Moans and groans

[Surfer]

This was posted on another thread and I don't think the author should be allowed to get away with out any comments as it is worthy of discussion.

Ken, Can I add a few please?

People who don't say good morning on site when they pass you on the way to and from the toilet block.

People who erect wind breaks thus forming their own stockade.

People who insist on spoiling the air by having smelly BBQ's.

People who go to adult only sites are child haters.

There what with your suggestions and mine we should have many hours of happy discussions.

Ray

To kick off an answer to Ray,

1) We never use the site facilities so we don't say "Good

morning" to any one. We miserable old gits!

2) We erect windbreaks to keep our dogs confinsed to a small

area so that they do not make a nuisance of themselves.

Besides stops them yapping at passerbys or being to friendly

with strangers. actually it is to kweep nosy parkers away.

3) We love our smelly BBQ as it smells better and tastes better

than Chanel 5! Smoke deters nosy parkers!

4) We like adult only sites because the noise level is a lot

lower and you do not have to worry about balls being kicked

against your caravan. And you can have a conversation with

another caravanner without some snotty little ill mannered

beast interupting you every few minutes. Good excuse not to

get palmed off with grandchildren every weekend!

5) Ray left off the curtain twitchers, but I leave that to your

imagination. Who said I was talking about looking out?

Right, the above should get some of you on your high horse so let's see if we can break a record to see how many threads qwe can get the moderators to shut down in a week!

 

[KeithJ]

Ian, or Ray, or Ken - I'm confused!

We enjoy caravanning, - so don't have any "moans and groans"

Keith

 

[BrianStAlbans]

I don't think they are Ray's personal views ,just a list of things posted on this forum over the years.

Brian

 

[MikeMc]

Not so much on club sites, more on commercial sites. Those big groups of people who sit in the tent/awning until 2am laughing and getting drunk. The most irritating thing is the women's shieking laughs.

I dont think they are being anti-social they just dont realise the soundproofing quality of canvas is quite low.

 

[MikeMc]

And another moan, why do some waste water grids have a built up step so you have to haul the wastemaster up?

 

[rayc]

ken's original post to which I asked for my list to be addedis quoted below.. My list consisted of items that have been commented on in the forum over the last few years, as has Ken's list, except I havn't seen one about overweight people who caravan. I have though read ones commenting on the weight of equipment people bring with them .

"Alan & Gill, perhaps a few more tactful observations with your judgment thrown in could open a wealth of reponses - how about:

a) the number of overweight people who caravan

b) the number of children playing near your caravan

c) the number of caravanners who watch tv!"

Oh! the joys of meeting up with like minded people in the great out doors.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Hey hold on a minuet you lot! I'm still waiting for answers to my questions, now please form an orderly queue.

1/ why are all wheel drive vehicles perceived as superior and safer tow vehicles?

2/ where are the statistics to back these theories up?

3/ Why are they good for towing off a muddy rally field, when most run on standard road tyres and not mud plugers?

4/ How many of these all wheel drive vehicle drivers have actually been trained in how to get the most out of there vehicles?

5/ Why is it considered better to tow a small sized caravan with an all wheel drive vehicles than an ordinary saloon/estate type car?

6/ Why are all wheel drive drivers so touchy about there choice of vehicle

7/ surely the entire all wheel drive caravan towers can't be builders or farmers as well?

8/ How many of these all wheel drive vehicles have actually been "off road" doing the job they were designed to do in the first place?

9/ How many all wheel drive vehicles drivers know how to use, and take full advantage of there transfer gear box?

10/ How many all wheel drive vehicle drivers can actually name a couple of instances, where if it had not been for there all wheel drive vehicle, they would have been in the mire so as to speak?

And please note these are serious questions, and not a dig at people who choose an all wheel drive vehicle as there towing/every day vehicle, then perhaps I might have a greater understanding to my earlier "just an observation"

And finally, yes I do realise I am risking life and limb for daring to ask the above questions but it does say "General

Express your views and let off steam about general caravanning issues"

Happy Easter to one and all, and you never know if your out and about at by the sounds of it a wind swept & freezing millstone CC park at Easter we might get to have a chat.

 

[Surfer]

The forum is for general issues and you are asking specific questions about a specific type of vehicle. If you generalise more, maybe you will get more resposne!

Try the towcars forum.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Ian, the start of the thread started off in that manner, the questions generated were brought about by further debate off that topic, so please read the original topic before you re direct me to the tow car section.

 

[Surfer]

Ian, the start of the thread started off in that manner, the questions generated were brought about by further debate off that topic, so please read the original topic before you re direct me to the tow car section.

Did you miss my smiley after response? I was being a bit sarky. Hopefully you know what I mean.

Don't take things too seriously. Cheers.

 

[Geist]

Alana & Gill wrote:

1/ why are all wheel drive vehicles perceived as superior and safer tow vehicles?

Because they *are*? - I drive a 'modern' 4x4, get 38mpg, and because it's a fairly substantial thing I feel that I stand a better chance of walking away from an accident. I know that we're all expected to be happy in cars made out of aluminium foil these days, but when the drunken uninsured Yob crashes into me, I want him to be the one that dies, not me.

2/ where are the statistics to back these theories up?⇦br/>

What have statistics got to do with it? - has common sense been scrapped completely?

3/ Why are they good for towing off a muddy rally field, when most run on standard road tyres and not mud plugers?⇦br/>

They're *made* for rally fields! I've had FW drive cars, and slipped on grass that was wet (but not churned to mud) With a 4x4 you don't worry about whether you're going to get off (or on) the pitch.

4/ How many of these all wheel drive vehicle drivers have actually been trained in how to get the most out of there vehicles?

Ah - I thought about a training course - but then decided that I could learn to push the small electronic control marked 'AWD' without specialist help

 

[Thorpedo]

One very important follow up question for Geist,

Some 4x4's have a ladder fixed to the back door, why?

Is it for getting onto the roof to spot a distant hurd of Rhino near Woolacombe or is it that the ladder wouldn't fit the Swiss army knife? ;0) (winking smiley cheeky thingy)

 

[JTS]

Allan & Gill.

I have a funny feeling that you do not own a 4x4 - YET. Good luck JTS.

 

[philip_374353075]

ken's original post to which I asked for my list to be addedis quoted below.. My list consisted of items that have been commented on in the forum over the last few years, as has Ken's list, except I havn't seen one about overweight people who caravan. I have though read ones commenting on the weight of equipment people bring with them .

"Alan & Gill, perhaps a few more tactful observations with your judgment thrown in could open a wealth of reponses - how about:

a) the number of overweight people who caravan

b) the number of children playing near your caravan

c) the number of caravanners who watch tv!"

Oh! the joys of meeting up with like minded people in the great out doors.

Hi I hope that you are refering to the amount of kit they carry not the people themselves. As a 19 stone prop forward I would love to meet somebody in the showerblock who has the "guts" to say I am overweight.

Oh and by the way, I drive a 4X4 and have a Labrador.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

JTS, Yes been there done that, and owned an all wheel drive vehicle, 4 half hearted attempts at answering my questions by Geist, why am I not surprised!

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Woooops almost forgot

 

[Andrew._374353608]

Hey hold on a minuet you lot! I'm still waiting for answers to my questions, now please form an orderly queue.

1/ why are all wheel drive vehicles perceived as superior and safer tow vehicles?

2/ where are the statistics to back these theories up?

3/ Why are they good for towing off a muddy rally field, when most run on standard road tyres and not mud plugers?

4/ How many of these all wheel drive vehicle drivers have actually been trained in how to get the most out of there vehicles?

5/ Why is it considered better to tow a small sized caravan with an all wheel drive vehicles than an ordinary saloon/estate type car?

6/ Why are all wheel drive drivers so touchy about there choice of vehicle

7/ surely the entire all wheel drive caravan towers can't be builders or farmers as well?

8/ How many of these all wheel drive vehicles have actually been "off road" doing the job they were designed to do in the first place?

9/ How many all wheel drive vehicles drivers know how to use, and take full advantage of there transfer gear box?

10/ How many all wheel drive vehicle drivers can actually name a couple of instances, where if it had not been for there all wheel drive vehicle, they would have been in the mire so as to speak?

And please note these are serious questions, and not a dig at people who choose an all wheel drive vehicle as there towing/every day vehicle, then perhaps I might have a greater understanding to my earlier "just an observation"

And finally, yes I do realise I am risking life and limb for daring to ask the above questions but it does say "General

Express your views and let off steam about general caravanning issues"

Happy Easter to one and all, and you never know if your out and about at by the sounds of it a wind swept & freezing millstone CC park at Easter we might get to have a chat.

Alan and Gill, firstly thanks for making me laugh, secondly I have a Discovery it is primary dog carrier as I have a pair of Lurchers and an Alsation, the choise of a Discovery for me was an obvious one, I have had Land Rovers since I was 18 I'm now 41.

And lastly a few motor home owners had reason to thank me and my old Disco and the rope it carried for extracting them from a muddy caravan park.

All the best, Andrew.