Our RV Adventures

A number of our readers wanted to know where I get the Quercetin and Zinc tablets we take daily to ward off the Flu Manchu (my new favorite name)

And both of them are available on Amazon.

Quercetin

EZ Melt Zinc

The Zinc tablets are really tasty, with a blueberry flavor, and they just melt in your mouth.

And as I said yesterday, since we heard about Debi and Ed Hurlburt’s ongoing bout with CoVid, we’ve doubled up both Quercetin and Zinc for the next week or so.

Well, I had hoped to have a easy weekend, but Jan called me about 2:30 and said she could hear water running from under the dresser area in the bathroom and the carpet was getting damp in the bedroom right next to the bathroom. So I was on my way home right then.

Based on where Jan said she was hearing the water from, I was pretty sure I knew where the leak was – our water heater, which is located under the built-in 4 drawer dresser.

Getting home, I turned off the shore water, and then removed the bottom two dresser drawers and bottom panel, and, while I watched with a flashlight, Jan turned on the pump.

And a stream of water squirted out of the side of the water heater covering. So I cut away the cardboard enclosure, pulled aside the fiber insulation, and had Jan turn on the pump again. And this time I could see where the water stream was coming from.

Directly out of a hole in the side of the tank itself, just from where the arrow is pointing.

It looks like there’s been some sort of corrosion going on in the whole area, but the only leak is by the arrow.

While I was thinking over the problem I went online to check out new water heaters. What I have in the rig is an Atwood GC10A-3E, which is no longer made. But it has a replacement, a GC10A-4E, but no one in Houston seems to have one in stock.

And the places that do have it available, show about a week or so delivery time, so I started thinking about a temporary (week-long) repair. So I dug out a tube of J-B Weld Steel Reinforced Epoxy Putty to give it a try.

After turning off the electric power to the unit, I drained all the water out and let everything dry.

Then I use sandpaper to rough up the entire area, and then used alcohol to clean any grease off and let it dry again.

Next I cut off a chunk of the putty and kneaded it into a even dark gray color and carefully pressed it into place, making sure to cover the entire corroded looking area just in case.

This stuff sets up in 5 minutes and cures hard enough to drill in an hour, so you can’t dawdle.

It will stand up to 900 PSI and 350° temps so a water heater shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve even repaired leaking car radiators with this stuff in the past.

Even though it should be ready tonight I decide to wait until tomorrow to check it out. I’ll let you know.

I went ahead and ordered our Wings Over Houston AirShow tickets yesterday. And though in the past we had always just got the General Admission tickets, the ones where we have to lug in our own chairs, etc., this time we got seats in the Prime Viewing Area, right in the center of the seating area, and that includes Prime Parking near the seating area.

And since we have assigned seating, we had to pick a firm date, so we’ll be going on Saturday, October 9th.

Now just hoping for good weather.
 

Thought For The Day:

You know you’re old when you read People magazine and you’ve never heard of any of those people.

I received several emails from friends/blog readers wondering if Jan and I were worried since our friend’s Debi and Ed Hurlburt were diagnosed with CoVid yesterday, especially since we had just had lunch with them two weeks ago today.

Worried, No. But cautious, Yes.

As I’ve mentioned before Jan and I have been taking Quercetin and Zinc since May of 2020. For those who don’t know, Quercetin is a OTC analogue of the infamous HCQ (Hydroxychloroquine), and both Quercetin and HCQ, as well as the almost equally infamous Ivermectin, are Zinc ionophores.

And a Zinc ionophore is a molecule that facilitates the transfer of Zinc ions through the cell walls of viruses. And of course Zine is already known as a potent killer of cold viruses. Which is why there are a number of Zinc-based cold remedies like Zicam and Cold-Eeze that are used to shorten colds.

And of course, most colds are caused by coronaviruses, ones like 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1.

Which circles us back around to why Quercetin, HCQ, and Ivermectin are useful in preventing/treating CoVid-19.

And in that vein, just in case, Jan and I have doubled up on our Quercetin and Zinc starting yesterday, and will continue that for the next week or so.

Which is also what we did this past Christmas when Jan and I visited my client’s home to drop off a gift. We got a big hug from his wife, and a big pan of her hot-from-the-oven homemade cinnamon rolls. Then after Christmas, she came by the office and I got another big hug when I thanked her for the rolls.

Then 5 days later, she was diagnosed with WuFlu, along with a bunch of her fellow churchgoers. So then too, Jan and I doubled up on our Quercetin and Zinc. And nary a sniffle.

Furthermore, in some good news, our friend Ed Hurlburt posted this afternoon that he and Debi had received the monoclonal antibody infusion. He said it took about 2 hours and he already felt better.

Jan and I hope they both continue to get better.

The monoclonal antibody treatment, also known as the Regeneron treatment is the same one President Trump credited with his rapid recovery from CoVid last October, and more recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Lunch today was at the Snooze up in Webster, a nice change since we haven’t been in a while.

Jan got her usual Bravocado Toast, but instead of the hard scrambled eggs she ordered, they gave her kind of an omelet mixture, which she was not really happy about since some of the yolk wasn’t done as well as she liked.

I usually just get the Classic 3 Egg Breakfast with Bacon and Fruit, but I wanted something different, and then this caught my eye, the Habanero Pork Belly Benny, with this description.

Seared, cider-braised, habanero pork belly on top of a grilled English muffin with bacon espresso jam and poached eggs. topped with cream cheese hollandaise and cranberry relish.

And it was really, really good. Spicy, creamy, and sweet.

Certainly Have-Again good.

Then it was on over to Costco to stock up on some things, finishing up at HEB, and then Cowboy Coffee on the way home.

A very nice day.

Thought For The Day:

Remember, a yawn is just a silent scream for coffee.