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I find the zoodle maker works best with the large cutter end, and with zucchinis or yellow squash the size of cucumbers. I never use the pronged pusher cap that comes with it. When I get to the point that I might skin my fingers or knuckles with the blade, I remove the little chunk of zucchini and just chop it up to use in the salad. The pusher cap's prongs are not very effective, imo. I like the GSI spice containers you showed. I've been thinking about getting something to corral smaller amounts if spices in the trailer kitchen. Taking normal size bottles wastes so much storage space. I'm usually refilling my small containers from Costco sized containers anyway, so the transfer process is no big deal. Sherry

Your Comandante coffee grinder is beautiful! I know you and your wife often live and work from your trailer. That makes it an investment, not a splurge. A month or two without Starbucks surely recovers the cost.

Lowe's is our fave, as they've extended the military discount, and at a choice of local Lowe's and Depot, we find more "knowledgeable " folks at Lowe's. Not saying they know what to do with anything, they just seem to know if they have it, and where it is... ours are only one intersection apart. Lowe's requires a uturn, but, that's ok. And, I have an easier time there finding lumber that's not a banana. And, finding someone to take down a new bunker if all left in the pile is banana rejects. Sherry

My local Lowe's has 3" pipe in stock. A few fittings. Most has to be ordered. But, quick ship to store. My local depot has pretty much nothing in stock. It probably is a regional thing.

I ordered a new salt and pepper shaker set by Josep Joseph last year. The tiny units stick together with magnets, seal well, and are easy to refill. Fits in my pocket, or in the condiment basket easily. Probably designed for lunch boxes, it's perfect for small spaces Holds enough s and p for at least several weeks, for us. (And, room for rice grains in the salt shaker to help with summer humidity.) It's on sale at bed bath and beyond for $5 right now. My other latest favorite is a manual zoodle maker. I don't like making pasta in the camper, and we both like zucchini noodles, anyway. I got this little gadget last year at TJ Maxx. I can cook the zoodles in foil, on the fire, or a quick saute in a pan on the stove, with olive oil and herbs. Very small, no power needed. Available from many places, about $10 on Amazon. The s and p has replaced the old Tupperware sealed minis. Less than half the space . Favorite items you keep in the kitchen?

The video is really nice, Overland. Thanks for taking the time to do that. The screen looks slightly different on an android phone, but the process is the same.

Back in 2008, we were excited to hit 100. This past weekend, we reached 4000 total members, over 4000 topics, and over 40,000 posts. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our forum. We do appreciate it! Sherry/seadawg

So very true

She was. Many decades ago. Still, I like the three page penance idea. Never had to use that, but.... 😅😅😅 Sherry

In our Elite I, we keep the big dinette set up as a bed all the time. I'm not really sure where the leg is, anymore. We use the underbed storage as premium space. Three crates. Sherry

Everything changes with the weather guys. Best job in the world. Be wrong 50 per cent of the time, and still keep your job We just got back from camping in Western NC on our acreage. The forecast stink, but we went, anyway. It was great. That said, we're in the mountains, where the hills make and break the weather. Sherry

As a former English teacher, I actually love the word "dross." Descriptive, seldom used. Interesting. 😄

I always encourage folks to take the time and shake out the trailer at a nearby campground. We couldn't. We had a tight timeline from the Orlando builder's show to NC, to Hohenwald, and on to the panhandle to drop my brother for a preexisting plane reservation. If we had it to do over, we would have stayed. But, couldn't. That said, we were seasoned rvers, and so are you. Though systems are in different places, many will be at least somewhat familiar. If the weather really stinks, and you don't have a pet with you, I recommend Fall Hollows bed and breakfast. Nice, clean, friendly midwest people. If they have a room available Our first trip back to Hohenwald was 6 months after pickup, to have solar retrofitted . February 2008, to labor day, 2008. Like you, we can fix most anything. Fortunately, we didn't have anything to fix. Sherry

Personally, I think an adjustable Lagun mount in the small dinette would be the bomb. I use the small dinette as extra counter space. At counter height would save my back, and Paul could easily bring it down at night for watching tv or reading at the forward seat.

For screw holes that don't show a lot, I'd actually recommend marine tex epoxy. It's white. Might not be the same white, not shiny, but it will definitely seal the hole. And much less noticeable than a deep black hole. If you decide later that you don't like the color match, you will have to sand it to rough it up to get a secondary bond. Gelcoat is brittle. It doesn't like to bond to a lot of material, including marine tex. That said, if we have to fill old screw holes on the boat, epoxy if some kind ( often marine tex) is our go to, because it will seal and stay. You can buy gel coat repair kits, tinted or untinted. They're not cheap, and for deeper "wounds", require buildup of layers for proper repair. If you just glob it in to a deep hole or gash, it will likely just look good for awhile, and then part ways . If you buy untinted and colorant, you're really on your own, because the color is different wet than when it dries . We've had a few scratches in noticeable areas repaired at Oliver. They did a great job, and I can't see the difference. They did the buildup in layers, so it took a couple days. And did the proper wet sand and buffing. Where are your repairs needed? Noticeable areas?

1. We can look up the connectors you need. Did they install the Zamp port? 2. You still need the solar controller on your panels. The inverter is a completely different piece of (important to some) equipment. You never want to send solar power directly to a battery, unregulated. That's what your controller does. The solar port takes that regulated power, through a fused line, to your battery. So, you get two protections for your battery. The existing solar controller, and an inline fuse.

That's actually really easy. Thanks, Overland. Our new software is so much more feature rich and intuitive than the old. Fun to discover new tools.

This technique also works on original posts, not just quoting a quote. I use it often when I want to select just a sentence or two of from a long post, especially one with many photos. It saves a lot of deleting. Sherry

Thanks for the catch. Options is a mod only button.

And, welcome aboard. We're sailboaters, too. There are a number of boaters on the forum. I think the molded fiberglass construction gives us a common ground. We still have our fiberglass boat. 40 + years old. Sherry

With a Cherokee, I'd be looking at an Elite I. My friend towed a Casita for a number of years with a Cherokee. She had a much heavier tongue weight than we did with the Elite I. My initial thoughts. Sherry

Yes. That's because mossemi's whole post was within a quote box that he edited to add his own responses on bold. The quote prompt below ( quote. Edit. Options line) will only pick up items outside of a quote box. It won't allow you to quote a quote. 😃 at least, not on my phone. Sherry

If I click on the new little "quote selection box, instead of copy or select, the quoted passage also gets an automatic header if author and time. I often find it faster to use than the original quote button at the bottom of a post, as I don't have to spend a lot of time deleting extra text. Sherry

I think the only way to "quote a quote" is to select text within the quote. On my phone, if I press and hold the area to copy/paste, an option pops up to quote just that selected item. I think the normal quote button only selects new text, not what was already in a quote box. Sherry