Comments on: Fat Face, Campervans and business objectives http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/2010/02/fatface-campervans-and-business-objectives/ We turn ideas into online applications and websites - {Bristol, UK} Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:33:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/2010/02/fatface-campervans-and-business-objectives/comment-page-1/#comment-60 admin Tue, 11 May 2010 16:08:15 +0000 http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/?p=162#comment-60 Toni, campers and relationships are both lovely, if kept separate... ;) I reckon that these days Wordpress is the way to go... you can do all kinds of cool stuff with it now. i think you might even be able to squeeze some kind of forum out of it. Have a look at Buddypress, although Wordpress 3 is looking pretty cool... Toni, campers and relationships are both lovely, if kept separate… ;)

I reckon that these days Wordpress is the way to go… you can do all kinds of cool stuff with it now. i think you might even be able to squeeze some kind of forum out of it. Have a look at Buddypress, although Wordpress 3 is looking pretty cool…

]]> By: Toni Massari http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/2010/02/fatface-campervans-and-business-objectives/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Toni Massari Tue, 11 May 2010 16:00:52 +0000 http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/?p=162#comment-59 Alas! I have owned two of the little beauties - though none were 'splitties'. It meant a vertiginously steep learning curve and I bought about 3 VW Camper manuals - including the indispensible "How to keep your VW camper alive" The tatty 1973 model had belonged to BT and leaked oil. I had to learnto adjust the timing at the traffic lights, using a 'timing light' - a fancy name for a lightbulb and two wires. Thank be the VW gods for the manual's suggestion that I marks the spot at 5 degrees ATDC (After Top Dead Centre) with a pin dipped in white enamel paint! BTW it *could* be you need 5 BTDC... depends on when your engine was built! Eventually the novelty of this wore off and I invested some £1200 in a recon'd engine, I think it came from VWee, in the Nertherlands. Several breakdowns later (mechanical and nervous ones!) I had it more or less running sweet. Then a colleague at Uni needed £1000 for his Uni fees, and I used my savings to buy his 1968 Camper, with a buy-back option if he could come up with the cash in 3-6 months. It wasn't a splitty, but the interior was pukka! I almost creied when I sold it, for the same cash I paid for it and having spent a couple of months fixing everything that needed sprucing up. What's worse is that the wally got himself a final grade of ZERO for plagiarism, and so did his g/f, though it wasn't even her fault! Goes to show: campers are lovely and so are relationships, but in the end both can leave you with a hole in your pocket and a sour taste. I still love campers though, but I have given up driving 'cos I'd rather walk or cycle and keep my carbon footprint in check. Nice one though! BTW, what do you suggest for a network for a bunch of volunteers? I need them to have Forum, Blog, Events calendar and to be private. Ning are phasing out free networks. Cheers! Alas! I have owned two of the little beauties – though none were ’splitties’. It meant a vertiginously steep learning curve and I bought about 3 VW Camper manuals – including the indispensible “How to keep your VW camper alive”
The tatty 1973 model had belonged to BT and leaked oil. I had to learnto adjust the timing at the traffic lights, using a ‘timing light’ – a fancy name for a lightbulb and two wires. Thank be the VW gods for the manual’s suggestion that I marks the spot at 5 degrees ATDC (After Top Dead Centre) with a pin dipped in white enamel paint! BTW it *could* be you need 5 BTDC… depends on when your engine was built!

Eventually the novelty of this wore off and I invested some £1200 in a recon’d engine, I think it came from VWee, in the Nertherlands.
Several breakdowns later (mechanical and nervous ones!) I had it more or less running sweet.

Then a colleague at Uni needed £1000 for his Uni fees, and I used my savings to buy his 1968 Camper, with a buy-back option if he could come up with the cash in 3-6 months.
It wasn’t a splitty, but the interior was pukka! I almost creied when I sold it, for the same cash I paid for it and having spent a couple of months fixing everything that needed sprucing up.

What’s worse is that the wally got himself a final grade of ZERO for plagiarism, and so did his g/f, though it wasn’t even her fault!

Goes to show: campers are lovely and so are relationships, but in the end both can leave you with a hole in your pocket and a sour taste. I still love campers though, but I have given up driving ‘cos I’d rather walk or cycle and keep my carbon footprint in check.

Nice one though! BTW, what do you suggest for a network for a bunch of volunteers? I need them to have Forum, Blog, Events calendar and to be private. Ning are phasing out free networks.

Cheers!

]]> By: admin http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/2010/02/fatface-campervans-and-business-objectives/comment-page-1/#comment-56 admin Mon, 10 May 2010 08:07:18 +0000 http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/?p=162#comment-56 Thanks Brian. Thanks Brian.

]]> By: Brian http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/2010/02/fatface-campervans-and-business-objectives/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Brian Sun, 02 May 2010 15:11:17 +0000 http://www.simpleweb.co.uk/?p=162#comment-42 Found this via LinkedIn Mark, very nice case-study. Well Done. Found this via LinkedIn Mark, very nice case-study. Well Done.

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