Please stop telling me that it is a spare battery (1 Viewer)

slobadoberbob

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If it was attached to my motor home - Winnebago Aspect by a lead (electrical or leather you decide) then it might be more to do with motor homes ... but in a way it is and is not... but I want to get it over to as many motor homers as I can.

The Saint Bernard (Ezzie - has a name) that is on the end of the lead walking beside me is not my spare battery. I have heard it hundreds of times. It does not have any brandy.. if she did I would have used it up by now drowning my sorrows from hearing the same old remarks. No she does not pull me along, Yes I do have batteries and no the dog is not the replacement or spare. No she does not pull the Winnebao along... she can pull 1000kgs - yes they were working dogs and the pack bags she has and light and carry her plastic bags for cleaning up anything she deposits.

So when you see me about (next at Malvern then Bath and West) do say hello, talk about your motor home or mine.. always plenty to say about that, or chew the fat about having to get in to Colditz / Butlins with Warners new fences, but DO NOT tell me about the battery or the tow rope. (please nicely)

Long suffering Bob on the red scooter.
 

JJ

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If it was attached to my motor home - Winnebago Aspect by a lead (electrical or leather you decide) then it might be more to do with motor homes ... but in a way it is and is not... but I want to get it over to as many motor homers as I can.

The Saint Bernard (Ezzie - has a name) that is on the end of the lead walking beside me is not my spare battery. I have heard it hundreds of times. It does not have any brandy.. if she did I would have used it up by now drowning my sorrows from hearing the same old remarks. No she does not pull me along, Yes I do have batteries and no the dog is not the replacement or spare. No she does not pull the Winnebao along... she can pull 1000kgs - yes they were working dogs and the pack bags she has and light and carry her plastic bags for cleaning up anything she deposits.

So when you see me about (next at Malvern then Bath and West) do say hello, talk about your motor home or mine.. always plenty to say about that, or chew the fat about having to get in to Colditz / Butlins with Warners new fences, but DO NOT tell me about the battery or the tow rope. (please nicely)

Long suffering Bob on the red scooter.

Here is the deal Bob... I say none of the annoying things above to you if you avoid mentioning me "getting my oats" if I let slip I was brought up a Quaker... and you refrain from asking me to "make your wife/bills/weeds disappear" if I let slip I was once a professional magician and so and so and so...

Deal?

Come on Funsters... what are the comments that drive you mad (but being Funsters you smile softly) when you hear them?

JJ:winky::winky:
 

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You don't look wild to me, hee hee

...but you DO look wild :Eeek: :roflmto:

The only thing that gets my goat is people thinking that shortening my name to 'Jan' is cool.

No problem, if you can't manage to get your tongue round 'Janine', I quite like 'J9'.

That then gets mutated to 'K9'....... grrrrrrrrrrrrr. :cry: :roflmto:
 
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Woof woof:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:


I long since got over the various plays on Dunn, my surname, often simply getting in first, as in are you done yet, yes all my life etc etc:ROFLMAO:


I'm even getting used to Steve, no idea how you get from Simon to Steve, but hey:Doh:

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Come on Funsters... what are the comments that drive you mad (but being Funsters you smile softly) when you hear them?

Not to the stage of driving me mad, but give it time...and you probably need to see my van to appreciate these...

1. "Did you convert it yourself?"
Yes, of course I did. And then I stuck that "Danbury Motor Caravans" sticker on, that you can clearly see on the side facing you, just for fun...:Doh:

2. "Hey....you've lost your caravan somewhere...ho..ho....ho" :Smile: (got that one first from a C&CC warden....thought it was pretty funny the first time)

3. "So....is there a bed in there?"
No...I sleep in the utility tent, or using a hammock that I suspend between the rear-view mirror and fridge...:winky:

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Come on Funsters... what are the comments that drive you mad (but being Funsters you smile softly) when you hear them?

JJ:winky::winky:


Usually from a fellow rallier who owns a caravan.

"They are alright , motorhomes , but what happens if you run out of milk ? "

Someone must say it every weekend to us........

Bev
 
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Come on Funsters... what are the comments that drive you mad (but being Funsters you smile softly) when you hear them?

How could I have forgotten....

Person: "What do you do for a living?"
Me: "Oh...software development....and support"
Person: "Ah...just the person! I'm having problems with my computer...." -> add your own crappy Windows issue here :Doh:
 
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How about;

"You live in Cornwall? What are you doing here in Scotland/ The Lake District/ Wales/Nth Devon / et al!?"

"We're on holiday" (smiling sweetly,& thinking people that live in Cornwall have holidays too, Pillock!):cry:
 

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Janine;317829 That then gets mutated to 'K9'....... grrrrrrrrrrrrr. :cry: :Laughing:[/QUOTE said:
yup lifes a bitch, hee hee:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

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When people find out we have spent the last 30 years in the wholesale nursery business they always have a sick plant they want an opinion on - hey I'm on holiday too. Always try to help and ask what plant it is and they never know what the plant is its always ' this high has green leaves flowers in the spring has little green fruits that ripe in the late summer etc etc. then they look at you totally dumbfounded when told there are millions of varieties just like that most do not even know if its a tree, a shrub herbacious, perenniel , annual etc. My pal who is a doctor suffers the same - as soon as he says he is a doctor most people start to pour out their aches and pains. Neither of us admit to being what we are ususally just for peace and quiet :Eeek:
 

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I ended up offering a prize if anyone could come up with a new joke when I was head of I.T at the Cambridge division of SSL ( better known as Schole or Marigold gloves, or even better known as Durex ! )
 

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Not so much as bothers me really but I do get a bit frustrated when people come up to us at shows and ask "where's the van you converted"? My reply is usually along the lines of "its right in front of you holding up the awning you're standing in (and smile:Smile:)".

One that does annoy me a bit is when peole can't get my name right, its Newell splet N E W E L L , not NewAll or even Knowall! you'd be surprised how many get it wrong even when its right in front of them!

D.

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I long since got over the various plays on Dunn, my surname, often simply getting in first, as in are you done yet, yes all my life etc etc:ROFLMAO:
Just be glad your surname isn't Bastard or Gay then. And yes, I've met a Mr Bastard and a Mr Gay.
 

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Have a customer whose parents were either daft or bloody minded..
Waine Kerr
 

Janine

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In a nearby town there was a brother and sister whose surname was Cock.

Their Christian names were Everard and Ophelia. I kid you not!

Poor bu@@ers.

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Allegedly, the midwives at the hospital dissuaded Mr and Mrs Peacock from calling their son Drew.
 

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My names is not SEB thats the geckos name (or was, he was sadly pts years ago)


sebthegecko


ie Seb the gecko.............not me
 
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slobadoberbob

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So what happened to my battery issue?

My names is not SEB thats the geckos name (or was, he was sadly pts years ago)


sebthegecko


ie Seb the gecko.............not me


OK I give up, I just wondered how we got so far off track with the original post I placed on here. I was making a serious point, but it seems to be lost of some people. But then I seem to get lost myself a lot of the time. Now were was I ... I know connecting the Saint Bernard up to be recharged.

Bob:ROFLMAO:

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