Daily Archives: December 18, 2014
Thanks, John . . .
It was overcast and cool all day, so we just stayed in, and stayed warm. I worked on client website stuff while Jan read the latest Ken Follett book, The Edge of Eternity,
which she says is really good. It’s the 3rd book in his Century Trilogy and Jan says all 3 books are great.
Later in the afternoon, I walked next door to say “Hi” to Randy and give him a copy of Nick Russell’s Gypsy Journal RV Newspaper. Turns out he’s completely new to RVing, so he was happy to have any new information he could get.
Reader John Heisler suggested that I might want to try muriatic acid on my drilling mud problem on my rig roof. He thought that since the mud is clay-based (bentonite), that an acid might dissolve it like muriatic acid is used to clean cement grout off tile.
I could see what he was thinking and thought I’d give it a try, especially since I was running out of ideas. But being cheap, and not wanting to drive into town and buy a bottle of muriatic acid that might not work, I decided to give it a try with an acid that I had on hand: Vinegar
If I hadn’t had vinegar, I could have also tried orange juice or Coca-Cola.
Taking Jan’s bottle of vinegar that she uses for the laundry, I soaked a paper work towel in it, and wetted down an area of the roof, let it set for about a minute, and then used the same towel to wipe it off.
And it started coming off.
A few minutes of wiping gave me this.
Success at last!
It will take a little extra scrubbing, but I’ll probably just use vinegar rather than muriatic acid. Muriatic acid is pretty nasty stuff and would have to be diluted with water anyway, so I’ll just stick with vinegar to start.
Thanks, John.
For dinner tonight, Jan fixed Ham & Cheese Biscuits, a dish she fixed a couple of time while we were gate guarding. She bakes up a tube of Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits, then when they’re done, she stuffs 4 of them with layers of ham and cheese and pops them back in the oven for a few minutes/ They come out piping hot and full of melted cheesy hamy goodnes. Two biscuits along with some of the Baked Potato Salad I got at the HED, made for a great dinner.
Later we had a slice of Edwards Pumpkin Pie. Not quite as good as homemade, but really good anyway. Especially when you add more whipped cream.
Tomorrow we’ll leave about 3pm to make the trip down to Alvin, TX to see the annual Alvin Opry Christmas Show. We’ve been going for about 15 years and never miss it. Plus it’s a chance to catch up with a lot of old friends.
But first we’re going down early enough to meet our long-time friends, Bob and Maria, for dinner at the Kelley’s there in Alvin.
Really looking forward to it.
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Thought for the Day:
The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it. – Bill Nye
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