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Old 10-29-2017, 05:40 PM   #1
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Exterior Winter care

I clean my roof, check the seals, wash+wax and cover my travel trailer for Winter. What do you do to your exterior before Winter storage and what products do you use?
I realize many folks on here live in warmer climates and don't need to go to the same extremes as me but I'm still curious what you use on your exterior.

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Old 10-29-2017, 09:51 PM   #2
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Sounds like you got it covered. Breaks your heart to cover it up for the winter, doesn't it?
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Old 10-30-2017, 12:02 AM   #3
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Yes it does! I'm a piddler though, I'm inside it all Winter messing with something.

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Yes it does! I'm a piddler though, I'm inside it all Winter messing with something.

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yankees don't know what piddle means!
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yankees don't know what piddle means!
Isn't that what puppies do when they get excited?
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Hadn't thought about that.
In the south, piddling is doing something that is not necessarily too important but keeps one from having idle hands. Apparently elsewhere it means to make a puddle. [emoji3]

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Hadn't thought about that.
In the south, piddling is doing something that is not necessarily too important but keeps one from having idle hands. Apparently elsewhere it means to make a puddle. [emoji3]

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Diddle, piddle and fiddle,,,,,,,,,all the same. Something to do that sometimes causes real work.
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Diddle, piddle and fiddle,,,,,,,,,all the same. Something to do that sometimes causes real work.[emoji38]
Kind of funny....in the mountains of East Tennessee they all mean something different. [emoji41]

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Diddle, piddle and fiddle,,,,,,,,,all the same. Something to do that sometimes causes real work.

Ah Yes, DIDDLE means to ...

Piddle means to mindlessly do something then do something then do something...

Fiddle means to fiddle with it. Like, Don't fiddle with that, it will make you go blind (can I do it until I need glasses?)
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Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner! [emoji3]

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Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner! [emoji3]

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Yep, as long as he doesn't fiddle with his diddle and make a piddle.
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Yep, as long as he doesn't fiddle with his diddle and make a piddle.
As we get older it can definitely happen [emoji39]

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As we get older it can definitely happen [emoji39]

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No truer words ever! Sorry, got to go fiddle around a bit....

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No truer words ever! Sorry, got to go fiddle around a bit....

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It's even worse when you're out on the highway on your scooter, 30 miles from town! Not to mention being winter and you're layered up.
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