Isolated Blurt Thread

[johneb87]

Yay, my car calendar came in today.

 

[slyc_willie]

Yay, my car calendar came in today.

Vroom-vroom.

 

[johneb87]

Vroom-vroom.

April is the McLaren (fax machine named) MP4-12C. Yes, the little kid inside of me is smiling. One small bright spot to my day.

 

[slyc_willie]

April is the McLaren (fax machine named) MP4-12C. Yes, the little kid inside of me is smiling. One small bright spot to my day.

Watched a DVR episode of Top Gear tonight. They featured the Lancia Strattos. The wife told me twice to wipe the drool from my mouth.

 

[johneb87]

Watched a DVR episode of Top Gear tonight. They featured the Lancia Strattos. The wife told me twice to wipe the drool from my mouth.

Beautiful car.....when it stays together. Just re-watched the episode where they traveled from Las Vegas to the Mexico boarder. That Aston looks wonderful, but the Viper holds a special place in my heart.

 

[slyc_willie]

Beautiful car.....when it stays together. Just re-watched the episode where they traveled from Las Vegas to the Mexico boarder. That Aston looks wonderful, but the Viper holds a special place in my heart.

No shit. Lancia was, at best, dubious when it came to their cars. But what they did well, they did really well. Pity it didn't happen often.

When I lived in London, I had the opportunity to drive an "official" Aston Martin James Bond DB-V. Okay, it wasn't really official, just a faithfully done private version, but it had supposedly been endorsed by Albert Broccoli as being the closest privately-owned Aston-Martin to match the specs of the vehicle in Goldfinger.

Man, that was a hell of a ride.

Never driven a Viper, I'm sad to say. Drove a Prowler once, though. I wasn't too impressed.

 

[NaokoSmith]

It's just a continuation of all of my other blurts up until now. Lonely, listless, tired of being ignored by the local female population, I need a new job, and a new neighborhood to live in. Stuff like that.

TGP, all you need to move in slightly different circles; the kind that women hang out in. The kick boxing class sounds like the most obvious choice - it's right on your doorstep. In a new neighbourhood you could still be doing the kinds of activities where you mainly meet men.

Honey, do you think there may be a reason you keep your feelings at the longing for women level, rather than go out there where women hang out? You are a really hot looking man, and there are lots of women who'd love to meet a guy like you, if you were to turn up at their classes or put up a personal ad. Sometimes it can be easier to think that there is something blocking us from getting involved, rather than actually get back into dating. There can be lots of reasons we long for yet fear the closeness of intimate relationships.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I dunno. Is it unreasonable of me to be pissed off about this woman?

This is the line manager who dumped on me without discussion all the tutorials outside the city. These involve spending the whole day travelling to teach for two hours, and sometimes hanging around for a couple of hours before the next train back. There are other tutors who have no family, but I got to spend my Saturdays away from Piglet working. I get no extra remuneration for this.

I asked if she could put back the tutorials by an hour so I could get there more comfortably and she sent three emails quibbling, ending by saying, Could I not get an earlier train, to which I was obliged to reply that I was already getting the earliest train, that I was leaving the house at 6 am and not returning till 7 pm (13 hour day), and last time had travelled through 6 inches of snow to teach one student. Finally she said, It's very expensive to change the time. I said, Fine, I will tell the students I might be late and try to figure things out.

Her reply:
Thanks this is by far the simplest solution. I hope you don’t mind the travel too much. I actually enjoy my days in London as I sleep all of the way there and then treat myself to a magazine and some nice food for the way home.

Maybe she's just being nice, but that actually makes me feel like punching her! Her effing journeys to effing London! I hope she effing pays for the nice food I HAD to order and eat, because otherwise I'd have been sitting in the snow for three hours on a station platform waiting for my train home. (It was nice food, acksherly, although I suppose they won't pay for the glass of Prosecco, LOL.)

 

[Handley_Page]

I dunno. Is it unreasonable of me to be pissed off about this woman?

This is the line manager who dumped on me without discussion all the tutorials outside the city. These involve spending the whole day travelling to teach for two hours, and sometimes hanging around for a couple of hours before the next train back.

I asked if she could put back the tutorials by an hour so I could get there more comfortably and she sent three emails quibbling, ending by saying, Could I not get an earlier train, to which I was obliged to reply that I was already getting the earliest train, that I was leaving the house at 6 am and not returning till 7 pm (13 hour day), and last time had travelled through 6 inches of snow to teach one student. Finally she said, It's very expensive to change the time. I said, Fine, I will tell the students I might be late and try to figure things out.

Her reply:
Thanks this is by far the simplest solution. I hope you don’t mind the travel too much. I actually enjoy my days in London as I sleep all of the way there and then treat myself to a magazine and some nice food for the way home.

Dear Manageress,
If you like travelling that much, perhaps we can swap jobs?
You get out on a cold platform at stupid-o'clock in the morning and return 13 hours later.


Then there's the trifling matter of payment.
Let's see now, A Saturday of 'unsocial hours', so it must be worth 1.45 (not quite time-and-a-half), plus travelling expenses, plus meals allowance.

Good Luck, Duchess.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

No shit. Lancia was, at best, dubious when it came to their cars. But what they did well, they did really well. Pity it didn't happen often.

When I lived in London, I had the opportunity to drive an "official" Aston Martin James Bond DB-V. Okay, it wasn't really official, just a faithfully done private version, but it had supposedly been endorsed by Albert Broccoli as being the closest privately-owned Aston-Martin to match the specs of the vehicle in Goldfinger.

Man, that was a hell of a ride.

Never driven a Viper, I'm sad to say. Drove a Prowler once, though. I wasn't too impressed.

I would love to drive a Viper.

I don't even think I would fit in a Prowler.

TGP, all you need to move in slightly different circles; the kind that women hang out in. The kick boxing class sounds like the most obvious choice - it's right on your doorstep. In a new neighbourhood you could still be doing the kinds of activities where you mainly meet men.

Honey, do you think there may be a reason you keep your feelings at the longing for women level, rather than go out there where women hang out? You are a really hot looking man, and there are lots of women who'd love to meet a guy like you, if you were to turn up at their classes or put up a personal ad. Sometimes it can be easier to think that there is something blocking us from getting involved, rather than actually get back into dating. There can be lots of reasons we long for yet fear the closeness of intimate relationships.

I have two active profiles on dating sites. I am beginning to wonder how much of a factor my location in the middle of nowhere is affecting the responses to my advances. I live a 30 minute drive from anything of interest.

And when I am at the gym, I don't get the sense of longing from any of the women that take the time to look at me. It usually looks like dislike, disdain, or disgust. I have seen longing on their faces for other men, and it looks completely different from what is aimed at me.

I can think of dozens of reasons to break up with me, but they are all things you would have to go out with me in the first place to learn, and I have no idea why they won't go out with me in the first place.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Dear Manageress,
If you like travelling that much, perhaps we can swap jobs?
You get out on a cold platform at stupid-o'clock in the morning and return 13 hours later.


Then there's the trifling matter of payment.
Let's see now, A Saturday of 'unsocial hours', so it must be worth 1.45 (not quite time-and-a-half), plus travelling expenses, plus meals allowance.

Good Luck, Duchess.

Cynical laughter.
Thank you, HP. I feel like I'm not so unreasonable to have simply not replied! instead of running round to punch her in the face.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I would love to drive a Viper.

I don't even think I would fit in a Prowler.



I have two active profiles on dating sites. I am beginning to wonder how much of a factor my location in the middle of nowhere is affecting the responses to my advances. I live a 30 minute drive from anything of interest.

And when I am at the gym, I don't get the sense of longing from any of the women that take the time to look at me. It usually looks like dislike, disdain, or disgust. I have seen longing on their faces for other men, and it looks completely different from what is aimed at me.

I can think of dozens of reasons to break up with me, but they are all things you would have to go out with me in the first place to learn, and I have no idea why they won't go out with me in the first place.

OK! you do have profiles out there. Do you go and chat to women on those sites, is it like that? Can you ask them - if you're interested?

I dunno, TGP, women often pretend to disdain in order not to be thought sluts for looking. Especially if they are actually single, they want to check someone out without risking being hit on instantly. They're not passing you over without even a bored glance, are they? That's the real kiss of death! I seriously would try the Kick Boxing class for four or five weeks. Could you give the Kung Fu a miss for that long if you were keeping up your fitness with KB?

 

[Handley_Page]

Cynical laughter.
Thank you, HP. I feel like I'm not so unreasonable to have simply not replied! instead of running round to punch her in the face.

No, dear, you can do it all via the e-mails.
[of course, you might like to listen to the most awe-inspiring song ever sung by Pavarotti. Mes Amis

 

[TheeGoatPig]

OK! you do have profiles out there. Do you go and chat to women on those sites, is it like that? Can you ask them - if you're interested?

I dunno, TGP, women often pretend to disdain in order not to be thought sluts for looking. Especially if they are actually single, they want to check someone out without risking being hit on instantly. They're not passing you over without even a bored glance, are they? That's the real kiss of death! I seriously would try the Kick Boxing class for four or five weeks. Could you give the Kung Fu a miss for that long if you were keeping up your fitness with KB?

The kickboxing class starts at 7:30, and is a 45 minute drive from home. I don't want to be working out that late.

And yes, I send emails to as many women on those sites as I think will be responsive to me. I hardly get a response, and when I do there is hardly a second reply, and I have never gotten passed the third.

 

[NaokoSmith]

The kickboxing class starts at 7:30, and is a 45 minute drive from home. I don't want to be working out that late.

And yes, I send emails to as many women on those sites as I think will be responsive to me. I hardly get a response, and when I do there is hardly a second reply, and I have never gotten passed the third.

Hmmm, what kind of sites are they? Just general, or specifically for any kind of interest you have? Would you be willing to share what you say about yourself on your profile?

 

[slyc_willie]

I would love to drive a Viper.

I don't even think I would fit in a Prowler.

The Prowler is actually pretty spacious. Much more so than just about any roadster I've been in.

I've always had a love affair with roadsters, especially the classic little ones like Triumph, Jensen-Healy, MGB and so on. Unfortunately, the best I could find within my budget was a '95 Miata. I love the car; it's fast, nimble and reliable. Maybe one of these days, after I graduate, I'll trade up for a Porsche Boxter. But not a Viper. I'd kill myself with a V12.

 

[TxRad]

The Prowler is actually pretty spacious. Much more so than just about any roadster I've been in.

I've always had a love affair with roadsters, especially the classic little ones like Triumph, Jensen-Healy, MGB and so on. Unfortunately, the best I could find within my budget was a '95 Miata. I love the car; it's fast, nimble and reliable. Maybe one of these days, after I graduate, I'll trade up for a Porsche Boxter. But not a Viper. I'd kill myself with a V12.

The new Challenger with the R/T package and the small block hemi are a blast also. I fixed one up for our local police chief and he can't quit grnning

 

[TheeGoatPig]

The Prowler is actually pretty spacious. Much more so than just about any roadster I've been in.

I've always had a love affair with roadsters, especially the classic little ones like Triumph, Jensen-Healy, MGB and so on. Unfortunately, the best I could find within my budget was a '95 Miata. I love the car; it's fast, nimble and reliable. Maybe one of these days, after I graduate, I'll trade up for a Porsche Boxter. But not a Viper. I'd kill myself with a V12.

Well I have heard tale that smaller men than I have had trouble fitting into them, so I did some math and figured that bigger wasn't better in this situation.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Well I have heard tale that smaller men than I have had trouble fitting into them, so I did some math and figured that bigger wasn't better in this situation.

You must get one of these cars, Thee! A car like this is a serious babe magnet - second only to carrying a baby round and looking cute with it, LOL.

 

[damppanties]

It's only within the last 20 or so years that houses have had what's laughingly called a "utility room". Yer average bijou property (2 bedrooms, for example) these days may have enough space for a washer under some counter top or other, but that's it.
We ain't weird, Damps, we just don't have much space and that costs a bloody fortune.

Yup, I knew that. I was just pulling Steve's leg. Also, surprised he has a utility room. Must be loaded.

 

[slyc_willie]

The new Challenger with the R/T package and the small block hemi are a blast also. I fixed one up for our local police chief and he can't quit grnning

I see a lot of Challengers and Avengers around here. Most of the police sedans are either of those. For me, though, the body style is just too big. I like smaller and sleeker.

Well I have heard tale that smaller men than I have had trouble fitting into them, so I did some math and figured that bigger wasn't better in this situation.

Well, me being 5'9" I can't speak for someone as tall as you. As far as my Miata goes, I have a friend who's 6'8" and he fits in it (almost) nicely.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

You must get one of these cars, Thee! A car like this is a serious babe magnet - second only to carrying a baby round and looking cute with it, LOL.

I already own a 2010 Camaro (that is eating away my budget). It does nothing for picking up women. Even the ones that have been excited for the car were unwilling to go for a ride with me in it (even the one woman that had known me for years).
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/Camaro8.jpg

I see a lot of Challengers and Avengers around here. Most of the police sedans are either of those. For me, though, the body style is just too big. I like smaller and sleeker.



Well, me being 5'9" I can't speak for someone as tall as you. As far as my Miata goes, I have a friend who's 6'8" and he fits in it (almost) nicely.

Well we weren't talking about Miatas

 

[TxRad]

I see a lot of Challengers and Avengers around here. Most of the police sedans are either of those. For me, though, the body style is just too big. I like smaller and sleeker.

I have an original 72' challenger with the 440 six pack and four speed. It also has a 6-71 blower mounted. The six pack now sits on a Crager side mount intake adapter that puts it down on the passenger side inner fender.

It will snap your head back on start and twist the 160 mph speedo cable with half a pedal left in fourth gear.

 

[slyc_willie]

I already own a 2010 Camaro (that is eating away my budget). It does nothing for picking up women. Even the ones that have been excited for the car were unwilling to go for a ride with me in it (even the one woman that had known me for years).

Well we weren't talking about Miatas

True, but they're damn small cars. Can't imagine anything being more cramped, except maybe an MG.

Nice ride, there. That'd beat mine in 0-60.

 

[slyc_willie]

I have an original 72' challenger with the 440 six pack and four speed. It also has a 6-71 blower mounted. The six pack now sits on a Crager side mount intake adapter that puts it down on the passenger side inner fender.

It will snap your head back on start and twist the 160 mph speedo cable with half a pedal left in fourth gear.

Reminds me of a Roadrunner a friend of mine had. Don't remember the engine, but it would seat 60 in about 6 seconds flat. That's just a bit much for me. I prefer maneuverability.