I want to take you back to this time last year. Some may remember this time last year things were going pretty fucking well for me. I was out from my parents, living wih a hott 18 year old girl and a good mate, having parties every week, and I had an awesome car.
Later in the year, everything turned to ratshit. Our landlord fucked us over and I made one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. I sold my beautiful Roadster.
Now I know I'll be mocked for saying such things but that car was really special to me. Not only was it a hell of a fantastic car,w hen I owned it I was going through a period where I was 100% genuinely happy. I don't evenknow why it was that I sold it. I guess I found my eyes wandering to other cars, hinking about what I could be missing out on, and eventually I decided it was best for me and my roadster to part company.
Hardly a single day has passed since then where I haven't, at some poin, wished I still had that car. I've started hauling my arse out of debt at a prodigious rate but the trade off is having to drive around in a car which frankly belongs on a scrap heap.
Well the guy I sold it to can tell a similar story, he used to have a Vauxhall VX220 sports car that he used for trackdays and stuff. He's realised that my little Roadster can't fill the void left by his car, and I've realised I don't feel like I will be happy again until I've got this car. It's up for sale. I could buy it back.
But I don't have any money. The cash I got from selling my nissan went into killing my credit card. If I buy back my car,I'll be in more debt than when I started all of this. But still, something inside is saying that it's worth it. That I hate not having it in my life and the added debt is simply the cost of the mistake I made in getting shot of it in the first place.
But I also have the sensible voice which is saying that I'd be a fool to do it, that it proves I haven't changed at all no matter how I try to justify it. That after a few months I'll be looking at some other flashy piece of aspirational crap I don't need and the roadster will be yesterday's news again.
But... When I had that car, even after a year of owning it, I would still count down the hours at the end of my day because I was excited about driving home.I'd spend evenings just blasting around MK because I loved the sensation of being behind its wheel. I'd even go to the window every now and then and just look at it. I thoroughly loved that car and when I drov it,it felt like an extension of my limbs that I could control better than any other car I've ever had.
I just don't know what the fuck to do. It sort of feels like some ex girlfriend I never thought I'd see again, a girl I spent a year with and had the most amazing time of my life with, has just walked back into my life with the offer of getting back together. And I'm all like, will it be the same again? Will I be dissappointed and heartbroken? Or willit be as amazing as I remember and will it help me drag myself out of this really nasty rut I feel I've falled into?
I just don't know.. Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
Ringo - I'm really sorry, I tried to read all that, but the combination of tiredness and cars - I couldn't - however, not that this'll help
On the one hand - compound interest is a horrible thing to live under for any length of time (houses excluded) and the Bank of England are making noises about rasining rates again...
on the other - this is life, not some half arsed dress rehearsal...
I hope this unhelpfullness helps?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah, it sort of sums up what I was saying really. The thing is, none of this sorting out debts shit has given me a fuzzy sense of satisfaction or achievement. It's just made me really frugal and resent spending any money.
The way I figure, if oil is going to crash the planet soon, we might at well enjoy it while it lasts, eh? In years to come, when my 18 grandchildren are huddled around a candle for warmth, they'll ask me what the world was like when we still had oil. "what wondrous things dod you do, granpapa?" they will say. "oh children, I did such things as you could never imagine. But mostly, I just drove around in one of the shittest cars ever made and tried to save money"
"what's a 'money'?"
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
what's important? what do you want?
its only money at the end of the day, debt can be managed. is it your thing? my thing is records i'm really fucking addicted to these hunks of black plastic. i can't walk past charity shops without feeling the pull. but i can manage it. honest.
if, you can live your life, have a car you love and afford to run it and race it, then you should do it. we all have to have something that makes us, well, us.
that sounds really wank. but if you've accepted jesus into your heart it will be fine.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah, it is important to me. More important than pretty much anything else. It's always been my 'thing' and the older I get, the stronger that becomes.
All of the stuff I've done this year, the car selling, the cycling to work, all of that has happened since I got rid of the roadster, and the reason it all happened is becasue I didn't have a car I enjoyed any more. I know that's basically saying that if I hadn't gotten shot of it, all these really positive things wouldn't have happened to me, but I'd trade it all in. So I've not had cars for a few months, I'v just spent my cashon other things like playstation, xbox, and loads of other crap I didn't need and don't really enjoy.
I love cars. It's who I am.
Although, cruelly, the guy who has it now is being all like "well I'm still not sure I want to sell it, and I don'tknow how much I'll ask"
but he has said I can get first refusals so it's all good.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
so, manage your money so that you do your thing. earn enough, work two jobs, whatever, do your thing. run free wrongo.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I've also decided to stop being a giant gay, and I've got a beer.
Looks like everything's going to be ok
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
what's more important to you?
A) having a light at the end of your debt tunnel, feeling physically fit and healthy and seeing some future of possibly being able to move back out of your parents' place?
or
B) tooling around in a hunk of depreciating metal?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
But when I owned this car last year, I wasn't living at my parents' place. It's not the debts or my car that keeps me here. it's the combination of cheap living and having nobody I want to move in with.
So it's not like the car is going to stop me movng out. Hell at one point last year I had the Roadster and a mini, and I still had enough cash left over to buy pizzas, party hard, and generally have awesome fun.
The light at the end of my tunnel is not a financial one.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
i'm not advocating spunking all your cash. i'm advocating maintain your life as is now and finding a way to do what is you.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
I went back with a boyfriend after a year apart. I used to dream of this guy, I really did and I couldn't wait to get back into his pants when he asked.
Within three days I knew I had made a bad bad mistake. Within a week we were old news again.
The sad thing is it killed my tasty little dream life stone dead too. Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
Ringo, it seems like you've made your mind up and are just looking to justify it - if it's you and defines you, then make it happen - but try to do it sensibly.
Sam - what was the dream life?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball: Sam - what was the dream life?
I imagine not to dissimilar to Ringo's dream of getting his throbbing little engine back.
Hope he has more success than I did.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Yeah, you could find that it wasn't really the car that was making you happy, it was just the way everything in your life was going back then; that the car was just one element, which you've come to associate with being happy, but wasn't necessarily the catalyst.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
I don't know Ringo like you all do so I don't know how valid my opinion can be, but I was really surprised, just from reading you on here, Ringo, that you got rid of the car altogether and although you said you were enthusiastic about the bike and there was a lot of real stuff coming across, I didn't get the same buzz from the page as when you were on about the car. I understand it more now you mention debt and stuff. Maybe you can't go back because maybe it won't be the same, but if you are financially beginning to have space to look around can't you work some sort of a plan out to get another car? Not off the peg or the old girlfriend one but another one you work towards or build or something? One that ok you have to wait awhile for but which fits who you are now and not what you were a couple of years ago?
I like projects and challenges though, they make the blood tingle and all that but maybe I haven't met too many challenges yet so what would I know?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Indeed. You could find yourself sat in your old car thinking "Where's the magic? Why don't I feel great again?" which would be a real shame.
Incidentally, how much did you pay for the car first time round?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: Not off the peg or the old girlfriend one but another one you work towards or build or something?
Yes - why don't you start collecting the new fortnightly DeAgostini partwork, Build a Lotus Seven. I hear the first issue is only £2.99 and comes with a free binder, plus the first part of your car - a spark plug. It's available from all good newsagents, apparently. It's gonna be a bitch for the paperboys when Issue #428 is released, with the engine block.
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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Someone always takes the piss. Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: I don't know Ringo like you all do so I don't know how valid my opinion can be, but I was really surprised, just from reading you on here, Ringo, that you got rid of the car altogether and although you said you were enthusiastic about the bike and there was a lot of real stuff coming across, I didn't get the same buzz from the page as when you were on about the car.
Well I was tring to get into drifting in a reasonably large way. I wont explain drifting beyond saying it's all about doing monster powerslides into corners etc. Now by far the most popular car for this is the Nissan 200SX (which I will refer to by its chassis code of S14). It's a big, powerful rear wheel drive car with a limited slip differential as standard, so can hammer sideways with smoke pouring off the rear tyres all day long. You can drift a Mazda, especially the one I had which had the more powerful engine and a limisted slip diff, but it's much harder by comparrisson. Because I was spending a lot of time focusing on this, I eventually took the plunge and chopped the mazda in for an S14. That really was a bit of a mistake. Sure the S14 can do powerslides but other than that it's a boat. Doesn't have anything like the sharpness or the response of the mazda. Put simply it just wasn't exciting to drive.
I knew I didn't really suit the S14 and I never really looked forward to driving it. In despair I decided that maybe I should just give up on cars altogether and that's where the cycling idea came from.
But he pull of cars has been too strong, so I forked out a few hundred on what is basically a beaten up old banger fit for the scrap heap. Sure the Volvo I'm driving may be rear wheel drive with good weight distribution but the comparisson between it and the mazda is like chocolate and shit.
But then Thorn rightly highlights the flipside of the dillemma. What if I buy this car back and for one reason or another I'm not happy with it. Like maybe there were things that irritated me about it that I have forgotten about, and once I've driven it for a few weeks I'll start hating it and the money I've lost in getting it back.
I guess there's no real right or wrong answer. At the very least, people's responses have generally sugested that it's not a terrible idea, regardless. I genuinely expected people to be all like "ffs put your wallet back in your pocket and stop being a twat" whereas people are more saying that if it's something I really feel I need in my life then I should go for it, live the the now and enjoy things like this while I still can.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Will the Eunos bring you more happiness than Forza 2?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Driving any car brings more enjoyment than playing a computer game, Misc. Unless it's Tomb Raider or King's Quest.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I think you need to make a decision. If you're going to buy your old Roadster, this time it's gotta be for keeps. No slagging around with other rides. If you're going to put yourself in debt in order to afford this motor, you've got to have some commitment. It's not always going to be easy. Sometimes you might see another car overtake you, and think phwoar, but you've got to exercise some restraint. You realise how much you miss Eunos now. You're not going to let her get away again. Right?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah I know it's easy to take the piss and I'm sort of cringing at the really obvious analogy, but it's genuinely the only comparrisson I can make which really puts across how I feel about the car. I don't expect many people to understand, and I know just how lame it probably seems to other people, but it's just me, it's what I've always been like and I think I always will.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
You can feel the love when you talk car Ringo.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Sorry Ringo - I genuinely didn't mean that post to take the piss. I was just going along with your ex-girlfriend analogy. The point about commitment stands though, no matter whether you see it as an emotional or financial one. I hope the seller offers you a fair price.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Don't worry, I wasn't offended or anything, I ws joining you in observing the absurdity of the situation, and the absurdity of attaching genuine emotions to a thing, an object, a large collection of mechanical and electrical components.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
But still, just look at it Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: But still, just look at it
It is a great car, and I'm secretly dead jealous. That topless pic actually made me feel a bit desky.
[ 29.06.2007, 05:41: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
(although the minilites are still bringing me a certain amount of joy)
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: But still, just look at it
I had a '91 Miata (crystal white) for a decade. I loved that car, but once I started a family, I found it less and less practical to keep. A school teacher in the next town left a note in my mailbox one day wondering if it was for sale. I sold it to him that night. Every time I see him tooling around the area in my car, I get the urge to run him off the road.
I think what I'm trying to say is that I think you should try to get your car back. It's too late for me, but you've been given a second chance. Go for it.
[ 29.06.2007, 07:28: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Before you pounce on ralph's advice, there, Ringo, remember that he's a reclusive alcoholic drug addict living in a shack in the middle of the woods and taking medication for depression.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
You're right Nathan. If I don't get my car backI could end up JUST LIKE RALPH
Thanks, that's pretty much made my mind up
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Glad I could help. Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Come on ralph. It must feel good to know that your life has a purpose, even if it is just to serve as a warning to others.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'm not really digging the ralph-hating any more nathan. Ralphs a pretty decent guy who has graciously put up with a lot of shit. He's actually got a fairly unique perspective on things, and while he may be a little rough around the edges (hey who isn't, right?) I think he makes a valuable contribution on TMO and should be appreciated
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
stupid Ringo.
I appreciate the sentiment dude, but I've happily taken all the so-called shit with several grains of salt and a big smile on my face.
I suppose my life could serve as a warning to others if I hadn't gotten a firm grip on it about eight years ago. I've turned things around in general, even though I, like everyone else, still has some problems to work through.
[ 29.06.2007, 07:43: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I'm not really digging the ralph-hating any more nathan.
Well, ok then. Give it a rest for a bit. Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I wouldn't put up with it to be honest. I mean, thorn isn't joking around. He genuinely hates you. How can you stand that?
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Ralph isn't one of the TMOers I genuinely hate.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
*awaits publication of The Nathan Bleak Shitlist - 2007 Edition Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I'd love to see Thorn rank tmoers on a scale of one to ten based on how much he genuinely hates them.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Who do you genuinely hate then?
Edited ralph put it better.
[ 29.06.2007, 07:54: Message edited by: sam ]
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
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Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: I'd love to see Thorn rank tmoers on a scale of one to ten based on how much he genuinely hates them.
Current, or All Time?
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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
I was joking! Not for real please. I hate people falling out. Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
All time would be fun. Ignore ^ her - she hasn't even managed to hit 1,000 yet.
[ 29.06.2007, 07:57: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'd like the all time shitlist please
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
All Time. You could attach an appendix of reasons why, if you like.
Or, maybe, to keep a semblance of peace, you could just make it of departed members.
[ 29.06.2007, 07:58: Message edited by: herbs ]
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Aw no.
There'll be tears before bedtime.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Start a new thread though, ffs. I've a feeling it'll need it.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Ignore ^ her - she hasn't even managed to hit 1,000 yet.
Bastard. You'd be on my list if I had one. Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Perhaps a new thread per member? We could do a hate/not hate (scale of one to ten) and get a tmo consensus.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I reckon I'm on there. Last time I saw Thorn I laughed at his bike just a little bit too long for it to be matey and it became actual scorn. I'm suprised he didn't put my face through the spokes.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
To be fair though it wasn't all that funny until he tried on the helmet, showed me the pac-a-mac (which obviously he's having the last laugh about as it's pissing it down) and rang the bell in a jovial manner.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
I don't mind my bike being the object of scorn. It's such a complete heap of shit, it just screams "I have got such an enormous, swinging donkey cock that I can cheerfully ride round on a bike that Postman Pat would turn his nose up at."
As for this thread... I dunno man. I feel liek as soon as I start it ben's going to shout at me for being a wanker.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nathan Bleak: As for this thread... I dunno man. I feel liek as soon as I start it ben's going to shout at me for being a wanker.
Right, so ben's #1 on the list...
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nathan Bleak:
As for this thread... I dunno man. I feel liek as soon as I start it ben's going to shout at me for being a wanker.
Do it, then.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: a tmo consensus.
LOL
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
As a consolation prize for people on the list, Tilde could do a variation on that calendar idea: The Hated Boys of TMO 2008
fwiw Thorn - I met Benway for a drink and a curry the other night and, after I initially had him in a tight headlock, he ultimately totally kicked my fukkin aiss on the Manhunt 2 argument.
It doesn't help my position that the more I hear about it, the more I really want to play it myself.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
It's too late to be nice now, Ben. The list is already made.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
You call that nice? All it's done is fill me with the sickening self-loathing I always get when Benway's name comes up. "OH yeah - by the way although you argued for two days straight without really making an impact, Benway was able to deliver a far more convincing case in a couple of hours, whilst drunk". Fucking great.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Fuck Benway. In fact, he can go at the top of the list. Debate your way out of that, you little c**t.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
your list doesn't mean shit. My list would be way more important and meaningful, but I would only disclose it to carefully selected people over dinner, sex, or a line. Maintain the aura. Always leave them wanting more.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I've never found myself wanting more Benway.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
idiot.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I know you are. But what am i?
I'm so very, very sorry.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
fridays are rarely this much fun.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
I remember the days when every Friday lunchtime I'd go to the pub and drink three pints of Stella and then come back on here and rant and complain, or start a thread telling everyone I loved them. I hardly ever drink three pints in one sitting these days, and never at lunch time. What happened to it all? What happened to all that living?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
You cut your own balls off, man. Tore the poor bastards off and offered them up, like a cat with a headless mouse.
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Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
But! Octavia does make me a packed lunch every morning before I leave for work so it's swings and roundabouts.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
My dad makes my sandwiches for me, but I still find time to kick ass
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
damn right it's swings and roundabouts. It should be motorbikes and knives.
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Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
I don't know about that. I'm not good around knives.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
well, they don't have to be real knives. Metaphorical knives maybe. You know, something to sharpen you up, give you a point to living and cut throught the bullshit. Knives in this context represent something fun yet dangerous. Recklessness. Maybe you could look at getting some new carpet for the lounge, or perhaps try that quilted toilet paper from the advert.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
On monday I bought a knife and a drill.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I'm going to go to work on Louise on sunday night. It'll go: Drill, knife, knife, drill, screwdriver, drill, knife, and finally washing machine.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: On monday I bought a knife and a drill.
Ban Manhunt 2 will yer? I'll fuckin' show you... Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
How's furnishing and doing up the flat going benway?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
kind of halted at the moment, but I did see Mikey and Grace from Big Brother while we were waiting in IKEA to try and get some wood replaced. At the flar, there are boxes everywhere. Not just moving boxes but also flat pack furniture boxes as well. I'm probably going to have a crack at a Billy bookshelf tonight. I bet there's plenty of people here who also have Billy bookshelves.
Really though, I've quantam leaped into another life. At work I recently got both a bonus and a pay rise, and today I received a pack of business cards. So between that kind of thing and then spending my nights drinking britta filtered water and putting clothes into a washer dryer, it's like I've shed my skin. Somewhere in Finsbury park, there must an eyeless, mouthless husk. A crinkled translucent shell of the body that I discarded when I signed the mortgage. Hopefully, the floppy ribbons that were once my fingers are wrapped around a bottle of Nigerian Guiness Export.
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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
I played a moderately good round of golf last night, trying out my new "Golden Bear" gap wedge and my new "Golden Bear" balls.
I wore polyester trousers.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
And! Today I drove to Stockton and met a former British rollerskating champion. She was ace, all bubbly and enthusiastic, full of positive energy.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I used to play a lot of golf. Towards the end I was pretty good...generally in the mid-80's.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
there's a joke to made about her being full of positive energy and the kind of static charge you might get from your nylon trousers, but I can't think clear enough to make it. Maybe like
"what with her positive energy and your nylon trousers, I'm sure the atmosphere was very charged! LOL"
Like that, only funny, and coherent.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Ah benway, you have joined the ranks of the billy bookcase owners.
I love Billy bookcases. I do not have any, but I have saved up enough enough money to buy three - yes, three and with glass doors! Also three slim matching things for my DVDs and CDs to slip beside and between them.
Ah, be still my beating heart.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I recently purchased Diktad. Its alright.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
We've also got Pax Wardrobes, which I'm sure you've seen as well. I didn't know you could get doors for the bookshelves though. That could work. Prevent any actual colours from being on display.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: I played a moderately good round of golf last night, trying out my new "Golden Bear" gap wedge and my new "Golden Bear" balls.
I wore polyester trousers.
I read this and got a rather confused picture of a pair of balls with hair on end due to static electricty.
Then I realised you were talking about golf balls.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
I've taken my Billy bookcase round five different domiciles. I can barely believe that. What a little trooper. At the moment it lives in my room at the top of the house where it holds computer games, comics and hardcore pornography.
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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: We've also got Pax Wardrobes, which I'm sure you've seen as well. I didn't know you could get doors for the bookshelves though. That could work. Prevent any actual colours from being on display.
Asthma prevention. They are expensive but worth it.
We are having to replace the central heating so I am postponing the bookcases until we do as I am having radiators moved and might as well replaster a few rooms first. I can't abide doing this sort of stuff. God knows how ralph can manage to build a whole house. No wonder the poor sod is depressed.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
moving radiators sounds like a serious job.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Ikea in America, ralph?
I have looked at both diktad and Pax and think you have both chosen wisely for your particular domiciles.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Anything more expensive than GORM is ostentatious wank. And if ostentatious is what you're after, don't shop at IKEA!
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Yes! Ikea in America. When I lived in Pennsylvania I had an Ikea about ten miles from my home. In New Jersey there were two within fifteen miles. When mrs. ralph decided we needed some cheap, real wood furniture, we both thought Ikea! But the nearest one was ninety miles away. I made the trip anayway because Ikea does indeed have real wood furniture for very little money.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: moving radiators sounds like a serious job.
We will not be doing it ourselves. Mr Sam is getting on, you know, and might sprain his groin or somewhere delicate like that such as is easily damaged in men who are over 40, or so I have heard, and I am a laydee and don't do that sort thing.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: We will not be doing it ourselves.
That's the pioneer spirit! Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Yes! Ikea in America. When I lived in Pennsylvania I had an Ikea about ten miles from my home. In New Jersey there were two within fifteen miles. When mrs. ralph decided we needed some cheap, real wood furniture, we both thought Ikea! But the nearest one was ninety miles away. I made the trip anayway because Ikea does indeed have real wood furniture for very little money.
I have a vague memory we talked about this before.
Either that or we knew each other in a previous life. My first moment of deja vu on tmo.
Why aren't you making your own furniture?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by sam: We will not be doing it ourselves.
That's the pioneer spirit!
I'm not a pioneer! I'm fucking British!
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Surely that is the pioneer spirit? Get someone else to sort out your warmth and food, and then in return you wipe them out with disease and guns.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: Why aren't you making your own furniture?
Lack of time. Lack of skill. Mostly lack of time, as I currently not only work full-time, but I also do the majority of the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, the shopping, and when I have a moment to spare, I try to work on the "little house".
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I wouldn't call posting on the internet all day "working full time".
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Your wife's taking you for a ride, mate.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: I wouldn't call posting on the internet all day "working full time".
Fine. I'm away from home all day. Better?
quote:Originally posted by herbs: Your wife's taking you for a ride, mate.
And it's a great ride at that!
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yeah, that's better. Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: kind of halted at the moment, but I did see Mikey and Grace from Big Brother while we were waiting in IKEA to try and get some wood replaced. At the flar, there are boxes everywhere. Not just moving boxes but also flat pack furniture boxes as well. I'm probably going to have a crack at a Billy bookshelf tonight. I bet there's plenty of people here who also have Billy bookshelves.
Really though, I've quantam leaped into another life. At work I recently got both a bonus and a pay rise, and today I received a pack of business cards. So between that kind of thing and then spending my nights drinking britta filtered water and putting clothes into a washer dryer, it's like I've shed my skin. Somewhere in Finsbury park, there must an eyeless, mouthless husk. A crinkled translucent shell of the body that I discarded when I signed the mortgage. Hopefully, the floppy ribbons that were once my fingers are wrapped around a bottle of Nigerian Guiness Export.
Thanks. Made me laugh till I hurt a lung.
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Posted by king of the moon bees (Member # 538) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Well the guy I sold it to can tell a similar story, he used to have a Vauxhall VX220 sports car that he used for trackdays and stuff. He's realised that my little Roadster can't fill the void left by his car, and I've realised I don't feel like I will be happy again until I've got this car. It's up for sale. I could buy it back.
i think he has the right idea with the vx220 tbh – they are pure filth, and you can get the 2.2's for about £8k these days. creamy.
besides, having come from a vx, i doubt he will have treated your roadster with much respect. he's probably been using it as his dirty little track slag, so even if you do decide to get a roadster again, you're probably better off with a different one.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I know the guy and I know that, although it has seen a couple of sprint races while he's owned it, it's been cared for very very well.
Besides, it's unlikely he'll have driven it harder than I did anyway.
Roadsters are more or less unburstable, it'll be fine.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
In case anyone cares, the Volvo is now as good as sold. I'm now trying to work out where I can get the rest of the money from.
I figure i can sell one of every organ of which I have a pair.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
A lung, a kidney, an eye, a testicle, an ear, an intestine. Is that lot worth more than an arm and a leg?
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
Steal a baby and sell it on the black market.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I think I'd prefer not to get rid of one of my eyes.
Posted by Nathan Bleak (Member # 1040) on :
I mean, I know stealing a baby is illegal but morally it's no different to downloading a film or a computer game.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Yeah I know what you mean. Besides, they can always make another baby, right? I mean, it's not like they'll have become that attached to it if I nab it when it's newborn.
Where is this black market though? Isn't it Wednesdays at the Wolverton Agora, running alongside the Fire and Ice sale?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Why not just steal the car? You know where it lives, you could get it resprayed in about five seconds if you know the location of the nearest spray shop. I've done this sort of thing loads of times and it's really quite simple once you get the hang of it.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Now you're just being silly
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
I award this thread 6/10
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: kind of halted at the moment, but I did see Mikey and Grace from Big Brother while we were waiting in IKEA to try and get some wood replaced. At the flar, there are boxes everywhere. Not just moving boxes but also flat pack furniture boxes as well. I'm probably going to have a crack at a Billy bookshelf tonight. I bet there's plenty of people here who also have Billy bookshelves.
Really though, I've quantam leaped into another life. At work I recently got both a bonus and a pay rise, and today I received a pack of business cards. So between that kind of thing and then spending my nights drinking britta filtered water and putting clothes into a washer dryer, it's like I've shed my skin. Somewhere in Finsbury park, there must an eyeless, mouthless husk. A crinkled translucent shell of the body that I discarded when I signed the mortgage. Hopefully, the floppy ribbons that were once my fingers are wrapped around a bottle of Nigerian Guiness Export.
Do you think it had anything to do with my pants advice? When you trace back to the point where things started to turn around for you was it when you replaced your pants drawer with a matching set of fresh black trunks?
If so maybe you could find time to contribute to my magazine do you think?
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