in Mildura at present, went into carpark via a different entrance than I had previously, not realising I could not drive through to the I sailed area to park. Great, had to somehow get back out without doing miss Daisy or sails any damage. Very proud of myself managing a three point turn at end of aisle, while being watched by a trade, waiting to go down said aisle, shaking his head, and avoiding the young mum, grandmother an d toddler walking right behind me. Thank god for reversing camera.
All good managed to escape unscathed, dignity in tact, and just a little proud of myself for managing to conquer the feat at hand.
Parked out on road and did my shopping anyway. I am sure I would have given the tradie a good story at the bar, and I managed to give myself a good laugh at myself.
Sometimes I just have to wonder about me!
jenr said
09:49 AM Mar 1, 2014
Well done Shekon at least you gave them something to look at ;)
GaryKelly said
09:52 AM Mar 1, 2014
I often wonder why some people observing a driver in difficulty can't wait to heap scorn on their mistake - like honking the horn AFTER the event.
Yuglamron said
11:11 AM Mar 1, 2014
Yup people can be so insensitive.
I was about to Leave a CP in Esk Qld and drove the Suzuki 4x4 towards the back of the motorhome to hitch up. The couple in the adjacent site nudged each other and in stage whispers said to each other watch this.
As it happens we are quite adept at hitching up and in four minutes flat we were hitched up safety cables shackled on, electrics connected and the steering on the 4x4 freed up ready for travel. Walked around the vehicles doing the safety checks. Didn't want to drive off still hooked up to the electricity pole.
Got in drove off and gave a friendly wave to the neighbours. No acknowledgement whatsoever, they got up and went into their very expensive 200 series Landcruiser and Kedron Off roader. Takes all sorts to make a world and the vast majority of our fellow travellers are very nice decent people. Those that aren't stand out like a sore thumb( Was going to mention dog parts but maybe not )
The other side of the coin is we can all make mistakes and we need to make allowances.
KFT said
07:13 PM Mar 2, 2014
very well said(typed) Yuglamron
03_troopy said
07:06 PM Mar 3, 2014
Had a funny situation at a car park down in Melbourne many years ago. I was towing a box trailer and wanted to park in a corner carpark in one of the outer suburbs. The carpark had an IN gate and an OUT gate. I was situated facing straight at the OUT gate and the IN gate was around the corner, so I would have had to go around and pull across traffic to enter. Seeing as no-one was moving in the carpark, I thought "I'll just nip In Through the Out Door" (yes a Led Zep tragic). Just as I pulled into the OUT gate, a European bloke appeared right in front of me blasting his horn and yelled out "Hey.. whatsa matta.. you don't see the bl**dy arrows?" quick as a wink I yelled out "Arrows? Mate I didn't even see the bl**dy indians...." My then 14yr old son thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard.. hahaha we were both rolling around laughing and the European chap must have thought we were both crazy, so he drove around the carpark again and let us in... saved me having to reverse out into traffic anyway.. LOL now at 38 he still remembers that.
Happywanderer said
08:23 PM Mar 3, 2014
That's good troopy. I can't stop laughing. Made my day.
I am never that quick with a retort.
Vic41 said
09:53 AM Mar 5, 2014
Once in Batchelor NT I had left the caravan park to got to the local village shops, it had an entry and exit point, these were only painted on the roadway but were faded and very hard to see. Never having been there before I drove into the shopping carpark by one entrance and when I left started to go out the other.
As I was about to drive out, a passing car slammed on it's brakes and the male driver yelled out "can't you f*#*#*# read !" I gave him a finger and drove out, however he started following me, around one corner then another and finally I had to pull in the CP, he followed me in and as I didn't want to park outside my then Avan camper trail and have it vandalised later, I found a spot to pull up (he was right behind me) got out and asked him what his problem was.
I was a lot younger and fitter then and at 6' a bit scary and he went to water, mumbled something about they had kids in town and tourists don't take any notice of their signs etc (says he who slammed on his brakes making a screeching noise on a roadway opposite a school) then meekly drove off. I think he shat himself when I got out. SWMBO was freaking out thinking I was going to get into fisticuffs knowing I had a heart condition.
The dog lady said
08:43 PM Mar 7, 2014
Thanks for the chuckle Troopy, great when the right comeback comes to you at the right time.
And as for going where you shouldn't, I have my uncle's persistence to thank for not coming to grief in the underground car-park at the supermarket after having the tortion bars wound up and higher profile tyres fitted to give me extra ground clearance. When I asserted that my vehicle was less than 2.1m high he went out with a tape measure to prove me wrong and save me from wiping the fiamma off the roof
in Mildura at present, went into carpark via a different entrance than I had previously, not realising I could not drive through to the I sailed area to park. Great, had to somehow get back out without doing miss Daisy or sails any damage. Very proud of myself managing a three point turn at end of aisle, while being watched by a trade, waiting to go down said aisle, shaking his head, and avoiding the young mum, grandmother an d toddler walking right behind me. Thank god for reversing camera.
All good managed to escape unscathed, dignity in tact, and just a little proud of myself for managing to conquer the feat at hand.
Parked out on road and did my shopping anyway. I am sure I would have given the tradie a good story at the bar, and I managed to give myself a good laugh at myself.
Sometimes I just have to wonder about me!
Yup people can be so insensitive.
I was about to Leave a CP in Esk Qld and drove the Suzuki 4x4 towards the back of the motorhome to hitch up. The couple in the adjacent site nudged each other and in stage whispers said to each other watch this.
As it happens we are quite adept at hitching up and in four minutes flat we were hitched up safety cables shackled on, electrics connected and the steering on the 4x4 freed up ready for travel. Walked around the vehicles doing the safety checks. Didn't want to drive off still hooked up to the electricity pole.
Got in drove off and gave a friendly wave to the neighbours. No acknowledgement whatsoever, they got up and went into their very expensive 200 series Landcruiser and Kedron Off roader. Takes all sorts to make a world and the vast majority of our fellow travellers are very nice decent people. Those that aren't stand out like a sore thumb( Was going to mention dog parts but maybe not )
The other side of the coin is we can all make mistakes and we need to make allowances.
I am never that quick with a retort.
As I was about to drive out, a passing car slammed on it's brakes and the male driver yelled out "can't you f*#*#*# read !" I gave him a finger and drove out, however he started following me, around one corner then another and finally I had to pull in the CP, he followed me in and as I didn't want to park outside my then Avan camper trail and have it vandalised later, I found a spot to pull up (he was right behind me) got out and asked him what his problem was.
I was a lot younger and fitter then and at 6' a bit scary and he went to water, mumbled something about they had kids in town and tourists don't take any notice of their signs etc (says he who slammed on his brakes making a screeching noise on a roadway opposite a school) then meekly drove off. I think he shat himself when I got out. SWMBO was freaking out thinking I was going to get into fisticuffs knowing I had a heart condition.
Thanks for the chuckle Troopy, great when the right comeback comes to you at the right time.
And as for going where you shouldn't, I have my uncle's persistence to thank for not coming to grief in the underground car-park at the supermarket after having the tortion bars wound up and higher profile tyres fitted to give me extra ground clearance. When I asserted that my vehicle was less than 2.1m high he went out with a tape measure to prove me wrong and save me from wiping the fiamma off the roof