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Just how contaminated could that Z be? I wonder how far it is from G zero.

I thought the same. And yeah, I've always wanted to visit Pripyat. I'm thinking of heading out there next summer with nothing to tie me down.

Really interesting articles there. Especially about the 'Elephants Foot'.

You don't hear much about Chernobyl but you dont see many people vacationing there! Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk You can have a tour round parts of it though. Read the article. Chernobyl was easy to contain in comparison to Fukushima. They'll have to retrieve the spent fuel rods BY HAND! People won't be queuing up at Japanese Job Centre Plus to do that for minimum wage. I can imagine how a recruitment agency would advertise it. "Temporary position with great travel prospects and cultural development. Must be physically fit and prepared to do some heavy lifting. Steel toe cap boots essential. Hasmat suit to be provided by employer. Candidates with no family or dependants considered advantageous"

I didn't realise Fukushima was still such a hazard. You don't hear anything about it any more. https://www.rt.com/news/fukushima-apocalypse-fuel-removal-598/

I thought we only got the CA18DET here?

Well I am waiting to see a 'professional'. In the meantime the anti depressants really have helped. Like night and day. I've gone to university to brighten my future and to meet new people. I've already got many assignments which I'm enjoying doing. Learning is a pleasure. Next week were off to Heysham nuclear power station for a tour. The gym. I go to the gym every day now. People tend to keep to themselves in gyms. Especially women. I can understand they may feel a little guarded and vulnerable there. With regards to my friends and children. Stuarts children are 17! He had them at 19 and still says "can't do anythiny mate - got the kids" lol. That Spice does sound good. I'll be giving that a go. I go to a depression support group in Burnley every thursday night. Good guys but they're in their mid to late 50s/60s. Still it's nice to talk it out. It's just unfortunate that I'm at that point in life that most people are getting married and have an established career.

Bent axle shafts will cause it. Even an imperceptible bend. Just buy new ones, usually pretty cheap from a breakers. Thankfully the Z will be back on the blacktop soon! BOOST!! The Focus, if it was better built and not so anomalous (when you tell people you have an ST they never know there was an NA ST originally) and therefore a fortune to fix because a lot of parts for the ST170 were actually bespoke but had such a short production run. It'd actually be quite a good car.

I appreciate everyones advice but I don't feel that I'm insane just yet. I have an incredibly unsupportive family that really REALLY frowns on depression or anything that vaguely resembles admitting you're struggling a bit. That's down to my gran and the way she raised her children. Super stiff upper lip just get on with it, don't do your laundry in front of the public/other members of the family. Just suck it up. And that rubbed off on my brother and most of my cousins and they're thriving. But you try and have a meaningful deep conversation with them. It's like "Error. Does not compute. End communication" I unfortunately inherited my dads emotional makeup. When I said most of my cousins earlier - I recently found out one of my cousins has tried to end her life three times and my family just brushed it under the carpet and wrote her off.

Thanks Wendy that looks really good. Much more beneficial than people telling me im going insane and that I need urgent medical help and locking/dosing up just because I've ended up solitary in life.

Just thought - Ken at R.E Performance in Bury will do it. Good prices too. He's done some work for me. Honest and fair. Always got Supras and other high performance jap cars in.

Yeah that's what's happened. They've all had kids now and devote all their time to them willingly. Their wives/partners all get to go out though because they look after the kids at weekend while they (the mums) let their hair down. So my mates stay in. My best and I mean BEST friend lost the plot after a breakup and became a Mormom and moved to Quebec in Canada. Has 4 kids. Dave, my other best mate had a baby and he's just besotted by her. They moved to Wales last Monday. Another friend - well as soon as he's in a relationship he just drops off the face of the earth. I loaned him the money to buy a custom guitar when he got divorced. Now going out with a 23 year old girl and not so much as heard from him. He used to call me for at least an hour a day when he was in his unhapppy marriage. Another guy I went to school with, now lives in London and is working for the government in some capacity. Married too. I think he's trying to get away from his Rochdale roots. It's a shame I didn't go to college and university when I was young as I'd have made another group of friends. But my parents who were very old and old fashioned wanted me to get out and get a blue collar job so I could pay keep. Out of 120 quid when I was 17, I paid 80 quid in keep! They were from the era where if you worked hard you'd be the factory foreman eventually. Unfortunately factory work is up and down, usually supplied by agencies and temporary as well as being staffed by foreign people who don't speak much English. Then dad got cancer. Helped look after him. Then my gran got cancer. Then my mum got cancer. So I spent about 10 years caring for sick parents. Managed to buy a house after saving a while. Then I met the ex a few months after my mum died. The ex really did come along at the right time. Really comforted me after my mums death. So NOW I'm a student. Was hoping I'd meet some cool peope in the class but it's a group of 5 young lads from Pakistan and a single mum and her partner. Still it's good to be learning again.

I'm as bad as Ekona. I buy the first thing. This Focus ST170 I have is an absolute heap. It's been through 6 CV joints in 8 months. My mechanic friends and I can't fathom why. Other various problems too. Test drive it was fine.

I agree with this sentiment. I forgot to mention. My Z is on her driveway cant wait to get it towed to Rally Equipe.

Thanks G. I opened the link and had a good scan. Seems i have more than a leg to stand on. Will see whats what. My house IS actually worth 25k more than when I lived in it thanks to the money she (and I) sank into it. She put a lot more in because we were going to sell this place and put it towards 'our' new house so was happy to 'invest'. I'll try a friendly chat first. Will get legal if it fails.

Apparently I'm certifiable.

I'm going to 'negotiate' with her. She did sink an awful lot into my batchelor pad to make it a home. But then she also chose to break up with me. As a student, I can't really afford a solicitor. Or a private 'professional'.

I'm concerned that everyone seems to think I'm losing the plot lol.

Does sting a bit. I get binned, a broken heart and a huge bill. She gets out happy and fully reimbursed ready to start over. She's lost nothing.

I'd love to be getting away. Sadly my ex has demanded that I repay everything she ever invested in 'us' like refurbishing this house, decoration and a rough figure for nights out etc. We were supposed to sell this house and put the cash into what's now her house. But obviously thats not happening so she wants to be reimbursed.

I remember thinking the Mitsubishi Eclipse with green neons was just out of this world, back in 2000! Incidentally the wheels on that eclipse (Lenso S73) really suit the Z.

You really need a psychologist or a psychiatrist ... a GP can only go so far ... please get in touch with your local memory clinic, they are there to help and will do. Three months later you'll wonder why you didn't do it long ago. I'm speaking from experience rather than any qualification, but believe me, it works. Lol I don't have memory problems. Admittedly I forgot those other threads yes but recenty I've been taking onboard a lot of changes and gone back into education.

Exactly, forget the hype around xmas, accept it for what it is, another day... I would also suggest with your threads of late, you need to go talk to a professional, whilst the forum may offer a lot of encouragement and support and some very kind gestures, you need to sit down with someone and talk It's just where I've ended up in life. Both parents dead before 30, estranged family, all friends settled with kids and I'm single lol. I don't think a professional can help with any of the above! They can if you feel your state of mind is a direct result of the reasons above, they will probably be the only people that can help imho. I ask you this, whats the worst that can happen by doing so and whats the best that can happen? I'm in a waiting list to see one. Went to docs a few weeks back. Put me on sertraline.

It ain't the most fun period of my life lol.

Ahh. Yep. I remember now.