Robery on Autoroute Aire

Seannachie said:
Then I've seen a lot of motorhomes overnighting on motorway aires over the years which must have been using false French plates because they were definitely registered in France!

What's more, the inhabitants had taken the trouble to learn French and spoke it with a native accent too!

Seems that some people will go to almost any length to blend in and not appear to be foreigners.
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Maybe its those dodgy Frenchies parked up who are doing the robbing! Lets face it. They cant be trusted and have never forgiven us for Waterloo and Ajencourt! :lol-053:

Seriously though. How many times do we have to hear about motorway aire robberies? France has go to be the easiest country to overnight in the entire world. You could drive off a motorway with your eyes shut and probably crash into an Aire de Camping car. Its just being lazy.
 
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barryd said:
Maybe its those dodgy Frenchies parked up who are doing the robbing! Lets face it. They cant be trusted and have never forgiven us for Waterloo and Ajencourt! :lol-053:
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Not to mention the classification of their wines and the introduction of mustard.

Seriously though. How many times do we have to hear about motorway aire robberies? France has go to be the easiest country to overnight in the entire world. You could drive off a motorway with your eyes shut and probably crash into an Aire de Camping car.
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Yes, but that way you miss the thrill of wondering, 'Is tonight the night I'm going to be gassed?'


Its just being lazy.
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So, what's wrong with being lazy?

;-)
 
barryd wrote:
You could drive off a motorway with your eyes shut and probably crash into an Aire de Camping car. Its just being lazy.
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Barry, is there another method to find an Aire?
 
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Seannachie said:
Not to mention the classification of their wines and the introduction of mustard.



Yes, but that way you miss the thrill of wondering, 'Is tonight the night I'm going to be gassed?'




So, what's wrong with being lazy?

;-)
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Yes. I take the point about being lazy. I am an expert at it. I wont ever be gassed though as I have one of these. And the mask. Gas Attack alarm and masks
 
barryd said:
I wont ever be gassed though as I have one of these. And the mask. Gas Attack alarm and masks
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I hope nobody else throws away their money sending for that unmitigated scoundrel's alarms & masks - I sent him my cheque (or was it a Pole - anyway, some Eastern European currency) for £847.23p (which included £67.93 for 'express postage') several weeks ago and haven't seen hide nor hair of my goods. Doesn't that cheapskate merchandiser realise that the delay in sending these VITAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT is putting my life in danger every time I overnight on a French Motorway Aire next door to a motorhome with false French registration plates on it?

EDIT: If I get gassed tonight it will be your fault, Barry!
 
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Seannachie said:
I hope nobody else throws away their money sending for that unmitigated scoundrel's alarms & masks - I sent him my cheque (or was it a Pole - anyway, some Eastern European currency) for £847.23p (which included £67.93 for 'express postage') several weeks ago and haven't seen hide nor hair of my goods. Doesn't that cheapskate merchandiser realise that the delay in sending these VITAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT is putting my life in danger every time I overnight on a French Motorway Aire next door to a motorhome with false French registration plates on it?

EDIT: If I get gassed tonight it will be your fault, Barry!
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I think it is disgusting for you to tell a pack of lies about an honest and upright person and his company. With the huge volume of sales (especially just before Xmas), the occasional glitch will occur. I can only speak highly of the company from the time I bought a set of genuine Hymer stickers to put on my LDV Convoy selfbuild. OK, the spelling on them was not perfect due to them being made in China but otherwise they have added value to my vehicle.
 
maingate said:
I think it is disgusting for you to tell a pack of lies about an honest and upright person and his company. With the huge volume of sales (especially just before Xmas), the occasional glitch will occur. I can only speak highly of the company from the time I bought a set of genuine Hymer stickers to put on my LDV Convoy selfbuild. OK, the spelling on them was not perfect due to them being made in China but otherwise they have added value to my vehicle.
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If your experience is true, I am humbly corrected and realise that I may have been too hasty in my condemnation. Nevertheless, I am not entirely convinced that the opinion of anyone who thinks that they can add ANY value to an LDV Convoy is worth taking seriously. But perhaps I am being too cynical. Now, if you had applied those genuine [strike]Flymo[/strike] Hymer stickers to a Bedford CF230 your opinion would have been more credible. Meanwhile, I am wilding on motorway aires in the depth of 'La France Profonde' and just waiting to be gassed! If only I had received my gas-alarm and gas mask in time, I would be able to sleep safely at night.

PS: I've taken precautions, however - I have made my vehicle look like a less high-value target by removing the genuine Hymer stickers from my LDV Convoy self-build before going to 'Le Continong'. That should fool them!

:D
 
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Seannachie said:
If your experience is true, I am humbly corrected and realise that I may have been too hasty in my condemnation. Nevertheless, I am not entirely convinced that the opinion of anyone who thinks that they can add ANY value to an LDV Convoy is worth taking seriously. But perhaps I am being too cynical. Now, if you had applied those genuine [strike]Flymo[/strike] Hymer stickers to a Bedford CF230 your opinion would have been more credible. Meanwhile, I am wilding on motorway aires in the depth of 'La France Profonde' and just waiting to be gassed! If only I had received my gas-alarm and gas mask in time, I would be able to sleep safely at night.

PS: I've taken precautions, however - I have made my vehicle look like a less high-value target by removing the genuine Hymer stickers from my LDV Convoy self-build before going to 'Le Continong'. That should fool them!

:D
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We are so sorry you didnt receive your Gas Attack alarm system. I am assured by our Chinese Fruitcakes Partners that they are indeed on the way. Apparently they had to get a new outboard for the supply ship.

Please accept these wonderful (as described by Maingit) Hymer Decals at the greatly reduced price of £295 as an apology.

Lovely Hymer Decals
 
I saved myself a fortune, didn't bother with the alarm. When on motorway aires I just sleep with all the doors open.
I am however still waiting for my Hymer Decals. :)
 
barryd said:
We are so sorry you didnt receive your Gas Attack alarm system. I am assured by our Chinese Fruitcakes Partners that they are indeed on the way. Apparently they had to get a new outboard for the supply ship.

Please accept these wonderful (as described by Maingit) Hymer Decals at the greatly reduced price of £295 as an apology.

Lovely Hymer Decals
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I hope that the 2-stroke engine fitted to the 'Fruitcakes Gas Detector' is more reliable than the engine fitted to your supplier's ship.

As for your apologetic Hymer Decals, unless I'm gassed in the meantime, they'll come in handy when I get back to Blighty and I can use them to replace the ones I took off my vehicle for safety reasons for this trip.
 
Seannachie said:
Damn! Why didn't I think of that? Simples!
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No! Dont sleep with the windows open! Especially in France! Not only will they gas you but if you leave the windows open those evil Frenchies are now deploying light footed women to do their dirty work and they can slip into the smallest of gaps and stealthily nick your stuff while you lie there snoring away the two bottles of French wine you quaffed earlier.

They look like this

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n brown said:
just browsing some ''gas attack alarms'', great bit of scaremongering copy.particularly like the admission that the alarm can't actually detect gas ! is that perhaps because there ain't any ? talk about jumping on the bandwagon of fear ! Sleep Safe Alarms | Milenco Limited | Caravan Products | Caravan Security | UK
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Yup, disgusting sales pitch by Milenco. An attempt to exploit the credulous and engender fear so that they can sell a useless and overpriced product.
 
barryd said:
No! Dont sleep with the windows open! Especially in France! Not only will they gas you but if you leave the windows open those evil Frenchies are now deploying light footed women to do their dirty work and they can slip into the smallest of gaps and stealthily nick your stuff while you lie there snoring away the two bottles of French wine you quaffed earlier.

They look like this

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If I thought women like that WERE going to come into my 'van whilst I slept I WOULD leave the windows and doors open.
 
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