how do travellers, like, live n' stuff?

cjbh

like...
1. where do they go to the toilet?
2. how do they wash?
3. where do they store their food?
4. how do they charge their phones?
5. where do they all sleep at night, with their hyooooge families, how do they all fit in the caravan?

etc.

stereo_steve

I used to work in woodies ....

4) They have on occasion come in to charge their phones. Plug it into a socket and cover the phone up with some random product. Wander around the store for a while. It gives the security guard a good walk around.

mathie

The question mark store called.
They've a huge delivery for you.

Dusty87

Eh? Caravans have toilets, also generaters for electricity. Therefore they can charge there phone and put food in fridge or presses like everyone else.

They are a very well groomed race and have plenty of phone battery, how dare you.

Dusty87

LittleNipper wrote: »

WE are a very well groomed race and have plenty of phone battery, how dare you.

FYP

Pop's Diner

cjbh wrote: »

like...
1. where do they go to the toilet?
2. how do they wash?
3. where do they store their food?
4. how do they charge their phones?
5. where do they all sleep at night, with their hyooooge families, how do they all fit in the caravan?

etc.

6. Do they have the internet? (then they could answer these questions).

ejmaztec

Leave em alone, at least they don't take our jobs.

TheZohanS

Pop's Diner wrote: »

6. Do they have the internet? (then they could answer these questions).

They use a different system to us, it's called the itinerantnet.

xzanti

Ok so generator answers the question of electricity.. But I don't see how they could have plumbing set up.. So I'm guessing they do their 'tialaa-aah' al fresco..

Dusty87

Like camper vans they have one of them boxes you pull out and empty out. A mini sewage tank sort of.

ejmaztec

Dusty87 wrote: »

Like camper vans they have one of them boxes you pull out and empty out. A mini sewage tank sort of.

I think that you are referring to a "chemical toilet", or an "Amy Winehouse" as it's sometimes called.

javaboy

4 posts deleted. If you want to use words like "pikey" or make sweeping accusations about all travellers being thieves or not washing themselves, go do it on another website. Thanks.

Aidric

I can honestly say I couldn't care less.

Wazdakka

javaboy wrote: »

4 posts deleted. If you want to use words like "pikey" or make sweeping accusations about all travellers being thieves or not washing themselves, go do it on another website. Thanks.

Traveller girls are just so sexy.
I think it's their amazing level of hygiene and unique clear speech that does it for me.

They're such honest folk as well, in my experience.
I've never even heard a story about them stealing or scamming, let alone had them try it on me.

I love the way they keep the area surrounding there halting sites so clean aswell. They really must believe in the zero environmental impact type of living.
When they move on you can never tell they were even there.

I think travellers are my favourite people in the world.

*Oh look, a Sarcast...BOOOOOOOOM!!!!

Abi

cjbh wrote: »

5. where do they all sleep at night, with their hyooooge families, how do they all fit in the caravan?

They prolly bunk up together, thus explaining the hyoooooge families.

Pop's Diner

Abigayle wrote: »

They prolly bunk up together, thus explaining the hyoooooge families.

No, I think explaination for that is that they are all just too sexay.

Abi

Dusty87 wrote: »

Eh? Caravans have toilets

I assume theres a storage tank for the waste. Then what?

Whosbetter?

Abigayle wrote: »

I assume theres a storage tank for the waste. Then what?

Umm...Supermacs?

Super-Rush

So all travellers live in caravans eh?

xzanti

super-rush wrote: »

So all travellers live in caravans eh?

Some live in mobile homes...

Then again some build massive houses in the countryside and then live in the back gardens in caravans...

I know of one such instance just outside Longford Town.. That is some house..

topper75

Aidric wrote: »

I can honestly say I couldn't care less.

It's important though that we have your voice in there Aidric. Thanks for posting.

johnnyrotten

super-rush wrote: »

So all travellers live in caravans eh?

Yeah, even the ones with houses given to them.

niceirishfella

At least the don't eat Swans? or do they?

Super-Rush

xzanti wrote: »

Some live in mobile homes...

Then again some build massive houses in the countryside and then live in the back gardens in caravans...

I know of one such instance just outside Longford Town.. That is some house..

Yeah i've seen that house before, you should see it at christmas with the whole place lit up. In my estate there are 68 houses, 55 of them are lived in by travellers and only one caravan in sight.

Dusty87

Dusty87 wrote: »

FYP

Thank you, do you want any carpets?

az2wp0sye65487

super-rush wrote: »

Yeah i've seen that house before, you should see it at christmas with the whole place lit up. In my estate there are 68 houses, 55 of them are lived in by travellers and only one caravan in sight.

If they're living in houses, how can the term 'traveller' still apply?

caspa307

super-rush wrote: »

Yeah i've seen that house before, you should see it at christmas with the whole place lit up. In my estate there are 68 houses, 55 of them are lived in by travellers and only one caravan in sight.

that must be scary.....

niceirishfella

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

If they're living in houses, how can the term 'traveller' still apply?

because of their ethnic background.

engrish?

super-rush wrote: »

Yeah i've seen that house before, you should see it at christmas with the whole place lit up. In my estate there are 68 houses, 55 of them are lived in by travellers and only one caravan in sight.

Holy crap.... That must be scary

Super-Rush

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

If they're living in houses, how can the term 'traveller' still apply?

I never knew that you had to live in a caravan to be called a traveller.

caspa307 wrote: »

that must be scary.....

It was at the start and i've has some run ins with them but i keep to myself and they don't bother me.

az2wp0sye65487

super-rush wrote: »

I never knew that you had to live in a caravan to be called a traveller.

But the fact that someone lives in a caravan / mobile home would imply that they travel.

Living in a house would suggest that the person is settled...

No?

Super-Rush

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

But the fact that someone lives in a caravan / mobile home would imply that they travel.

Living in a house would suggest that the person is settled...

No?

Ok lets call them settled travellers then

az2wp0sye65487

niceirishfella wrote: »

because of their ethnic background.

super-rush wrote: »

I never knew that you had to live in a caravan to be called a traveller.

The term 'traveller' is a little misleading imo. Would 'tinker' / 'gypsy' / 'native Irish' not be more true?

SEPT 23 1989

they are a delightful ethnic group

Super-Rush

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

The term 'traveller' is a little misleading imo. Would 'tinker' / 'gypsy' / 'native Irish' not be more true?

I agree it is misleading but that is what the are called, that and other things that would lead to me being banned if i posted them.

Native Irish? Would that not refer to everyone in Ireland?

Richie_Gorey

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

If they're living in houses, how can the term 'traveller' still apply?

It applys because 'traveller' is a word used to describe someone who is a member of the itinerate community. Moving them into a house doesn't move them out of the community.

az2wp0sye65487

super-rush wrote: »

I agree it is misleading but that is what the are called, that and other things that would lead to me being banned if i posted them.

Native Irish? Would that not refer to everyone in Ireland?

I don't think so. Especially now that we're such a multi-cultural society.

I was thinking along the lines of America - where people who are born there, and their families from their great great grandparents onwards were all born in America, but are not considered 'Native Americans'

Just a thought.

My name is URL

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

The term 'traveller' is a little misleading imo. Would 'tinker' / 'gypsy' / 'native Irish' not be more true?

Tinker means Tinsmith and I doubt many do that these days. Why not just call them nomadic Irish?

illiop

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

The term 'traveller' is a little misleading imo. Would 'tinker' / 'gypsy' / 'native Irish' not be more true?

Travellers aren't Gypsies. Gypsies are there own seperate ethnic group. I always feel sorry for travellers though...like I'm being serious here. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them but I'bve never meet one who was anything but polite and I'd much rather run into a genuine traveller down some dark alley than I would some fcuking skanger who may well have a nice house with fully funtional indoor plumbing.

orourkeda

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

they are a delightful ethnic group

I agree wholeheartedly. fine upstanding members of the community:rolleyes:

Fr Martin

Pop's Diner wrote: »

6. Do they have the internet? (then they could answer these questions).

Well they have a website so i assume so http://tvgcork.ie/site/ , well at least the ones in cork do

Quint

cjbh wrote: »

like...
1. where do they go to the toilet?
2. how do they wash?
3. where do they store their food?
4. how do they charge their phones?
5. where do they all sleep at night, with their hyooooge families, how do they all fit in the caravan?

Travellers moved into a field beside a factory where I worked. They were there for about a week. When they finally moved on there was **** all along the fence that seperated our property from theirs. Needless to say, that wasn't the only rubbish they left behing.
Assume they have fridges and can charge phones in their caravan with generators.

DenMan

Some travellers don't like to be called travellers. When asked what would they like to be called, they replied "something else"

That was on Nationwide last year. Travellers usually have a destination and an idea of where they would like to go, eg going on holidays, taking a break etc. What would be the most PC word to describe them? I believe it is Pavees.

TheZohanS

Fr Martin wrote: »

Well they have a website so i assume so http://tvgcork.ie/site/ , well at least the ones in cork do

It's only a temporary one.

General Zod

DenMan wrote: »

Some travellers don't like to be called travellers. When asked what would they like to be called, they replied "something else"

That was on Nationwide last year. Travellers usually have a destination and an idea of where they would like to go, eg going on holidays, taking a break etc. What would be the most PC word to describe them? I believe it is Pavees.

Pavee would probably be the best to describe what is commonly referred to as "Travellers" both travelling and settled. It doesn't include New Age Travellers or Roma.

DenMan

Irish Travellers are actually recognised under British law as an ethnic group while Irish law only recognises them as part of a social group. That is quite strange.

Degsy

OT but I finally found out how scumbags describe themselves.."Skags" apparantly..i always wanted to know that.

whadabouchasir

Degsy wrote: »

OT but I finally found out how scumbags describe themselves.."Skags" apparantly..i always wanted to know that.

Are they considered an ethnic group too?

oldyouth

Avalyn Rapping Sauna wrote: »

The term 'traveller' is a little misleading imo. Would 'tinker' / 'gypsy' / 'native Irish' not be more true?

When I'm not allowed use the 'K' word I refer to them as our Mobile Ethnic Brethren

**Timbuk2**

Does anyone want their hedges cut?