

| Subject: | Re: VW T5 California Camper |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:20:36 -0700 |
still no clarity on the tillgrepp we demand to know what this is ... clicking on it has proven useless i may resort to moving it around on my desk tops in hope of some resolution... yours On 7/17/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll bite, what's a "tillgrepp"? > > Incident? > > On 7/17/07, Martin Jagersand <jag@cs.ualberta.ca> wrote: > > > > On 7/9/07, T.M. <tinkerman007@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > but in general I think it is pretty safe in much of Europe. > > > > > > We'll, I think it's best to camp next to a few more families that look > > > decent... > > > I think the problem might be also of the authorities telling you that > > you > > > can't camp there, as happened to us once in Scotland. We arrived there > > too > > > late to enter a campground (and actually got a bit lost) and thought > we > > > could park on a large shopping mall parking area, and take a short > nap. > > > They arrived pretty soon... > > > > > > > We often just stopped > > > >in a private spot, and were never harrased or asked to > > > >leave. Note that Austria and Switzerland has many areas > > > >with signs forbidding roadside camping. We didn't try > > > >there. > > > > > > Yup, seems to fit their image... > > > I think we can try both campgarounds as well as nice private spots > with > > > fellow campers. > > > > > > The Swedish police just released the statistic for theft from campers > > (below). > > A bit of a rise this year from last year, but still better than a few > > years > > ago. > > The police believe European gangs are targeting tourist areas, so be on > > your > > watch. > > Usual comon sense applies. Don't leave anything valuable visible. This > > applies not only when you leave your camper, but also when you sleep in > > it. Thieves will do a quick smash and grab on anything they see through > > the > > window. They won;t know (or perhaps care) if you're sleeping in there. > > > > Martin > > > > *2003: 160 tillgrepp* > > > > > > 2004: 91 tillgrepp > > > > > > *2005: 97 tillgrepp* > > > > > > 2006: 34 tillgrepp > > > > > > *2007: 65 tillgrepp* > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Martin Jagersand > > University of Alberta > > http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jag/ > > > > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in the world: Picking up garbage and telling people things. Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ----------------------------------------------------------- View my video work at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
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