Ever feel like just "Leggin It" ?

thelurch · 13-09-2008 01:36AM #1

Was laid off got a few bob, can pay off all my bills and will be left with 6k ish !! No ties anymore and the thought of more CV dropping etc leaves me cold. Could blow 2k on a motorbike and still have 4k, minus 500 for insurance, so that leaves me 3.5 k. I have loads of camping stuff, tents, lights, stoves, cookers, laptop, I even have a sat phone, just needs a charge and a deposit,top up. Just feel like f*ckin off for a year or so. The bike is an Africa Twin, Daker Rally type Of trials bike. Google image of africa twin.. What you lot think ?

AlmightyCushion · 13-09-2008 01:39AM

Give the money to me.

thelurch · 13-09-2008 01:42AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Give the money to me.

will u get me a decent job ? If not throw in a few bob into the kitty and I will bring you too, Could be the making of you !!

AlmightyCushion · 13-09-2008 01:43AM

Yeah, I'll give you a job. You might not get paid for it though but that's a fairly minor matter.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-09-2008 01:46AM

I say go. Wrong time of the year for biking/camping though.

greatgoal · 13-09-2008 01:48AM

2k for a bike,tour de france is your best bet.

thelurch · 13-09-2008 01:50AM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I say go. Wrong time of the year for biking/camping though.

I will follow the swallow !! That bird goes where the sun shines ! I could sell all my toys and get another 3k, Anyone want a cheap 50 scale petrol helicopter, Its about the size of a well fed Labrador Dog !!

Kold · 13-09-2008 01:51AM

I've been informed that I might have to take a year out from college, considering working a couple of months, taking out a fat loan and f*cking off for 9 months. Where? I dunno. I do like French and German girls..

staker · 13-09-2008 01:52AM

leg it and record it,flog it to tv3 or ch4,affiliate with my charity. we'll go halves, no-one will suss us:cool:

Holsten · 13-09-2008 01:52AM

Hookers and blow.....

It's the only option really.

thelurch · 13-09-2008 01:59AM

Kold wrote: »

I've been informed that I might have to take a year out from college, considering working a couple of months, taking out a fat loan and f*cking off for 9 months. Where? I dunno. I do like French and German girls..

Wanna come ? I am not gay and great craic, Quite fond of latina type girls myself, I am sure we can reach a compromise on "the mots":D

Kold · 13-09-2008 02:17AM

thelurch wrote: »

Wanna come ? I am not gay and great craic, Quite fond of latina type girls myself, I am sure we can reach a compromise on "the mots":D

I'm game as long as I don't have to be 'the bitch on the back of the bike'.

thelurch · 13-09-2008 02:22AM

Kold wrote: »

I'm game as long as I don't have to be 'the bitch on the back of the bike'.

U have a licence ? U drive for a while then, I will roll the splifs whilst you drive on the left

marcsignal · 13-09-2008 02:26AM

go for it OP

kowloon · 13-09-2008 03:48AM

Go for it, you'll spend the six grand on crap for no gain if you don't.
You're not committing to much anyway, you can always turn around, come home and flog the bike.

TomCo · 13-09-2008 03:51AM

****ing do it, don't feel obligated to society.

MarkR · 13-09-2008 07:09AM

I've been trying to convince the wife that it would make much more fiscal sense to use the cash from the sale of our house not to buy a larger house, but to live like kings / queens in a third world country. In my mind it goes like this.

Sell House
Move somewhere cheap
????
Profit!

DublinWriter · 13-09-2008 07:20AM

thelurch wrote: »

Just feel like f*ckin off for a year or so.

You could travel from village to village, helping people with their problems...

...no wait, that's the plot of Kung Fu.

wyndham · 13-09-2008 08:38AM

Buy a burger van with your neighbour from down the road and go into business with him.

ronbyrne2005 · 13-09-2008 08:55AM

Weathers great is south france now. get the ferry and drive around there for a few months.

Dragan · 13-09-2008 09:00AM

thelurch wrote: »

Was laid off got a few bob, can pay off all my bills and will be left with 6k ish !! No ties anymore and the thought of more CV dropping etc leaves me cold. Could blow 2k on a motorbike and still have 4k, minus 500 for insurance, so that leaves me 3.5 k. I have loads of camping stuff, tents, lights, stoves, cookers, laptop, I even have a sat phone, just needs a charge and a deposit,top up. Just feel like f*ckin off for a year or so. The bike is an Africa Twin, Daker Rally type Of trials bike. Google image of africa twin.. What you lot think ?

They found you sticking sky cards into bank machines didn't they!?

Monty - the one and only · 13-09-2008 09:06AM

just how far do ya mean about legging it? A few miles, or a few thousand miles?

Would suggest getting a work visa for an out of euro country(not sure if you still can this late in the year). Granted youll have to do the whole cv thing again when you get there... but its soo worth it, recently having buggered off out of ireland myself, very much considering not going back.

rstans · 13-09-2008 10:18AM

I'll give you fifty for the helicopter.:D

Quazzie · 13-09-2008 11:06AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

You could travel from village to village, helping people with their problems...

...no wait, that's the plot of Kung Fu.

isn't that the plot for the littleist hobo?

beautiation · 13-09-2008 11:09AM

Do it, everyone who doesn't do this sort of thing at least once ends up feeling like a silly ****er when they're too old to. You owe it to future you!

Edit: Unless you get eaten by lions, which mightn't go down so well with future you.

Call Me Jimmy · 13-09-2008 11:23AM

You been watching your Long Way Down dvd again?

Tigger · 13-09-2008 11:27AM

thelurch wrote: »

Was laid off got a few bob, can pay off all my bills and will be left with 6k ish !! No ties anymore and the thought of more CV dropping etc leaves me cold. Could blow 2k on a motorbike and still have 4k, minus 500 for insurance, so that leaves me 3.5 k. I have loads of camping stuff, tents, lights, stoves, cookers, laptop, I even have a sat phone, just needs a charge and a deposit,top up. Just feel like f*ckin off for a year or so. The bike is an Africa Twin, Daker Rally type Of trials bike. Google image of africa twin.. What you lot think ?

do it

but get a big single something nice and reliable

smellslikeshoes · 13-09-2008 11:34AM

Go for it, you only live once after all.

ilovemybrick · 13-09-2008 11:43AM

Go, just go.

You don't need justifications. Ferry to France and then you can stay on the bike all the way as far as Jo'Burg in South Africa.

Silenceisbliss · 13-09-2008 01:42PM

you could spend the money setting roots, spend the time looking for a job.

or you could use the money and just disappear and fall off the planet for the year. travel. work in a bar every so often to make some money if need be.

life is short when you keep to a definate path. veer off the path every so often. be free for a year.

i say go for it

Kold · 13-09-2008 04:22PM

thelurch wrote: »

U have a licence ? U drive for a while then, I will roll the splifs whilst you drive on the left

No license

Balls.. I'm 22, I should have some skills by now. I'm actually really wondering about taking out a big loan and bouncing around Europe for a few months. What kind of loan could a pre-degree 22 year old artist taking a year out score?

Ever feel like just "Leggin It" ?

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