Quick questions and answers!

[Peteo]

Try looking for an answer if this page gets a few hundred pages, looking for a little yellow bit.. tried on the gift it on thread..

 

[Thetillerman71]

I would suggest per day (approx):

At 15 Degrees Celsius 2 litres resting, light work 3 litres, hard work 4 litres

At 25 Degrees Celsius 4 Litres resting, light work 5 litres, hard work 6 litres

 

[drewdunnrespect]

is to have a commanly asked questions section that only a mod can add a thread to but everyone can read so like an instructionable section if you like

drew

 

[Samon]

Hm. I'll explian how it works again, if you have a question post it here and it will get answered. it doesn't matter if it's already been asked several pages ago, providing everyone is onboard you will get the answer and NOT have to make a seperate thread to ask each and every question.

is that hard to understand? (no this isn't a 'quick question' it's rhetorical)

 

[shaggystu]

'on average how many litres of water do you consume/use when staying for 2 nights? '

I still don't fully undertsand mate. I have no 'guests'.. I wanted to know how much water people use/need. As when not driving knowing how much water you need for extended stays is quite important.

don't worry about it mate, he was just being a bit pedantic, with the (presumed) intention of being humorous.

technically speaking you should've phrased your original question as follows; "on average how many litres of water does one consume/use when staying for two nights", but because you live in the real world you used real world english. the kind of person who likes to point out inadequacies in others would jump upon that error as a way to highlight their own perceived intellectual/educational superiority over others. folk who aren't quite so bothered by that kind of thing would probably just answer the question that their own, obviously superior, intellect would have no problem whatsoever in figuring out, even if your use of english wasn't strictly correct. but then it takes all sorts doesn't it

i take a full ten litre water bag for two nights, as well as a 1litre bottle, and i'd expect to have a little left at the end. beer makes a great water replacement for most tasks you know

 

[blacktimberwolf]

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I still don't fully undertsand mate. I have no 'guests'.

I'm not surprised if they're water rationed.


Wouldn't it make more sense though to pose questions where there can be only one answer.......otherwise it's gonna end up as just another kit list thread..

 

[Samon]

don't worry about it mate, he was just being a bit pedantic, with the (presumed) intention of being humorous.

technically speaking you should've phrased your original question as follows; "on average how many litres of water does one consume/use when staying for two nights", but because you live in the real world you used real world english. the kind of person who likes to point out inadequacies in others would jump upon that error as a way to highlight their own perceived intellectual/educational superiority over others. folk who aren't quite so bothered by that kind of thing would probably just answer the question that their own, obviously superior, intellect would have no problem whatsoever in figuring out, even if your use of english wasn't strictly correct. but then it takes all sorts doesn't it

i'd take a full ten litre water bag for two nights, as well as a 1litre bottle, and i'd expect to have a little left at the end. beer makes a great water replacement for most tasks you know

Ah! thanks for clearing that one up for me dude! Clearly this thread will go nowhere with people trying to be funny.

 

[Ivan...]

Don't want to ruin your thread , but what happens when a newbie fails to see this Q and A, thread and goes down the route of asking a question , that some on here will yawn if not tut at,going to gain confidence and feel part of the family , not dissing your idea ,but you are still going to get the frequently asked standard queries posted all over the place , cos a remarkable amount of people don't use the introduction thread either ..

 

[Samon]

Don't want to ruin your thread , but what happens when a newbie fails to see this Q and A, thread and goes down the route of asking a question , that some on here will yawn if not tut at,going to gain confidence and feel part of the family , not dissing your idea ,but you are still going to get the frequently asked standard queries posted all over the place , cos a remarkable amount of people don't use the introduction thread either ..

I guess their question would be answered and then they could be directed to this thread to ask any more questions they may have. Unless of course their question is on a sticky thread and actually easy to find.

 

[mountainm]

I think the stickies already serve this purpose for faq. If any question is asked often enough it gets elevated to a sticky.

Questions also can have multiple answers.

I commend the idea, but I think the execution unfortunately won't work.sorry fella.

I'm oooooot!

 

[Retired Member southey]

Samon, type peepee into the search bar, you will see your result will be this thread only, good so far, then scroll down the page till you find the word peepee in raikys post, all good so far, no what if peepee was on page 18 of 20, you would have to scroll all through the thread to find the subject your after, what was the forum this worked on dude id like to see it to see how it works,

 

[johnboy]

Sounds like your trying to solve a problem which is the difficulty of searching for info on the forum.

By creating what potentially
would be a very long and repetitive thread.


In theory someone could ask 'what's the amount of water I need for 1 person for 2 nights camping'. Get an answer then say 2 pages later someone else could in theory ask the same thing... The idea being not to bother searching through the thread but to simply ask the question you want the answer to?

 

[Samon]

Samon, type peepee into the search bar, you will see your result will be this thread only, good so far, then scroll down the page till you find the word peepee in raikys post, all good so far, no what if peepee was on page 18 of 20, you would have to scroll all through the thread to find the subject your after, what was the forum this worked on dude id like to see it to see how it works,

The forum where it worked brilliantly without stupid comments, jokes and attempts to wind people up were on www.symthic.com .

 

[Retired Member southey]

Got a link to the thread,

 

[Samon]

Sounds like your trying to solve a problem which is the difficulty of searching for info on the forum.

By creating what potentially
would be a very long and repetitive thread.


In theory someone could ask 'what's the amount of water I need for 1 person for 2 nights camping'. Get an answer then say 2 pages later someone else could in theory ask the same thing... The idea being not to bother searching through the thread but to simply ask the question you want the answer to?

Yes, like I've said several times already. Just ask and get the answer, don't search the thread. it's ment to be quick.

 

[Retired Member southey]

so people would just be asking\answering the same questions over and over,

 

[johnboy]

Yes, like I've said several times already. Just ask and get the answer, don't search the thread. it's ment to be quick.

Hypothetically if I spent a good bit of my time in answering a questioned posed. Then a couple of pages later someone asks the same or a very similar question. Either because they find it difficult searching, or fundamentally are a bit too lazy to look for an answer. Am I supposed to answer the question again or direct them to the post I previously made??

 

[Retired Member southey]

Heres what I see as the biggest problem and difference between the two chap

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[dave53]

hi raikey i think you have infection but don't quote me regards dave

 

[ex-member Raikey]

why did no one answer my first question please?