Family HolidaysBack in the 80s when my Dad got made redundant (hello Dad!), he spent all the redundancy money on one of those big motor caravans.
Us kids loved it, apart from when my sister threw up on my sleeping bag, but looking back I'm not so sure my mum did. There was a certain tension every time the big van was even mentioned, let alone driven around France for weeks on end with her still having to cook and do all the washing.
What went wrong, what went right, and how did you survive the shame of having your family with you as a teenager?
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chthonic, Thu 2 Aug 2007, 14:33)
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holidays are comingi was always really jealous of my mates whom stayed at home when their 'rents went away.
then there was the mates that were MADE to go away. 50 weeks of the year, they had to stare at a f*ck off mahoosive trailer tent or caravan on the driveway. Third week of july it becomes everyones problem when they take to the road. Usually in France though, so not all bad.
It felt real bad when ones mates are brutally taken from our company and uncontactable for 2 weeks. Those days did many things. some people found new friends, some found old friends again. It forced you to do something social and probably with some different people to the norm.
It doesn't happen anymore with mobile phones.
Theres a sad thing.
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bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Mon 6 Aug 2007, 14:35,
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