With that silly looking grin, it appears like I might be telling a tall tale.. And as you can see, that gotee is mostly just white stubble.. I don't know how I ended up back in that corner, but I was back there until the folks next to me decided to leave...
Again I have swiped this picture from the Romeo Web site..... I don't actually swipe the picture, but rather I just copy the HTML code and embed it into this blog... So if they take it down on their site it will be gone here too...
It was cool here again this morning, as I headed out on the bike for the barber shop.... It doesn't look like I have much hair in the picture, but I get about an inch or so down my back side into my collar, and I can't stand that...
So today, the instructions were taper up the back and sides, but leave the top alone other than evening it out a bit... Loyce couldn't see that they did much, but I feel better about the whole deal..
On the way back from the barber, the wind began to blow out of the South.... About knocking me off of the motorcycle... And once home, I took all those pesky liners out of the riding clothes as it was almost 80...
And as I promised, I went over and drove the motor home back to the house this afternoon... If you remember when we were leaving Arizona, I worked on putting the back splash back up around the kitchen next to the stove top.... Which immediately fell back down when we got under way...
So today we worked to clean up the silicone bathtub caulk that I tried to use as a glue to replace the factory work.... The factory had used that silicone originally, but theirs must be something different, because mine didn't work at all..
But it did dry all gooey and rubbery so that had to be dissolved and scraped.. That project took a good part of the afternoon...
Clean it off and then spray it on again and work it in a second time.. Its water soluble but I cleaned the final clean with denatured alcohol.. Then late tonight the back splash was glued into place again.. This time with liquid nails tub surround glue... Its designed to resist heat and water, so if that doesn't keep the back splash in place, I'm out of ideas...
The counter tops and back splash are made from a Corian or Silestone type of material which is quite heavy, but we are certain that the factory never anticipated the heat of the Arizona desert in mid summer...
Tonight the motorhome is in our driveway at an angle across all three garage stalls so the back end is up out of the street... I have a driveway scraper and a broom wedged between the opposite wall and the re glued back splash.
Loyce asked if I wasn't going to take the motorhome back to storage, and I said no not with that fresh glue drying..... She is afraid we will be in trouble with the neighbors and the home owners association.... But it is not in the street, so the police can't do a thing... And it is a regular driver since it hasn't set in one place for three days straight, so we are good to go with the rules for a little while...
So the big question will be if it will hold this time.... The factory will tell you that there is nothing wrong with the way they had it installed, and if you take it back to them, they will just put it back in the same way...
The silicone stuff just rolled off of the wood paneling under my fingers without any of the remover chemical, so there was very little bonding that way......
And being next to the gas cook top, the area comes under quite a bit of heat beyond the closed up Arizona sun... The bigger piece on the outside wall of the slide out seems to still be tight, so I am knocking on something wooden that it stays where it is...
Also I called our sprinkler repair service this morning trying to schedule the fall system pressure blow out.... Evidently I am early, as they said that the schedule wouldn't be worked up for a couple of weeks, but that I would be added to the list and scheduled when they get started.... I warned them not to stretch it out until November as we would be gone... That seemed like wasted breath... Folks seem to work at their own speed.........
Retired Rod
The intricacies of the "HOA" is something that I find perplexing. I have enough 'interesting' neighbours around me, such that I could have parked our motorhome in the driveway all summer long if I thought I'd be willing to put up with the annoyance. Nobody would have dared utter a peep.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure our next door neighbour wouldn't have wanted Animal Control coming to see them once a week, and the ones across from us sure would have wondered why they were getting visits from the cops checking out some "suspicious activity" (the magic words), nor would the guy across the street have enjoyed a visit from the building department. That addition over his garage certainly didn't look up to snuff. So...everybody just MINDS THEIR BUSINESS. And that's OK with me. Nice quiet neighbourhood.
Hopefully your neighbours mind theirs until you get your RV back in storage.
You look great in that picture, Rod, I like the goatee! If that glue doesn't hold, it just might be time to get out the nail gun!!
ReplyDeleteHey Rod, last week or so when I was home none of your photos would show, just the box with an X...I am now at Summer Lake Hot springs in Oregon. I am using their wifi and again the pic of you was just an X. When I went to the Romeo site I was able to view it..Any thoughts as to why?? Just met a guy riding an airhead and he said there was a large m/c event where all classic m/c met for some kind of race and they came from as far as NY.. I just say this in passing...I have two dual-sports...but I dropped the newest one trying to put on the ramp on the back of the Winnebago by myself...Ratz!!
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David, pictures are usually the last to load, and when you get the x it usually means the load was too slow and took too long. These are all connection issues.. I often see this when using the verizon telephone modem connection in the Motorhome..
DeleteSorry about your dropping the Honda.. And it only weighs 350 pounds, this big scooter I have weighs over 600....
The Event took place in Burns Oregon and they had bikes from 1916. All makes, some no longer with us...I just remembered...The brains fade sitting in puuurfect hot springs..:)
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