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I know this blog is supposed to be about our RVing experiences but sometimes, for one reason or another, I can’t write about that. Rather than just leave you hanging out there wondering if we are still alive I decided to post something not RV related.

Thus, here are some character sketches I wrote think I might sometime write a book based on them. The odds of the book ever happening are very small so I thought you might enjoy reading these now.

Dianna, Goddess of the Hunt

My father loves to hunt. When I turned out to be a daughter instead of the son he wanted he named me Dianna after the goddess of the hunt. My mother let him do it then taught me that it was more fun to hunt boys than wild animals. Although, sometimes they seem like the same thing, don’t they? Anyway, now that I am an adult I no longer hunt boys. Now I hunt men. See I am…

…A Cop

A detective actually. Homicide specifically. I hunt murderers. Mother, of course, is appalled.

…An Executive Search Specialist

What’s commonly known as a headhunter. Although, unlike my father who mounted his victims heads on the walls of his lodge, I prefer my prey keep their heads on straight. They’re not much use to my clients otherwise.

…A Matchmaker

OK, some of the men I hunt now aren’t much more than boys but all of them are at least of marriageable age. That makes them legal game.

…A Private Eye

I specialize in helping first wives find the hidden assets of their husbands so the new, trophy wives won’t get all the benefits the first wife helped establish. After all, fair is fair.

…A Collection Agent

I work for County Social Services. I find those guys often known as deadbeat dads. You know, the ones who think that just because they fathered children doesn’t mean they should stick around to help them grow up. I figure we all need all the help we can get; I know I do. That’s why I’ve developed a network of people who help me find these guys and persuade them to pay their court ordered child support. If I can get them to actually participate in their children’s lives, that’s a bonus.

…A Bounty Hunter

Some people think that just because they paid a bail bondman a percentage of the bail to get them out jail doesn’t mean they owe anything to the justice system or the bondsman. I tend to think otherwise. I guess I’m not the only one who thinks my way since other people pay me to find the bail jumpers.

…A Fortune Hunter

I know, that’s not supposed to be a good thing but, I figure, if you are going to give a man control over your life it ought to at least be a rich man. Is it my fault that rich men tend to be old men as well? I mean what is a woman supposed to do if her husband dies and leaves her alone? Does it make sense for her to be poor the rest of her life if she can get a rich man to marry her?

Most people suppose hunting is a sport. For me, it’s a livelihood. After all, someone has to do it, right?

TTYL,

Linda

I do a lot of spreadsheet work on my computer. Much of that consists of copying data from one place and pasting it into another place. The commands for doing that are “Control C” and “Control V”. The “C” and “V” keys are right next to each other. Sometimes I hit the wrong one. I just pasted data over a URL I was trying to copy. That’s when I really appreciate the “undo” command.

I wish life had an undo command. I wish I could unsay some things I’ve said. I sometimes wish I could make a different decision than one I already made. I wish I could go back with knowledge I have now and undo some things I did long ago.

Wouldn’t it be great if life had an “undo” button?

TTYL,

Linda

Have you ever filled a long-neck bottle using your kitchen faucet? The typical pattern for doing that is to turn the water on fast to fill most of the bottle then to slow the water down so it won’t overflow as you finish filling it. If you then wanted to maintain that level of water you could set the faucet to a slow drip to compensate for evaporation.

Charging your batteries from your generator with a three stage charger works the same. The first stage is called “bulk” charging and it puts in lots of power very quickly until the battery is about 75% full. Stage two is called “absorb” and it puts in power more slowly until the other 25% is reached which can take up to 12 hours. Stage three is called “float” and it keeps a trickle of power going in to keep them level without overcharging them before you turn the generator off.

Then you turn the generator off, turn the inverter on, and keep right on using power from your batteries until the next time you decide to fill them up again.

We have a problem with our charging system. But we don’t know if it is the charger or the monitor that is the problem. Our system charges quickly but the monitor says the batteries are not full.

Oh, goody! Another puzzle to solve!  🙁

TTYL,

Linda

For the SKP reunion we just attended we parked in the desert on BLM land where you can stay two weeks for free. Now we are parked in the desert on BLM land for two weeks for $40. ???!!!

The difference is this section of BLM land comes with amenities and the $40 allows us the right to use those amenities as much as we want to. Like dumping our full black and gray water tanks.

Filling our fresh water tank.

And getting rid of all the garbage we’ve been accumulating.

There’s nothing like partying with your friends without those facilities to make you appreciate those amenities.

We expect to go through the lines three times if we stay the full two weeks. Once on arrival today and then the end of each week until we leave.

Or we could stay all season for $180 but I can’t imagine us parking in one place that long, can you?

TTYL,

Linda

I know I haven’t been talking to you all lately. I’ve been busy talking to members of the Escapee’s RV Club at our small group’s annual reunion. The group gets bigger every year. Here’s some of this year’s group at Da Boyz Pizza and Pasta:

And from the other end of the table:

Big group. And not everyone was there!

Here’s some of the guys solving our world problems.

That’s a lot of people to catch up with. Your turn will come again. Sometime.

TTYL,

Linda