Embarrassment

My homeless friend Leo, has been sleeping in his Magna station wagon, with another homeless man in a Magna parked next to him. Spent most of last week running him around as per earlier posts.

On Friday afternoon scored a 1987 Toyota High-Ace high roof van very nicely fitted out as a camper for him for only $1000--, just out of QLD rego needing two batteries, and a good spare tyre. Previous High-Ace owner is 84 years old and lost his licence, and did not really want to sell his van, but is being cared for.

Okay a Land-rover high roof blood wagon would have been better, and Leo was into Land-rovers. It was Leo who was first going to buy the Isuzu Series 3 that we now own, but Leo decided to take his daughters to NZ instead, so told me that this Isuzu series 3 was for sale, and where I could find it. He spoke to me because I had a RR, and previously he had owned RR and Defenders.

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Originally Posted by banjo

Karen & i call it curb side shopping. We have picked up some good stuff the we realy needed & other stuff that has been so handy..

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seriously you could furnish a whole house for nothing in our area, from a clean up day. Back in the early 1980's I moved into a flat with my brother. At that time I tithed my money [gave 10% to help others], and after paying my share of the bond had very little money left.

Dropped into a friends place a distance away, but near the train station as we were, and found out he needed me to drive a 2 ton truck for him to move as he had never gotten a licence. After moving a few loads in that small hired truck he said to me, "get rid of the rest, I do not want it, I am buying all new furniture." I got a lot of real good stuff from him including fridge, washing machine and dryer and a Tasmanian Oak solid kitchen suite, then the next week there was a clean up day. From both combined, him and the clean up day, we had our 3 bedroom flat fully furnished, and rented out the spare room, making each share cheaper.

The good stuff I saw thrown out would have furnished a whole house including a gym, but we have too much already, though I also picked up an exercise Bike, and a corner shelves, etc.

Well got my brussel sprouts in this afternoon.. So Aus i hope you like them cause you live closest to us & i have put way to many in a usual so will be lots left over even after freezing some...:D

Well the weekend i had visitors saturday & sunday so was very sociable for me . And i have had a couple of phone calls from a couple of members lastnight & today . I don't think my heart jumped once so is good...:D:cool::p

That's great

evenin Jas

Aye up Grocks, saayyyy Banjo, the old Brussel Sprouts, never did anybody any harm!!!!!;)

G'day Grockle how is your holidaying going hope us have some good weather for it..

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Originally Posted by Ausfree

Aye up Grocks, saayyyy Banjo, the old Brussel Sprouts, never did anybody any harm!!!!!;)

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Yeah it only young Cody & I that eat them here..

Also have half a dozen snow pea's come up aswell ...