I was in that one Buzzer, pic was taken in Scicily ( having a puncture repair on trailer ) on my way to Siracusa…
I wont say how long it took me to get there on that particular trip, but lets just say that matchsticks were required… 
mappo:
I was in that one Buzzer, pic was taken in Scicily ( having a puncture repair on trailer ) on my way to Siracusa…
I wont say how long it took me to get there on that particular trip, but lets just say that matchsticks were required…
Tony. Do you mean to say that you ran a few minutes over your legal hours.
I find that really hard to believe. Straight as a dogs hind leg.Regards Charlie.
Cant believe you said that Charlie, perish the very thought… 
As it happens, when i started with Buzzer in the early to mid 80,s i,d previously done Euro work for several other firms, but JD
was the first Co. operating solely on his own legal permits…I was never asked to run bent ( i was told. 
… only kidding of course )
Flexible hours were as you well know mate the norm at that time, which suited most of us then…
Happy days and great memories from that era…as well as of course many long lasting freindships. 
PS
Hope you and Rose are keeping well… 
mappo:
Cant believe you said that Charlie, perish the very thought…
As it happens, when i started with Buzzer in the early to mid 80,s i,d previously done Euro work for several other firms, but JD
was the first Co. operating solely on his own legal permits…I was never asked to run bent ( i was told.
Flexible hours were as you well know mate the norm at that time, which suited most of us then…
Happy days and great memories from that era…as well as of course many long lasting freindships.PS
Hope you and Rose are keeping well…
Quite agree with you Tony. It was the name of the game then. I much preferred working in those days. No trackers. No phones. Good friends who would always stop and help you when you were in trouble. Does it happen now? I’m not too sure. Glad I was around at that time. Yes thanks Rose and myself are well. Hope the same goes for you?
Regards Charlie
Charlie I am surprised at you throwing wild assertions about how we operated back in the day, always remember clearing customs in Aosta one Saturday morning with little Les Corn, we got our respective papers and he said to me lets go for the morning boat well off we trundled and when we got to the top of that firkin big hill on the auto route think it was bessey Les came on the CB radio and said we’ve cracked it well as you know its a very long way from Le Havre but he reassured me by telling me he could smell the sea. We kept going with the odd coffe break and got round Paris and me eyes were wanting to close so we stopped in an service area and I was told, don’t get in the bunk have five over the wheel, well we made it and had steak for breakfast.
On another note about back then and not running in a particular straight fashion the best wangle I remember was Trevor Mackness he had a spare tacho head wired up under the bunk making dodgy 24hr breaks on cards and was known to sell a few for the right price, good old days as you say and there was the camoraderie between us all.
Today after early morning prayers I put the team in and went to Lee on Solent with the Boss and the dog, bit different from yesterday, Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Charlie I am surprised at you throwing wild assertions about how we operated back in the day, always remember clearing customs in Aosta one Saturday morning with little Les Corn, we got our respective papers and he said to me lets go for the morning boat well off we trundled and when we got to the top of that firkin big hill on the auto route think it was bessey Les came on the CB radio and said we’ve cracked it well as you know its a very long way from Le Havre but he reassured me by telling me he could smell the sea. We kept going with the odd coffe break and got round Paris and me eyes were wanting to close so we stopped in an service area and I was told, don’t get in the bunk have five over the wheel, well we made it and had steak for breakfast.
On another note about back then and not running in a particular straight fashion the best wangle I remember was Trevor Mackness he had a spare tacho head wired up under the bunk making dodgy 24hr breaks on cards and was known to sell a few for the right price, good old days as you say and there was the camoraderie between us all.
Today after early morning prayers I put the team in and went to Lee on Solent with the Boss and the dog, bit different from yesterday, Buzzer.
“Early Morning Prayers” Buzzer, what religion are you then ? Allah Akbar ? Cheers Dennis.
Today was the day of reckoning for my five pigs, will come back all jointed and as sausages. We only have about four bags of bangers left from the last lot so this is just in time. Going to have the bangers made 8 inches long this time to try and see if it works, my grandson will be pleased as he used to eat 7 in a sitting but now will only have 3 and a bit, Buzzer.
Hope that wasn’t a halal kill Buzzer and a merciful stun was used on the beasts. Looks like it was done in the shed?
HA buzzerTHE OLD aosta exspress,we used to got to Calais, once over the first payaje Paris north you thought you were done ,you were absolutely gone,more pro plus nurse, PERONE was the best i ever did…
As for the pig bath ,i have wrote about this before when as a butchers boy 14 years old we had to do the scrapping of the hair with scalding water we used the old billy-can lids just fitted in your palm, white enamel…pdb
Short walk the man is a professional and done this work all his life, stunned first then shot with bolt gun to be sure then bled.
PDB this chap uses a kind of half moon Dutch hoe in the bath which the temperature is critical think 86 degree’s then blow torched and finish scraping with a knife, it’s easier for him at my place as I have a hot water wash on a gun for constant rinsing and of course I have the machine to hold them up while all this goes on, cheers Buzzer.
Evening Buzzer
Mekin mi mouth water the thought of home reared pork and sausages you can’t beat it, has so much more flavour than supermarket meat.
Been down to Westbury today tipping cream then back up for two Manchesters tomorrow on mi last day, the bloody traffic has been a nightmare this last couple of days, queuing in Birmingham last night at 8.30 pm and also around lymm this evening roll on tomorrow night…
Cheers Wrighty.
When I finished the rolling the other day I noticed one of the bearings was knackered, now these are wood believe it or not so I rang up my local agricultural dealership and they had two on the shelf so today I fetched them home and mended the broken one so got one in the spares cupboard.
Wright that old tank was fare steaming after tipping, how long do you have to wait till you wash her out ? your off now for a few days you said but bet you are busy as ever, cheers Buzzer.
Evening Buzzer
They like us to let the tank cool for about 20 mins before washing just as a precaution against the tank “sucking in” when the first cold water is pumped in, it doesn’t happen very often but when they do implode the tank is usually a write off. Been to a farm this morning who is milking 600 cows and we take out 28000 litres every other day, He was saying He had just recieved a 1p increase in his milk price with another 1.5p increase to follow in November so that should make a difference to his milk cheque…
Back home now for three days of rest and recuperation which apparently means tailing and dipping yows, oh the joys there’s never a dull moment up ere…
Cheers Wrighty.
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No need for Tacho’s with you chaps about eh, Buzzer.
Funny that we had a report once of a Welsh driver we had, he was seen going over the Severn bridge by one of our fruit importers. He was on his way to see a client in Cardiff but our load was for Evesham, at first he denied it but had to come clean and the cheeky begger had put in a chit for the bridge, he had a severe reprimand and we made him pay for the bridge and the fuel all done for a leg over.
Buzzer:
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R22 M25 17.00No need for Tacho’s with you chaps about eh, Buzzer.
Funny that we had a report once of a Welsh driver we had, he was seen going over the Severn bridge by one of our fruit importers. He was on his way to see a client in Cardiff but our load was for Evesham, at first he denied it but had to come clean and the cheeky begger had put in a chit for the bridge, he had a severe reprimand and we made him pay for the bridge and the fuel all done for a leg over.
Which only goes to show that little thing will pull you further than wild horses will drag you!
Not that applies to you and me Buzzer as we we are clean living wife fearing men eh?
Regards Charlie
Bought this motor new and what a good looking beast it wuzz, hitched to a G&A which we ran back then although a tad heavier than the competition at the time but were a solid build in Sydney Hart livery who we worked a lot for at the time, we had several trailers done like this but it kept them interested in our company and boy did we give them service which I don’t think they ever realized, cheers Buzzer.
Hi BUZZER very handy,slaughter at home, all the foreigners do it all the time and dont give two monkeys ive seen pork hanging the next day, been in a chiller and welts come out like bruises if they have had a crack across the back with a stick to move them on,not a flat paddle…they also can tell if sheep have been slaughtered while being stressed ,blood droplets around the kidney fat,so they used to say. ■■
Poor old wrighty traffic problems ,you wait !! until you retire,you have to make decisions, like, what time to get up and even go to bed…every day, now there is stress.have i had my feet up on stool long enough,can i reach the TV controller ,without getting out of the chair. is the table close enough so as not to spill the tea,are the biscuits ready for dunking…you old truckers are lucky…bit of old traffic.you could trim your nails if in a queue ,if you are really bored you could change your socks with one hand now there is skill while moving along…pdb
Buzzer you’ll remember this fine Scania I drove for you back in the day,
well I now have this tiny model of it thanks to Andy Park aka JJ72 on t/net
