Thread: Embarrassment

Originally Posted by banjo

I wasnt going to get on this mornin...

..But i do need the exsercise...

Had trouble reading through this one mate - the 'rain' between my eyes and my glasses got a bit heavy.

Thanks for being so honest - most of us have trouble saying how we really are cos we either don't want others to know or we think they may not like us.

Keep reading the good stuff on this thread cos that's what's real - not what the 'black dog' or past experiences would want us to think or feel.

Sorry things are busy with me and I can only add a few words of support here on a weekend.

when you get a chance keep the photos of the tyre carrier coming too.

Originally Posted by banjo

thats the first time i have seen a freelander used off road..

Yeah they are quite capable, within reason of cause. They don't have a low range gearbox. What mine has is a five speed auto box with what they call "Hill Descent Control" for going down really steep hills. They are capable enough to go along Stockton Beach but as I said what that guy in the clip was doing was a bit ambitious.!!

Originally Posted by banjo

Oh gees thanx for telling her that,now i'm hearing no one has answered me why,& how come i put just as many post as you but i only a member & your a wizard,i posted in here as well ..& i thought my mind worked in wierd ways...

thanx guys
so much

Never mind, Karen when you get to 10 posts you'll be a "Regular"

Originally Posted by banjo

Hey sleepy you realy must be short what is it between the rear door & rear seat 3 maybe 4 feet...

yeah carry hoses little bit of wire if you dont need it for electricals you can always tie things back on with it & some basic tools ,a little oil & other fluids,belts water for the car not just yourself.
is yours got an alternator

It's a 1978 109 Hartop Jas, I got 6 feet to relax in. (Only got front seats). Yeah the alternator is still pumping out the amps. Looks pretty old, but it aint broke. I guess thats the good thing about a 2.25 Diesel - it will run all day without any electricals. (once you get it started!)

I knew a bloke who slept in the back of his 88". He'd removed the bulkhead and he could get his leg's in between the 2 front seats.

Ah ha i thought it was a 5 door wagon & you only had the little bit behind the rear seat....& i thought that would be just the right size for a sleepy.... & being a 78 its nearly a new one.....LOL

I continue to appreciate this thread. Thanks. Welcome Mrs Banjo (I'll leave out the Fatty bit to be polite).

I saw a movie last night that reminded me of you Banjo, although the situation was actually quite different.
Its 'The Soloist' starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downery Jr.
Foxx plays a musically brilliant kid who gets a scholarship in to Julliard musical school for the cello, but becomes so obsessed with his music that he starts hearing voices and loses it and drops out, becoming one of the 90,000 homeless in Los Angeles, where he lives on the street, endlessly playing Beethoven on an old two-strong violin.
There he eventually meets Downey, who plays a newspaper columnist, and they develop an interesting relationship, sometimes great and sometimes rocky, which stretches and benefits them both. I laughed out loud at some scenes and was deeply moved at others.
As I said, its quite a different situation to you, but still interesting. Unlike most Hollywood pics this is real and the ending is not some happy clappy scene. Apparently its based on a true story written by the real columnist with the Los Angeles Times.
The reason I thought of you was at one stage Downey is telling a social worked he should get Foxx diagnosed by a psychiatrist and the social worker tells him to look at the troubled people in the room who have all been diagnosed by shrinks and it hasn't done them any real good because the biggest thing most of them need is a real friend. So I remembered your comments about this thread helping you to find friends.

Anyway, you might enjoy it...

I am becoming a bit of a post whore here. (Now IM-a-HO!)


I was watching a movie today and thinking of you too Jas. "Analyze This" - you know with Billy Crystal as the shrink and Robert DeNiro as the gangster with panic attacks. Classic

"Your good you!"

Haven't posted in here for a whilst but still enjoy reading this thread and the progress you have made in a relative short period of time it would seem. Good on you both! I guess the upcoming move will be a challenge for most people alone and was wondering how are you going to handle it?