Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...

[anonymous-user]

It's ok, but not fully operational to Walt standards (bloody civvies....they do try, bless'em )
Needs the words "Emergency", "Incident" or "Response" on it somewhere, preferably all three.

[jdw100]

Crossflow Kid said:

It's ok, but not fully operational to Walt standards (bloody civvies....they do try, bless'em )
Needs the words "Emergency", "Incident" or "Response" on it somewhere, preferably all three.

Roger that, over.

Can we add 'Chaos' to that of words as well?

[baldy1926]

My other half volunteers at RIAT, we were there for a training afternoon yesterday.
Lots of pretend pilots with flight jackets and aircrew badges attached were in attendence, and i noticed a couple of cars parked up with yellow hiviz vests on parcel shelves.
Also stickers and badges were very popular on both people and cars.
I overheard a couple saying they had no interest in the event and were only there to put it on their cv. I know you dont need to be a plane spotter but a vague interest in the charity and the event would be good.

[CaptainSlow]

hidetheelephants said:

Vaud said:

English (US) for all corporate emails, executive briefings, etc must be in US English in both usage and spelling (hard)

The spelling I can see(and spiel chucker presumably makes easy)but the idiom and syntax some americans use is bizarre to these eyes; it would see me looking for another job pretty quickly.

I work for a large US company. Any emails or pitches I write are done in UK English. If forced, the only thing I'd write in US English would be my resignation letter.

[anonymous-user]

jdw100 said:

Spare tyre said:

I found this, would be ideal for a walts caravan needs. Has emergency markings on already



https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-miscellaneous-good...

It's like Tracey Island for the Walt brigade!

(Although the doors may need replacing with some sort of rapid deployment slides)

It needs some kind of orange aerial or an indication it might have some kind of bodged amateur communication system inside.

[Eric Mc]

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority - but I'd been inclined to put up with the small number of people like that in order to avoid stigmatising those ordinary folk who give of their time for others.

Rounding on a class of people I think is very indicative to me of small minded negativeness - which PH seems to exude with increasing frequency.

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority - but I'd been inclined to put up with the small number of people like that in order to avoid stigmatising those ordinary folk who give of their time for others.

Rounding on a class of people I think is very indicative to me of small minded negativeness - which PH seems to exude with increasing frequency.

Quite right Eric. Hang your heads in shame you lot. Without these volunteers and one eye on the phone professionals, the U.K. would be a much worse place.

I only made a joke about the caravan.

[jdw100]

Eric Mc said:

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority - but I'd been inclined to put up with the small number of people like that in order to avoid stigmatising those ordinary folk who give of their time for others.

Rounding on a class of people I think is very indicative to me of small minded negativeness - which PH seems to exude with increasing frequency.

I think it's mostly just piss taking, not meant maliciously- in any case I shall remember your kind words.

[rohrl]

Is there any need to livery up your car like this -



for the purpose of carrying out home circumcisions?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/audi-tt-ambulance-us...

[cootuk]

rohrl said:

Is there any need to livery up your car like this -



for the purpose of carrying out home circumcisions?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/audi-tt-ambulance-us...

I wonder if the driver feels a complete knob?

[rovermorris999]

cootuk said:

I wonder if the driver feels a complete knob?

Well not quite

[jdw100]

cootuk said:

rohrl said:

Is there any need to livery up your car like this -



for the purpose of carrying out home circumcisions?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/audi-tt-ambulance-us...

I wonder if the driver feels a complete knob?

Just a knob-end.

[steveo3002]

wonder if he's allowed to keep the tips?

[Jezzerh]

Obviously needs to beat the traffic so that he can get down to some kiddy fiddling urgently.

Edited by Jezzerh on Sunday 5th June 20:44

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority - but I'd been inclined to put up with the small number of people like that in order to avoid stigmatising those ordinary folk who give of their time for others.

Rounding on a class of people I think is very indicative to me of small minded negativeness - which PH seems to exude with increasing frequency.

Eric dear chap, you need to go back through the entire thread. The conversation touches on the idea that there are two distinct classes of "volunteer"
Those who selflessly and tirelessly contribute a lifetime of assistance and aid without once needing nor indeed wanting any recognition for it, and those who barge to the front in their hi viz, gobbing off about being "on call" whilst getting in the way in their pretend ambulances and not actually contributing that much.
On a previous page there's a YouTube video of a Have a Go hero towing an RAC van......from one flooded car park to another equally flooded car park. I mean wow.....thanks for coming.

[dvs_dave]

Crossflow Kid said:

Eric Mc said:

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority - but I'd been inclined to put up with the small number of people like that in order to avoid stigmatising those ordinary folk who give of their time for others.

Rounding on a class of people I think is very indicative to me of small minded negativeness - which PH seems to exude with increasing frequency.

Eric dear chap, you need to go back through the entire thread. The conversation touches on the idea that there are two distinct classes of "volunteer"
Those who selflessly and tirelessly contribute a lifetime of assistance and aid without once needing nor indeed wanting any recognition for it, and those who barge to the front in their hi viz, gobbing off about being "on call" whilst getting in the way in their pretend ambulances and not actually contributing that much.
On a previous page there's a YouTube video of a Have a Go hero towing an RAC van......from one flooded car park to another equally flooded car park. I mean wow.....thanks for coming.

Eric's steadfast refusal throughout this thread to accept the difference between the Micky taking of the walts vs the genuine and useful volunteers out there makes me think he perhaps has a stickered up Vitara proudly adorning his driveway? Maybe something along the lines of "4x4 Accounting Response", hi-viz calculator and battenburg pens at the ready to swiftly assist farmers and the like struggling to get their tax returns in on time due to other commitments, like erm, farming.

Edited by dvs_dave on Sunday 5th June 17:15

[silverfoxcc]

rohrl said:

Is there any need to livery up your car like this -



for the purpose of carrying out home circumcisions?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/audi-tt-ambulance-us...

Has it got a shortened exhaust pipe?

[4x4Tyke]

Eric Mc said:

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority

I think, perhaps you have missed the main thrust of the thread.

Which is mostly how the walts dishearten and discourage the former and make their life/work more difficult.

Edited by 4x4Tyke on Sunday 5th June 21:24

[miniman]

Eric Mc said:

I'm quite saddened by the speed at which PHers are keen to do down those who volunteer. Of course you will get people who are over the top regarding delusions of power and authority - but I'd been inclined to put up with the small number of people like that in order to avoid stigmatising those ordinary folk who give of their time for others.

Rounding on a class of people I think is very indicative to me of small minded negativeness - which PH seems to exude with increasing frequency.

If it makes you feel any better Eric, I do a lot of voluntary stuff (Parish Council, Village Hall, local events group) and I went to a Wessex 4x4 Reponse meeting but didn't join because they were obviously at the muppetry end of the scale. There are people from both camps in all the groups I belong to; some people do it to make a bit of a difference whilst others do it so they can stick their oar in to planning applications and some seem to do it for no good reason whatsoever. For instance, the chair of our Village Hall committee is proud of the fact (and says so regularly) that he has never attended a village fete which takes place at the Hall.

The mickey taking directed at the 4x4 brigade is amusing and well aimed in my view but it's not a slight on every person under the sun that volunteers.

[DonkeyApple]

Exactly. There are volunteers, who are a massive benefit to society and in many ways what makes a society civilised and there are mental health victims who are a drain on national resources. The very least the latter group can do is give everyone a good laugh while they run about with orange lamps on their heads pretending to be special forces until they are sectioned or arrested.