hiya,
Never found a clean wagon went any better than a mucky one and in my case did’nt look any better, a case of being a bit blinkered in my case, but Norm the bits that are left will do for me.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Never found a clean wagon went any better than a mucky one and in my case did’nt look any better, a case of being a bit blinkered in my case, but Norm the bits that are left will do for me.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry, I can see your reasoning behind the dirty lorry,a bit of camouflage,very handy for night time manoeuvres. 
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave,only dirty on the outside could’nt be doing with a smelly shed not too bothered about a bit of ■■■ ash on the floor, when i smoked used to blow it out with the air line when checking the tyres and i used to clean the number plate with a bit of turf added to the camouflage effect when flying home on a dodgy.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
Never smoked myself,so no ■■■ ash. I worked with an old bloke in the late sixties,he smoked a pipe,also chewed tobacco,used to spit on the floor of the lorry,when there was snow,he drove an old 4x4 Bedford limespreader with a snowplough,so another driver took his lorry out,needless to say none of us wanted that job. I did drive it once.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave the only time i lit a match in that motor would be to torch it with the help it with a drop of unleaded.
thanks harry long retired.
Now then Harry look where some daft sod has parked this,can’t trust Fisher Renwicks drivers to do owt rayt.Can you get Norman to run you up in a car and shift it.Take it home if you want.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave the only time i lit a match in that motor would be to torch it with the help it with a drop of unleaded.
thanks harry long retired.
Good thinking Harry,don’t think it would be a problem these days,with the no smoking ban,----but is there a ban on baccy chewing in the workplace. 
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Harry,
Never smoked myself,so no ■■■ ash. I worked with an old bloke in the late sixties,he smoked a pipe,also chewed tobacco,used to spit on the floor of the lorry,when there was snow,he drove an old 4x4 Bedford limespreader with a snowplough,so another driver took his lorry out,needless to say none of us wanted that job. I did drive it once.
Cheers Dave.
I rtemember “Shekky Les” at Evans who never had time to stop so he used to p*** down the handbrake gaiter slot on his AEC MK3.
I took it out when he was on holiday and it bloody stunk all the way to BP at Hull until one of our other drivers put me wise and I steamed the engine off.
Happy days - boll**** !
hiya,
Not in the coalmines i don’t think, i’ve chewed a yard or two of the stuff in the time i worked below ground, well you could’nt smoke down there so a good old chew was a substitute for a Woodbine and it kept the dust out of your mouth.
thanks harry long retired.
Yes lads there was lot of the smell of ■■■■ from the engine, Jeyes fluid in a can of water used to ease the situation, it was law from the old coach days, you could relieve your self by the rear wheel of the vehicle, who would be a wheelwright or a tyre fitter , lads do you think they ever got ■■■■■■ off with the job 
hiya,
Norm, if passing water on the nearside of a wagon is no longer allowed there’s no way i’m returning to the industry, there’s going to be no perks left.
thanks harry long retired.
If you pull in any layby on a busy A road on a dry summers day (very rare ) ther are patches of ■■■■ stains everywhere,so I think you can return Harry. 
Cheers Dave.
Dave Its legal to ■■■■ its elegal to get it out of your zip. exposure they call it. Seems like all the laws of trucking are complicated. like hours you must have
10hrs of duty but if you like reduce it to 9. Ever likley we needed 2 log books one for jo law and one to practise with. And that was to practise fiddling.
bad boy
John
John,sounds like the Scottish have got it right with the kilt,no exposing to ■■■■ with one of them.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave are you sure the marks on the asphalt are ■■■■ stains and not derv spillage where our travelling cousins have done a bit of can overflling when “borrowing” from a sleeping driver, of course they would’nt do that would they??.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
The derv stains don’t go when it rains,the others go,but to be fair there are no public toilets or very little for drivers to stop for their mandatory break,this country has done nowt for lorry drivers or moterists,but they like having the tax off the fuel. Oh dear I’m on my soapbox again.
Cheers Dave.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave are you sure the marks on the asphalt are ■■■■ stains and not derv spillage where our travelling cousins have done a bit of can overflling when “borrowing” from a sleeping driver, of course they would’nt do that would they??.
thanks harry long retired.
If those are Derv stains that motor could probably out accelerate a ferrari (even if it was loaded )!!! It is more likely to be 5 bottles " Dog " that were strained through someones kidney’s !!!
Dave the Renegade:
If you pull in any layby on a busy A road on a dry summers day (very rare ) ther are patches of ■■■■ stains everywhere,so I think you can return Harry.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave actually there is a bye law stil current in Kendal that allows you to ■■■■ on your off-side CART wheel but if you use the nearside you can get your collar felt !! Cheers U-NO -HU !
Wouldn’t want the two pulling this,emptying their kidneys on your boots Bewick.
hiya,
Dave, the amount of times i need a tinkle throughout the day “and night” i could more than likely outpiddle those two fine specimens pint for pint but i can’t do it whilst on the move unless i’m on a train that is or a tour bus or an aeroplane never tried it whilst riding a bike though,
thanks harry long retired,