Can anybody body remember the chubby black lass who hid behind the hedges wanting buisiness as you turned into carisio,as you turned in she would pop up smiling all you could see was her teeth eyes and her outline,after a heavy night on the wine my cousan went over a brought her to the cab for a bit of action while i walked round the truck park kicking pebbles and talking bollox to anyone knocking about,i never saw that truck in the same way ,it was soiled and mucky 
Ive posted this on wrong bit ,can the mods move it to old timers please 
seth 70:
Ive posted this on wrong bit ,can the mods move it to old timers please
Seth 70,
You’d posted it onto a 8 year old topic elsewhere, so I’ve happily moved it and retitled it for you. 
Personally, I was a Santhia man.
Thank you m8,ive had a good look today at some of the old topics and there is some stonckers ,some really good memorys
hi seth,
cousin!!! yeh right,whatever
regards andrew.
pete 359:
hi seth,
cousin!!! yeh right,whatever
regards andrew.
I only had a dabble once m8 ,that was in ramblers and i was a total flop [shamefull] ,so never again ,ps nice bit in new classic motor m8
seth 70:
pete 359:
hi seth,
cousin!!! yeh right,whatever
regards andrew.I only had a dabble once m8 ,that was in ramblers and i was a total flop [shamefull] ,so never again ,ps nice bit in new classic motor m8
That statement above would be in code to anyone except an old time trucker.
I used Texas Bar,seth.
harry:
seth 70:
pete 359:
hi seth,
cousin!!! yeh right,whatever
regards andrew.I only had a dabble once m8 ,that was in ramblers and i was a total flop [shamefull] ,so never again ,ps nice bit in new classic motor m8
That statement above would be in code to anyone except an old time trucker.
I used Texas Bar,seth.
Was that up ramblers harry 
old time trucker ,im only 42 ,but as soon as i left school at i doubled manned with my cousin ,i had no liscence ,he wasnt bothered and neither was i ,i was rolling in it for a young lad ,when i got to 27 we had a big fall out ,to cut a long story short ,i carried on driving and he ended up with 8yrs inside ,thats why no photos of the past come on here,nuff said
It was in the Quartier Romano, between the Ramblas and the Parrello.
I remember one with a old midget who used to drag her handbag on the floor and had to take a run to get on the seats,a young good looking lad came in and took her straight away ,she was allways rushed off her feet [or it could have been the length of her legs made her look like was rushing]
I stopped at Carisio once and wouldn’t you believe it, the fuse fell out. The next thing I can remember I was at the docks at Ancona just in time to get the Greek ferry. How luck was that ■■ !!
I was loading at Avandero one Friday evening and another Brit said "hey why don’t you stop at Carisio for the weekend, England’s playing Germany for the European cup cup " I saw him the following week still sporting a big shiner on his left eye.
Jeff…
Carisio ! On my first trip out Nov 81, luckily I had a great guy (Steve Cherrett) to show me the ropes as they say, shipped out on a Friday night off ferry sat morning we ran down all day Sat when it got dark, thru Blanc Tunnel then it got really foggy just followed him till we pulled into Carisio early hours Sun morn! Went to bed ! Woke early Fog all gone, Horrible felling when you follow someone for hours ! Wake up completely disorientated ! "where’s this then Steve ? " " Carisio " oh yeah where the **** 's that … Soon got me bearings you learn quick! Happy days 
Jelliot:
I stopped at Carisio once and wouldn’t you believe it, the fuse fell out. The next thing I can remember I was at the docks at Ancona just in time to get the Greek. How luck was that ■■ !!
I was loading at Avandero one Friday evening and another Brit said "hey why don’t you stop at Carisio for the weekend, England’s playing Germany for the European cup cup " I saw him the following week still sporting a big shiner on his left eye.Jeff…
I had a fuse that allways worked its way loose but never fell out,the truck [it was a 95 drag]went in for service and came back with a strange colour paint over it to hold it in place,it must have been a common fault because rest of the lads had the same ,but all had different colour paint
seth 70:
Jelliot:
I stopped at Carisio once and wouldn’t you believe it, the fuse fell out. The next thing I can remember I was at the docks at Ancona just in time to get the Greek. How luck was that ■■ !!
I was loading at Avandero one Friday evening and another Brit said "hey why don’t you stop at Carisio for the weekend, England’s playing Germany for the European cup cup " I saw him the following week still sporting a big shiner on his left eye.Jeff…
I had a fuse that allways worked its way loose but never fell out,the truck [it was a 95 drag]went in for service and came back with a strange colour paint over it to hold it in place,it must have been a common fault because rest of the lads had the same ,but all had different colour paint
I never experianced loose or wobbley fuses, but I did have a BIG box of VeederRoot frizzbie’s
Jimski:
seth 70:
Jelliot:
I stopped at Carisio once and wouldn’t you believe it, the fuse fell out. The next thing I can remember I was at the docks at Ancona just in time to get the Greek. How luck was that ■■ !!
I was loading at Avandero one Friday evening and another Brit said "hey why don’t you stop at Carisio for the weekend, England’s playing Germany for the European cup cup " I saw him the following week still sporting a big shiner on his left eye.Jeff…
I had a fuse that allways worked its way loose but never fell out,the truck [it was a 95 drag]went in for service and came back with a strange colour paint over it to hold it in place,it must have been a common fault because rest of the lads had the same ,but all had different colour paint
I never experianced loose or wobbley fuses, but I did have a BIG box of VeederRoot frizzbie’s
Trailer number plate thefts were very common at one stage aswell
Owner drivers dont seem to fiddle about with all different pipes ,running from all over the place into their diesel tanks nowadays ,and units a trailers dont have leaks from strange places like they used to have :
under the battery cover quick change 4 mins of we go again mind you I mucked up once sat in kiato port Greece all week waiting for reload never gave it thought about fuel got half way up a hill to pack house ran out quick change over cab up bleed the fuel of we went again agent was a bit fed up thou as I was following him to pack house.
One of the reasons I didn’t like stopping at Carisio was all the mosquitoes, those rice paddy fields were full of them. Every time I got south past Ivrea it was windows up and shut the roof hatch as well. Open it back up at the Lodi junction, or the other side of Bergamo.
Jeff…
Jelliot:
One of the reasons I didn’t like stopping at Carisio was all the mosquitoes, those rice paddy fields were full of them. Every time I got south past Ivrea it was windows up and shut the roof hatch as well. Open it back up at the Lodi junction, or the other side of Bergamo.Jeff…
Hi Jeff Mosquito’s, if I heard one in the cab I couldn’t sleep till it was squished !! I hated em, I remember once stopping Santhia there were millions of em around the nightlight in the parking area ! And there was a Scottish guy he had been bit all over ! I mean eatin alive poor fella but he played it down, I always slept with the cab in lockdown ! The heat was unbearable, but mozzies were worse.
Regards Jimmer.
Those dash swivel fans used to keep the mozzies away. They hated any kind of turbulence in the air.