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General => The Lounge => Topic started by: cornish on July 29, 2011, 10:53:37 PM
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thought id start something new that ive seen on other forums.
currently i cant sleep so im eating a sherbert dip dab :) and watching a beautiful mind.
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I'm totally exhausted after a big triumph this morning (going outside on my own for half an hour) and am flopped on the sofa with the TV on but not really watching it.
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well done, im doing the same actually. trying to build my self up to make a phone call later to collect a nitrous oxide kit that ive just brough. im deffinitly not sane as im going to be fitting it to a 1963 land rover haha
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I'm just trying to summon enough energy to tidy the kitchen a bit ::)
What on earth is a nitrous oxide kit?! I love old Land Rovers but we found ours too expensive to run even with OH doing a lot of the work on it himself, I do miss having one though
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old land rovers are just loverly, cant explain what it is about them but i truly do love them. im about to start a rebuild, well have been saying that for a year now :( im putting a turbo diesel engine in it and the nitrous oxide is huge performance booster, its basically injecting nitrous oxide into the engine to get a load more power from it.
so im putting a big tank of highly flammable gas between the 2 front seats and injecting it into the engine, if i get it wrong. BANG lol
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Good grief that does sound a bit risky :o remembering how poor Land Rover brakes always seemed to be will they contain all that extra power?!
Its great to hear you have a passion about something, so often in depression hobbies and interests seem to die.
Keep us updated on the rebuild if you can, I'd certainly be interested :)
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well shes an 88 inch and ive upgraded the brakes to 109 ones so there a bit better, she can take the power
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Do take some pics if you can and post them :)
How much else needs doing on the rebuild?
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I've been sitting here for what seems like hours trying to do an on line grocery order, my broadband is being so tempermental I think it would have been quicker to walk the 6 miles there and back carrying my groceries :(
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i will take plenty of pictures.
umm well i rebuilt her about 18 months ago and fitted a ford essex 3.0 v6 from a ford capri but it just didnt feel right and was killing the gearbox and diffs. all i really have to do is rip out the v6, make some new engine mounts and then fit a 200tdi that ive taken from a discovery. well thats the simple way of explaining it. i could go on for hours and not even come close to telling you even 50% of what im doing to her.
well ive been sat on buying parts online for the land rover. i stopped counting how much its costing at about £1500, but its probably over 2k now :(
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Wow, I fully expect a blow by blow account of the rebuild ;)
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Hey Cornish
It'll be superb with the 200tdi, when do you plan to fit it?
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you will have every small detail then
basically when im feeling up to it, im changeing the turbo and manifold for a 300tdi unit and have a td5 intercooler to fit. i have all the parts i need and a few other things that ive acquired along the way like a nice big 6 ton hydraulic pto winch and now the nitrous kit !"! , so i could go and start now. but i cant grrrrrrrrrr
but im really proud of my self for being able to go and get the kit. now i feel horrific
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Its horrible how doing relatively little things make us so tired isn't it? :(
Are you going to have to alter the bonnet to accommodate everything or will she still look original to the innocent bystander?
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You'll get there mate, and it won't be that long either. Keep me posted as to how it goes, eh ;)
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she already looks far from innocent, main due to having not a single straight panel and a nice bright yellow half cage, hopefully i can get my self to make it into a full cage soon
shes very well used and is a lot more capable than most new 4x4 including some land rovers, shes already highly modified i just want to take a different path now
(http://i52.tinypic.com/11aieip.jpg)
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WOW, she's gorgeous :)
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PS you will do it, just take one small step at a time - thats the only way of beating this damned illness
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thanks
hopefully i will
hmmm picture might have been a bit big lol
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It'll give you something positive to aim for :)
Just a tiny bit ;)
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more bloody retail therapy, more toys for the land rover :D
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LOL :D
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I don't actually thinK should be allowed to be in control of my own money any more
I'm currently sat in work on standby playing Su doku :D
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sat at home alone watching boring real deal on TV and scanning laptop. looking at pills doc gave me wnd wondering if I need them or should just buck up my ideas and be the strong person I usually am.
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I don't actually thinK should be allowed to be in control of my own money any more
I sometimes go a bit mad spending when I'm depressed
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sat at home alone watching boring real deal on TV and scanning laptop. looking at pills doc gave me wnd wondering if I need them or should just buck up my ideas and be the strong person I usually am.
Pete, if you google something like "depressive illness the curse of the strong" you should find an article that helped me a lot when I was telling myself I was being pathetic feeling like I did (I'm not sure if I can post a link on here or not but I guess I could pm it to you).
Please take the pills, they will help.
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sat at home alone watching boring real deal on TV and scanning laptop. looking at pills doc gave me wnd wondering if I need them or should just buck up my ideas and be the strong person I usually am.
Pete, if you google something like "depressive illness the curse of the strong" you should find an article that helped me a lot when I was telling myself I was being pathetic feeling like I did (I'm not sure if I can post a link on here or not but I guess I could pm it to you).
Please take the pills, they will help.
Zaf I really thank you for that info. I have just read it, God i'm tired now but it made sence thanks
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you need to think of this like any other illness, you wouldn't tell a diabetic to stop taking there insulin and be strong.
so please at least try and take the pills
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Pete, you've had a stressful day, which is always tiring, as cornish says please do take your pills and if you can get a bit of rest it will do you the world of good even if you just crash on the sofa in front of the TV.
Glad the article helped :)
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ive just read the article too but now all i can think of is candy floss and popcorn, i know thats completely random but im craving them sooo badly now. too much diazepam i think
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Omg I dont think its supposed to have that effect :o
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me either. too many pills !"! and lack of sleep may be the actual cause
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I just managed to eat something that is seeds, sherbert or a lolly. Had a nice flapjack :)
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I just managed to eat something that is seeds, sherbert or a lolly. Had a nice flapjack :)
&*( Thats really good. Really good x
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Zaf... that article is so spot on! Quite possibly one of the best, clearest and most re-assuring things I've read about depression!
Thankyou so much for sharing :)
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Arrrrgghhhh
Drove 40 mild to work to fing the cherry picker hasn't been delivered. Couldn't get hold of my boss and thought about going home, decided to go n do another job thats a further 30 miles from home and found out I can't do anything till after 2am at the earliest :( and have to be out by 5
Work seems to be getting harder to deal with everyday, it's like the whole worlds against me.