barbult's Discursion Thread

WendyLuvsCatz

3DIO said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

the furthest overseas I have been is to Tasmania 

I live in Adelaide South Australia 

mind you that ferry over the Bass strait was pretty choppy and the plane to Melbourne hit turbulence too so was enough of an experience for me. prefer land travel any day and have driven all the way to Bundaberg Queensland myself on some pretty hairy roads in a crappy gutless Mazda long wheelbase van, some mountains I was struggling in 2nd gear

That makes me so damn envious!

I wish I had Australian Citizenship.  I'd buy a van, drive-off into some far-off desolate land and live the van life, only ever witnessing "civilisation" when I need to drive into town for food and stuff (and maybe catch-up online if there's no signal out there).

Plenty of sun for free power to compute with, even in the middle of nowhere!

 

it was just a tradie van but had fold down seats so 5 people could fit with plenty of room at the back, I had them folded up and a double bed matress in it, Mum and I did a few trips to different places, she died 25 years ago and I sold the van quite a few years before that.

I don't drive now, too many idiots on the road and too scared

I have bus and train station nearby and can and (need to) walk to 2 nice shopping centres opposite directions, one is a big mall

sadly I am missing much of my homevideo footage too, one tape malfunctioned and another was stolen along with the camera it was in plus the VHS recorder I was copying it to while I was away at work, so don't have much to show for that trip, just some photos, frustrating as went on a rollercoaster at Dreamworld that no longer exists, videod cane fields burning, fish in the Great Barrier reef in a glass bottomed boat and all sorts of stuff as well as obviously my late Mum 

Ron Knights

My sister lives in RV. She goes to different parks in the West, stays for awhile then moves on.

Haven't heard from her for a few months. Maybe she got lost.

3DIO

@Wendy
Very sorry to hear you lost such precious footage.  It demonstrates just one of the many reasons I want to be as far away from so-called "civilisation" as possible!

Perhaps your Mazda was not the ideal van, but nevertheless I'd have been in my element even in that scenario.  Personally I'd be content even with  this one  and would park-up in the middle of nowhere, just like in the render, and put out a bunch of solar panels on adjustable stilts, and bloody well enjoy my life!

I doubt I'll ever come up with a plan that would earn me enough cash to get automatic permanent residence in Australia, but if I ever do, I'll be doing that for sure!

@Ron
Sounds idyllic, and RV's are nice, but that's the pre-made easy way.  I've always wanted to buy a van and kit it out to my own specification!

 

3DIO

@Wendy
BTW, if you ever find the remaining photos and/or videos and fancy uploading them, that would be great to see!
I love stuff like that!

 

Ron Knights

I was part of an online show on YouTube tonight.

The host has been a good friend of mine since my early days of doing Youtube videos back in 2007. 

I made Youtube videos and did live shows till 2013.

Then I was assaulted by online trolls and retired.

I got some great comments on my acrylic paintings.

I might start doing YouTube videos again. I just need to reconnect a few things.

barbult

Be careful when you reconnect things! Isn't that how the accident happened, when everything fell over?

WendyLuvsCatz

I turned off comments on my main Youtube channel because of trolls

Ron Knights

Just need to find my web camera and reconnect it.

Then I need to reconnect a soundbar to the computer that I use for DAZ Studio and making videos.

Ron Knights

barbult, thanks again for your wonderful story. I am so delighted to be included in such a tale.

I'm a little fuzzy when it comes to a good way to provide feedback.

At times I've mentioned something in my life, like the party where I invited some of my lady friends. I was amused and happy to see you included that party in your ongoing story,

At the same time I don't want to do anything to distract you from your intended direction.

My recent comment on my childhood experience of flying is an example. 

The funny thing is that I will have an anxiety attack over just about anything other than flying.

So just move ahead with your intended direction.

As an aside, here is a picture of Tango, my favorite dog. Tango and his family visit us on many Fridays. Today was Tango's birthday.

 

richardandtracy

That's lovely Ron. Regards, Richard

barbult

That is a big dog! 

Ron Knights

Tango  was once a service dog for Ethan and Cherys daughter. He was with her through highschool, then he retired.

The daughter then had another service dog, Yeti. Yeti was with her through college.

Unfortunately, Yeti had cancer, and they couldn't stop it. The entire family got together to help Yeti pass on.

Chery and Ethan often visited Louise on Fridays. They brought Tango along.

Every year they celebrated a combined birthday for Louise and Tango. 

Louise died last year. This was the first birthday without Louise.

Tango is 12 years old. He is such a wonderful dog. We all love him.

This was Yeti.

barbult

I rode in a Hot Air Balloon this morning at sunrise and then went to the Balloon Museum. In the gift shop I saw Richard Haseltine taking a rather unique balloon ride.