murphy's Laws of RV'ing

[tiinytina]

Hey All lets have fun with this 

1. oil, air, tranny, tires, belts, hoses all checked and yup something will always fail 100 miles from home
2. Electrical gremlins will  happen on their own schedule.
3. The length of your sewer hose is inevitably a foot shorter than where you parked by the dump station
4. Batteries full charged yesterday obviously aren't today
5. 50% of what you packed you won't need
6. The 10% of what you packed then left at home because you'll "never use that" is obviously what you need now.
7. Inevitably you won't have the right size socket packed
8. the only time you drive under low branches is the only time you accidentally leave your TV antenna up.
9. You have 5 of every 12V bulb type except the one you need
10. Duct tape can fix anything
11. Given a box of tissue or electrical insulation Mice will choose the insulation...
12. Water leaks only happen in darkness
13. Water leaks only happen in places you can't quite reach
14. The PO was obviously Italian as left behind spaghetti wiring
15. the Statement by the PO "everything works" is never true
16 the statement "we can fix that for you" is also never true
17. Dogs shed more hair inside your RV than inside your house

[Oz]

That's really good.  Boy, if those points haven't been thought a million times by millions of RVers!

[joanfenn]

  LOVE IT!!!!!

[ClydesdaleKevin]

LMAO Tina!  So very true!

We saw this poor guy towing a fifth wheel on the way here to North Carolina, and his brand new Winegard Sensar antenna was still up, standing proudly in the highway winds.  We tried to catch up with him but he was driving way too fast...we could only watch in amusement as his antenna just barely kept clearing overhead power lines and bridges...and I mean by inches...I wonder how far he got or if his antenna actually survived?

Kev

[jkilbert]

Tina,
That's good. Definitely have run into a few of those laws before.
John

[tiinytina]

Please feel free to add to the list! know there are more truisms out there!
Tina

18. Furnace worked fine when tested over the summer, won't when you need heat.
19. You will at some point put your water filter on backwards... ewww.
20. "What were they thinking" is most common thought after you start a renovation
21. You will never break down within sight of any auto parts store

[JDxeper]

 
          22.  The manual I want was right here in this drawer yesterday.
          23.   Yes I turned the water pump off, What is the running water I hear?
          24.   Yes the dump valves are colsed, go ahead and use the stool!

[ClydesdaleKevin]

25.  The dogs were fine when we left...now they have the runs...now when we arrive they are fine again.

26.  I could have sworn I took up the Lynx blocks when we broke camp!

27.  Never enough pressure to use a pressure regulator, so you take it off and the pressure spikes!  Put it back on and the water shuts off...and its a brand new regulator!

Kev

[tiinytina]

28. There are never enough cans of "Off" packed
29. You can find all the manuals... except the one you need
30. the PO's stated previous mpg will never happen W%

[JDxeper]

  31.  Yes dear, it will be OK when it stops raining!

[OldEdBrady]

32.  Go to one of those big box hardware stores.  But a dozen of every size screw, bolt, nut and nail they carry.  When you need a screw/bolt/nut,nail, you will NOT have the correct size.

[tiinytina]

33. Zip ties and eternabond can also fix anything...
34. Storms happen more frequently when you have your awning out....

[Froggy1936]

 35.  You find the perfect location to set up R/V site only to find you are parked in a small lake after the first rain !

[tiinytina]

36. Finally figuring out what  is wrong the night before heading out and fixing it in the dark....

[tiinytina]

37. you will STILL finding things the PO screwed up after 6 years of owning, tuning up, fixing it etc...

[moonlitcoyote]

38. You find the perfect spot to park to step out in the morning and instantly become covered in biting ants that picked the same spot after you set up.

[tiinytina]

39. No matter how inclusive your packing list is you will always forget something D:oH!

[Froggy1936]

40. After driving around town for 2 months with your new hubcaps on. The first time on the interstate and up to speed they decide to leave the wheels forever.

[salplmb]

41. after you fix anything. the thing next to it gets jelous and fails or just looks so bad you need to work on that next.

[tiinytina]

42. Morning coffee always tastes better when sitting in your RV at your dinette than anywhere else

[ClydesdaleKevin]

43.  When making your coffee with a perk pot on the stove, if you are going to run out of propane, that is when it happens!             Kev

[joanfenn]

44. just after spending hundred's of dollars on a new windshield, you get a rock chip from some idiot that just had to pass you less than one mile from the window repair place.

[Oz]

ooooh.... good one... ouch!

[tiinytina]

45. You discover your grey water tank has overflowed into your shower as you step into it without looking first.... (eww)

[tiinytina]

46. your brand NEW batteries are at 1/2 charge after a 5 day weekend wit h shore power but once back and testing of course your converter is working at 100% and there are no problems...