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About 3pm Jan and I headed down to the Katy area to have dinner with Brandi, Lowell, and Landon, pick up our packages, and make a quick stop at the Camping World just past Brandi’s turn-off at FM-1463. Earlier in the afternoon I had called CW to double-check that they had the Zero G RV Hoses in stock.

The Zero G hose is a hybrid version of a regular RV water hose and one of those Pocket collapsible hoses.

I’d been waiting for someone to come out with drinking-water safe version of a soft, non-kinking hose. And this appears to be it.

The hose is normally $35, but if you’re a Good Sam member, it’s $30. And even better, if you’re a member, it’s Buy One, Get One at Half Price. So I got two of the 25ft 5/8 inch hoses for $45. Nice!

I presently have a 35ft heavy-duty ‘non-kinking RV hose that has kinked and crimped in three places. And this is my 2nd one.

I bought the first one at an RV Rally 4 or 5 years ago, and within a year or so, I had several kinked/weakened spots on it that were starting to bulge out like a bad tire. So much so that it would no longer really coil up, but would just kink and fold over at the crimp spot. So when I encountered the vendor at another rally a year or so later, I showed it to her and she swapped it out with a new one.

And it started crimping within six months. So much for a ‘Lifetime Warranty’.

We got to Brandi’s just as Lowell was leaving to pick up Landon, and when they got back, we waited until it was time to meet  Brandi at La Finca Mexican Restaurant, our favorite Katy Mexican place. Yeah, that’s right. We had Mexican two nights in a row. And that’s not our record.

Back in the 80’s when the kids were young, we actually ate at the same Mexican restaurant (the late, lamented Burrito King in Webster) seven nights in a row.

If Mexican is good one night, it’s good two nights . . . or seven nights.

Landon just had chips and queso, and pretty entertained himself.

But he kept cracking us all up with the faces he was making.

Finally, after a great meal and a great time, we headed back to Conroe about 6:30, taking the Grand Parkway once again to avoid the Houston going-home traffic.

As soon as we got home I went outside to install my new hose.

I was happy to see how heavy-duty it was,

with strong metal couplings and a thick nylon washer.

Unlike the Pocket hoses, this one does not expand or contract, but just firms up like a fire hose.

And when you turn the water off, it flattens down and can be smushed into a small ball. The canvas-feeling fabric seems to be durable and stretchy.

I’ll let you know how it holds up, but I like it so far.

Back in the rig, I thought I’d see how my replacement microwave door latch was going to work.

Here’s how I started the repair.  Easier Than I Thought . . .

The new part, the black one at the bottom, is heavier, and the piece that broke off the old is now beefed up. So hopefully it will be good for more than the 17 years that the first one lasted.

It only took about 5 minutes to snap the new door opener in place, push down the locking tab, put the control panel back on, and plug the power in.

Pushing the button in, the door opened, and when I heated up a cup of water, it worked great. It’s nice to be able to make a $6.80 repair, rather than $400-$500 for a new microwave.

Now Jan will be able bake her Sopapilla Cheesecake that she’s had waiting in the fridge since the oven broke.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. – W.C. Fields

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I spent part of the morning on the phone with Godaddy again, trying to work out the problems with my PHP script that connects with my MySQL database.

Actually, I’m pretty sure the problem is not with my script  but with the info I’m getting from Godaddy, since I can’t even get the script to open the database. All that needs is the hostname, the username, and the password.

I know the username and password are correct because I set them on the database. And Godaddy tells me that the hostname is the server’s IP address and port number. And I know the script is actually executing, because it gives me the programmed error message saying it can’t connect right now.

So the only thing that makes sense is that the hostname info is incorrect. But I know the IP address and port are correct themselves, since that’s on the database page. So maybe the hostname is not the IP/Port name.

So it’s back on the phone with Godaddy tomorrow.

Jan and I often buy the King’s Hawaiian Buns to make slider-sized sandwiches, and King’s has come out with something new that bumps the taste up a notch.

It’s a jalapeno version of their regular ones, and they’re really good, and fairly hot. For lunch today Jan made us each a couple of Pimento Cheese sliders using the new buns, and with Jan’s great homemade Pimento Cheese, they really hit the spot.

A little before 5pm Jan and I headed right down the Interstate to meet up with Dick (not Ed) and Judy Mott for dinner at Mama Juanita’s Mexican Restaurant. They had their grandson Logan visiting them so he was there too.

We had invited our friend Randy Lazarine to come along with us, but he already had plans, so it was just us.

Dick and Judy had been here before, but this was our first time. Our friend’s Brett and Frankie O’Neal had also recommended the place, so with two great recommends, we knew it had to be good.

And it was.

Jan had the Combo Fajitas Gratinada and I had the Beef Fajitas Poblanas,

with Dick and Judy both having the Lemon Shrimp.

But even better than the food was the company and conversation. And as many times before, we were there over 3 hours, talking, laughing, and comparing stories.

We finally shut the party down a little after 8pm and headed home for the night. Hopefully we’ll be able to get together again before we leave for Colorado River on Sunday.

Tomorrow afternoon we’ll be driving down to our daughter Brandi’s in Katy to have dinner and pick up our packages, including the part needed to repair our Sharp Microwave, which Jan is really looking forward to.

Thought for the Day:

Don’t knock on death’s door. Hit the doorbell and run. He hates that.

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