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| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 78 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
took over 40 hours to get from NH to the falls took a wrong turn and ended up in Schenectady instead of Syracuse,that night we ran out of propane so no heat... wife wants to divorce me said she would rather sleep with a dead floater corpse than ever touch me again and this was our 3rd anniversary..got to the falls and pulled into my wife's cousins side yard, promptly went to sleep outside by myself wife slept in house wasn't even offered dinner by the cousin. woke up and went into the house to be greeted by said cousin with a bill for $200 for the electricity i was going to use over the next 10 days. i promptly packed the bus and went to cam park Niagara for $40 a night. the wife will join me here soon i hope......cant wait to get home.....bus drives like a sports car but very bumpy..... also i think i have a problem with the voltage regulator as the generator light stays on and all the bats go dead over night. | ||
| L James Jones Jr (Jamo)
Registered Member Username: Jamo Post Number: 109 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 24.59.114.207  Rating: |
Bummer Tom... Sounds like the makings of the trip from hell. Hope all turns out OK for all three of you. (You, Momma, & the bus...sounds to me like the inlaws need a beatdown). My wife and I have owned our 4104 for just over two years & we have yet to spend a night in it. Plenty of day trips, but still lots of bugs to work out before we camp...and even then it'll be a couple local runs. We can see some great times on the horizon though. She retires in just over a year & since I'm a self employed cabinetmaker, I'll just take on fewer jobs. Gonna drag the Harley around the country a bit and drive and ride until we can't stands it no mo'. Good luck to you. BTW: We're just north of Rome, NY (15-20 miles from NYS Thruway exit 32) if you need to get away...3 hours by bus. Have bus parking, free power, and cold beer...Utica Club, that is. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1766 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157  Rating: N/A |
You talking bouncy-bumpy or harsh-bumpy? Front tire pressure?. They can be harsh over rough roads.Over inflated front tires will worsen ride. Remember that those front tires are 12 to 16 ply and aren't going to be like a car over rough spots on road. Also, worn king pins and radius rod bushings will aggravate this. Some use a base from an air ride seat that truckers have to smooth the ride. Everyone will have a "worst trip memory" hopefully this will be the worst one for you. PS. we need to see a pic of your bus in your signature. | ||
| Frank Radosti (Frank4104)
Registered Member Username: Frank4104 Post Number: 37 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 209.236.250.213  Rating: N/A |
what kind of tire pressure are you running on R11's | ||
| Josh McElhiney (Zcommanager)
Registered Member Username: Zcommanager Post Number: 110 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 75.187.41.177  Rating: N/A |
Bummer, Tom. Sorry to hear that your 3rd anniversary trip started so poorly. Hopefully things will get better.. Josh | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 81 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
havent checked tire pressure. i was running 50 lbs all around in the bags then went to 65 for a better ride, still not perfect. bumps were very harsh like a jolt. i have an air ride seat but the wife and baby are in pontiac montana seats bolted to a swivel base.i have twin beds in he rear but the baby fell out of bed 2wice so i bought a piece of plywood andturned the mats sideways to protect baby i will pick up a baby gate in the states tommorrow am and he will have a giant padded playpen...also having trouble getting a signal on my king dome??? worked fine in new york but not here in the 2 places i have tried..... (Message edited by taflocks on November 25, 2009) | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
Registered Member Username: Niles500 Post Number: 948 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 173.78.39.41 Rating: N/A |
Nice Inlaws ????? Good Luck - BTW - I'll send you a bill for this post | ||
| macgyver (91flyer)
Registered Member Username: 91flyer Post Number: 561 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 74.193.188.165  Rating: N/A |
Hand the cousin the fuel bill for your wife's trip and tell the cousin to consider the "electric bill" paid, but that you want the change. It's obvious the trip wasn't planned with you in mind (at all), thus, it's the wife's trip... Not yours. I'd also tell the Wife that next time she wants to "visit", the cousin can pay the bills for her trip, or that she can go alone and pay her own way.. Probably a pretty good reason I'm still alone today... It's much easier to do crazy things like own a bus when you don't have a ball & chain attached to you that doesn't share the interest... It's rare to find a woman like that... But, what do I know? Sorry if I seem harsh, but man... Seems to me like you should grant her wish on the "dead floater corpse" thing... Just go out and find some road kill, stick it in a garbage bag, hand it to her and say "Wish Granted!" Another thing you could do is treat yourself to a nice restaurant for dinner, leave the receipt where she'll find it pretty easily... When she starts to bitch about not being invited, politely remind her that YOU weren't invited for so much as a bowl of cold oatmeal after being forced to drag her ungrateful butt around for 40 hours. See how she likes them apples! -Mac (Message edited by 91flyer on November 25, 2009) | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1009 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 66.82.162.13  Rating: N/A |
Prior Preperation Precludes Poor Performance. A second propane bottle would have taken care of the heat hassle, although in mild weather an (12V ) electric sheet works just fine. If you will not be able to avoid visiting again , a rebuilt Watt meter like the power co uses is not that expensive. Offer to pay 25c a KW , probably a 50% PROFIT FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY USE FOR THE GREDDY RELATIVES.. FF | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 82 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
hank god the wife has no idea i made this post.. | ||
| Rob Norgren (Robsedona)
Registered Member Username: Robsedona Post Number: 177 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 75.210.243.175  Rating: N/A |
Better to buy her flowers and let her know your sorry for all the bad things you did on the trip. Sometimes Love and reality are not the same feelings get in the way! To me and with My wife I say Better to be (wrong)together then to be (Right) alone! Like Driving I'd rather be alive then dead right! | ||
| Newbeemc9 (Newbeemc9)
Registered Member Username: Newbeemc9 Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.155.174.126 Rating: N/A |
On the air bags, set the ride height and let the air bag pressure be what it is for that height. If you don't have leveling valves, your doing it manually. For the tires, go to the website for your tires and get the correct pressure table listed by weight and save or print. Go to a truck stop and weigh each axle on your bus( about 5 or six bucks) and adjust air correctly. You'll notice a big difference. As far as family being mean, don't take it personal, usually not worth the anger and energy you spend on it. On the bill, if they have visited you, give them a motel rate bill and thank them for revealing the opportunity to know there family and let them take the power bill out of that. Along with what Robsedona says. There is no winning an argument with the mrs., even if you did what would be your prize? Also, sense no one is listening in an argument it doesn't matter what you say, so why not just say something nice. At least you will fill better. Say "you're absolutely right" or "yes dear" or something like that then let her have the last word because that may be what it is about anyway. good luck :=)) let' us know how it turns out. (Message edited by Newbeemc9 on November 25, 2009) | ||
| Josh McElhiney (Zcommanager)
Registered Member Username: Zcommanager Post Number: 111 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 75.187.41.177 Rating: N/A |
I guess I must be one of the lucky ones to have a spouse that appreciates my eccentric behavior - like buying a motor coach!! When I get these wild ideas I think she stands back just shaking her head and chuckling most of the time... Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Good luck with the rest of the trip, Tom... Like Rob just mentioned, buy her some flowers!!!! Josh | ||
| Jim Wilke (Jim Bob) (Pd41044039)
Registered Member Username: Pd41044039 Post Number: 422 Registered: 2-2001 Posted From: 184.0.0.219 Rating: N/A |
Your bumpy ride might not be the bus. When we went to Niagra, we went East & West across NY state on I-90. I have never experienced such a bad road. I am told that this concrete highway has the expansion joints purposefully made like steps (or downward shingles) so that the snowplows won't hit a raised joint & break something. Regardless of the reason, I thought something would fall off the bus we were jolted so bad. It felt like a 2" drop at every joint for 500 miles!! If your highway was like that, do not judge the bus. Come south on an asphalt highway & you'll like it. By the way, some folks use "bunk nets" to keep sleepers from falling out like you do on on a sailboat. Don't give up. Next trip will be better. I believe 55-60 lbs is the normal air bag pressure but you want the correct ride height as that affects handling. Someone on here can tell you the measurements and the measuring points. Expect to have a little more air here & there as all 4 corners do not have the same loading. | ||
| Jim Rink (Fakeguy)
Registered Member Username: Fakeguy Post Number: 157 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 96.11.208.166  Rating: N/A |
Tom; My condolences. Owning, driving and maintaining one of these classics can be frustrating enough without fighting an uphill battle against family. I am one of the lucky ones. When one of my wife's 3 sisters asked WHY A BUS????. She replied '"WHY NOT???" Also, not only is she willing to go to a bluegrass festivals with me, she plays her upright bass right along with me on my banjo. I am envied by many guys there whose wives either don't go along to the festivals, or make his choice of going payable in misery for the other 51 weeks of the year. Feel free to come to this board to express your frustrations first. Dr. Phil probably would not understand, either  | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 87 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
have you ever done the nevada city bluegrass festival? | ||
| macgyver (91flyer)
Registered Member Username: 91flyer Post Number: 564 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 74.193.188.165 Rating: N/A |
I re-read what I'd posted and it read worse than I intended. lol... I (mostly) meant what I said in jest, though I have to say that I'm the kind of guy that doesn't really put up with anyone's crap... Family or not. But, that said... It really is hard to find a woman that appreciates and understands the madness that encompasses us as busnuts... It's an uncommon thing to find a woman that can at least tolerate the obsession... But, with all seriousness... I would hand the cousin the fuel bill and ask to be reimbursed for it since he/she had the audacity to demand payment for electricity for a "family" visit... As for the wife... Suggest that she can ride a Greyhound back and you'll meet her there... Maybe, what you two need is some time apart to appreciate what you have... Maybe take the time you're at the Falls as a "time-out" and just keep your distance from one another for the duration of the trip and let her come back another way? It just seems to me that you weren't treated very nicely after plastering your ass in a seat for 40 hours of driving to not even be given a plate of food for your efforts... Just some thoughts... -Mac | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1011 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 66.82.162.13 Rating: N/A |
" It really is hard to find a woman that appreciates and understands the madness that encompasses us as busnuts..." Really easy if she accepts the insanity of cruising under sail , first! FF | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 89 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
she isin't that bad...it was mostly the 10 m/o baby crying that got her mad at me....a long time to be couped up in a car seat....and the broken gps didint help either. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1770 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: |
Don't go with Macgvver's suggestion. Better to make 50 percent of the decisions on 100 percent of your stuff than to make 100 percent of the decisions on 50 percent of your stuff! | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 92 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
she already said i get the bus if we ever divorce | ||
| macgyver (91flyer)
Registered Member Username: 91flyer Post Number: 565 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 74.193.188.165 Rating: N/A |
Well of course you would... ;) At least half of it. ^.^ -Mac | ||
| Josh McElhiney (Zcommanager)
Registered Member Username: Zcommanager Post Number: 112 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 75.187.41.177 Rating: N/A |
Comforting feeling knowing that she is thinking ahead!! Josh | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1749 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.69.142.182  Rating: N/A |
I hope you have considered the option of getting out now, before it gets any more complicated? Rare to recover from the depths that your words impart? happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 94 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
i love her.......i also have a fondness for hemmoriods. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 694 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91  Rating: N/A |
I believe you are a glutton for punishment LOL good luck on both. Gomer | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 96 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
the campground lady called me yesterday and said it would be only $190 for my 10 day stay!!!yippie!! | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1776 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
A picture of her would help us to make a better decision. | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 97 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
the wife or the campground lady? | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1777 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
We're working on relationships here...wife first.. then we'll deal with "the campground lady" angle. | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 1309 Registered: 7-1997 Posted From: 24.239.15.161  Rating: |
What the hell is going on here??? ... and I'm likin' it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 696 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
I am waiting for the pictures, wife,campground,and the most important, da bus! Gomer PS me too!!!!!! Ian | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 98 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
flocks.shutterfly.com www.campark.com (Message edited by TAFLOCKS on November 29, 2009) | ||
| Kyle Brandt (Kyle4501)
Registered Member Username: Kyle4501 Post Number: 527 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 65.23.106.193  Rating: N/A |
My marriage is give & take - I give her what she wants & take all the crap she dishes out. Been married to the same woman for over 21 years. She is a good sport about the bus madness - as long as I don't go too far (7 buses is critical mass, 6 seems to be stable, so far anyways). I would encourage an open minded (& understanding) attitude rather than some of the suggested ultimatums (which only seem to put you on the path to see a judge). Good luck in salvaging the trip. Ask what she wants in the return trip – maybe shorter runs on the road broken up with strolls thru parks, small towns, malls, etc will make it easier for the passangers, especially the little one. | ||
| Linda & Kirby Karlsson (Linda4104fl)
Registered Member Username: Linda4104fl Post Number: 37 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 70.9.166.230 Rating: N/A |
"said she would rather sleep with a dead floater corpse than ever touch me again" I must remember this phrase... a good one! LOL Seriously, though, no doubt all is well by now and peace prevails. For a while, LOL Linda | ||
| ned sanders (Uncle_ned)
Registered Member Username: Uncle_ned Post Number: 77 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 74.162.29.195 Rating: N/A |
After my trip through south western Tenn Mamma doesn't want to even get into the bus.But she had better get over it. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1781 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
Linda, you are NOT supposed to be reading these posts!!! How can we do therapy with a wife looking over our shoulders? Just forget that phrase and Step Away! | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 104 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
to make matters worse we had a big storm last friday and the neighbors tree dropped a 40 ft branch on our 300 amp power line our cable line and our phone line. took until sunday to for them to come out and tell me i had to have a licensed electrician come to fix it, i now have a $600 bill and all my food in the freezer is gone.. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1782 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
doesn't your homeowner's ins cover this? | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 105 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
$1000 deductable | ||
| Dale Waller (Happycampersrus)
Registered Member Username: Happycampersrus Post Number: 340 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 166.229.89.121 Rating: N/A |
If the tree limb appeared to be a potential hazard and the owner failed to maintain the tree after being warned, he is responsible for resulting damage when a storm causes the limb to fall. Just food for thought for future problems down the road. If he has more "problem" trees you need to tell him, have a witness and/or document the conversation, and then take photos before the tree/limb falls for the next claim. Depending on the trees the next tree might cost more than $600 | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 397 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 75.178.95.80  Rating: |
Wow! Now THAT'S a story. Find a few more and you can launch your own Bus Nuts reality show. But all kidding aside, my heart goes out to you... I just endured a similar thrashing (but not, thank God, at the hands of 'relatives'). For once, I'll shut my pie-hole regarding further thoughts (though I tend to agree with Macgyver's [first] post. Sorry things went so sour. But damn, Thomas, didn't I warn you about going up to that sh**hole? And then - as if the trip from hell wasn't enough - a damn TREE falls on your stuff! Arrgh! Nellie Wilson | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1787 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
you have to have bad times in life to truly appreciate the good times. Hopefully, in later years, you can look back and laugh or chuckle. | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 108 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
i am already laughing like hell.... i have been out of the bus in town 3 times since i have been here, she leaves to go see her scum bucket family and i let her have the car. she has slept there for the last 3 nights. she was supposed to pick me up for dinner at 6 last night,didn't show until 8 i hadn't eaten all day. she brings me 2 pieces of cold pizza and 4 chicken wings.then says she wants to go back to her "white trash family" for the night. and of course we are leaving today and dollars to doughnuts we wont get across the border until 2 pm....and she will forget my $150 extension cord i left at the w/t house. yes i have issues....... -- (Message edited by TAFLOCKS on December 04, 2009) | ||
| John & Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 309 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 24.183.21.246  Rating: N/A |
Wow, and I thought I had problems. My wife loves the bus and would like us to sell our land and house and go full timing when she retires. I am trying to talk her into keeping a "base of operation", just in case. Good luck to you Thomas, I can't even begin to relate to what it must be like to have that kind of animosity in a relationship. 30 minutes of that and one of us would be in jail. | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 109 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 24.226.54.174 Rating: N/A |
one time 2 y/o when she was here she fell down 19 stairs and broke her arm in 2 bones not even connected. some of her family members stole my credit card and got lap dances while the sister stole the rental car and got pulled over for doing 98 mph of course she had no licence but she had my master card which she had just bought $300 worth of grocerys with but only came home with $100 worth or so... car was towed for $350 on my c/c.... | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1007 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.210.97.165 Rating: N/A |
You must be a very tolerant and loving man man, Thomas! Hate the sin; love the sinner. In all candor...most probably I would have been long gone,,,(bus, dogs and me), over the border. Best wishes. RCB | ||
| Kyle Brandt (Kyle4501)
Registered Member Username: Kyle4501 Post Number: 528 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 65.23.106.193 Rating: N/A |
WOW, I didn't realize just how good I have it. My inlaws seldom cause friction. My wife's mother-in-law stirs the pot, but at least it is not too often or with hostile intentions . . . | ||
| Rob Norgren (Robsedona)
Registered Member Username: Robsedona Post Number: 188 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 75.208.107.229 Rating: N/A |
I'm Sorry to hear that! With Family like that who needs ...................? WOW I must be in Heaven I have a loving wife who loves the bus as much as I do! Family that does not agree with our life style but supports US in what we do! And helps us out not take our money and run so to speak! You and yours will be in our Prays and thoughts I hope it will Get Better and Better for you and the Family? Are you sure you are Related? Or are they Related to your Wallet? I think You are truly Stronger then I would Be in that I would never go Back after the first time wild horses couldn't drag me back for more punishment! | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 705 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
RUN THOMAS RUN!!! Been there,done that,and don't care to remember other than the kids. Gomer | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1011 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.211.242.106 Rating: N/A |
Gomer...me too!...(where's the empathy?) RCB | ||
| macgyver (91flyer)
Registered Member Username: 91flyer Post Number: 566 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 74.193.188.165 Rating: N/A |
Ehh... Maybe I wasn't harsh enough on my first post.... -Mac | ||
| Rob Norgren (Robsedona)
Registered Member Username: Robsedona Post Number: 190 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 75.210.70.17 Rating: N/A |
LOL Mac he had not said that they ripped him off before LOL And had Lap Dances at his Ex and stole his car and cards! That is his wifes Family! I still say Buy Her Flowers and when She wants to see her Family Let her know you are not a Masochist! Dear I had all the beatings I can Take for a Life Time!!!!!!!!! And get her a Plane Ticket Kiss Her Good By and wish Her a Great Trip and Time. Then take a great trip you will love on your own! | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1791 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
cousin Eddie? | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 706 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
Thought!!! Go back and get the extension cord and maybe she will stay inside long enought for you to leave her there so she will be happy. Gomer | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 110 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 72.92.179.13 Rating: N/A |
you guys are baaaaaaaaaaad! | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1015 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.209.153.187 Rating: N/A |
Thomas...you're the one that came up with the "story".... Folks are just offering suggestions... RCB | ||
| macgyver (91flyer)
Registered Member Username: 91flyer Post Number: 567 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 74.193.188.165 Rating: N/A |
Oh, and Thomas... Make sure when she goes to visit her "family" next time that she takes no credit cards with her. It's obvious her "family" has no sense... And obviously no respect for you whatsoever. Personally, from what you've said... She has no respect for you either. Seems to me you're just a meal ticket. I can tell you that personally... I'd boot her ass to the curb and get custody of the kid. I don't think you'd have much difficulty proving which of the two of you would provide a more suitable environment, bus or not! -Mac | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 711 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
Tom; Where are you? Are you ok? Fill is in on some details. Gomer | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 114 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
we are back home took from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon to get here. we spent the night in a hotel in auburn NY and then another on the new york Vermont border as it was snowing bad. we woke up to dead batteries and had to use a 50 amp charger and liquid love to get her started. as we were at the top of a long driveway we had to let the ice melt before we could leave at noon. finally arrived at 8 pm.seems i have 3 bad house batteries that were drawing down on my starters? wife still is mad at me and the kid has been sick from the long trip and hanging around his "white trash" cousins. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1807 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
Hopefully, you can look back on this trip as the worst one you ever had. It'll sure make most others look better. I'm sure everyone can agree. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 712 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
Thanks for the update Tom and I agree with Chessie 100 times over. Maybe now things will settle down and you can plan your next trip in the opposite direction? | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 115 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
i loved the adventure. and i still love the wife..... | ||
| John & Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 315 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 24.183.21.246 Rating: N/A |
I think a trip in the "opposite direction" for Tom would be the ocean. I see some possibilities... | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 116 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
we are 109 miles to the maine coast. if i have $$4diesel we will go in the spring. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 714 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
Use HER credit card this time!! | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 117 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
IT'S MY MONEY........ | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1808 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
You know, I was wondering..... you aren't like Bob Munro on RV or Cousin Eddie in Christmas vacation are you? I know it's a little late to ask now. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 717 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
Tom put your name on it only!! I know that you have feeling for her but stay ahead of it. I saw some stuff coming and made some changes and it worked out better than I expected. The main thing is to keep your chin up and don't make any hasty decisions and think before you speak. My prayers are with you thru this ordeal. PSALMS 23 says it all!! Gomer | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1030 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.209.87.115 Rating: N/A |
Jus' keep your chin up, friend...lot more to life than "anxiety" (worrying)'. Keep on Busin'! and Ps 105:4. Gomer knows the Way! RCB | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 118 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
i have no problem with my dear wife, her family is the problem. and she knows if she spends all our money and we go broke we will be living in a bus in the walmart parking lot. (Message edited by taflocks on December 13, 2009) | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 204 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 75.209.252.84 Rating: N/A |
Einstein's "2nd theory of relativity, says that the farther away that you are from your relatives, the better you get along with them". :>) | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1032 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.208.201.217 Rating: N/A |
Amen...and Amen! RCB |
