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[Spriddler]

Only Brits on site, others all Nederlanders. One shouted at me furiously for Britain abandoning the EU, said I should be ashamed of myself! I think it's the attitude of a bully or someone poorly educated and the height of bad manners to berate a stranger in that way.

I'd have asked him if it was having a few too many beers that had given him the Dutch courage to be so rude.

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I've never suffered rudeness, perhaps because I can choose to converse fluently in English, French or German so I give them a friendly smile, shake their hand, say 'Thank you' in English then start talking rapidly in a language that isn't the same as theirs.

 

[Al n Val]

I'd have asked him if it was having a few too many beers that had given him the Dutch courage to be so rude.

nah!!

i’d have just smacked him

 

[Jenka]

24”pure wall to wall sunshine
what the hells reason Not toooo Smile.
The amount of Total ignorance in some of these Old Cogers.
just had 5 French and couple of Gerry’s!! Pull me up and call me oot.
Brexit !!!… you’ve left the EU as the looked and pointed at my reg plate!!!!
I think I going to start a fekin Battle!!!
leave no man standing.
bunch of

I bet the French ran off and the gerrys will lose anyway

 

[bobnick]

We were in Benidorm yesterday, (8 drinks for £13.20). Plenty of Spanish welcoming us.


I have chatted with three Spaniards this week. Two had lived in London in the past and one still has some kind of residency and pays taxes in the UK. They were telling me how they feel for us with the 90/180 day rule and that they love and miss most of the brits.

We are not on a campsite at the moment, we are at our house.

But I do find when on a campsite, there is always some busy body has something to say for themselves and make negative comments regarding the British. Even before Brexit. Even some Brits can be really annoying. Like the Bloke in Annecy who accused me of dripping my waste onto the pitch, scoffed when I told him it was condensate from my Habitation A/C.

Sometimes, when its visibility is not a requirement. I cover my reg up.

We were in lörrach in Germany in 2020. A friend came to visit us in his car and parked next to our MH. One of the wardens walked past, saw his car, ignored it until he saw our registration plate was UK ( could not see the reg of our friends car). It was then that he turned on his heels and started to berate us for having a car next to our pitch (not allowed on the Stelplatz part of the site).

As he started to shout at us in English for having the car there, our German friend piped up and gave the warden an earful in German. That surprised him !.

I could write a book about campsite shenanigans. We just say hello, mind our own business and occasionally make friends with the neighbours. But I just wish some people would mind their own bloody business.

Don't know how to highlight just one sentence.
Anyway, had to laugh at the cost of 8 drinks, i had to go to a touristy area a few days ago to meet someone.
I paid £11.50 PER PINT for a shite pint at that of Pironi.

 

[autorouter]

24”pure wall to wall sunshine
what the hells reason Not toooo Smile.
The amount of Total ignorance in some of these Old Cogers.
just had 5 French and couple of Gerry’s!! Pull me up and call me oot.
Brexit !!!… you’ve left the EU as the looked and pointed at my reg plate!!!!

No worries mate, give it a few years and will be independent and back in the EU.

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[phase3begins]

No worries mate, give it a few years and will be independent and back in the EU.

And everyone will agree the world is flat.

 

[autorouter]

And everyone will agree the world is flat.

I don't care what 'scientific' evidence you produce, I will never believe the world is flat.

 

[Al n Val]

I don't care what 'scientific' evidence you produce, I will never believe the world is flat.

So i’m confused

do you really mean it isn’t flat??

 

[Kozikot]

So i’m confused

do you really mean it isn’t flat??

Most that think it isn't flat, are Confused...

 

[TheBig1]

Tis simple, point out that we, the British were first to stand up to the Federal State of Deutschland Europe and First to produce a Vaccine to save THEM. We stand up to bullies and the idiots that follow them like sheep. We are British and PROUD

Take a look at other news sources to show we were the first to bail, but won't be the last. Germany & France have too much EGO to accept the experiment has failed because they pushed TOO FAR

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[DelMar]

I remember a Dutch man say to us in Spain, Wales voting to leave the EU, is like asking a “Turkey to vote for Christmas”. Wales had received a sizeable amount of money from them at that time.

 

[TDub49]

Phew - thank goodness for the "ignore" button . . . .

 

[autorouter]

nah!!

i’d have just smacked him

Unfortunately, gone are the days when a true Brit would sink, burn or destroy his motorhome, or seize it and convey it back to London, where he could rock up at the Admiralty and claim it as a prize. Still, the way things are going...

 

[Al n Val]

Unfortunately, gone are the days when a true Brit would sink, burn or destroy his motorhome, or seize it and convey it back to London, where he could rock up at the Admiralty and claim it as a prize. Still, the way things are going...

Never say Never

 

[Spriddler]

Unfortunately, gone are the days when a true Brit would sink, burn or destroy his motorhome, or seize it and convey it back to London, where he could rock up at the Admiralty and claim it as a prize. Still, the way things are going...

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[jongood]

We ve been out since mid December and had no hassle.

 

[kimndon]

TDub49 - must be hitting that ‘ignore’ button some what!! Easily upset?

 

[Scotch mist]

I give them a friendly smile, shake their hand, say 'Thank you' in English then start talking rapidly in a language that isn't the same as theirs.

ME to , broad Scots , gets them every time

 

[TheBig1]

TDub49 - must be hitting that ‘ignore’ button some what!! Easily upset?

Who?

 

[TheBig1]

Just read back through the thread, did they post on this? Can't see it, unless you can show me I missed something

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[David and Sally]

Just read back through the thread, did they post on this? Can't see it, unless you can show me I missed something

#42

 

[TheBig1]

#42

Ah, there isn't a #42

 

[David and Sally]

Ah, there isn't a #42

Oh yes there is.

 

[David and Sally]

Phew - thank goodness for the "ignore" button . . . .

Here you go

 

[TheBig1]

Nope, no 42, so clearly I am not allowed to see it. Can only think of one reason for that, oh well, not my problem

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[David and Sally]

Nope, no 42, so clearly I am not allowed to see it. Can only think of one reason for that, oh well, not my problem

Have you got an ignore on that member? Accidentally?

Your post is #55 so there has to be a #42

Can you see my quote above?

 

[JockandRita]

ME to , broad Scots , gets them every time

Yes, I too have done that a couple of times.

Not this MH, but when we had the Hymer with a a Welsh Dragon and a St Andrew's Saltire sticker on the back, I did have a couple of conversations from Europeans, asking me what my opinion was on leaving the EU. They were pleasant interactions from folks genuinely interested, and with no argy bargy. When last in Southern Ireland staying with friends, they too wanted to know my opinion on the subject. Another younger chap in Northern Ireland became a bit offish about the subject, which he brought up, not me.
Friends who are members of overlanding groups, have been berated by Germans over Brexit.

Cheers,

Jock.