AJ's Auto Service

Day 142

Grey Water Tank Day

8am:
This morning, Little Scampy has an appointment at AJ's Auto Service in Salem. Our replacement grey water tank is to be installed.

You may recall that, sometime back, Scampy's grey water tank got crushed. We don't know how that happened. We saw some things hanging down underneath. And there it was!

We ordered the replacement grey water tank from the manufacturer in Canada.
That tank was received on September 5th. But tank installation has been hanging fire since then for need of a plumbing fitting.

We bought that fitting from Scamp Trailer. The fitting serves to connect the grey tube to the tank. The first fitting got lost in transit. So we had to order another.

Scampy at AJ's Auto Service 

Salem, Oregon 

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AJ's Auto Service
No company in the RV repair business had time for Scampy's repair. And no company in auto service wanted to deal with an RV. We found AJ's Auto Service when we wished to have Scampy's brakes checked.

l believe that AJ's Auto Service is a one-in-million company! AJ's is sooooo sensitive to doing good. And being polite!

The Scampy Team is very happy about being at AJ's today!


10:38am:
Patty's Off Center Cafe
Looking online for a breakfast joint, we found Patty's place. It's busy here. We are sitting at the counter.

My order is:
2-eggs over easy, country potatoes, English muffin! Of course, black coffee.

2:51pm:
Lowe's Hardware
Here is what happened after breakfast at Patty's:
➜ AJ's completed the grey tank install. There was a huge glitch! Scamp had two incoming grey lines on the top of the tank.

In order to accommodate those lines, the top of the old tank was cut off. That top was then secured to the top of the new tank with cement and pop rivets. And then the new grey tank was put in place with the top of the old tank sandwiched in. At that point, the three incoming grey lines all emptied into the grey tank

➜ The grey water dump valve now needed installation. But! There was no fitting for connecting the flexible hose to that dump valve!
➜ Roberson RV Parts:

We went to Roberson to buy that missing fitting. Thankfully, Cory, Roberson's parts manager, climbed under Scampy numerous times in order to analyze what needed to be done and educate me as well.!

We have sooooo much praise for Roberson's Cory! A great guy!!
➜ Lowe's. We are here to buy ABS cement.


3:14pm:
Installing grey tank valve
I do not want to install the grey valve and associated fittings myself. I know what to do. But at my age, going underneath Scampy and working on my back is not easy as it was when  was younger.

I probably will NOT do it myself!

5:01pm:
Lincoln City
We are heading west in order to reach Lincoln City. But old George got sleepy.

According to our deal, made with our own self, we have pulled off the highway to rest in the little Town of Rickreall. We'd like to stay the nite here.

We'll see about that!


6:10pm:
Changed dressing
I just completed changing my burn wound dressing. Little iPhone took a pic for you to see.

Today

Yesterday

Wound care
I learned a lot about wound care from yesterday's disaster. I was a wound care imbecile!

When my burn had pretty much healed, I figured that I was now able to resume my normal life. This was NOT correct because the burned tissue was still exposed.

Burned tissue does NOT have resistance to bacteria. This means that absolute cleanliness is essential for the burned skin. Keeping the dressing secure and dry is the only way to prevent bacteria from entering my body!

7:54pm
OxyContin
This evening on PBS Newshour, there was a story about OxyContin. This news report addressed the State of Washington's law suits against Perdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin.

Since my pain control drug is OxyCodone, I was curious. Because OxyContin and OxyCodone are such similar words.
Here is what I found:

www.diffen.com

OxyCodone is an opiate but may be combined with ibuprofen or Tylenol in some formulations. A number of prescription pain relievers including Percocet, Percodan, Tylox andOxyContin all contain oxycodone. However, oxycodone is the only ingredient in the stronger version of the drug:OxyContin.

Hmmmm? Wow?
My med, OxyCodone is stronger than OcyContin!!

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