Slowlycatchymonkey

Tragic Pete. We inherently want our parents love and approval so I can only imagine there was other shit going on there between her and her mum. It's entirely possible that busabeasts wife is clinically depressed. That could be a general chemical imbalance or caused by life events that would depress anyone or even a combination of the two. Point is that with this sort of thing it requires a determined perseverance to sort it out that the person themselves doesn't possess because they're not in a good place. It's quite staggering how many people are on the receiving end of bad parenting and on course for replicating the experience for their own kids.. and on.. and on it goes. Sometimes there really is no way to help and you have to walk away. Other times it's a phase while people try to work shit out. Personally I don't believe theres enough therapy in the world to sort my own mother out, she looks to me like pathologically damaged goods. But not everyones that way. Some people can work things out. Rich's wife coming to terms with motherhood and real life might be one of them.

I'm so sorry, that really really sucks. My mum hated being a mother and used explode or sulk for and absolute age. My dad never understood why we were all so thrilled to see him when he got home from work... You might have to do something for the sake of your daughter. Staying at home with a kid all day does send some people crazy. Half the mums at school were tranq'd out of their minds. Too many demands mixed with too much time to contemplate the things that went wrong IMO. Then some well meaning soul persuades them to join the church mother and baby group for support, a place that's filled with other dead eyed mogadoned feckers that confirm their lives are officially over (no offence Buck, they just are the absolute pits). Professional help is the only thing thats going to unfurl whatever screwing your wife up. @XTreme a bit much mate. She's clearly fucked up but that doesn't make her the devils spawn.

You owe a bad guy, you owe them for life.

Not a lot of satisfaction in that and I'm sorry to say bad guys don't stop at murder, they also love a bit of extortion so best avoid that route.

But if you do @busabeast there's someone on here with a good reputation for disappearing people!

That's shit. She's clearly unhappy at the moment. If that's a permanent state of affairs she might need professional help to help her figure out what's going on.

Very nice looking bike. They’re owned by Polaris who made Victory bikes until it was no longer commercially viable. Ola Stenegärd is a superb designer. I don’t think he’s produced a single donkey yet.

Oh dear, my dear, you need to post about it?!

Mr Slowly has left Malaga according to stalk my family he's 55 mins away!

It's classier than your average mall so he'll have to keep an eye out

Yer give it 10-15 minutes and you'll feel your soul leave your body Wear comfortable walking shoes, it's a trek. Had a really good burger in the Five Guys and there's a couple of restaurants that were a cut above your usual Mall crap, Casa Carmen and whatever the Spanish is for the Cave (soz can't remember exactly). The Ikea pick point in the underground parking is useful, Ikea without actually having to go into Ikea, great idea. Take a fat wallet because there is good gear but it's not cheap, unless you want the jumble sale pain of primark Good aircon though, well unless the new aircon law has put pay to that. Good luck, may the force be with you!

Woah An Indian and a Hayabusa (ha ha autocorrect prefers 'highballs' to hayabusa ) is a dream sled shed combo.

Mr Slowly arrives tomorrow HOORAY But buying a flat stuff has happened so we have to leave Thursday BOOOOOO Anyway trying to be positive about it. Lots of good things to look forward to back home.. and this is the end of my second year renting a place in Spain. It's flown by but I know I've been here a few times because I was writing a shopping list and couldn't remember the English word for piñones, the whole list looks like a mishmash of two languages

Would not have cut my engine!

Crohns really sucks. I'm a coeliac and the occasions I've been given a gluten poisoning from some idiotic restaurant/cafe staff and still had to ride have been truly diabolical. That\s one of the reasons I carry so much stuff on the touring bike, a lot of the time I'd prefer to use my own food rather than risk it. She has my heartfelt sympathies.

Test rode an Indian Scout and really loved it. Still think about it now.

You can keep your real Spain, swimming pools and aircon are the dogs. Along with palm trees, good views, nice places to eat, grocery delivered, brit teabags in the local supermarket, everything you need only 10 mins away and microclimate that doesn't suffer the rain or temperature extremes. Enjoy sweating mwahahahaaaa.

Nowadays you can end up on the sex offenders register. A bit much for needing a pee!

When I was a little more dignified I used to take this type of thing with me so if there are no loos you can pee in a field/behind a hedge but still protect your modesty by wrapping it around your waist. Then I went to the Himalayas where alfresco peeing is totally normal and no-one gives a hoot, I still find a reasonbaly out of view spot though, one doesn't fancy an indecent exposure charge I expect photos from the butchers of fat steaks and thick burgers https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073S5835H/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?pd_rd_i=B073S5835H&pd_rd_w=zQHDo&content-id=amzn1.sym.84ea1bf1-65a8-4363-b8f5-f0df58cbb686&pf_rd_p=84ea1bf1-65a8-4363-b8f5-f0df58cbb686&pf_rd_r=N65NW79PCTS0R1ZDEXHV&pd_rd_wg=tAz8Z&pd_rd_r=663923f6-928b-41f1-87ce-2239199025aa&s=outdoors&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw&th=1

I forgot about those department stores. Great idea. Nearest one is 35 mins away though. Found a Chinese supermarket that's 30-40 mins away depending on traffic and it's en route from the airport. That'll have to do. The Alcampo here's not bad, they even sell gluten free soy sauce, they just miss selling crucial ingredients like Chinese five spice which is a weird one to skip if you sell other Asian ingredients. I guess the people in charge of the stock don't make Chinese food Did find a well reviewed Chinese restaurant 20 mins from here so maybe they'll be able to tell me where to shop.

For gods sake Pete stop pressing his buttons or we'll be listening to Chesney Hawkes new theme tune My God the One and Only

I'm trying to face up to making some cushion covers from some extremely difficult fabric my son chose. So far I've managed three cups of tea and a long search on Chinese supermarkets round here. Did you know there are approx 290,000 brits in Spain and 230,000 Chinese people. And yet the nearest Asian supermarket is 45 minutes away. Unless I venture into Granada which I can't be arsed to do for some noodles

Where's the "it has to go, lost faith in it, needs to be 100% reliable" speech about the Picarshole then?

Oh Pete you're fooling no-one, give it up and just lower the damn thing, everyone knows you're a shortarse