Good Maintenance and Safe Trip Home

GOOD MAINTENANCE AND SAFE TRIP HOME Issue 30; Jul 26 th:

Diary published weekly since 2001
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TIPS THIS WEEK –,

In this week’s latest RVTravel.com newsletter, Editor Chuck discusses the massive RECALLS OF DOMETIC REFRIGERATORS. Original recall of 2-door fridges was between April 1997 ad May 2003. Now it goes to 2006 on some 2-door models. The updated recall also includes some regular models from 2004 to 2007. Read that story Here - OR CHECK WITH YOUR DEALER NOW. Check your modelHere.

All MH and trailers are part of this huge recall due to possible FIRE HAZARD. FYI Thor Industries and Fleetwood Enterprises - two of the largest U.S. makers of RVs - have reported recalls of on-board Dometic refrigerators in 231,351 motorhomes and travel trailers. Some RVers may have updated their fridge and may not receive the recall notices. Just be informed.

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RV RECALLS HAPPEN EVERY MONTH – these are from June list issued by the Feds.

In the same RVTravel.com Newsletter is a listing of Recreational Vehicles RECALLS in June - Some major manufacturers -- Winnebago, Fleetwood, Monaco, Dutchmen, Coachmen and Forest River are involved but there are more – some for Norcold fridges too. See if your RV is in need of a fix Here. The same link provides listings of RV Recalls back to Feb. Worth a periodic look.

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Rodney shared these tips he received on how to limit JUNK MAIL AND VIRUS’S – Great advice Rod – wish more users would follow it….. I will send the balance at another time.

Do you wonder WHY YOU GET VIRUSES OR JUNK MAIL? Don’t you hate it?

When you forward e-mail, and leave info left over from those who received the message before you -- namely lists of e-mail addresses & names - as the messages get forwarded, the list of these addresses builds, and builds, and builds – before long some someone receives a virus. They SEND that virus to every email address that has come across their computer. PLUS all these addresses are collected and sold to those who send junk mail. Senders hope you will follow a link in their junk email so they can accumulate pennies a hit.

HOW TO STOP IT? (NOTE with AOL you may??? have to cut and paste the content you want to share from the original email to a new blank email. Try not to forward what you get – users must open many email to read it).

*** When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all addresses that appear in the body of the message before the joke etc. Simply HIGHLIGHT AND DELETE them or backspace to remove them. It only takes a second. CLICK THE 'FORWARD' BUTTON FIRST and then you have full editing capabilities anywhere in the message. If you don't hit the forward button first you can’t edit.

*** Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, it is preferred you do NOT use the "To:" or "Cc:" fields to add e-mail addresses. By using the BCC: (blind carbon copy) field the email addresses are hidden. This way those you send to will only see their own e-mail address.

*** If you don't see your "BCC:" option in your email click on where it says TO: and a form appears where you can type an address in the BCC section OR highlight an address that appears and choose click on the BCC section - it's that easy. When you send to BCC: your message will automatically say 'Undisclosed Recipients' in the 'TO:' field of the people who receive it. You can also add your name in the TO Field. This way ALL those addresses are not shared with every Tom, Dick or Harry on the net someplace.

*** Last step is to REMOVE the 'FW:' in the subject line OR re-name it fix spelling and send.

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PROMOS THIS WEEK

We are all living in a world where everything costs more. It makes sense to belong to one or more 50% off Discount Camping Clubs. Membership costs approx $40. per year and if you stay more than 4-nights you begin saving 50% off the price of the campground. Sometimes the parks have blackout dates during busy times, but there is enough choice to save overnight rates. We do not come home with anymore cash in our pockets, it just means we can do more with the cash on hand such as going out to lunch etc. Added plus - If you refer others to join, you also receive a referral fee from $5-$10. If you join through the links below – RVLiving.net gets the bonus. To check them out, click on the link and search if the parks are where you want to stop.

**** PASSPORT AMERICA - the biggest & oldest but there are other choices – Take a Look…

**** HAPPY CAMPER has almost as many as Passport – their parks are on-line & on a CD. They also have a forum and RV Scrapbook (similar to My Space for RVers) plus one added plus – If you go into Freetrip.com to plan your route and you click on the CG Icon all Happy Camper parks en route will appear.

**** RECREATION USA have two clubs. Members of one automatically receive a complimentary membership to the other. One is $10.00 p/night with no blackout dates - their new club is 25% Discount at Big Rig Parks.

**** Last is MEMBERSHIP CAMPING – You can pay many thousands to subscribe OR do like John an I did – buy in for a few hundred. We still camp at a variety of parks for $10. per night. Send me an email if you want more details

NOTE: All parks may add a small fee to their site fee for extras such as cable or WiFi etc. Even with these extras they are still a bargain way to stretch $$$. DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING.