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Shimmer, did you know me in a previous life hon? xxx
Funny you mention vans! Stressy has still not collected scooter from pal who needs it out of shed so can put the one he has acquired in there out of rain and so it can reach charger!!!
His latest plan is for me n Parky pal to go tomorrow (today now) and get it. Then somehow get it to Parky pal's ... a good 30 miles away!
He didn't ask if P pal wants it, will need to sort a van that can handle the loading and weight etc.
Probably easier and more sense for pal to look at scooter options local to him ...or new one if he wants one!
Cheers
Stressy's intolerable!
So is it definitely the end of their fractious friendship then? Stressy will know when others stop feeling sorry for him and get fed up with his moods/intolerance of others.
I suppose he'll just say the whole world's turned against him for no reason at all. A bit of a dilemma for you hon xxx
Stressy's circle is diminishing and average age is 'probably not decades left'.
Somehow though, sympathy! Fair enough, most who know him but haven't been on the rough end of him, only get life as Stressy tells it ... rather than it is.
Cheers
So you've got that end of the stick
I do feel sorry for Stressy and particularly cos his friends group sounds much older than him, but how do you see his future panning out? Would he be able to cope by himself if/when everyone he knows goes elsewhere? xxx
Who knows how it will pan out.
He has binned Crutch several times but he is currently around.
Realistically most relationships are mutual dependencies (or transactional) but usually not in an obvious way. This band of merry misfits have rubbed along, sometimes smoother than others.
Cheers
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