Will sleeper cabs mean problems for driver’s digs?
No, mate not in our life time! Digs and transport cafes will be here for years to come. Just think, you’d freeze in a cab in the winter.
I’m getting a pay rise soon, should I invest in a pension?
No, the Government will look after you. But if you do get a big rise then ten bob a week into the Pru should get a twenty pound a week pension and that’ll really help you out.
Is it really necessary to check wheel nuts daily or can I just “crack 'em up” weekly?
What’s a torque wrench?
Is it true that there’s plans to build a motorway outside the London circular roads?
Yes, mate. But it’ll be a waste of time: take too long to get around it, so we’ll just nip over Tower Bridge to get to t’other side.
How many books of Green Shield Stamps to buy one of those red glowing watch things?
Is it true that there’s plans to close the Lorry Parks in London?
Course not. They know that they need us to keep the city moving. You’ll be believing those rumours about the King George docks closing next! What’d they do with them if they closed? Who’d wanna live or work in the old docklands? Never.
I saw a lorry with only two airlines the other day. Where is his blue line? Strange seeing just two air lines with the electric suzy.
Do you always lock your cab when going into a cafe?
No. Nothing worth nicking in the cab. Just my small suitcase with shaving brush, clean undies, and bib’n’brace overalls.
Seen that James Bond film? Some gizmo lets the spies track where a car is. A bit like radar I s’pose?
Yeah, futuristic mumbo jumbo. Just like long distance mobile radio. Never happen for lorries.
How often should I change the alcohol in the glass bowl behind the cab to dry the air in the winter?
Is it true you can get high on “Easy Start” ? And is cheaper than whisky?
Why are bridge heights marked in feet’n’inches? I thought we were going metric ten years ago, back the sixties?
I’ve heard rumours of a fourth TV channel. Will I be able to receive it on my 3inch screen B&W portable TV?
What are these expensive plimsolls teenagers are wearing for? Train shoes??
They’ll never catch on. Can’t beat a pair of leather soled ex army boots for work.
I’ve been given an Atki with a Gardner and Allison box. No clutch pedal. Will these new lorries be the future?
Will power steering be on all new lorries now? Is it responsible for drivers wearing out the steer axle tyres?
I’m thinking of changing jobs. Is B.R.S. a safe bet?
Yes mate. Job for life. Just like British Leyand or British Rail.
