Tag Archives: life on the road
RV parts, manuals, surplus and salvage locations
If you are looking to find trailer, motor home, or even mobile home parts, pieces, and manuals for RV refridgerators, hot water heaters, stoves, ovens, sinks, water tanks, showers, toilets, heaters, air conditioners, electrical systems, generators, and all other parts that make an RV a portable home, instead of buying new, try surplus and salvage […]
From My Kitchen Tabletop to Your Computer Laptop
In a fascinating article on SCORE, veteran catalog guru, Lillian Vernon, shares her insights about the move From My Kitchen Tabletop to Your Computer Laptop, covering the history of the Lillian Vernon Corporation and catalog from a small kitchen business to a worldwide company with millions of dollars in sales online every year. When I […]
Clearfix CSS Hack: Solving Stair Stepping Images
While I deal with this and other design issues I had with my site in the article WordPress Tips and Tricks – Template Files, Styles, and Themes, the issue keeps coming up. So I decided we needed to address it specifically. What to do when images start shoving other images round? Generally, we try to […]
Know Before You Go: Guides and Information for Frequent Flyers
The Frequent Flyer program began in 1981 when airlines started giving “rewards” to passengers who flew the most. The miles would accumlate like a score card and when a certain amount would be earned, the passenger would be rewarded with a free ticket. Over time, this grew into a major incentive program hosted not only […]
Know Before You Go: Airline Seat Maps
When you are traveling on a bus or train, sometimes you get to pick your seat, but not always. It’s often first come, first serve. But on an airplane, you are assigned a seat and expected to stay there. Did you know that you can request a seat in advance, if you have a preference, […]
Know Before You Go: House Sitters and House Traders
You want a long vacation, but leaving your home seems like more work than taking the vacation. Having a home means taking care of the garden and lawn, feeding pets, checking the mail, paying the bills, hoping the roof won’t leak, and worrying about storm damage and water leaks. Or is security a big concern, […]
Know Before You Go: Travel Rumors
Even before September 11, hoaxes, rumors, and gossip about travel and world threats to travel flew faster than most airplanes. These tend to spread fear and even more rumors and gossip. Add to the rumors the growing instability of many US airlines, the threats of airline strikes, bankruptcy, or even suddenly closing their doors, and […]
Federal Aviation Administration – 1-866-TELL-FAA
You can call the FAA 24 hours a day to report an issue on their Federal Aviation Administration – 1-866-TELL-FAA (1-866-835-5322) phone number. While few of these relate directly to consumers such a airline passengers, and are directed more towards the airline and aircraft industry, it’s worth knowing about. The issues they handle include: Safety-related […]
Know Before You Go: Keep Current – Power on the Road
You know, when they predicted that technology would make our life easier, and that wireless would free us from the cords and cables and walls, I cheered. Now that modern technology and wireless is here, I have more wires, cords, plugins, cables, and needs for electrical sockets than ever before! Switching to digital cameras only […]
US May Use Airline Data to Find Terrorist Sleepers
According to the Guardian, The U.S. May Use Airline Data to Find Sleepers. The article says that the Transportation Security Administration is testing a project known as “Secure Flight” to check for terrorist sleepers on flight passenger lists. Already it is being attacked for violating privacy laws. Supposedly, Secure Flight is a more accurate method […]
Airport Security Hassles Reduced?
According to a recent report on CNN, Airline screening hassles may be cut. It seems that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be meeting to discuss how to “reduce checkpoint hassles for the nation’s 2 million passengers”. Among the decisions and topics will be changing the bans on carrying some items on the airplane including […]
Know Before You Go: Tornado and Severe Weather Information
Escaping the path of Hurricane Dennis led us to the Memphis, Tennessee area. The campground and resort gave every registered person a door knob hanger with instructions on what to do in case of a tornado or severe weather alert or warning. I thought it was worth of posting here since all need to learn […]
The History of the Flashlight
The flashlight, the must-have stable of every traveler and camper, has an amazing history. It is delightfully explored in Energizer’s Learning Center – The History of Flashlights. In the 1890s, American Ever-Ready Company founder Conrad Hubert lit up New York City with the help of dry cell batteries and his newest invention—the electric hand torch. […]