Troll Hunter Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Copied from the Adventure Journal, and worth a look. The vid is only 46 seconds, so it won't take a significant part of your life! https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adventure-journal.com%2F2022%2F01%2Fin-which-a-land-rover-driver-learns-the-importance-of-snow-friendly-tires%2F%3Futm_source%3DAJ%2527s%2BDaily%2BDigest%26utm_campaign%3D0b0104311a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_term%3D0_a7cb93cd43-0b0104311a-390067181%26mc_cid%3D0b0104311a%26mc_eid%3D3975ea81b3&data=04%7C01%7C%7C95fe21923b624633a3e108d9da36782b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637780749751331787%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=bKa9Lf3awLLmOzZy5dRhttLBtzUOyNAelUSdF0O%2BJA8%3D&reserved=0 Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 We can also remember to remove the hideous tracking and redirection cruft from our links https://www.adventure-journal.com/2022/01/in-which-a-land-rover-driver-learns-the-importance-of-snow-friendly-tires/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Do you think if he kept his foot in, it would have started its way up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Hunter Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 21 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: We can also remember to remove the hideous tracking and redirection cruft from our links https://www.adventure-journal.com/2022/01/in-which-a-land-rover-driver-learns-the-importance-of-snow-friendly-tires/ Thanks, FF, I think that I've just learned something about links. When I forward emails, particularly the joke ones, I generally do remove all previous addressees and only use bcc, so each recipient only sees their own address. I didn't, until now, appreciate what all the verbiage beyond the hyphenated title was for. I'll try to follow your advice. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossberg Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 It's amazing how such a small incline can make such a difference to the grip required to move - especially with such heavy vehicles. I remember one year when we had a reasonable snowfall, one of the only cars able to get about in my area was an old Citroën 2CV, which I think was on standard road tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Bowie69 said: Do you think if he kept his foot in, it would have started its way up? Probably. Going down the hill again on the way home may have been a bit sketchier though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 quite simply - hehehe 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Lack of training in the vehicle operation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Pretty sure I have seen that on one of the facebook land rover groups as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaklander Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 It happens a lot in the UK with our totally unpredictable winters (this winter we had a load of snow with Storm Arwen at the end of November and then hardly anything since. Those with winter tyres get stuck behind those without and they tend to slide around so much that there's no room to try. In the 'olden days' the tyres were narrow enough for it not to matter what they were made of and most people chucked a bag or two of sand in the boot and carried on. We seemed to have a lot more 'white' roads then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfry Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Looks to me like that Fiat has got chains on the front ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 21 hours ago, Troll Hunter said: Thanks, FF, I think that I've just learned something about links. When I forward emails, particularly the joke ones, I generally do remove all previous addressees and only use bcc, so each recipient only sees their own address. I didn't, until now, appreciate what all the verbiage beyond the hyphenated title was for. I'll try to follow your advice. Glad you took it in the spirit it was intended... as a general rule you can often spot the "base" part of the actual link, often there's a question mark that denotes the start of all the extra nonsense. The most pernicious is ?fbclid= followed by a vast load of gibberish which is facebook's all-seeing eye following everything and everyone who clicks that link. The other offender often seen round here is eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281169865875?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D23e9287f1d164907a65d2a8b90832eb4%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D224790959790%26itm%3D281169865875%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A4beb8678-796f-11ec-86f5-de10e2fc70cc|parentrq%3A7441573317e0a64d83d833aefffcacb6|iid%3A1 Becomes simply: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281169865875 Happy internetting! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Beautiful place ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Glad you took it in the spirit it was intended... as a general rule you can often spot the "base" part of the actual link, often there's a question mark that denotes the start of all the extra nonsense. The most pernicious is ?fbclid= followed by a vast load of gibberish which is facebook's all-seeing eye following everything and everyone who clicks that link. The other offender often seen round here is eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281169865875?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D23e9287f1d164907a65d2a8b90832eb4%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D224790959790%26itm%3D281169865875%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A4beb8678-796f-11ec-86f5-de10e2fc70cc|parentrq%3A7441573317e0a64d83d833aefffcacb6|iid%3A1 Becomes simply: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281169865875 Happy internetting! Curious now... I have nothing to do with faceache. No login, no account etc. What can it track on me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Everything you can think of and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Thats annoying ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I would think a lot of us have witnessed events like that and on wet grass too, lack of experience and proper vehicle control are invariably to blame. Where did the beep, beep come from? If it's real and not added audio that horn needs to be inserted where the sun don't shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Hunter Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 I didn't take your comment as anything but helpful, FF, and thanks for the further tips. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger110 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Glad you took it in the spirit it was intended... as a general rule you can often spot the "base" part of the actual link, often there's a question mark that denotes the start of all the extra nonsense. The most pernicious is ?fbclid= followed by a vast load of gibberish which is facebook's all-seeing eye following everything and everyone who clicks that link. The other offender often seen round here is eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281169865875?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D23e9287f1d164907a65d2a8b90832eb4%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D224790959790%26itm%3D281169865875%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A4beb8678-796f-11ec-86f5-de10e2fc70cc|parentrq%3A7441573317e0a64d83d833aefffcacb6|iid%3A1 Becomes simply: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281169865875 Happy internetting! You learn something new everyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Helpful to know, John. I thought there was a lot of junk in those link addresses, but didn’t know to delete from the “?”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 56 minutes ago, Snagger said: Helpful to know, John. I thought there was a lot of junk in those link addresses, but didn’t know to delete from the “?”. Note that this doesn't always work Only if the website uses fancy human (and search engine) readable URLs. For example this thread's URL:https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/111449-something-for-us-all-to-remember/ Would have been written as something like this:https://forums.lr4x4.com/viewtopic.php?id=111449 Obviously removing the ID there would make the page have no clue where to go. But these days, most of that sort of thing is indeed just tracking noise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 This thread is very helpful to the technically challenged on so many levels. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgnas Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 My 2wd Panda was unbelievably good in the snow. The 4wd versions have always been the car equivalent of a mountain goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 As used by the park rangers in the Alps. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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