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07/8/2011 at 8:24pm
Location: Moray Outfit: A couple of tents & an old caravan
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Quote: Originally posted by john4578 on 07/8/2011
i found campers always spoke , bought our first van and found them to be snobs. Oh dear i may have upset some people. Come on caravnners lighten up. Were all out for a good time arnt we??
Lol I must admit I've heard that said before - all the same I can't really say I've found it to be true either ! Though if I'm honest I supposeas a rule we tend to have more in common with tent people than caravan people....
Thankfully in my experience most people are at least not so ill-mannered as to ignore a smile or a hello / good morning / whatever, and plenty are friendly & actually like a natter sometimes. But that applies to caravanners as well tenters.
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07/8/2011 at 8:48pm
Location: SHROPSHIRE Outfit: Corona 505 & Nissan Primera P12
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07/8/2011 at 8:57pm
Location: Staffordshire Outfit: 2008 Avondale Osprey S
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I think some people are just antisocial, not just on sites, you get people in cars not thanking you for letting them through or in shops when you stand aside & people walk past & ignore you & I presume it's the same folk who dont say hello on the site.
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08/8/2011 at 12:00am
Location: Clacton on Sea . Sunshine Coast Outfit: Compass Navigator 1200 TDi swb
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when walking through a town centre , i often think i must be invisible , the amount of people who just walk straight at me , its like pedestrianised chicken ,,
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08/8/2011 at 8:25am
Location: None Entered Outfit: None Entered
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Nice to know if it was me you're behind you'd be very patient
I'm going to have my new hearing aids adjusted this week, I'll ask if they can add a stealth car mode.
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08/8/2011 at 9:27am
Location: Clacton on Sea . Sunshine Coast Outfit: Compass Navigator 1200 TDi swb
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The deep south ? ? ,, well ,, I do recall the last couple who ignored my , good morning to you both , nearly crashed into me on their buggy , cracked a whip at me and I could hear the man declare to his good lady wife , Frankly my dear , I don't give a damn !! ,, ; )
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08/8/2011 at 1:25pm
Location: Shropshire Outfit: None Entered
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Quote: Originally posted by john4578 on 07/8/2011
i found campers always spoke , bought our first van and found them to be snobs. Oh dear i may have upset some people. Come on caravnners lighten up. Were all out for a good time arnt we??
John, have you found that tenters don't acknowledge you now that you have a van? We changed from a fc to a caravan this year as we needed to use a seasonal pitch. I have found that, on the same site, we seem to have suddenly become invisible to those in tents!! It's nothing to do with the value of the unit as we have a 13 year old van which is worth less than the fc we sold.
But maybe you do all need to consider, as a previous poster said, that some people may have an "invisible" disability. My husband is profoundly deaf and, although he is a really friendly type, often doesn't know people are speaking to him unless they are directly in his line of vision
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08/8/2011 at 2:33pm
Location: south cheshire Outfit: VW Caddy Maxi
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I was brought up to speak when spoken to or I was being rude. Apart from those who have a hearing disability or similar, I don't think there's any excuse. Although in these days of 'not talking to strangers' that is taught to our children today (and for a good reason), I can see there is a line here.
All over 30's (or thereabouts)seem to 'speak when spoken to'.
All under 30's seem to 'not talk to strangers'...
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08/8/2011 at 3:47pm
Location: Wirral Outfit: Swift Freestyle 520 on seasonal pitch
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We ahve gone from tent to trailer tent and now caravan. Have to say we have noticed no difference in friendliness.
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08/8/2011 at 5:27pm
Location: None Entered Outfit: Coachman Pastiche
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Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 08/8/2011
All under 30's seem to 'not talk to strangers'...
My experience of a lot of them is they don't speak to strangers but are quite happy to swear and curse at them, especially on the large commercial sites.
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08/8/2011 at 5:27pm
Location: sheffield Outfit: 2017 Bailey Pegasus Ancona
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I will talk to anyone, I get into trouble more times than enought for gassing, (has anyone else found that windbreaks resemble garden fences???) The number of times tho OH has told me we're going to be late as I'm putting the world to rights with someone over a cup of coffee is so many I've lost count Caravaning and camping is a social thing, why not be social???
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08/8/2011 at 10:23pm
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I think you are right about times changing, today i thought the same thing (am i getting old) when i went to the dishwashing area the kids had pinched all the plugs, went to the toilet block and a man took his large dog with him into a toilet?? and a man washed out his chemical toilet at the fresh water suply
and that was just this afternoon,
i wonder what tomorrow will bring (yes im getting old
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