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Congrats, Abe!
Quando omni flunkus moritati. :D
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apprenticeldr wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:59 pm Congrats, Abe!
Thank you sir :D
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Today was my last day in the first house me and My Wife bought. The truck will be here tomorrow and everything we built will be gone in a few hours. Time to start anew and keep moving forward. It is good to see where you have been and where you have come from. But I like to keep moving forward. My Dad tells me, “Keep your head down and eyes and ears open.”

Very rarely do I take in what has come. More so, what is to come.

I found some letters My Wife wrote me on my First Deployment. Man that is Wonderful. I could feel emptions coming over me like I was 20 years old again.
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Piping Abe wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:40 pm Today was my last day in the first house me and My Wife bought. The truck will be here tomorrow and everything we built will be gone in a few hours. Time to start anew and keep moving forward. It is good to see where you have been and where you have come from. But I like to keep moving forward. My Dad tells me, “Keep your head down and eyes and ears open.”

Very rarely do I take in what has come. More so, what is to come.

I found some letters My Wife wrote me on my First Deployment. Man that is Wonderful. I could feel emptions coming over me like I was 20 years old again.
Onward , young man :thumbs:
" I believe adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble " L.L.
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Movers got done around 1400. I did some cleaning in the house and threw away the trash. I made it through ATL with only 10 minutes of traffic (Godsend). And then 4 Maintenance lights came on in my 2022 CRV of course. I just spent $500 on annual maintenance and she was outfitted with the best. The worst part is that the Cruise Control no longer works now. Quick google says the problem is either a battery or the front camera. I have had the battery changed twice since we owned it. Everything is still under warrenty but this car has had so many issues for no reason. Now I may need to stop at a Dealer in Nashville. I hope the battery doesn’t die on me at a rest stop or gas station. Hopefully I wake up and none of them come back on. At least i’m in a nice hotel. Stopped at Bucee’s earlier. That was fun. Got shirts for the family.

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Ruffinogold wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:06 pm
Piping Abe wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:40 pm Today was my last day in the first house me and My Wife bought. The truck will be here tomorrow and everything we built will be gone in a few hours. Time to start anew and keep moving forward. It is good to see where you have been and where you have come from. But I like to keep moving forward. My Dad tells me, “Keep your head down and eyes and ears open.”

Very rarely do I take in what has come. More so, what is to come.

I found some letters My Wife wrote me on my First Deployment. Man that is Wonderful. I could feel emptions coming over me like I was 20 years old again.
Onward , young man :thumbs:
Thanks John. Still hoping to hit a Pipe Show in 2025 ;)
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Travel safely, brother!
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Good luck and safe travels my man.
You are probably n ND by now, sooooooo, hope you HAD a safe trip.
Car issues on the road suck.
A few years ago my wife and I were driving from NY to Florida.
My wife had never been further South than Pennsylvania.
As we crossed the West Virginia border, out jumps a deer from behind the "Welcome to West Virginia" sign. :)
The car was dead and cost $3500 to repair.
Luckily my parents drove down to WV and brought us one of their cars to continue our trip.
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Piping Abe wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:56 pm Movers got done around 1400. I did some cleaning in the house and threw away the trash. I made it through ATL with only 10 minutes of traffic (Godsend). And then 4 Maintenance lights came on in my 2022 CRV of course. I just spent $500 on annual maintenance and she was outfitted with the best. The worst part is that the Cruise Control no longer works now. Quick google says the problem is either a battery or the front camera. I have had the battery changed twice since we owned it. Everything is still under warrenty but this car has had so many issues for no reason. Now I may need to stop at a Dealer in Nashville. I hope the battery doesn’t die on me at a rest stop or gas station. Hopefully I wake up and none of them come back on. At least i’m in a nice hotel. Stopped at Bucee’s earlier. That was fun. Got shirts for the family.

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1). I hope it the fix was easy and I wish I saw it earlier. My cruise control goes out sometimes when a bug splats on the front sensor. A wet wipe usual fixes it in seconds.

2) Buc-ee’s has been a game changer for road-trips. No more scary restrooms I once stopped at a gas station that had chickens in the restroom (here’s looking at you Arkansas).
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Made it Kansas City MO. My Hotel at Minot wont be ready until Wednesday so theres no rush to get there. And I still have extra travel days. I’m about 12.5 hours away. So i’ll probably get to the state and call it a night tomorrow. The lights are all still on in the car but its going fine. Probably hit the dealer Wednesday and hope its an easy fix. I did clean the sensor and checked the battery terminals. Everything should be under warrenty. But no cruise control sucks. Man, you old timers had it rough before cruise control! Had a good day driving today. Chatanooga to Kansas City. Now watching TV. Grabbed a 6 pack of some local beer. The Time Change is welcome. Now I wont be up as late watching TV shows and what not. I’ll walk the dog and may light up a pipe later.

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