Norman Ingram:
Well lads I got Harry on Skype, the picture was great, he looked so good, I almost thought it was Cary Grant sitted there, not bad for a 75 years old over the hill lorrydriver who loves his tipple of whisky!
hiya,
Cary Grant my a""e now if you’d said Fred Flintstone I might have been inclined to agree with you “Wilma” help.
thanks harry long retired.
No I will have to say Harry, you have not got a large enough head,or chiseled features, my late friend ■■■■ Smith he could have been a dead ringer, he even had black hair, I called him " Fred Flintstone" 
God bless him.
hiya,
Still awaiting the claim of most elderly Trucknet member c’mon we’re not big girls who are afraid of people knowing how old we are, are we?? well I’m not I’m still 75 but look 95.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
I think one of the members said he was 82 a couple of pages back.It will be interesting to find out the average age of the members on this forum.When I have time I will read through the thread and see.
Cheers Dave.
Re: RIP Eddie STOBART.by ■■■■■■■■ gill » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:34 am
Hello.
Think I’m wong about Stobart’s do you, well here’s some more answers to why we should all love Stobart.
Hi Harry, it’s good to see that jj 72’s old thread “DON’T POST UNTIL THE NURSE HAS DONE HER ROUNDS” thread has reappeared, by eck lad there were some nutters posting on there and it’s strange to see it’s new title The Eddie Spotters Appreciation Society For The Feeble Minded. Still, as my Uncle Doris used to say “there’s nowt as queer as folk” and if sitting next to the road in all weathers waving at drivers floats your boat then it’s a shame that they can’t do something really usefull with their spare time like collecting for The Salvation Army as one day they might need the Salvo’s help.
It sounds like the days have now gone when we used to get back to the yard on a Saturday morning (after being away since six a.m. on a Monday) as it was often the only time that you had, to give the lorry a wash.
1, Well it sounds like a lot of things have changed over there in the haulage industry as I always thought that it was The Romans who put Carlisle on the map. 
Chris will remember who put ■■■■■■■■■■■ sorry ■■■■■■■■ on the map, wasn’t it old Bill Wordsworth , didn’t he have a load of daffs screaming around Grasmere and before Eddie was even born everybody had heard of that much loved clown who wondered lonely around the area, Stan Laurel. 
Even before that, wasn’t there a famous meat shop up there as Butcher ■■■■■■■■■■ springs to mind, a bit of trouble with his northern neighbours as to the shape of his sausages or something, I am sure that Dave will know. 
4, They got people spotting lorries, well I blame Doctor Beaching for closing down the railways at least all these people years ago were under the same roof on a railway platform but the government decided that care in the community was the way to go and so they let them sit next to a busy main road. .
7, They gave us a bit of decent Friday night t.v. and we all thought that they could never replace The Muppet Show 
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10, Eddie inspired people to go into business, how many people did he allegedly put out of work due to undercutting the rates which other haulers were just not prepared to work for at a loss.
It would be a shame to see such a big haulier go bump and it would be even worst if they were taken over by a foreign company like Willie Betz or Norbert Dentreessangle etc as the roads are all ready conjested without coach loads of Germans or the French going around parking areas at night Willie or Nobby spotting.
Is everybody happy, yes I am now I have got that off me chest.
youtube.com/watch?v=Y4A7lLYW … re=related
Ta rar ra.
Another fine mess you gotten me into,no wonder Ulverston buggered him off.
Aye,I like the Willie and Nobby spotting idea,just add Eddie and thas got three pr***s together.
Chris Webb:
:lol:
Another fine mess you gotten me into,no wonder Ulverston buggered him off.
Aye,I like the Willie and Nobby spotting idea,just add Eddie and thas got three pr***s together.
hiya,
Chris bit off topic I know but doesn’t Jake the Peg alias Rolf Harris although an Aussie have his roots o’nt Isle and I think his paintings have a look of Eddie’s livery could he be a secret “spotter”■■ and do you drink with him ■■. well he has three legs.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Chris Webb:
:lol:
Another fine mess you gotten me into,no wonder Ulverston buggered him off.
Aye,I like the Willie and Nobby spotting idea,just add Eddie and thas got three pr***s together.hiya,
Chris bit off topic I know but doesn’t Jake the Peg alias Rolf Harris although an Aussie have his roots o’nt Isle and I think his paintings have a look of Eddie’s livery could he be a secret “spotter”■■ and do you drink with him ■■. well he has three legs.
thanks harry long retired.
I was drinking with Jake last night Harry,he got bloody legless. 
No Eddie spotters on the Island,they’d get slung in Jurby,no messing about here. The nearest we ever got to Eddie on the IoM was when Mezeron were running his boxes for Tesco from Seaforth last back end…
They are the white/yellow/green ones on the ship at Douglas,sickly colour,same as his lorry livery.
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
Chris Webb:
:lol:
Another fine mess you gotten me into,no wonder Ulverston buggered him off.
Aye,I like the Willie and Nobby spotting idea,just add Eddie and thas got three pr***s together.hiya,
Chris bit off topic I know but doesn’t Jake the Peg alias Rolf Harris although an Aussie have his roots o’nt Isle and I think his paintings have a look of Eddie’s livery could he be a secret “spotter”■■ and do you drink with him ■■. well he has three legs.
thanks harry long retired.I was drinking with Jake last night Harry,he got bloody legless.
No Eddie spotters on the Island,they’d get slung in Jurby,no messing about here. The nearest we ever got to Eddie on the IoM was when Mezeron were running his boxes for Tesco from Seaforth last back end…
They are the white/yellow/green ones on the ship at Douglas,sickly colour,same as his lorry livery.
Chris can’t claim Rolf for the I O M Harry,his roots are in Wales.
Named after Rolf Boldrewood, an Australian writer his mother admired, he was born in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, to Cromwell (“Crom”) Harris and Agnes Margaret Harris (née Robbins) who had both emigrated from Cardiff, Wales. He is the nephew of Australian artist Pixie O’Harris (1903—1991). As a child he owned a dog called Buster Fleabags. A book of the same name was written for Quick Reads in 2010.
As an adolescent and young adult Harris was a champion swimmer, being the Australian Junior 110 yards Backstroke Champion in 1946 and Western Australian state champion over a variety of distances and strokes during the period 1948—1952. Harris attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco, and the University of Western Australia. He met his wife, the Welsh sculptress and jeweller Alwen Hughes, while they were both art students, and they married on 1 March 1958. They have one daughter, Bindi Harris (born 10 March 1964), who studied art at Bristol Polytechnic and is now a painter.
Cheers Dave.
Well there ya go Dave, thats why I often look in on this thread as I learn something every time, the wisdom just keeps flowing.
I have always been under the impression that hairy Harris was from north of the border ( no not Chester ) the place where they make the square sausages. I read somewhere that he attends The Clan Harris reunion now and again and I am sure that I have seen him in a kilt.
Well I think that it was a kilt but as I learnt to drive around the Tiger Bay area of Cardiff it could of just been another man wearing a skirt.
Regards Steve.
hila mushrooman wat did u get up too in tigerbay then if you seen it know you would not believe it spent millions and millions on it only the rich live there know top class mariner pubs clubs casino its classy unfortunatly the good old people of the bay have been pushed out its sad really history gone regards rowland
mushroomman:
Well there ya go Dave, thats why I often look in on this thread as I learn something every time, the wisdom just keeps flowing.
I have always been under the impression that hairy Harris was from north of the border ( no not Chester ) the place where they make the square sausages. I read somewhere that he attends The Clan Harris reunion now and again and I am sure that I have seen him in a kilt.
Well I think that it was a kiltRegards Steve.
Hi Steve,
I just look on wikipedia if I want to know anything.I also saw a program about Rolf Harris tracing his ancesters on BBC Wales.
Cheers Dave.
Harry, I was just wondering if the last time that you went to the Old North East Drivers reunion if you noticed this car on your way home.
Rowland, with the benefit of Google Earth it’s great to see Cardiff looking so prosperous. It was very different in the sixties when the people there were really friendly and Amen Corner were “Flying High” in the charts.
Regards Steve.
mushroomman:
Harry, I was just wondering if the last time that you went to the Old North East Drivers reunion if you noticed this car on your way home.0
Rowland, with the benefit of Google Earth it’s great to see Cardiff looking so prosperous. It was very different in the sixties when the people there were really friendly and Amen Corner were “Flying High” in the charts.
Regards Steve.
hiya,
Steve haven’t seen that particular one but when I get enough “pop” they all look like that and if I had anything to do with it my jam jar would be like that so’s my “Old Lady” might be able to park in a straight line for a change.
thanks harry long retired.
never expect any woman to park in a straight line harry , it is not in their genes . all the nurses and care workers that visit our little estate park in the middle of the road or on the footpath . one tried a three point turn in our drive and ended up on our lawn . mirrors are for makeup , and anything more than 20 feet in front of them is invisible . the female driver of the community bus would reduce a strong man to tears, cheers , dave
Yes its ammazing what woman can do in the dark but some of them cant park their car in a 20ft space
Oops I missed the broard day light bit off
rigsby:
never expect any woman to park in a straight line harry , it is not in their genes . all the nurses and care workers that visit our little estate park in the middle of the road or on the footpath . one tried a three point turn in our drive and ended up on our lawn . mirrors are for makeup , and anything more than 20 feet in front of them is invisible . the female driver of the community bus would reduce a strong man to tears, cheers , dave
hiya,
Just changed the wife’s car Dave and have bought a matching alloy to replace the steel spare wheel which would need different wheelnut’s first day out after doing the"conversion" she kerbs the front offside wheel a bit of a mess, so I’m going to retrain her to park in the middle of the road, yes Dave she’s a care worker.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
rigsby:
never expect any woman to park in a straight line harry , it is not in their genes . all the nurses and care workers that visit our little estate park in the middle of the road or on the footpath . one tried a three point turn in our drive and ended up on our lawn . mirrors are for makeup , and anything more than 20 feet in front of them is invisible . the female driver of the community bus would reduce a strong man to tears, cheers , davehiya,
Just changed the wife’s car Dave and have bought a matching alloy to replace the steel spare wheel which would need different wheelnut’s first day out after doing the"conversion" she kerbs the front offside wheel a bit of a mess, so I’m going to retrain her to park in the middle of the road, yes Dave she’s a care worker.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry we know she’s a “care worker” she looks after you!! God bless her, she must have a heart like a lion. regards kevmac47
kevmac47:
harry_gill:
rigsby:
never expect any woman to park in a straight line harry , it is not in their genes . all the nurses and care workers that visit our little estate park in the middle of the road or on the footpath . one tried a three point turn in our drive and ended up on our lawn . mirrors are for makeup , and anything more than 20 feet in front of them is invisible . the female driver of the community bus would reduce a strong man to tears, cheers , davehiya,
Just changed the wife’s car Dave and have bought a matching alloy to replace the steel spare wheel which would need different wheelnut’s first day out after doing the"conversion" she kerbs the front offside wheel a bit of a mess, so I’m going to retrain her to park in the middle of the road, yes Dave she’s a care worker.
thanks harry long retired.Harry we know she’s a “care worker” she looks after you!! God bless her, she must have a heart like a lion.
hiya,
Just hope she doesn’t read that Kev or she’ll be impossible to live with and expect a reward, and as for her caring ways she thinks she’s doing me a service and keeping me healthy by hiding the whiskey bottle, silly mare doesn’t realise I’ve got a secret stash down the garden shed and I keep telling her I only visit there to check the mouse traps, she’s terrified of mice and I’m certain she won’t go near if she thinks there’s one in there, easy peasy.
thanks harry long retired.