Cheers Mark,PMSL!!.. yes, thats him, good old No-Neck, always could be relied on to shorten the length of a ferry crossing or a customs clearing delay etc with his stories!!!
I remember him going on about delivering up a 1:2 hill in Greece (in the snow of course!!), another one was Istanbul round trip in less than a week, out on the Sunday night ferry from Dover to ZeeBee… …down to Turkey,clear, tip, reload and back in the pub, cleared and delivered for Friday afternoon!!
Another was the 2/3/4 trucks he had of his own which he kept in Greece doing internal Greek work…
He was a likable enough bloke…Wonder where he is now??
Rick, he’s at MJD, top man by all accounts as you say he’s a royal pain in the arse, a proper old school driver who has been there & done it, but just full of ■■■■■■■■, it’s a shame because nobody believes his genuine stories & he has plenty, like going to Turkey in Bedford TKs & Leyland Mastiffs.
I remember Tony Massey saying that to me once and it certainly took the wind out of my sails .
While preparing for my first trip to Innsbruck I was floating around the yard full of excitment when one of the old sweats shouted across “are you going anywhere near Holland” ? My little face lit up as I said yes, is there anything that you want. To which he replied “can you get me one of those pies that I have heard so much about”. ( Northern joke )
mushroomman:
While preparing for my first trip to Innsbruck I was floating around the yard full of excitment when one of the old sweats shouted across “are you going anywhere near Holland” ? My little face lit up as I said yes, To which he replied “can you get me one of those pies that I have heard so much about”. ( Northern joke )
That’s had me chuckling all day, even while watching Histon v Gateshead when I took the kids this afternoon - the oldest wanted to know what was funny but I couldn’t be bothered going all the way through an explanation, even if an 8 year old lad’s SOH is very similar to a wagon driver’s
Know what you mean, tasty!! I’ll be racing on the same program as Ben at the British Moto GP in June at Silverstone, (only in a support race of course!!) I’ve never raced there so really looking forward to it. If your going look me up in the paddock, yellow & white Yamaha TZ250 #33, MAN 7.5 ton box van with a big silver & white awning, the kettle will be on.
One for the jobsworth security gaurds,
" the only reason you have to spend 12 hrs a day in that hut is cause your cheaper than a padlock ".
And one my mate always used to say to lads harping on is, " some do it for a living, and some do it for a laugh ", then he preceded to walk off laughing.
Here is 2 I heard,
Only puffs and pirates wear earrings, and I dont see any galleons on the car park.
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I have been in more tightspots than James Herriots elbow.
Cheers.
Heres one I done to my tm who was and still is a mate, we was talking about divas ya madonna and all that, tm had started to join in the chat and didn’t know what a diva was so I sort of explained that it was a person or performer that is really good at what they do sort of thing, so tm pipes up oh you mean like ME chuckle chuckle so I said mate your almost there but your still only a div
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