harry_gill:
hiya,
Chris the crawler, if you can only talk well of them don’t bother, they’ll be wanting equality next the silly mares, oops.
thanks harry long retired.
Well Harry,all I can say is that I wouldn’t swap mine for the world…
Just give her away 
hiya,
Chris mines OK too would’nt swap for a gold clock.
But anybody offering two she’d have to go. 
thanks harry long retired.
Chris & Harry,
They can have mine-----------
But they have to take the transit and the dog as well.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave yes the ■■■■■■ and the dog, and even if the lady might be georgous can i pass on that part of the deal i’m too old to deal with double trouble.
thanks harry long retired.
They are all fairly young compared to me Harry,even the ■■■■■■. The dog is only 2 the ■■■■■■ 12 and she is a few years younger than me,I keep telling her, if I’d wanted to take orders I would have joined the army.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Pass on all points Dave the dog will need walking the ■■■■■■ washing and i don’t take orders, said when i left the forces i would never take orders ever again and have been true to my word, i don’t mind being asked though i’ve learned to be polite when i say no.
thanks harry long retired.
You are a man true to the colours Harry.I don’t take orders,don’t mind being asked and will usually try and help if the request is right,but otherwise they can take a walk on the wild side.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yep Dave that’s the way to do it, have you noticed how many people don’t use the “please” and “thank you” anymore and some of them well into middle age,even when i was on the road i always tried to be well mannered, it cost’s nothing.
thanks harry long retired.
Dave, you had me worried for a moment, I thought you was going to say my wife is a right “COW”, but I love her very much for the free cream , milk, cheese, and butter she provides, 
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yep Dave that’s the way to do it, have you noticed how many people don’t use the “please” and “thank you” anymore and some of them well into middle age,even when i was on the road i always tried to be well mannered, it cost’s nothing.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
Could’nt agree more,it does make me mad when someone can’t say please or thank you,also people who do not aknowledge you when you give way on the road,its only courtesy. I think we are living in a bygone age Harry,I cannot stand ignorant people,I will tolerate them to keep the peace,but a boot up the arse would do some of them good. Rant over,just give myself a rub down with a lettuce leaf. 
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Dave, you had me worried for a moment, I thought you was going to say my wife is a right “COW”, but I love her very much for the free cream , milk, cheese, and butter she provides,
Hi Norm,
I think we have beeen a bit hard on the fairer ■■■ over the last few days,I for one wouldn’t want to be without one,very handy for mowing the lawn and keeping the place clean.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
My father told me when i first started looking at the fairer ■■■ to make sure i found one who could cook, wash and bake you’ll find everything else they’ll sharp learn and i suppose it is good advice and an absolutely true story.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry,your Father was a very wise man,I hope you heeded his good advice,seems as if you got it right now according to Norm.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave quite wise my old fella he chucked the driving job in when in his early 40s and found himself a proper job and never looked back, just think if he’d had a go and succeeded at talking me out of becoming a driver, you’d be spared having to read my rubbish, i might have been contributing to another forum like New Scientist and boring that lot to death.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry,my old man used to say to me,you are not going to be a lorry driver,get yourself a job in a bank or an office,but it fell on deaf ears,because all I ever wanted to do,was drive lorries. He went to grammer school,what did he do,drive lorries,he should have practised what he preached. Both my sisters are school teachers,and they are welcome to it,stuck in bloody school all your life.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Not bright enough for office work, but just imagine going through life as a roadsweeper or a dustbinman, it’s a type of job where there is not one iota of stress, i think i could have got away doing something like that there would have been no medicals no licences to bother about, just imagine going out of the council yard on Monday morning with the instruction to just sweep as far as you can and you phoning the yard on Friday afternoon telling the guvnor that you’re just South of Glasgow and in need of a new brush, happy days.
thanks harry long retired.
I was bright enough Harry, but I never wanted to do it, when it boils down to it, I was born with the wander ■■■■ in me, I loved to be as free as a bird, and knew being a lorry driver was just my cup of tea, and glad I took that chosen route, and I must said I have done things and been places, beyond my wildest dreams, and enjoyed almost every minute. I do not think I would do it in this era, too much control, and treated more like robots. Our era was more like the wild west, hardship, but fun and adventure, doing stupid and dangerous things, is a part of life, and how you learn and grow into a better person and a good driver, your brain is always working to solve problems, because mainly you are left to your own, to get the job done, and the load safely to its destination. 
. So to all you lads, Chris, Dave, Harry, and Keith, also Steve down under, I wish you and all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR
hiya,
Norm enjoyed the job until turned 50 then it was’nt the same anymore but had left it too late to escape, if i was able to go back in time and knowing the job as i did they could’nt have gifted me with a driving job, must be the unhealthiest job going, the money was OK but a lot of jobs payed better and a lot less hassle and retirement age was reached in better health, got to admit i thrived on diesel fumes for a good few years and actually thought i loved the job but on reflection it was looking through rose tinted specs,often wonder what else i could have done, it would have to be a job with no’one looking over my shoulder, come to think of it that only leaves long distance driving, give us the keys i’ll ring when empty.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi boys
First of all may I wish you all a Happy New Year…
Now that’s over, I was sat here eating my tea and watching North West Tonight when it showed the I.O.M. and a bunch of nuts, oops I mean people taking a dip in the sea.The shot they showed was quite distance so could not make out if you were there shivering Chris. Did any of you lads do anything last night or today that you now regret? 
Regards Keith.
Happy New Year to everyone who comes on this Thread