Lack of caravans
Sun, 10/31/2010 - 10:42
by iswim2011Has anyone else noticed that now it is getting colder the amount of caravans on the roads are a lot less.
Oh I hate getting stuck behind someone with one of those things. I seem to get the ones that do about 20 mph and don't have a clue how to handle a caravan behind a vehicle or the vehicle is on the small side that has to do the towing.
So may be this colder weather is doing some of us a favor.
Marcus
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So... Muhammad led 27 military campaigns against innocent villages and caravans & planned 38 others...?
And I read in the Hadith, “I am the prophet that laughs when killing my enemies.”
So can someone tell me, if a REAL religion were to actually exist, would it not be too difficult to cross Islam off of any possible short-list?
So question is, why so many followers? Why so much ignorance?
My suspicion is a distinct lack of education.
What say you all?
They have some education, they Teach Kids To Commit Terrorism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzlFPm7bymY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEcaI7zQG3E
There are 100's of these I will not bore you with any moreHow did Travellers/Gypsy's make money?
I really admire their fight against the establishment, they bought the land so they can do as they please.
But how do they make money? They must be fairly rich to have bought the land, judging by their appearance and lack of intelligence how are they to afford caravans, cars and scaffolding.
Stealing !!!I need a TV in my caravan can anyone recommend one?
I’m looking to use a TV in my caravan as I’m traveling in Europe this summer. I want something LCD due to the lack of space. We have plug sockets in the caravan, but my mate says that it’s best just to wire it up through a transformer to a car battery. Is this correct and any recommendations of what to get?
Some countries use a different broadcasting system to UK, so you may be better off getting a satellite system for caravans.If you want UK TV, it is the only way.You will need a bigger dish, if you travel far from the UK.
http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/
http://www.sky4caravans.co.uk/Can u sleep in the back of a Hilux Surf? (4Runner)?
Im thinking of buying one but want to know If I (6'1") could lie flat in the back with the seats folded down, for camping, The ultimate camping car! no setup, dampness and cold of a tent, no storage towing and maintenace of a caravan, and no cost and lack of versatility of a campervan, just drive somewhere, get pissed, crash in the back!
I know they are one of the biggest, toughest, and most reliable jeeps out there.
Does anyone have one? are u 6 foot? could u nip out and check for me? cheers...
There's just barely enough room to sleep in the back with the seats folded, especially if you don't sleep stretched out. I'm 6'1" as well. A lot of people build sleeping platforms that elevate the bed above the back fender wells for the largest sleeping area. That also allows for storage space underneath the platform. There are quite of few folks who camp out of the back of Surfs/4runners on www.expeditionportal.com/forum.
I went with a sleeping platform for a while but I wanted a bit more space, so I put a pop-up truck camper in the back instead. Mine's an '85 Surf though with the removable hard top though.is British humour and topgear one of the same?
Jeremy Clarkson quotes...
>
>"I'm sorry, but having a DB9 on the drive and not driving it is a
>bit like
>having Keira Knightley in your bed and sleeping on the couch. If
>you've got
>even half a scrotum it's not going to happen."
>
>
>"We start tonight with the highlight of my childhood. It's the
>Ladybird Book
>of Motorcars from 1963, and as you would imagine it's full of
>rubbish really.
>Just endless boring grey shapes, until you get to page 40, where you
>find the
>Maserati 3500 GT. Now this for me, when I was little, was like kind
>of Jordan
>and Cameron Diaz. In a bath together. With a Lightning jet fighter.
>And lots
>of jelly."
>
>
>"[about Porsche Cayman S] There are many things I'd rather be doing
>than
>driving it, including waiting for Bernard Manning to come off stage
>in a
>sweaty nightclub, and then licking his back clean"...
>
>
>"the last time someone was as wrong as you, was when a politician
>stepped off
>an aeroplane in 1939 waving a piece of paper in the air saying there
>will be
>no war with Germany"
>
>
>"America: 250 million w****rs living in a country with no word for
>w****r"
>
>
>On the Alfa Romeo Brera... "I only have to imagine this in black,
>with tan
>leather and I'm nursing a semi!"
>
>
>Illustrating the lack of power of a Boxster - 'It couldn't pull a
>greased
>stick out of a pig's bottom'
>
>
>On the Vauxhall Vectra VXR:"there is a word to describe this car: it
>begins
>with "s" and ends with "t" and its not "soot". Hammond:"So its
>fairly
>terrible then?" Clarkson:"Oh no...losing your leg is fairly
>terrible: this is
>another league of badness!"
>
>
>"some say, that he used to throw microwave ovens at homeless people
>- and
>that he long before anyone else realised that jade goody is a racist
> pig
>faced waste of blood and organs............all we know, is that he's
>called
>the Stig!"
>
>
>"the Suzuki Wagon R should be avoided like unprotected sex with an
>Ethiopian
>transvestite"
>
>
>"Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary...
>That's what
>gets you."
>
>
>'The air conditioning in Lambos used to be an asthmatic sitting in
>the
>dashboard blowing at you through a straw'
>
>
>"Koenigsegg are saying that the CCX is more comfortable. More
>comfortable
>than what... BEING STABBED?"
>
>
>"The only person to ever look good in the back of a 4-seater
>convertable was
>Adolf Hitler"
>
>
>(Fed up during the caravaning trip)"You aren't allowed to have a
>party, you
>aren't allowed to have music, you aren't allowed to play ball games,
>you
>aren't allowed to have a camp fire, you have to park within two feet
>of a
>post, you have to keep quiet, you have to be in bed by eleven. This
>is not a
>holiday, it's a concentration camp!"
>
>
>"This is the Renault Espace, probably the best of the people
>carriers. Not
>that that's much to shout about. That's like saying "Ooh good I've
>got
>syphilis, the BEST of the sexually transmitted diseases."
>
>
>(mercedes CLs55)...i agree
it is just a perfect programme
and the jokes are hilarioussomethings are best left unsaid?
Jeremy Clarkson quotes...
>
>"I'm sorry, but having a DB9 on the drive and not driving it is a
>bit like
>having Keira Knightley in your bed and sleeping on the couch. If
>you've got
>even half a scrotum it's not going to happen."
>
>
>"We start tonight with the highlight of my childhood. It's the
>Ladybird Book
>of Motorcars from 1963, and as you would imagine it's full of
>rubbish really.
>Just endless boring grey shapes, until you get to page 40, where you
>find the
>Maserati 3500 GT. Now this for me, when I was little, was like kind
>of Jordan
>and Cameron Diaz. In a bath together. With a Lightning jet fighter.
>And lots
>of jelly."
>
>
>"[about Porsche Cayman S] There are many things I'd rather be doing
>than
>driving it, including waiting for Bernard Manning to come off stage
>in a
>sweaty nightclub, and then licking his back clean"...
>
>
>"the last time someone was as wrong as you, was when a politician
>stepped off
>an aeroplane in 1939 waving a piece of paper in the air saying there
>will be
>no war with Germany"
>
>
>"America: 250 million w****rs living in a country with no word for
>w****r"
>
>
>On the Alfa Romeo Brera... "I only have to imagine this in black,
>with tan
>leather and I'm nursing a semi!"
>
>
>Illustrating the lack of power of a Boxster - 'It couldn't pull a
>greased
>stick out of a pig's bottom'
>
>
>On the Vauxhall Vectra VXR:"there is a word to describe this car: it
>begins
>with "s" and ends with "t" and its not "soot". Hammond:"So its
>fairly
>terrible then?" Clarkson:"Oh no...losing your leg is fairly
>terrible: this is
>another league of badness!"
>
>
>"some say, that he used to throw microwave ovens at homeless people
>- and
>that he long before anyone else realised that jade goody is a racist
> pig
>faced waste of blood and organs............all we know, is that he's
>called
>the Stig!"
>
>
>"the Suzuki Wagon R should be avoided like unprotected sex with an
>Ethiopian
>transvestite"
>
>
>"Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary...
>That's what
>gets you."
>
>
>'The air conditioning in Lambos used to be an asthmatic sitting in
>the
>dashboard blowing at you through a straw'
>
>
>"Koenigsegg are saying that the CCX is more comfortable. More
>comfortable
>than what... BEING STABBED?"
>
>
>"The only person to ever look good in the back of a 4-seater
>convertable was
>Adolf Hitler"
>
>
>(Fed up during the caravaning trip)"You aren't allowed to have a
>party, you
>aren't allowed to have music, you aren't allowed to play ball games,
>you
>aren't allowed to have a camp fire, you have to park within two feet
>of a
>post, you have to keep quiet, you have to be in bed by eleven. This
>is not a
>holiday, it's a concentration camp!"
>
>
>"This is the Renault Espace, probably the best of the people
>carriers. Not
>that that's much to shout about. That's like saying "Ooh good I've
>got
>syphilis, the BEST of the sexually transmitted diseases."
>
>
>(mercedes CLs55)....BF issues? It is a long story and I would be so greatful of a response.?
Ok so my bf and I got together and everything was perfect. Then we ended up living in a caravan and working together. He was needy and clingy and I started to feel smothered and wandered if this was going to be the rest of my life. We had money issues and there was a lot of strain on our relationship due to it. I ended up treating him badly I never cheated I never would, but I was horrible to him and made him feel low. Truly unforgivable and I regret it so much but words as they say you cant take them back. We both moved back home after a less than ideal time in a caravan and he decided he couldnt forgive me for the way I treated him. I have never elt so much guilt How could I hurt someone I love so bad.... AND that was when it hit me I REALLY LOVED HIM. He decided he wanted us to go our seperate ways.He had gone from adoring me to this. I fought for him I told him I loved him and would change and he was hapy to give it a go. and so you know what i did. You dont know what u got til its gone. I love that boy!! But we got back together and he was distant, we saw each other barely once a week, he didn't ring me and he didn't tell me he loved me unless i said it first and i started to doubt his feelings, i thought this was normal and i was being insecure. After all we need to work on things it doesnt just magicly come back. I take him sandwiches into work, drove him an hr away and waited for him and bought him back for something as he couldnt afford petrol, and bought cds that he liked and had them sent to his house just as little gestures really to let him know I care. But getting little back I dont mean money or anything I mean emotion so I was doubting his feelings u no that gut instinct feeling. But when we were together he was lovely. We were planning a holiday in july but he hadnt said much about it... I gave him the option of a get out and he went straight for it. Obviosuly i was upset, and bought up why i was feeling so down etc about how he was now treating me...he apologised. I went home. Last night he came over I told him how he has made me feel recently and how he has hurt me he pretty much said nothing just agreed with me and said sorry. The only thing he did say was that Id asked him to move in with me a week or so ago at mine(nothing serious just stay over) and it bought it all back to him how he just couldnt do it and live with me after the way I treated him. We ended up breaking up, lack of communication on his part im v open with my feelings and he is very passive... I said to him im 26 and that I deserve better than to constantly second guess him because he isnt giving me attention to feel loved and that if a man cant tell me he cant go on holiday or how he feels how can i settle down with him and start a family. He just agreed.... And shortly after left. Obviously me trying to talk about feelings didnt help and we ended up breaking up as he just didn't say anything as hes so scared of confrontation. He is my best friend, and I...Sometimes the wounds that words create are too deep. You hurt him deeply and he can't forget it. I believe time heals everything and you should let him be for the time being. If you guys are meant to be together he will come back.how soon can you take a newborn on a trip?
my partner is due on or around 29th august and wants us to go to an 8 berth caravan with friends on 27th september (me and her with a 1 month old girl "baby in question" and 3 year old boy plus my 15 year old sister and our friend with her 2 girls 6 and 8) the caravan site is only 45 miles away and is accessable via 1 bus. a friend will be driving with our luggage so that wont be a problem for carrying.
the trip is for 5 days
i would like to know if there are problems that can be caused for example how long would a baby need to stay at home for before taking these small trips.
any other information would be a bonus please and really look forward to your answers.
my girlfriend is for this and i am partially against due to lack of information.
thankyou for reading
at a month old, a baby can take a short trip (or even a long one, of the right kind) without any issues generally. if the baby is healthy and thriving, it shouldn't be a problem. just make sure you have enough formula (if not breastfeeding), a safe place for her to sleep, enough warm/cool clothes and clean diapers.
we took our daughter to great wolf lodge when she was 2 months old. she went in the water and had a great time. we were gone for 5 days. we also drove down into the states (i'm in ontario, canada) to go shopping and she came along.
the one thing that could be a concern is if your girlfriend has a c-section. if she has a vaginal birth, and feels up to going, she should be fine. if she has a c-section, it's usually recommended to rest and do very little for about 6 weeks. no lifting except for baby. no driving. no heavy housework (vacuuming, laundry, etc). at least that's what my doctor told me. i didn't listen and my incision split open (not all the way of course) and started bleeding because i tried to do too much too soon. if it's at least 4 weeks after, which is what you're saying, you should be pretty safe.
so, if she has a c-section and feels up to going, make sure she takes it real easy, otherwise she should be fine. if baby is born strong and healthy, she'll be fine either way.
good luck and congrats!i always put college first, iv'e done volunteering in the past, i've had a handful of part time jobs?
which i have excluded from my cv because with all of them i was laid off, i only had those three jobs for three weeks each, like i said i got laid off with all of them, they were bar work which i only had for a couple days then i got sacked, i work as a caravan cleaner in a caravan park got laid off from thay after four days, then i worked in a cinema on the kiosk got laid off from that because i didn't like the work, roughly i am 32 and i've had a month's work experience paid work in my life. the rest of my work experience amounts to about 2 years volunteering in charity shops roughly. i can display shops, put up bed's, use the till, answer the phone, organise, clean, tidy etc.
it's not volunteering that let's me down, it's lack of paid employment.
i don't know if going to uni is the right move, because i am on work experience, that will stay untill i'm interviewed by the company i'm doing it with unless they decide they don't wan't to train me anymore. i think uni might be the right thing because i can get really professional and recognised certificates and i want a decent job. i'd rather get well qualified and get a well paid job, than take a low wage job
other people have 16 years work expeerience or years experience on me, that is why i am unemployable not ready for work, you can't get 16 years work experience over night, i'm not sure how to address that, would i be prepared to go and volunteer for another couple of years yes i would because the company i am on work experience with actually pays there volunteers and i do wan't to stay with this company.
that's why i want to go to uni as well, so this company can use my skills as well
A degree may open doors but there is no guaranteed job at the end of it and the chances are when you first graduate you will have to take any job, possibly low paid in order to manage financially. Also be very careful what degree you do. If you are intelligent enough to do a degree that could lead to a professional job, such as teaching, accounting, law, medical doctor etc then go ahead. However if you pick a more random degree that is not a prerequisite for a job then you could end up back in the same situation after you graduate.
At least with this weather it is keeping them off the road a bit more and I can get from A to B without it taking for ever.
Fred
Fred
I hate getting stuck behind them to. They always seem to have a vehicle that is on the small side and don't have a clue how to tow one.
I say ban them from the roads.
I also hate caravans on the road. Nice to see not many about.
There are plenty of official caravan sites with those big static caravans that people can rent out for a few weeks or how ever long they want to rent it for.
I think they should ban the things off the road or make the drivers do a test to show that they are capable of towing one with the ocrrect size of vehicle to tow it with.
Darrell
Recantly I saw a small van on the motorway towing a caravan and it was wobbeling from side to side and there was no way that van was even big enough to do what it was being asked to do. When it was safe to get past I passed these two clapped out contractions and my passenger said it looked like on of the wheels on the twin axle of the caravan was half flat. This was clearly making it go from side to side and the fact that the driver was most likely going to fast as well.
I was well glad to get past and get out of the way of that death trap. Where is there a policeman when you need one. You know they are like buses. You don't get one you get two come at once.
All caravans should be stuck in a feild out the way or only allowed to travel between 1am and 5am and keep the roads free in the normal day hours.
William
It is bad enough them being on the road when the weather is nice but in these conditions would just be extremely crazy. Anyway it must be to cold use one of them at this time of year.
Oliver
Oliver
Oh my word I saw a caravan being towed yesterday when I had to nip out. I was totally amazed to see it but was not surprised when the traffic was all crawling along.
Even in winter the damn things manage to cause hassle. They should be banned until the early hours of the morning when there is very little traffic on the road.
Yes good idea ban the things until early hours of the morning.
I saw three of the damn things in a row today holding the traffic up. ahhhhhhh I hate them. They should make people take a test and show them what to do on how not to get in to trouble with them and make sure they have the correct type of vehicle to tow the rotten things with.
Road Runner ( meep, meep )
I also saw some caravans recantly and yes they was holding the damn traffic up once again.
Fred
It was great to see the damn things off the road in the heavy snow but they seem to be breeding again. Caravans are like traffic road cones. They get in the way and slow you up and drive you mad.
That is a very good idea in suggesting that they go on the road in the early hours of the morning.
Marcus
Yes those white things on two wheels are rather like traffic cones. They breed over night don't they.
Well may be at the minute with the cold weather it is to cold for there owners to use them.
It is jolly cold outside today well all week it has been rather cold so if it stays like that we may get some peace on the roads.
I know one thing and that is if next doors make much more noise I think I may get one and put it in the middle of a field with 100ft conifers all the way round it. Might get some flaming peace. Ha, ha.
Marcus
Any luck no one will have enough money to buy one and bring it back this direction.
Jamie
Yeah good idea. Leave all the caravans at some ralley out of the way and off the road. I did notice the other day they seem to be popping up again.
Ahhhhhh what is it with these things. They should make it law that people should have to do a test to pull one and the caravan has to go a form of m.o.t as I bet no one ever checks to see if they are ok when they have been parked up for lord knows how long.
Mouse
Good point mouse, I wounder how many people who buy a caravan have never towed anything above the size of a wheel barrow.
I agree people should take a test to pull one of these damn white things.
Fred