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Ian Hulley wrote:

Citizen Smith wrote:Don't wish to seem picky but should laptop and wild camping be used in the same senternce - which they probably weren't but you get my drift.
Cheers
Wolfie

If it weren't for the fact we have 2 children you're probably right, however teenagers can only play on the beach with their dad for so long without relapsing into real life.

Besides me and Jackie also enjoy sitting and watching a dvd in an evening with a glass of wine after incinerating some bits of meat.

What are we supposed to do ? Practice our knot tying or polish our shoes ready for the morning ?

and you'll have the added advantage that they'll insult each other and fall out silently via msn mitherer ian

ian.you could always take up whittling.or better still peg making.you could then sell them to the locals wherever you stop..

Mind , surely once it's dark we should have our Horlicks and be off to bed with an enlightening novel.

Nah, I'll stick with watching an Indiana Jones or Python dvd.

if you're on the move quite a bit Ian, you'll have no worries charging the batteries. What about a solar charger as a back up for topping up the leisure battery too.

Ian Hulley wrote:Mind , surely once it's dark we should have our Horlicks and be off to bed with an enlightening novel.

Nah, I'll stick with watching an Indiana Jones or Python dvd.

Yes sorry about that. Forget entertaining the kids. You need to keep the grown ups occupied lest more damned kids get instigated!
Cheers
Wolfie

Ian Hulley wrote:
Besides me and Jackie also enjoy sitting and watching a dvd in an evening with a glass of wine after incinerating some bits of meat.

?

OOOOO I SAY!!!!!

jed

Citizen Smith wrote: You need to keep the grown ups occupied lest more damned kids get instigated!
Cheers
Wolfie

That'd be somewhat unlikely Mr Smith.

Oh and btw my daughters AREN'T 'damned kids'

Me and our lass have very recently joined the 'gadget' club with a very nice iPod touch which can do every thing a lap top will do and more besides,,,,it is compact and can hold more Apps than you can shake a stick at......it comes Wi Fi compatable great for those early mornings in McD's or late afternoons in Costa Coffee or donglised in a field near you....

Check em out before you buy the portable PC....

Regards


Fritz,,,,,,,

Bump,,,,,,,oops I have just passed my contact details onto you.......and I only nudged you as I was passing you to go for a pi$$.....

decide exactly what you want from the laptop (home use and camping) before you even step in the shop and then stick to your choice

I got a toshiba tecra m1 a few years back, had the big battery put in (can watch 2 dvds before it dies) as some laptops have a battery life that is laughable, had a second big battery supplied and had the toshiba 12v fag lighter power supply put in my bundle as well. Took a bit of arguing with the salesman to get it all without being ripped off but got there in the end, its used every day all year round and getting a bit old now but apart from a ram upgrade its perfect for me.
I used to use a usb tv thing in my bay with an indoor set top aerial clamped in the poptop, worked ok until you went to hilly areas. Had a T-mobile stick for a couple of years and only camped a couple of places I dont get signal.