Charlie , all I can say is I wish I was 55 that has past some time ago and today I feel it. By the way our house is called “Beeze Neeze” , when we built it I wished to call it the Mutts Nuts but the area is a bit to posh for that so had to relent under pressure from the Boss. How the old shallots going down, still have reserves should you wish. Made three fruit marmalade last week but Harrods wanted the lot it was that good, Buzzer.
The shunter driver from Newbury wasn’t called Dave was he?
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The shunter driver from Newbury wasn’t called Dave was he?
Bang on Gazzer think it was Dave Meritt or something like that but Horry would know for sure. Do you know him ? Buzzer.
By the way “snapper” Morrison reckons he used to drive this old tin can Ford.
Yeah that’s him Buzzer. Used to call everyone Nobby. Chunky, bearded geezer. He had another saying about cyclists…head down, ■■■ up, peddling like f**k!
Well I borrowed this of FB and I reckon its about right too what a leader she was and I shook her hand as well, Buzzer
Yes I agree ,although only ever a employee,… since 1980 after the drivers strike I have been BLUE.
buzzer do you still wear one glove then.lol
Was that you “snapper” M6 n/b Birmingham earlier, I’m sure it was R44GEL. Going down into the smoke for a 18.00 tip misel…
Cheers Wrighty.
Talking of tipping Wrighty had a second load of beet in today from Gloucester, better quality than the first load with no debris as been over a screener. The beet are bigger and lovely and white inside when chopped and them old steers luvvem, Buzzer.
Looks nice beet Buzzer, should keep em going till turnout. Still very wet up our way, so a relaxing trip to London was called for…
Wrighty used to do fruit into the London markets in the early days which was not to bad as always in the dead of night but don’t envy you doing it today, hate the place.
Another wet and windy night outside but Saints are playing West Ham ont telly so at least we got sumthin to watch and they just gone 1 0 up Buzzer.
Aye its the same up here, parked up tonight in Uttoxeter. Been down in Acton today and traffic wasn’t too bad, two loads to do tomorrow then off for three days relaxing and recuperation(farming).
Cheers Wrighty.
Well a first today for me did all me chores stockwise went and paid me mate who came with his matbro to put me beet away in the shed with a piece of top quality roasting beef as he will never take money, love this barter thingy, after that got a dozen Seville oranges on me way home then got 10lb of red goosegoggs out of freezer and made me first ever batch of goosemalade and it tastes not half bad if I do say it meself, blowing a hooly outside and raining hard but Saints won which I watched ont telly Buzzer.
Wrighty.
Does that uk work not ■■■■ you off, I used to hate it but never told anyone, I used to like my 3 days off but when I worked it out I never had them because if it was dinner time, noon ,on Tuesday, I would have to be back by noon Friday, yes it was my own fault because I lived in Blackpool and worked in Reading, and the truck would be loaded with meat for shipping POOLE /CHERBOURG,THAT NIGHT .
BUT HOW I GOT OVER IT WAS, THAT NOT MANY COUPLES HAD A FULL 24HRS +24HRS full time together… the normal man /driver, only spends probly4 hrs a DAY WITH HIS FAMILY and it worked for us 50years married…WHY HAVE I TOLD YOU THAT I DO NOT KNOW… keep the posts up as a stranger, they are intresting…
Evening DBP,
I don’t mind the UK work apart from the traffic sometimes, it’s quite handy if I need to be home our lot are fairly flexible.
Behind every tramper is a good woman, I’ve been with Alice 15yrs so must be doin summat right. Here she is modelling a gate we recently acquired at a farm sale…
Cheers Wrighty.
Wrighty you have hit on sumthin there with farm sales especially a local Saturday one if the weather is fine, all the world and there uncles turn out and people usually get carried away and bid sometimes in excess than an item can be purchased for new. Talking of gates I always buy heavy duty yard gates mostly as they are definitely a lot stronger and in a yard situation hang them high with the top at five foot, this does discourage an animal wanting to have a go at jumping it.
Another point on farm sales the first couple or three lots were always the scrap piles, in the old days before hiab grabs etc all the loading had to be done by hand and it was usually the Gypsy or Traveller people who were in for these lots (they had them first in the sale to allow plenty time to load) anyways what I was coming too was one of the best fights I saw was at a farm sale when one such person outbid another and a fight broke out but not between the men but the wives, well teeth and hair in all directions and in the end the auctioneer stopped the sale as there was a bigger crowd watching the fight than the item he was trying to sell but all in all a good day, Sorry to “snapper” Morrison but sometimes you need a bit of variety as it is the spice of life, cheers Buzzer.
Just come back to the old computer and got to thinking Wrighty what attracted you to Alice, her second name was’nt Chalmers by any chance, just wondering.She looks the type that can do around the farm which is what you need.
You are right about behind every man there is a good woman, especially when you have trained them into your way of doing things, im’e in for a hiding now Buzzer.
Ha, what a cracker ,Alice Chalmers, not many would get it …what happened to the old 5 bar gate, Wrighty ,have you got a small holding ,steady, you know what, you know how to treat a good women as a driver, you should be proud, to let her spend on luxuries and its 7 bars, The dry stone wall in the back ground ,slatey , granite, dorset maybe?
When I left school my first job at 15, 1959 no qualifications, only that I could work [[,already had 2 jobs ,butcher boy , yes the old bike,paper boy,]] was on a arable farm ,2 mile bike ride from home sledging bales etc ,5 McCormack internationals my job petrol cleaning, and 1 fowler, cartridge start ,wind up the flywheel… however one of the first jobs was help put in /on a new gate with ,crossing sleeper post, so I was in the hole digging, i am 6ft well, was then ,I had to keep going/digging until just my head stuck out of the hole… and to this day them posts are still there… i had just about enough strength back them to be able to toss a bale up to the rick with a pitch fork…when i think health and safety ,sledging bales …
That is how i got to sea school because of the work ,M.N. hence the name DECK -BOY… not the royal one… i had a job to recite the alphabet if it was not for spell checker on here my writing/spelling is like double Dutch . I AM WRITING MYDRIVING HISTORY ABOUT 140.000 WORDS AT THE MINUTE
BUZZER i bet the white one is called chiral,
Good gate that Buzzer two man job hanging that…, well DBP that’s finest Yorkshire dales dry stone wall we’ve bloody miles of it, it’s either blowin it down or washin it down eh.
Now back on topic erm, first picture was taken on a farm nr Phwelli which uses the “new Zealand” system, where the cows live outside all year round.
All the fields have concrete roads leading back to the parlour which itself is in the middle of a field, no trees around because if there’s trees they struggle to get the cows out from under them in wet weather. The second picture is my old unit taken at about six years old and 1,114,000kms on the clock, all original paint including the original mudguard tops…
Sat here typing this with rain lashing the windows, oh the joys.
