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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby Carryfast » Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:28 pm

RevTony wrote:I wasn't Involved in the embassy siege - but I well remember my 29th birthday, as it was the day the Second World War ended.


I was the youngest who joined up in 1957 the year before I was born and was sent in through the front door acting as a plumber or was it electrician can't remember now.But most of the others involved that day were actually WW1 veterans who'd joined up in 1914 and who told me that the SAS was actually formed during the battle of the Somme but it had to be kept secret.
I'm thinking of maybe going back to driving trucks when I'm 90 and have had some time to enjoy my retirement for a while.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby Carryfast » Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:52 pm

yourhavingalarf wrote:Banter. Would you be happy to help me out with some confusion I have with religion?

I'll say now, I think religion has been the greatest threat to mankind and it's advancement since the ten commandments were allegedly chipped away with a hammer and chisel. Greater even than global warming, Nestle, Putin and covid combined.

If god is all seeing and all caring, why do small children contract bone cancer?


Our time as mortal beings is limited no one knows how long we're here for.
There's a purpose to every life regardless of how long.
It's your choice to believe that when we leave here it isn't the end.
No one is forcing anyone to believe that.
Why would you view that belief as being a threat to you.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby whisperingsmith » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:44 pm

yourhavingalarf wrote:I'll say now, I think religion has been the greatest threat to mankind and it's advancement since the ten commandments were allegedly chipped away with a hammer and chisel. Greater even than global warming, Nestle, Putin and covid combined.

If god is all seeing and all caring, why do small children contract bone cancer?

Or let Carryfast post in TN ??? :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby alamcculloch » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:59 pm

I would say that Religion isnt the problem but the evil vile swines that think that they practice Religion. Mankind has looked for meaning in some way long before the Bible, be it the Moon or the Tides.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:54 pm

Reply to Dozy (only just seen your post) - whether you believe it or not - it's all true! You CAN borrow at 71, and my son (youngest of 4) is 31 - in his first teaching post, and unable to get on the property ladder without help. All our savings went on extending our house, which meant the only way we could help our lad was via loans. Hence the need for some extra cash to pay them back - and the reason why I'm looking for a bit of HGV work. But I'm also happy to receive any charitable donations anyone would like to make!
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby idrive » Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:48 am

Carryfast wrote:
yourhavingalarf wrote:Banter. Would you be happy to help me out with some confusion I have with religion?

I'll say now, I think religion has been the greatest threat to mankind and it's advancement since the ten commandments were allegedly chipped away with a hammer and chisel. Greater even than global warming, Nestle, Putin and covid combined.

If god is all seeing and all caring, why do small children contract bone cancer?


Our time as mortal beings is limited no one knows how long we're here for.
There's a purpose to every life regardless of how long.
It's your choice to believe that when we leave here it isn't the end.
No one is forcing anyone to believe that.
Why would you view that belief as being a threat to you.


This a great viewpoint. Humility.
Those that follow the religion of atheism/science are just as arrogant as those that believe that their religion is the chosen one.
Believing in a god, a power, an energy, has nothing to do with religion.
If you believe in a god, then it is real to you. And if it brings you comfort and peace, then it is powerful.
To believe in nothing, to believe that you are insignificant and worthless, and to defend that view so ardently, to the point of mocking anyone who believes otherwise, seems a very sad way to live your life.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby Olog Hai » Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:07 pm

Conor wrote:I work with a guy who is 71 and doing 5 nights a week hauling kitchens up to Scotland and 27 tonnes of chipboard back every night and another who is 70 this year who does 3 nights.

I am struggling to see what relevance or relation the weight of the cargo on his lorry has to a driver's age and his ability to do the job. Can you clarify Conor?
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby alamcculloch » Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:10 pm

The weight doesnt matter if its being loaded/ unloaded by forklift or some one else. I wont be driving a coal lorry again, but quite happy with a tipper.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby robroy » Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:28 pm

Double post.
Last edited by robroy on Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby robroy » Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:36 pm

idrive wrote:
Carryfast wrote:
yourhavingalarf wrote:Banter. Would you be happy to help me out with some confusion I have with religion?

I'll say now, I think religion has been the greatest threat to mankind and it's advancement since the ten commandments were allegedly chipped away with a hammer and chisel. Greater even than global warming, Nestle, Putin and covid combined.

If god is all seeing and all caring, why do small children contract bone cancer?


Our time as mortal beings is limited no one knows how long we're here for.
There's a purpose to every life regardless of how long.
It's your choice to believe that when we leave here it isn't the end.
No one is forcing anyone to believe that.
Why would you view that belief as being a threat to you.


This a great viewpoint. Humility.
Those that follow the religion of atheism/science are just as arrogant as those that believe that their religion is the chosen one.
Believing in a god, a power, an energy, has nothing to do with religion.
If you believe in a god, then it is real to you. And if it brings you comfort and peace, then it is powerful.
To believe in nothing, to believe that you are insignificant and worthless, and to defend that view so ardently, to the point of mocking anyone who believes otherwise, seems a very sad way to live your life.


Coming from a family who made me attend Sunday school.as a kid,.and confirmation classes in my early teens,.......I later on made up my own mind on all this when I was going through my girls,.cars and football stage in my mid teens. :D
All religion in my humble opinion (I can do humble sometimes :D ) is based on one thing...a fear of death,.
So all manner of things are invented/believed as a comfort towards this with some reassurance .... ranging from shagging 40 virgins, to eternal peace in a Nirvanic land,.with the threat of a horrible short afterlife if you don't toe the line.

I'm in the ''root of all evil'' and the ''cause of most wars'' camp when it comes to ANY religion, but if anybody has their beliefs, I aint got a problem with that nor them....unless of course they try and ram their beliefs down my neck with no invitation, that does annoy me somewhat.
My Grandparents were devout Christians, but they never tried to force their beliefs on me,.and it was my Granda who taught me to keep an open mind on everything and look for ulterior motives.....which I do on everything.

Saying that,.I'm sure the good Reverennd did not come on here for a debate on Theology :D nor to defend his own particular religion, so I wish him luck in finding a job in this game.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby whisperingsmith » Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:15 pm

robroy wrote:Saying that,.I'm sure the good Reverend did not come on here for a debate on Theology :D nor to defend his own particular religion, so I wish him luck in finding a job in this game.


I'm in a similar camp to you Rob, Baptist parents meant 4 visits to church on Sunday & a couple of times during the week, plus all the other restrictions.

However, I understand due to the shortage of Christian candidates the Anglican Church don't require vicars to be Christian anymore, just to be competent in the theatricals. So he might be a Rev, but it doesn't mean he is religious.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby Star down under. » Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:42 pm

I fail to see what anyone's belief in any deity has to do with a career change.
Just go for it Tony, you've got a mature, common sense attitude and life experience on your side.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:58 pm

Thanks to all who've contributed to this - it's interesting where an initial request for some trucking info can lead! Just a few comments in return: to those who are sceptical about religion - I know where you're coming from. I had over 20 years thinking that religion was a load of BS, and that the people involved in it were morons. Gradually (SO gradually) I changed my mind - because I came to see that you didn't have to believe all sorts of (what I thought to be) nonsense, before you could take religion seriously. Having found a way that I didn't have to leave my brain outside before going into a church - I wanted to try and communicate this to the many thoughtful people who are put off religion by all the nonsense they hear (it's sometimes said that churches are like swimming pools, with all the noise coming from the shallow end). So I became a vicar - not because I liked the theatrics, but because it was a job that was all about the Big Questions - not that I'd got Big Answers, but I did want to help people find their own ways of dealing with them. Yes - children do get bone cancer and all sorts of other terrible things happen - and to say 'it's God's will' is plainly obscene. I can't go into what my response would be here - as it's too big a topic, but if anyone would like to contact me (my email is amwindross@btinternet.com) or Google my name (Tony Windross) and have a look at some of the things I've written, I hope you'll see that I'm not the stereotypical vicar - or, indeed, everyone's cup of tea!
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby whisperingsmith » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:23 pm

RevTony wrote: So I became a vicar - not because I liked the theatrics, but because it was a job that was all about the Big Questions

Just out of interest Tony do you believe any of the God stuff or is it more of a help your neighbor kind of thing??

I was lucky to make friends with the Immam that did the God Slot on Saudi TV in the 70s, he was more of a Tony Benn than a vicar - Top Man
But same as you did the Garden of Eden, Abraham, Elijah etc. for public consumption.

I do love God's answer to Adam's Question in the Garden of Eden when introduced to Eve:- "If we are the first 2 Humans, who is that over there then???" - - - Oh That's Keith Richards, he's been here forever - Genesis 3:15 ish.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:44 pm

Love the Keith Richard bit - that might find its way into a sermon one day! Re the God question - I don't believe in the Old Man in the Sky thing that so many people (myself included, in my militantly atheist days) assume is the only religious show in town. I suppose my best (brief!) response - is that we're part of an enormous universe and only have very tiny brains, which means (if we're being really honest) that we need to own up to how out of our depth we are about pretty well everything. And that means acknowledging that underneath it all is a whole lot of Big Questions - aka Mystery. For me, that's what God is - and the religious task/journey is what we do with all that stuff - all that sheer perplexity. Don't know if that helps - or sounds like flannel - but wrestling with Mystery can't ever be straightforward - which is why the mindless certainties of the grinning evangelicals makes me so angry. End of rant!
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby Conor » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:46 pm

Olog Hai wrote:I am struggling to see what relevance or relation the weight of the cargo on his lorry has to a driver's age and his ability to do the job. Can you clarify Conor?


You've not carried chipboard have you? Takes a fair bit of strapping down and you need to get those straps proper tight. Whatever.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby yourhavingalarf » Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:03 pm

RevTony wrote: I hope you'll see that I'm not the stereotypical vicar - or, indeed, everyone's cup of tea!


My post was...

Somewhat 'upfront'. I chose the most deliberate contradicition I could of.

I have no problems with anyone who chooses to follow their beliefs. I know that faith gives many people (including some members of my family) a purpose and a direction in life. It's just not for me.
I'm 90% certain that my kids and my dog have a bet on who can be the most disgusting.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby whisperingsmith » Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:45 am

RevTony wrote: we need to own up to how out of our depth we are about pretty well everything. And that means acknowledging that underneath it all is a whole lot of Big Questions - aka Mystery.

Mystery, or Lies like Boris???
I've never quite understood why we celebrate the Birth of Jesus H Christ in December when we know he was a Pisces born in March/April - any Ideas Vicar ??
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby alamcculloch » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:26 am

[quote="whisperingsmith"][quote="RevTony"] we need to own up to how out of our depth we are about pretty well everything. And that means acknowledging that underneath it all is a whole lot of Big Questions - aka Mystery.[/quote]
Mystery, or Lies like Boris???
I've never quite understood why we celebrate the Birth of Jesus H Christ in December when we know he was a Pisces born in March/April - any Ideas Vicar ??[/quote] The Christians took over the Winter Solstice celebrations that the Pagans had.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby Star down under. » Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:38 am

whisperingsmith wrote:
RevTony wrote: we need to own up to how out of our depth we are about pretty well everything. And that means acknowledging that underneath it all is a whole lot of Big Questions - aka Mystery.

Mystery, or Lies like Boris???
I've never quite understood why we celebrate the Birth of Jesus H Christ in December when we know he was a Pisces born in March/April - any Ideas Vicar ??

It was a convenient time, everything was already shut for Christmas. :wink:
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby cav551 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:52 am

I think the biggest problem you face is the lack of suitable employers in the area. There aren't any supermarket RDCs and reasonable size haulage companies seem to be sadly lacking too. There are plenty of removal companies, some skip operators and some quarries, but I imagine none of those are what you are looking for. Granted Newhaven is not too far away but I can't think of a name operating out of there.

In your position -and I'm not too far off your age- I would be looking for a medium size haulage company that requires a non yard shunter - someone to load vehicles for other drivers and tip trailers locally with maybe the odd local run. Are there any pallet distribution companies nearby?
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby LazyDriver » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:04 pm

There's a DPD depot in Eastbourne. Why not ask there. In my experience, they always seem to want w/e night trunkers, and it's easy work.
On the same estate theres Brewers DAF. They might need drivers to collect and deliver vehicles.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:55 pm

LazyDriver » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:04 pm

There's a DPD depot in Eastbourne. Why not ask there. In my experience, they always seem to want w/e night trunkers, and it's easy work.
On the same estate theres Brewers DAF. They might need drivers to collect and deliver vehicles.

Thanks - I'll give them a go!
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:58 pm

Post by cav551 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:52 am

I think the biggest problem you face is the lack of suitable employers in the area. There aren't any supermarket RDCs and reasonable size haulage companies seem to be sadly lacking too. There are plenty of removal companies, some skip operators and some quarries, but I imagine none of those are what you are looking for. Granted Newhaven is not too far away but I can't think of a name operating out of there.

In your position -and I'm not too far off your age- I would be looking for a medium size haulage company that requires a non yard shunter - someone to load vehicles for other drivers and tip trailers locally with maybe the odd local run. Are there any pallet distribution companies nearby?


Thanks for the suggestion - I'll have a look!
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:02 pm

alamcculloch » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:26 am

I've never quite understood why we celebrate the Birth of Jesus H Christ in December when we know he was a Pisces born in March/April - any Ideas Vicar ??[/quote] The Christians took over the Winter Solstice celebrations that the Pagans had.

My understanding is that the Christian Church did the only sensible thing - and took over the pre-existing pagan mid-winter festival. So no one who's looked at the evidence would actually think Christmas was the day Jesus was born. But (if you're a Christian) you've got to celebrate it sometime - and 25th December is as good a time as any.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby the maoster » Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:47 pm

RevTony wrote:But (if you're a Christian) you've got to celebrate it sometime - and 25th December is as good a time as any.


It was actually an example of stunning foresight by the Christian Church picking that particular day as most people are off work and opening presents on that day anyway.
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Re: Grizzled Newbie

Postby RevTony » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:27 pm

Just shows that Christians aren't stupid - although there are honourable exceptions!
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Postby whisperingsmith » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:48 pm

RevTony wrote:Just shows that Christians aren't stupid - although there are honourable exceptions!


Boris Johnson is a Christian isn't he ??
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Postby RevTony » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:25 pm

Yes, in the sense that that is the culture he's been brought up in - so he's more a Christian than (say) a Hindu.

But (surely?!) No, when it comes to living in a way that reflects/embodies/expresses Christian values.
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