to do something to keep my Segway secure. I called the business I bought it from and they said they could get some of the straps for $50 each. So I set about looking for alternatives.
My first research was into alternative tie down straps. Not so good. Mine are more narrow than standard straps and are mostly continuous loop straps. I could only find one of those and it was about twice as wide and 200 feet long! That wouldn’t slide into the fittings on my mounting system.
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_32963_32963
So I started looking at hitch mounted platforms with ramps that I could load my Segway onto instead of the system we have now. I thought Northern Tool + Equipment would be a good place to find that. So I did a Google Maps search for them around here and found a bunch. We set off to see what we could see.
First, we found their warehouse.
Second, we found their corporate headquarters.
Third, we finally found a retail outlet. So Dave started measuring things to see how big a platform I would need while I started shopping Northern Tool’s on-line site so I’d know what to ask for when we went in.
Northern Tool doesn’t sell what I was looking for. We left without ever going inside their store.
More research on-line discovered that Harbor Freight does sell a platform that would work for me and they have a retail outlet in West St Paul.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=66303
So we headed there but stopped for lunch along the way.
While we were stopped Dave decided to try something else with the current mounting. Then he dragged me out to see what he found. By putting the main strap on at a different angle it stopped rubbing where it was previously tearing the strap. And it bounced less at this angle so it wouldn’t be stressing the other straps as much either. And we figured out how we could use some double sided Velcro we have as an emergency backup system if we need to do so.
So we stopped shopping without having spent any money. That’s our favorite kind of shopping.
TTYL,
Linda