What's on your mind today?

[Ali]

There's the "make quickly" definition, I don't know if that came existed first, led to the pregnancy usage.

Make what quickly? 

[Recusant]

In the UK, "knock up" can mean the same thing as "wake up," but the "make pregnant" usage is current there as well. (See A Dictionary of Slang)

In the US, we're more likely to say "knocked together" for "made quickly."

[Buddy]

Grrrr. My truck is making a strange cluncky noise.

[Crow]

In the UK, "knock up" can mean the same thing as "wake up," but the "make pregnant" usage is current there as well. (See A Dictionary of Slang)

Never heard it used for waking up before, must be a regional thing.

[Asmodean]

Grrrr. My truck is making a strange cluncky noise.

Why do you have a truck? I find things with the roof extending all the way back better to drive and just as, if not more, practical.  ???

[Ali]

Grrrr. My truck is making a strange cluncky noise.

Why do you have a truck? I find things with the roof extending all the way back better to drive and just as, if not more, practical.  ???

Have you ever tried to get a minature horse into the back of a Hyundai?  I thought not. 

[Tank]

Grrrr. My truck is making a strange cluncky noise.

Sucks air through teeth. Slowly shakes head in a knowing manner. That's gonna be the expensive clunky noise that is!

[Tank]

Grrrr. My truck is making a strange cluncky noise.

Why do you have a truck? I find things with the roof extending all the way back better to drive and just as, if not more, practical.  ???

Have you ever tried to get a minature horse into the back of a Hyundai?  I thought not. 

Have you? 

[Asmodean]

Grrrr. My truck is making a strange cluncky noise.

Why do you have a truck? I find things with the roof extending all the way back better to drive and just as, if not more, practical.  ???

Have you ever tried to get a minature horse into the back of a Hyundai?  I thought not. 

I avoid horses and Hyundais like... Well, herpes, really.

However, I do think I'd have far less trouble putting one in the back of a VW Transporter, Ford Transit, Toyota Hiace or Peugeot Whatever than in the back of a Nissan King Cab, Dodge Ram or VW Amarok

[Buddy]

Sucks air through teeth. Slowly shakes head in a knowing manner. That's gonna be the expensive clunky noise that is!

Knowing my luck, it will be.

Why do you have a truck? I find things with the roof extending all the way back better to drive and just as, if not more, practical.  ???

I love my truck. It may not be the most beautiful vehicle, but it can pull a horse trailer and that makes me happy.

[Asmodean]

Meh... I betcha a good SUV can pull that trailer just as easily AND be able to accomodate seven people in the rain. Even my tiny car with its pathetic 87-or-so kW engine can legally pull 1200 kilos of trailer.

[Buddy]

Meh... I betcha a good SUV can pull that trailer just as easily AND be able to accomodate seven people in the rain. Even my tiny car with its pathetic 87-or-so kW engine can legally pull 1200 kilos of trailer.

You have to remember that I am 16 and I can't afford a fancy SUV. 

[Tank]

Meh... I betcha a good SUV can pull that trailer just as easily AND be able to accomodate seven people in the rain. Even my tiny car with its pathetic 87-or-so kW engine can legally pull 1200 kilos of trailer.

You have to remember that I am 16 and my Mum can't afford a fancy SUV. 

[Asmodean]

Meh... I betcha a good SUV can pull that trailer just as easily AND be able to accomodate seven people in the rain. Even my tiny car with its pathetic 87-or-so kW engine can legally pull 1200 kilos of trailer.

You have to remember that I am 16 and I can't afford a fancy SUV. 

Well, I'm a decade or so older than you and I can not afford a fancy SUV. I could probably get a nicely used one with coin to spare though.   Not saying you should get a Porsche Cayenne, you know  

My point is: Get a vehicle that drives well. And trucks, they just don't.

[Ali]

Meh... I betcha a good SUV can pull that trailer just as easily AND be able to accomodate seven people in the rain. Even my tiny car with its pathetic 87-or-so kW engine can legally pull 1200 kilos of trailer.

You have to remember that I am 16 and I can't afford a fancy SUV. 

Well, I'm a decade or so older than you and I can not afford a fancy SUV. I could probably get a nicely used one with coin to spare though.   Not saying you should get a Porsche Cayenne, you know  

My point is: Get a vehicle that drives well. And trucks, they just don't.

When Hubby and I first start dating, he had an old Ford truck that looked a lot like this:

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/daveseven/1682378737/

It was super cool.  And he had a hard top shell, so you could even sleep back there if you really needed to.  *Dreamy eyed*  Man I loved that truck.

But, we don't have it anymore because it broke down and would have been more expensive than it was worth to replace.  *sigh*  I do loves me a good truck.