What are you all up to today? - part 3

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  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #152

    I'm finding this thread a little uncomfortable......

    Write your comments here...Me too!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #153

    Well, I did tell Mrs M I'd take the week off but I'm sure you'll all be glad to know we've arrived safe and sound in Slovenia ..... and it's pouring down! Sad

    Still, the good news is there's a free "serve yourself" bar and we'll both be able to enjoy watching the football tomorrow after our first day's walking! Wink

    Write your comments here...Sorry about the weather, Chris but have a lovely time in Slovenia anyway. I've never been there myself. At least the rain will cool it down!

  • Tammygirl
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    edited June 2016 #154

    What a shame that we will miss each other H&T, MH normally we can adjust our days but we have to see the kids at the weekends so we can spend more time with them and we have to get back to Scotland for my neices wedding. We will back down again in September
    so you never knowWink

    Stamford seems to be well recommended will have to give it a try if not this time next time.

    Its a bit noisy on site tonight guess the French have done well at the footballLaughing

     

  • Tammygirl
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    edited June 2016 #155

    Have a nice time in Slovenia M, its been raining here too so you are not alone, is it nice anywhereUndecided

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited June 2016 #156

    The visit to the dentist didn't happen. Arrived on time only to be ask "Why are you here your appointmant's been postponed and we texted you" Surprised Seems
    the compressor had broken down so I've to go on Friday now. However it gave me time to visit the bank before leaving town. 

    Managed to book our first site for our next trip this evening and waiting for a reponse from an e-mail about the next one.

    Write your comments here...

    Where are you off to next nellie?

    Starting off on The Wirral and then heading down through Shropshire and perhaps down as far as Ross. Will be booking more sites tomorrow hopefully.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited June 2016 #157

    The visit to the dentist didn't happen. Arrived on time only to be ask "Why are you here your appointmant's been postponed and we texted you" Surprised Seems
    the compressor had broken down so I've to go on Friday now. However it gave me time to visit the bank before leaving town. 

    Managed to book our first site for our next trip this evening and waiting for a reponse from an e-mail about the next one.

    I have to ask, Nellie......what do they use the compressor for?

    To drive the jack-hammer? Laughing

     

    Ian, the drills etc are all air driven, hence the need for a compressor. One does not want a electric device put into one's mouth does one?

  • SELL
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    edited June 2016 #158

    Sell, re van weights, ours is not much heavier than your so hopefully we'll attain similar fuel consumption as yourself.

    Write your comments here...Guess it will be a little bit less as you have gone for the auto.

    We will find out in due course. How much milage did you put in before towing for the first time with the D4?

    Write your comments here...Was approx 800 miles, no reason for this it was just the first opportunity we got due to work, are you going for the volvo fitted towbar or are you sorting your self with a independant fitter ? i went for the Volvo detachable.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #159

    Malcolm.......please think about what you are writing. People clearly don't want to hear all the minutia of your day at work on an hour by hour / minute by minute basis.

    Please consider just doing one or two posts a day for a while, just summarising your day.

    Write your comments here...Thank you, Ian. I'm glad I'm not the only one getting stressed by it all. It all started because I mentioned in the part 2 thread that I couldn't read what was said on page 1003 because it kept coming up with 'planned maintenance' message and still is. This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me. I did think yesterday that maybe I should stop following this thread as it was getting rather unpleasant and depressing.

  • Oneputt
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    edited June 2016 #160

    This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me

    Malc, don't play at being a victim,  if you don't like what people post  just press the report button.  I for one am not going to apologies.  Your agenda is to gain gold stars as quickly as possible and to that end you post multiple replies of inane comments
    instead of answering all the queries/points in one post.  Enough folk on here have hinted at your posting, it's so bad now that its a complete turn off. 

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #161

    This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me

    Malc, don't play at being a victim,  if you don't like what people post  just press the report button.  I for one am not going to apologies.  Your agenda is to gain gold stars as quickly as possible and to that end you post multiple replies of inane comments instead of answering all the queries/points in one post.  Enough folk on here have hinted at your posting, it's so bad now that its a complete turn off. 

    Write your comments here...I'm not playing victim, Oneputt. Ian said he was feeling uncomfortable about this thread and I replied to what he said by giving an accurate account of what actually happened and I agreed with him because I, understandably, felt the same about it as he did.

    I've been posting on this forum for about two years now and have seen this kind of behaviour before. So it's not something that's new to me.

  • jeffcc
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    edited June 2016 #162

    Hurrah !5 mins and we will be off to yellowcraigSmile. Use left and right arrows to navigate.

    Assuming i can find the cat!Surprised. Use left and right arrows to navigate.

    Dog been sat in back of car for last half hour with boot open, its got that when are we going Look

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #163

    This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me

    Malc, don't play at being a victim,  if you don't like what people post  just press the report button.  I for one am not going to apologies.  Your agenda is to gain gold stars as quickly as possible and to that end you post multiple replies of inane comments
    instead of answering all the queries/points in one post.  Enough folk on here have hinted at your posting, it's so bad now that its a complete turn off. 

    Write your comments here...I'm not playing victim, Oneputt. Ian said he was feeling uncomfortable about this thread and I replied to what he said by giving an accurate account of what actually happened and I agreed with him because I, understandably, felt
    the same about it as he did.

    I've been posting on this forum for about two years now and have seen this kind of behaviour before. So it's not something that's new to me.

    Write your comments here...Someone suddenly says something untoward and then someone else joins in by saying let's ignore Malcolm. I've seen it before. It's just the history of what has gone on before on this forum repeating itself.

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #164

    The visit to the dentist didn't happen. Arrived on time only to be ask "Why are you here your appointmant's been postponed and we texted you" Surprised Seems
    the compressor had broken down so I've to go on Friday now. However it gave me time to visit the bank before leaving town. 

    Managed to book our first site for our next trip this evening and waiting for a reponse from an e-mail about the next one.

    I have to ask, Nellie......what do they use the compressor for?

    To drive the jack-hammer? Laughing

     

    Ian, the drills etc are all air driven, hence the need for a compressor. One does not want a electric device put into one's mouth does one?

    I didn't think of that......no one doesn't.......Embarassed

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #165

    Nellie - we used our XC 90 for towing within a few hundred miles of buying it - a trip to Edinburgh in a gale!

    I don't recall any restrictions and it doesn't appear to have done it any harm.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited June 2016 #166

    I think it's generally accepted now that there's no need to put miles on the clock before towing. LR don't stipulate it these days. If in doubt, consult the handbook.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #167

    You are right jeffCC. I did my own little survey (just in case I'd been totally out on my previous comments on the closed thread.) In 22hrs by page 11 on this thread there were 107 posts, the major poster was MM. Many of his comments were to posters who'd previously said they would not be responding to him. This indicates someone who is not engaging with anyone and has no intention of abiding by the rules on here.

    Write your comments here...I can't help noticing, Brue, that you are on the same level of stars as myself i.e. 5 purple. That means you have been posting just as much as I have and Tinwheeler too. Milliehull suggested that I should be ignored in response to what Tinwheeler said. Had TW not said it, she would have not responded in that way.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #168

    This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me

    Malc, don't play at being a victim,  if you don't like what people post  just press the report button.  I for one am not going to apologies.  Your agenda is to gain gold stars as quickly as possible and to that end you post multiple replies of inane comments
    instead of answering all the queries/points in one post.  Enough folk on here have hinted at your posting, it's so bad now that its a complete turn off. 

    Write your comments here...There are others on here, Oneputt that are on the same level of stars as me. TW and Brue are both on their way to Gold too as they are both on 5 purple. They have,  therefore, posted just as much as me, yet no-one is calling them
    bad!

  • KjellNN
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    edited June 2016 #169

    Malcolm....I reckon those you mention have been members since Day 1, so have had longer to accumulate posts.

    They are also long-time caravanners/MHers so have a wealth of experience to pass on, and have given a lot of good advice on sites/travelling/technical stuff over the years.

    There are other forums where "chat" posts do not count for anything, IMO it should have been the same here!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #170

    Malcolm....I reckon those you mention have been members since Day 1, so have had longer to accumulate posts.

    They are also long-time caravanners/MHers so have a wealth of experience to pass on, and have given a lot of good advice on sites/travelling/technical stuff over the years.

    There are other forums where "chat" posts do not count for anything, IMO it should have been the same here!

    Write your comments here...Yes, KjellNN whatever people post in whatever section including fun and trivia all add to their post count. So there's more to this forum than just technical matters.

    This forum first started in January 2012 and it's now June 2016. It's so long ago that I can't remember when I first started posting on here but I think it was sometime in 2013 when I was in the process of considering buying  a caravan and joining the club.

  • huskydog
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    edited June 2016 #171

    Malcolm, i think what a lot of posters find annoying , is you post every time you deliver a pizza, do we really need to know that , i dont post every time a customer comes in

     

    P.S, must go ,got a customerWink

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited June 2016 #172

    Malc, please, for the sake of all of us, including yourself, forget about those stupid little stars. They are becoming an obsession, and I am quite sure if you thought about them less, and just posted some interesting stuff, everyone would be relieved, and
    this thread would flow better with a lot more choosing to contribute. As it is, not in anyway trying to upset you, but waffling on about pizzas, dodgy burgers and even to a lesser extent what time you have a cup of tea, is just not floating anyone's boat,
    and is not interesting at the frequency you tell us about it.

    You have a wealth of caravanning experience, you stay in some nice places, and must have a life away from pizzas and burgers. Why not, once in a while, tell us a bit about this? Without divulging personal information of course.

    I could of course be way off the radar here, and you are in fact deliberately seeking to wind everyone up via this thread, but I hope and trust that this is not the case. Happy

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #173

    Malcolm, i think what a lot of posters find annoying , is you post every time you deliver a pizza, do we really need to know that , i dont post every time a customer comes in

     

    P.S, must go ,got a customerWink

    Write your comments here...You just did, HD! I hope your customer found what they wanted! Anyway, I won't be posting about work today because today is my day off.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #174

    Malc, please, for the sake of all of us, including yourself, forget about those stupid little stars. They are becoming an obsession, and I am quite sure if you thought about them less, and just posted some interesting stuff, everyone would be relieved, and this thread would flow better with a lot more choosing to contribute. As it is, not in anyway trying to upset you, but waffling on about pizzas, dodgy burgers and even to a lesser extent what time you have a cup of tea, is just not floating anyone's boat, and is not interesting at the frequency you tell us about it.

    You have a wealth of caravanning experience, you stay in some nice places, and must have a life away from pizzas and burgers. Why not, once in a while, tell us a bit about this? Without divulging personal information of course.

    I could of course be way off the radar here, and you are in fact deliberately seeking to wind everyone up via this thread, but I hope and trust that this is not the case. Happy

    Write your comments here...I did write about Weston Park which was a nice place to stay for the six days of the National, HD, yet in the National thread, there were many people that didn't like it because they felt Nationals had changed over the years and were dwindling in attendance. So you can't please everyone!

    Five purple is enough for me at the moment. Anyone who gets to gold will automatically lose interest in stars because the increments will go so high that it will probably take a regular and frequent poster over a year before they get to the next star.

    If I'm not mistaken, you'll need half a million points to get from 4 to 5 gold. The fifth gold is the end after which no-one can get any further in the star count!

  • DSB
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    edited June 2016 #175

    Well, I did tell Mrs M I'd take the week off but I'm sure you'll all be glad to know we've arrived safe and sound in Slovenia ..... and it's pouring down! Sad

    Still, the good news is there's a free "serve yourself" bar and we'll both be able to enjoy watching the football tomorrow after our first day's walking! Wink

    Sorry about the weather Moulesy, but I hope you enjoy Slovenia.

    Safe travelling. 

    David 

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #176

    Malc, please, for the sake of all of us, including yourself, forget about those stupid little stars. They are becoming an obsession, and I am quite sure if you thought about them less, and just posted some interesting stuff, everyone would be relieved, and
    this thread would flow better with a lot more choosing to contribute. As it is, not in anyway trying to upset you, but waffling on about pizzas, dodgy burgers and even to a lesser extent what time you have a cup of tea, is just not floating anyone's boat,
    and is not interesting at the frequency you tell us about it.

    You have a wealth of caravanning experience, you stay in some nice places, and must have a life away from pizzas and burgers. Why not, once in a while, tell us a bit about this? Without divulging personal information of course.

    I could of course be way off the radar here, and you are in fact deliberately seeking to wind everyone up via this thread, but I hope and trust that this is not the case. Happy

    Write your comments here...Sorry, 150,000 from 4 gold to 5. Total points needed is half a million. To put that into perspective, it has taken me over two years to get to 5 purple which is a total count of 100,000. At the rate I post, it would take 10 years
    to get to five gold. I just hope I can live that long!

  • Pliers
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    edited June 2016 #177

     

    .Thank you, Ian. I'm glad I'm not the only one getting stressed by it all. It all started because I mentioned in the part 2 thread that I couldn't read what was said on page 1003 because it kept coming up with 'planned maintenance' message and still is.
    This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me. I did think yesterday that maybe I should stop following this thread as it was getting rather unpleasant and depressing.

    Malcolm, please don't get stressed out or depressed. It isn't worth it. Keep posting whatever you want to, everyone else does, after all. If people don't like your posts, why on earth do they keep reading them......

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #178

    It's been raining on and off here since I first got up this morning. My wife was up until two o'clock this morning as she wanted to get all the washing done. I didn't realise she was up that late because I was in bed fast asleep! This was after an 11 hour
    day at work with me. How does she manage it, I ask myself!  On a working day, I find I can't stay awake much beyond midnight!

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited June 2016 #179

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited June 2016 #180

     

    .Thank you, Ian. I'm glad I'm not the only one getting stressed by it all. It all started because I mentioned in the part 2 thread that I couldn't read what was said on page 1003 because it kept coming up with 'planned maintenance' message and still is.
    This seems to have unleashed a series of personal attacks against me. I did think yesterday that maybe I should stop following this thread as it was getting rather unpleasant and depressing.

    Malcolm, please don't get stressed out or depressed. It isn't worth it. Keep posting whatever you want to, everyone else does, after all. If people don't like your posts, why on earth do they keep reading them......

    Write your comments here...Thanks, Pliers.

  • JayEss
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    edited June 2016 #181

    50% of today's posts on this thread have been made by one person. 

    There's a bit in the guidelines about monopolising discussions. 


    • Don't dominate the discussion.It can also be off putting for other contributors when someone is dominating discussions, so please let other people have the opportunity to have their say, especially if you are just reiterating your original
      point. Remember, wanting to have the last word does not necessarily mean you are right.

    It's pretty clear that regular contributors to the thread have been put off. How about starting your own thread about your day and people can choose to engage with it or not?