The Funeral Run

[lurcherman]

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well my m8s dad died and just waiting to hear when the funeral is, sooooo gotta make the 400 mile journey from north to south and with the weather about it not gunna be a barrel of laughs, so m90, m8, a74, m6, and m1 hear i come passing through places i used to work birmingham, coventry, and finally daventry the place i was born, on a brighter side of it get to see my best buddies and share a beer and have a gas.

 

[banana]

Oh that's so sad - I am sorry to hear your news.

I used to go watch Coventry play at Highfield Road, I went in the VIP bar in the East stand one year - it was much more fun watching whilst sipping champagne! :lol:

 

[lurcherman]

been to highfield road also what agood day out it was, the pubs round that way thow are a WEE BIT NASTY AT TIMES not the best area lol had a m8 living in walsgrave area so we got the bus in and even that was scary hehehe, first went to highfield in the 70s with my father and mike who has just died, soooooooooooo much fun,

banana that dosnt surprise me that uud be in the vip area hahahaha lucky you :thumbsup: there me getting cold in the stands :sweating:

 

[banana]

haha - ahh you think I am posh!! :lol:

 

[Dizzyjenni]

He obviously doesn't know you very well, Banana hahahhaha!!!! kidding

So sorry to hear about your friends Dad. Hope the motorways treat you kindly!!!!

 

[banana]

Cheeky!

 

[lurcherman]

ok banana looks posh, saying that jenni you look very posh :* motorways are ok for me but you just neve know when its your turn to be involved really .

 

[banana]

I am 'just' posh and Jenni is 'very' posh???

You can go off people quickly you know! :lol:

I quite like motorway driving - I like to drive fast whilst listening to music and singing along!!

 

[lurcherman]

to be honest i dont drive fast now, i did have my sports car days xr3i, but i loved my xr2, faster off the blocks than a xr3, could afford a golf gti lol. i did have a ford cosworth sierra but only for a month or two, too fast to dangerous. banana slow down hun dont wanna lose you :* :thumbsup:

 

[banana]

Oh I had a boyfriend with an XR31 and then an XR2..

I preferred the boyfriends with convertibles really! :lol:

I got caught speeding twice in one week - ended up with 6 points so I have an enforced slow down now! :lol:

 

[Dizzyjenni]

Hahahahha Banana I am veeeeery posh lol!!!!

 

[banana]

Yeah Yeah

:lol:

 

[eingana]

it's always so sad to do the inevitable trek across the country for a funeral isn't it? I don't know how other people manage it, but I just can't go to wakes. If I cared about the person who has died I can't turn my emotions around enough to be sociable with other people, and eating is out of the question, so I make the huge trek (my closest family is 100 miles away) and have to keep myself together to drive, since my OH doesn't drive, to be there for just an hour or so for the ceremony, then to get myself focused to drive back safely.

You have my sympathies lurcherman- that's a huge drive.

 

[lurcherman]

thanx eingana, ive got to do it, he spoke at my dads funeral and the things he said hit the spot, i also worked with him for 21 yrs, i drink with his son , got into trouble with his son, played darts with his son, so just seems the 800 round trip seems right. so unless the roads are real bad then im going, thanx .

 

[lurcherman]

hi all am back form my 800 miles round trip, funeral went ok, my m8s got a log fire and we never went cold lol but woosh the heat off the fire did me in, had a bloody good drink wednesday night and totally had a GOOD TIME , driving down no problems no hold ups, cumin back was great until blackpool, car into the barrier so lost 25mins there . i hate driving lol. so i hope everyone is ok

 

[banana]

Welcome back.. I am glad it went okay....

We dont have any other heating than an open fire.. I cried the whole week we moved in here but absolutely love it now.