Wow, way to go, Australia!

A long, long time ago, my dad accepted a combi-camp as partial payment for some work he did for a friend. It was our family’s first (and only) venture into camping on wheels. Alright, my dad thought, we’ve got this thing, best use it for something…

Come family, we’re going camping on Öland!

All was well, as far as I can recall, until the second day on Öland, when a torrential downpour flooded the camping area and left our combi-camp stranded in half a meter or so of water. Recovering it was a pain and our trip was pretty much ruined.

We eventually made it back home. My dad, at this point pretty fed up, vowed to never go camping in such a fashion again and rolled the combi-camp into a shed. There it remained until his death a few years ago.

Even as an 8-9 year old kid I thought Öland was a neat place. I remember renting a bike and going exploring, looking for aquatic fossils.

Would definitely visit again, but probably not with a combi-camp.

That was my first thought as well, especially considering ‘vehicles’ is the biggest export. I guess the survey didn’t include people old enough to remember Leyland products.

Grand Touring Injection, but now it injects electricity!

Countertops and tiles… you certainly got my number!

Ditto, I loved that show, and John Noble as Walter played no small part in making it great.

Good talk!

Now, do you happen to also know why American downspouts so often are square/rectangular and European ones (typically) round?

I remember asking my dad that question when I was a little kid, and he didn’t have a good answer, beyond “probably just a design choice”. That answer left me wanting more. Not to the extent that I’ve ever attempted to find a better answer myself, but still wanting.

Here’s an article on the subject, and yes, it seems the misting is just to trick people into thinking “ooooh, fresh!”