Fun Facts
Winning the spam war
The deluge of spam (2,200 per day at its peak) has been reduced to a trickle (less than 200 yesterday). I accomplished this by blocking just 18 IP addresses. That mean that a very small number of purveyors of spam accounted for about 90% of the messages. Jerks.
SmartWeigh
I will file a complete post tomorrow on Rainbow’s End, the Escapees RV Club’s home base here in Livingston, TX. But today we took advantage of the SmartWeigh program to get a detailed weight analysis of our rig. Given our history with blowouts, it seemed like a really good idea to find out if we were … Continue reading
Slow-cooked fatback beans
The life of a long-distance trucker is richer than I thought. I am not talking about money; I am talking about the things that he (or she) can surround himself with while driving. We have seen many truckers who have dogs as companions. That makes sense. What I learned yesterday and found surprising is that … Continue reading