Unexpected Good Fortune
Travelling through Seattle a good 15 years ago, I remembered an old friend I used to blow up Action Men with. We were bored, nothing to lose , so I looked him up in the phonebook. He was the only one of that name in there. "Come and stay," goes he.
Me and my mates were living in a car at that point so a bed was a novelty. After searching for a while, we rock up to a very posh mansion on Puget Sound with its own Helipad. "Come flying," goes he.
Has your luck held out recently?
( , Thu 14 Sep 2006, 18:43)
Travelling through Seattle a good 15 years ago, I remembered an old friend I used to blow up Action Men with. We were bored, nothing to lose , so I looked him up in the phonebook. He was the only one of that name in there. "Come and stay," goes he.
Me and my mates were living in a car at that point so a bed was a novelty. After searching for a while, we rock up to a very posh mansion on Puget Sound with its own Helipad. "Come flying," goes he.
Has your luck held out recently?
( , Thu 14 Sep 2006, 18:43)
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Three lags
I have a Renault Laguna, I really love the car, it's never let me down in three years and it's a pleasure to drive. It is however now looking a little 'rough round the edges' and getting a bit squeaky. I was out on the front a week or two ago and this guy came up to me and said "Oh, I'm scrapping that laguna over there (points to his drive) and if you want any spares for yours, let me know." I went and had a look at it, and it's an almost immaculate RT sport version with a spoiler and an electric sun roof! To break it for spares would be a crime, so I bought the whole thing (knackered engine and all) for £100. I have a decent engine to put in it don't I? Myself and a friend can sort that out, and he doesn't want anything for doing it. After a few days, I realised that I wouldn't have any transport once I butcher my car, and I'm not exactly well off so the new car had been sitting on the drive for a while. Cue a guy coming to my door and asking if I want to join a karate club. I tells him no thanks, my back is a bit dodgy, then he asks about my Laguna. He says he's got one the same if I want to buy it for parts, £75. So now I have three lagunas, one tired, one with a busted engine and petrol tank, and one with a dodgy clutch and broken starter motor*. We plan on making two cars out of the three, I get to keep the best one, sell the middle one and scrap the bits that are left. I still can't beleive my luck really.
*Not actually 'got it' yet, picking it up tomorrow (16/9/06)
( , Sat 16 Sep 2006, 3:19, Reply)
I have a Renault Laguna, I really love the car, it's never let me down in three years and it's a pleasure to drive. It is however now looking a little 'rough round the edges' and getting a bit squeaky. I was out on the front a week or two ago and this guy came up to me and said "Oh, I'm scrapping that laguna over there (points to his drive) and if you want any spares for yours, let me know." I went and had a look at it, and it's an almost immaculate RT sport version with a spoiler and an electric sun roof! To break it for spares would be a crime, so I bought the whole thing (knackered engine and all) for £100. I have a decent engine to put in it don't I? Myself and a friend can sort that out, and he doesn't want anything for doing it. After a few days, I realised that I wouldn't have any transport once I butcher my car, and I'm not exactly well off so the new car had been sitting on the drive for a while. Cue a guy coming to my door and asking if I want to join a karate club. I tells him no thanks, my back is a bit dodgy, then he asks about my Laguna. He says he's got one the same if I want to buy it for parts, £75. So now I have three lagunas, one tired, one with a busted engine and petrol tank, and one with a dodgy clutch and broken starter motor*. We plan on making two cars out of the three, I get to keep the best one, sell the middle one and scrap the bits that are left. I still can't beleive my luck really.
*Not actually 'got it' yet, picking it up tomorrow (16/9/06)
( , Sat 16 Sep 2006, 3:19, Reply)
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