I have to apologise to everyone. since my rant at the start of the message board I seem to have inadvertently made it a place for people to vent their frustrations. Jimbo this was not my intention. On Mr B's request about mentioning the general election, I have a warning to all. Don't split the labour vote!! i.e. don't vote for the ginger scottish guy instead of labour becuase if you do the TORIES will sneek in the backdoor to power. Do you remember the poll tax. I rest my case.
Dad
Mari-clare - who rattled your cage - did you remember to take your pills this morning. I will laugh when it comes to your time when you will be fretting over MY grand children. James, this is fast becomming the forum for the Bonner weans in expressing their inner thoughts. Anyone else got any comments. The General Election? Whats going to happen within the Papal Conclave? Green Houses Gases? The UKs Immigrant Policy? Feel free everyone - lets make Jimbos website the place to be.
Leanne
I agree M-C. I was greeted by mum's manic eyes, Oor Wuillie hair and generally just woken up face at the ungodly hour of 2:30 am this morning. Deep in thought over a corporate governance essay (I lie, I was actually talking to Scott on the net) she disturbs me and DEMANDS me to check the net to see if James has contacted us. Despite my protests that I'd checked only an hour previously she still insisted on me checking and proceeded to pace my room in a mentally disturbed fashion. All smiles this morning when he had contacted! Ahhhhhh! Dad, a new bathroom suite...??? Hello, I think your finances would be better spent on buying me a new carpet. Cos, not only am I the only one faithfull enough to remain within vision of your watchful Big Momma/Dadda eyes, I also provide you with endless hours of entertainment. Yes, my moaning and shouting are keeping you old geriatics (spelling?) in active state of mind. Oh, if in any doubt about colour... cream please! And I promise not to take any food up to my room which would have the potential to stain it... your wonderful and dutiful daughter Lea
p.s. James, I defo would not survive in Cambodia. My aversion to signing for things means that I depend on ATM machines, especially when Im in one of my beer-express frames of mind.
Mari-Clare
Hey GrandMaw and GrandPaw Broon: (i.e. mum & dad) - on behalf of James - what do you mean "contact us more if possible"?! If Cambodia doesn't even have atm machines or mobile phone reception then it's unlikely to have Starbucks Internet Cafes or Orange mobile masts on every dirt track corner, is it? What did the two of you do before mobile phones?!? Oh, I remember, you kept us in a 17ft caravan where you could keep a close eye on us. I'm afraid now that you've let James off the lead then daily email/text updates from the likes of Cambodia are not exactly do-able. And if you'd like to know why I am saying this on behalf of James, when I know he'll do a perfectly good job of voicing his opinions himself, this is because this type of behaviour is eeking out a similar pattern to my Mexican experience i.e. spending 11 quid making a 2 minute call to Glasgow from a hotel in the Mayan Jungle having had some wee Mexican guy running around trying to get in contact with me to tell me to "phone home". I bet ET didn't get this level of grief from his maw. To put it in perspective for you, imagine that it's Portpatrick 1985, and you're sitting in the Sprite Muskateer with no mobile phone (cos they don't exist for the likes of us working class people). You go up to the red phone box at The Barn to try and phone Granny B (who's incidentally going off her rocker cos she hasn't heard from you for 4 days) but woe betide the local 1985-version-of-neds have vandalised the phone so it doesn't work. There is no internet cafe you can use cos it doesn't exist yet and you can't drive to Stranraer to phone cos that would just be stupid. How do you feel when Granny B goes "I am glad you are trying to enjoy yourself on holiday but just remember that I am having a sh*t time back here in Glasgow cos while you are enjoying yourself I am actually suffering cos you haven't phoned in 4 days". SEE?!??!?!?!!?!?!?
Dad
Contact more frequently if possible or your mother will be in the looney bin.
Lets start having some stats about your trips (in spreadsheet format please) - hows the food - any booze - how do you pass the time - have you met any interesting people/ fellow travellers? Hows the money situation? Do you need an advance? If OK could you send some money back home as we are thinking about a new bathroom suite - only kidding?
The Pope gets buried tomorrow in what will be the biggest funeral ever - typical morbid Tims.
Weather turned cold again, not caravanning weather.
We have read about your next trip and it looks good - dont start arguing with your fellow travellers - mum is happy that you will be staying in proper accommodation and getting proper meals.
Mum
You sound like Gary Glitter there 'I'm Back...'I'm so glad u r . I left a text message on your phone last nite so just ignore it . I was just enquiring where u were as we had not heard from u for 4 days and I was imagining all sorts of things happening to u. Well , I'm cheered up again now that i've heard from u. Photos were great!Looking forward to more. Sounds as though you're having a ball! back to the housework for me ! We didn't go back to caravan .Too cold! dad is clearing cellar so I'd better dash before he starts shouting for me!Keep in touch! this is a great way of doing it . Enjoying the banter from your mates & sisters. Take care, Love mum .
James Watt
hello all,
between hendy and jimbo I know longer need to watch the discovery channel! They are a source of useless infomation all by themselves. I have an update on the dramatic and daring brake in to my work the other week. CID came and took everyone's fingerprints so they can discount our fingerprints from the investigation. However I have now as a consequence been charged for a number of other offences!!! Oh well I can always hide out in Cambodia. Glad to hear everything is going well Jimbo, I was a bit worried about a gai-jin travelling through the eastern countries all on his lonesome. Just a wee update on the football, Liverpool beat Juve 2:1, Chelsea beat Bayern 4:2, Milan beat Inter 2:0, Lyon drew1:1 with PSV. Oh and Rangers are top of the league : )
From the man on the run.
Jimbo
Guess who's back? I've been in Cambodia over the last few days- and as u can probably appreciate the severe lack of internet cafes has made contact minimal. i dont have mobile fone coverage either. in fact, camodia, as an entire country, does not have a single atm!- so give us an f'in break about getting in contact! anyway, cambodia is nice, and angkor is pretty damn amazing. angkor wat, the famous temple is really nice and very spectacular, but is quite busy with tourists. however there are dozens of other temples all over a huge area- and many are quite amazing. bits were destroyed in the 70s- and much of the more remote ones are being consumed by the jungle- so there are trees basically enveloping all these ancient cambodian temples. was up at 5 this morning to go up to ankor wat for dawn- and got the best photos. mc- if u come back to thailand, this is about a 9 hr (extremly bumpy tho- the road from the border is pretty crazy, but its def worth visiting.)
u can ignore this description if u want, and keep u this fantasy that im sitting in easy everything nabing photos off the internet and reading guidebooks. i really couldnt give a rat's arse. however, im glad u are all enjoying urself posting ur humourous comments on the message board- keep it going. hendy- ur posotive, out a guidebook, description is quite true- but monetheless the county is on the up and tourism is gonna be the huge here, considering the spectacularness (word?) of angkor. however i fear that its gonna get totally ruined by the the rapidly increasing numbers of tourists- so get here quick.
anyway- im back to bangkok 2moro for 1 night, b4 flying to hanoi the next day. ive got a day there myslef and then im meeting the group im going thro china with. i cant put up fotos right now- but i might be able to later on 2night. im gonna try and burn them to a cd, which allows me to delete my card and get more on it.
cherio for the now.
Leanne
Stuart I would think that you would be wiping your ass with a higher value of note than a tenner... a hundred pound would not provide a greater surface area but be much more impressive. Also, as Sir Walter Scott appears to be on most tenners you are effectively getting a guy to kiss your ass!
Jimbo, mum and dad have gone and bought me a coffee maker for my exams... guess who will be as high as a kite! I wonder if this one will last longer than the previous green object bought a few years back !
Em, mum how can you manage to operate this, but still claim to not be able to work a video recorder or send texts to me without french grammar in them? Parents confuse me...
M-C, my pal Scott just told me how his cat had its head bitten off by a fox. I'm most disturbed, so I'll be keeping a closer eye on William from now on.. he's defo not getting out anymore!
Stuart Duncan
What a cheerfull message there from Hendy. So what gossip you got for us all then Jimbo? As of yesterday i was stuck in a lawyers office in Edinburgh for about 5 hours and i now no longer own a radio station, it was sold to the local newspaper group. On a plus note though i get to wipe my ass with £10 notes.
James Henderson
"The fate of Cambodia shocked the world when the radical communist Khmer Rouge under their leader Pol Pot seized power in 1975 after years of guerrilla warfare.
The Khmer Rouge immediately abolished money and private property, and ordered city dwellers into the countryside to cultivate the fields.
An estimated 1.7 million Cambodians perished during the next three years - many died from exhaustion or starvation, others were systematically tortured and executed for being "enemies of the state". "
Interesting place, this Cambodia. I'm assuming they have re-introduced money, or are you now slaving away on some farm? At least your ipod will be able to get charged in all that sunlight and you will get a nice healthy tan.
Things are typically aprilish here in Glasgow. Bit of sun, bit of rain, and rumours of the possibility of snow did I hear? I'm waiting on a phone call from Total E&P about an assesment centre. Why doesn't my phone ring?
Anyway, update your website soon, or are you going to let it slip by the wayside like your european diaries? How is everyone else getting on btw?
Dad
Seeing most of Scotland is sending you messages, I might as well do the same. I hope it wasnt a ladyboy who gave you the massage - I am sure you could have found a suitable Thai girl.
Hows the food - or are you reduced to eating cockroaches and ants (Papillion - film - 1970s - Steve McQueen)
Buildings look stunning, are you now thinking of becommig a Buddhist.
Whats your overall impression to date?
Dad