Author Archives: Ross

On the Trail of the Holy Grail – the ideal motorhome design

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Ross

We have just about finalised the design of our new motorhome – which is just as well since construction has started. Building a new motorhome (personally or by a builder) can be fun, challenging, stressful, and downright scary.  I can … Continue reading →

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Bus for Sale Nissan UA440 11.3 m 1993 Ready for Conversion

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Ross

The bus that was going to be our new home is definitely for sale. It’s on Trademe, listed under Motorhomes. Have a look at this link – no longer working.  It is listed as ready for motorhome conversion, and includes … Continue reading →

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A Day in Day Surgery

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Ross

Yesterday was a different sort of day – in day surgery. And what a great day it was… I’ve been plagued by an old knee injury from my running days up to 2000. I thought giving up running had seen … Continue reading →

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Long time … no blog …

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Ross

Crikey! Is that the date? Where did the rest of July get to? Life is fairly busy. There was a burst of TradeMe in there somewhere. Sold a few things. Couriered my first stuff out of town. One got smashed … Continue reading →

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The Forum is Back

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Ross

Hallelujah…. The CMCA/NZMCA on-line forum is back on line for us from NZ. After a numbe of months when the link was broken, there is now a new link and it works. And I am happy… The link is in … Continue reading →

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The Warehouse and the Inconvenient Truth

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Ross

I used to love the Warehouse.  I remember the good old days when it was exciting to hang out there.  you never knew what sort of bargain was going to get announced over the PA. They were the place for … Continue reading →

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iPhone on sale in 2 Hours

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Ross

Wyn got an email advertising the new iPhone, and ended up watching a video explaining the features. Wow! Never mind the outrageous cost in NZ and that it isn’t available in pre-pay. Is it a cool thing or what? It … Continue reading →

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Recycling the Old Transperancies

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Ross

I made a start yesterday on scanning some of my favourite old slides (transperancies). My Epson RX510 multifunction came with a slide and film negative scanner. I haven’t used it much, and it was a bit of a mission to … Continue reading →

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Uploading pictures

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Ross

You’d be proud of me Michael. I managed to upload some photos and get them onto a new page/gallery.  And even get a couple of them onto posts.  It only took about 37 attempts 🙂 I tried uploading them first … Continue reading →

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Gloomy Sunday

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Ross

It’s Day 2 of the Motor Home Page blog thing. I’m still in the learning and configuring stage.  Well more set-up really. Me and configure are not often in the same sentence 🙂 It’s a gloomy sort of day in … Continue reading →

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My first WordPress blog post

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Ross

Wow! This is my first actual post to this new blog. So far so good. My wonderful technical adviser and son Michael has smoothed the install process – well done it all actually. Now I just need to figure how … Continue reading →

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AA Motorhome Plus

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Ross

We came across an annoying condition of the AA Motorhome Plus benefit the other day. AA Motorhome plus is what you need to get AA roadside assistance if you have a vehicle over 3.5 tonnes or something like that. And … Continue reading →

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New TV

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Ross

Have you noticed how all the TVs are going in for shiny black plastic screen surrounds. “Piano black” they cal it. Ugh. Might not be too distracting in a blacked out room with no light source. But anywhere else? It … Continue reading →

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Journey in the Camper to Wanaka

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Ross

This weekend is our last holiday one until the other side of winter, so we headed off in our campervan after work on Friday. Our destination was the Mt Barker area near Wanaka. Friday was a lovely evening, with no … Continue reading →

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New Brake Rules (continued)

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ross

While I was there I asked whether they had checked out the new heavy vehicle brake rules. Seems like they had checked it out and the owner of the ones they are working on that are unregistered is relaxed about … Continue reading →

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