i think we are in the same boat as harry now , got up this morning to a foot of snow & drifting like mad . the better half persuaded me to clear the garden path , looked at the drive & thought 'sod that for a game of soldiers ’ , fired the 4x4 up & rolled it flat . harry got it right about shovelling . i shall have to nip up to harry’s & offer to drive his good lady round [ special rate of course ] harry can sit in the back with the refreshments , but he would probably sup it all before i got a sniff . i just hope things improve soon , we are lorry drivers not navvies . stay well , stay warm , rigsby
Rigby you are treading on dangerous ground, Harry would pay you the lowest rate, what he pays to his chimps, peanuts. 
you would end up with the shells, thats if you were lucky! 
norman , you wouldn’t be suggesting that harry might be a little parsimonius with the rewards for my labours would you ? i was thinking he would be generous and openhanded out of gratitude for my offer ! i will go out of my way to give aid to the elderly , especially if they are more elderly than me , and i am but a mere lad compared to harry . i’ve got me coat ready when harry reads this , dave
hiya,
Yes chaps you’ve got me in one “as tight as a fishes or a ducks proverbial” i’ll part with nowt and seeing that i’ve got nowt i’m going to keep it for myself. by the way what does a
a poor man have,
and a miser spend
answers on a £20 note sent first class post, care of “the poor childrens fathers beer money fund” to our house i’ll make sure it is put to good use.
hanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes chaps you’ve got me in one “as tight as a fishes or a ducks proverbial” i’ll part with nowt and seeing that i’ve got nowt i’m going to keep it for myself. by the way what does a
a poor man have,
and a miser spend
answers on a £20 note sent first class post, care of “the poor childrens fathers beer money fund” to our house i’ll make sure it is put to good use.
hanks harry long retired.
Harry.I,ve looked up the answer on Wikipedia and I am going in for it.
Just looked in my wallet and can,t find a £20 note so I.ve put it on a £50.
Is that ok? Regards Charlie
charlie one:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes chaps you’ve got me in one “as tight as a fishes or a ducks proverbial” i’ll part with nowt and seeing that i’ve got nowt i’m going to keep it for myself. by the way what does a
a poor man have,
and a miser spend
answers on a £20 note sent first class post, care of “the poor childrens fathers beer money fund” to our house i’ll make sure it is put to good use.
hanks harry long retired.Harry.I,ve looked up the answer on Wikipedia and I am going in for it.
Just looked in my wallet and can,t find a £20 note so I.ve put it on a £50.
Is that ok? Regards Charlie
hiya,
Thats fine Charlie i’ll post you the change by return post would be nice to get my breadhooks on a fifty i’ve never seen one don’t get hold of many fivers let alone fifties,whats it like to be wealthy ■■.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry if you keep this up, you will have me crying in my soup, and I hate weak soup! 
But you poor people from Durham are used to watery soup, what am I talking about, I was from the " Borough’s " a poor part of Northampton, I was often sent to the butcher’s for a bone for the dog, in the mean time while my mother had got a few potatoes, carrots, and onions in a pot with water and a pinch of salt, and I returned with the bone and she would put it in the pot and boil it until all the meat fell off. Mum that bone was for the dog, yes dear I am making it soft so it will not hurt his teeth, if it was not my mum, I would think she was fibbing. 
norman & charlie , i wish you would stop encouraging harry , after all he is a kept man , making his poor wife go out to work to keep him in single malt . he would be quite rich if he didn’t keep backing those 3 legged gee gees , & anyway that nice mr cameron says there are no poor pensioners any more cheers dave
It is no good DAve you cannot upset our Harry,his skin is so thick it is like armoured plating, thats why he can go out in the cold for all them hours, and come back as warm as toast, if he could fly, he would be called Clark Kent.
Norman Ingram:
It is no good DAve you cannot upset our Harry,his skin is so thick it is like armoured plating, thats why he can go out in the cold for all them hours, and come back as warm as toast, if he could fly, he would be called Clark Kent.
hiya,
Have got a mug a coaster and a pair of socks and they say Super Grandad, don’t know the about flying though, I landed a bit heavy when i fell down stairs once now that would’nt have happened to Clark Kent unless he was like me on that occasion under the influence of a very fine single malt, but you are correct on one point i do have skin like Sheffield’s finest stainless steel, nowt sticks and i’m nearly bulletproof.
thanks harry long retired.
No Harry the reason you could not fly, was some villian inserted Kryptonite in your corset, nothing to do with the 56 gallon barrel of single malt whisky you got through this year, have you got enough dregs to last you into new year!
Dave, I am back on the Trucknet, I have the email on my contacts, I sent a email to them and explained I could not click on, and they have sorted it out, but every one seems to have disappeared, I know welsh Dave has been ill, and Harry has started working again but Chris on the IOM has been quiet, most likely the island has sunk, but not heard of it on the news. Keith is working hard, poor sod until he is 67, 
Charlie one can only use one finger, and said he wants father christmas to leave a large dictionary. Sammypiste, has been drinking whisky to keep himself warm, also making him useless for shoveling snow, . Main problem is you old fellows cannot multi task, skype & trucknet.
hiya,
Norman does loading then unloading the dishwasher qualify me as a multi tasker am also a qualified snow shoveller, relief driver and jam-jar defroster.
thanks harry long retired.
Yes Harry you can be included, sorry I have not been about, my daughter has a very bad back, she has been in agony, been popping her for X-ray and to the doctor, she was in tears, I said I chopped my hand in half and I never cried, pain is in your mind, just try to control it as much as you can, you cannot rely on painkiller all the time, she said dad you are right, she stopped crying and grins and bears it, but the poor girl is trying to do too much to soon, but hope it will be sorted out in the new year. Norman 
Norman Ingram:
Yes Harry you can be included, sorry I have not been about, my daughter has a very bad back, she has been in agony, been popping her for X-ray and to the doctor, she was in tears, I said I chopped my hand in half and I never cried, pain is in your mind, just try to control it as much as you can, you cannot rely on painkiller all the time, she said dad you are right, she stopped crying and grins and bears it, but the poor girl is trying to do too much to soon, but hope it will be sorted out in the new year. Norman
hiya,
know what you mean about the painkillers Norm i try not to take them if possible, you can’t take a drink if you fill youself up with the things, but i find a good single malt is a suitable painkiller at least until the next morning then you do need painkillers, you can’t win good buddy “keep taking the tablets”.
thanks harry long retired.
A little bit of good news Harry, my daughter phoned and said something moved in her back and made her feel very sick, she took her pain killers and now her back feels a bit sore, but her movement & walking has improved, as I first told her I think she had a slipped disc and trapped her nerve. But told her to take care for they can easy slip out again. 
Now back to what this thread was started, yesterday I was in the loft and found one of my old passport and fli,cking through it I was amazed how many of the marathons I drove, I was issued with LNU 137P but due to the nature of these beasts not doing atrip without something going wrong, I was sent out after a couple of days home with others, I had LNU 138P several times, also LNU136P several times, then LNU133P, LNU132P, LNU139P, but it was LNU138P that was involved in the crash, We had 12 vehicles ordered and they gave us one free, they started from LNU 130P to LNU1312P but the latter never went to the Middle East, for it was used as spares to keep the others running, as with the so called service depots and 24 hour spare delivery, they never really materalised.
Harry just been on skype to my mate Charlie in Florida, we was on Carlsberg together, had a good chat about the times we went a cross to Northern Ireland in the troubled times.
Harry just been on skype to my mate Charlie in Florida, we was on Carlsberg together, had a good chat about the times we went a cross to Northern Ireland in the troubled times.
Hi boys
Norman Ingram:
Now back to what this thread was started, yesterday I was in the loft and found one of my old passport and fli,cking through it I was amazed how many of the marathons I drove, I was issued with LNU 137P but due to the nature of these beasts not doing atrip without something going wrong, I was sent out after a couple of days home with others, I had LNU 138P several times, also LNU136P several times, then LNU133P, LNU132P, LNU139P, but it was LNU138P that was involved in the crash, We had 12 vehicles ordered and they gave us one free, they started from LNU 130P to LNU1312P but the latter never went to the Middle East, for it was used as spares to keep the others running, as with the so called service depots and 24 hour spare delivery, they never really materalised.
It’s a wonder you keeped your job Norm, slowly working through the fleet. Are you shore all the brake downs were the trucks fault. It seems all the brake downs have one thing in common.
Regards Keith