Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:20:36 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: VW T5 California Camper
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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
>
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roger w
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