hiya,
I had to visit two different companies to get my exemption paperwork signed Killingbecks and the BRS so I must be mad using all that petrol just to guarantee I had the say so that I was crazy.
thanks harry long retired.
nobody ever checked if the forms were true or not harry . i qualified class 2 ( steady number on 8 wheel tipper ) but when i had to fill the forms in i went to see the bloke i did sunday relief for and he signed me up class one . better 1st class crackers than 2nd class crackers ! cheers , dave
I had to take my test as I was driving one of these in the qualifying period 
and at that time we only had 6 artics and 9 ballast box tractors most of us who had not qualified took the test I know I was one of the first to go no lessons just a little pamphlet and tek that wagon at so and so time. There was just two drivers who did not qualify who did not bother but they were both in their 60s and driving the contractors so they did not want to and only one driver failed and he had about 15 years experience at Pickfords for not turning his head to look in his mirrors and he had just done a 90 foot long load that morning but second time no mistake’s . It was not me either 
cheers Johnnie
Some firms put four drivers down for a vehicle.Six months qualifying for each one and double shifting.Nobody Checked up on it.
There were farmers around this area,hardly ever drove thier stock lorry,two if brothers got their HGV when they came in by Grandfathers rights,did the same with the CPC,even though most of them ran on a restricted licence.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Some firms put four drivers down for a vehicle.Six months qualifying for each one and double shifting.Nobody Checked up on it.
There were farmers around this area,hardly ever drove thier stock lorry,two if brothers got their HGV when they came in by Grandfathers rights,did the same with the CPC,even though most of them ran on a restricted licence.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave I spent a few months on the water during the qualifying period hence the trail around to pull in the six months needed to get the licence fortunately I had done about seven months in the required time but it was split between two firms and each would only vouch for me for the time I had worked for them although I had been driving heavies for about twelve years prior to the HGV licence being introduced but I certainly couldn’t get any corners cut, a friend of mine who drove for Leyland Motors for donkeys years and drove an automatic artic could only get a licence with the “A” prefix meaning he could only drive vehicles with an automatic box he did take a test in a motor with a “proper” box and passed but why??, he like me had driven normal stuff for many years prior to the qualifying period, I couldn’t understand why a company as big as Leyland didn’t move their drivers around so they all got the full HGV instead it must have cost them a fortune in test fees, they did have a large fleet of their own motors.
thanks harry long retired.
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave
■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian 
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Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian
Cheers Dave.
Dave that was about 56 years ago more like Summer Time Blues 
cheers Johnnie
sammyopisite:
Dave the Renegade:
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian
Cheers Dave.Dave that was about 56 years ago
cheers Johnnie
Or the twist with Chubby Checker,that was around 1959 Johnnie.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
sammyopisite:
Dave the Renegade:
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian
Cheers Dave.Dave that was about 56 years ago
cheers JohnnieOr the twist with Chubby Checker,that was around 1959 Johnnie.
Cheers Dave.
We got married on Boxing Day 1962 and we haven’t taken t’gloves off yet. 
Chris Webb:
Dave the Renegade:
sammyopisite:
Dave the Renegade:
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian
Cheers Dave.Dave that was about 56 years ago
cheers JohnnieOr the twist with Chubby Checker,that was around 1959 Johnnie.
Cheers Dave.We got married on Boxing Day 1962 and we haven’t taken t’gloves off yet.
You could always get your corner man to split one Chris.A bit like Angelo Dundee did for Cassius Clay
Cheers Dave.
Chris Webb:
Dave the Renegade:
sammyopisite:
Dave the Renegade:
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian
Cheers Dave.Dave that was about 56 years ago
cheers JohnnieOr the twist with Chubby Checker,that was around 1959 Johnnie.
Cheers Dave.We got married on Boxing Day 1962 and we haven’t taken t’gloves off yet.
hiya,
Could have been worse Chris I got hitched on Midsummer’s day It’s been murder ever since.
thanks harry long retired.
i got wed 28th september 1963 , and after all these years i still don’t know why . a moment of madness maybe , dave
harry_gill:
Chris Webb:
Dave the Renegade:
sammyopisite:
Dave the Renegade:
grumpy old man:
rigsby:
i stand in awe brian , what an impeccable pedigree , proof positive ! i suppose you also have the final proof of insanity , a marriage licence . i often wondered why we got married and spent most of our lives down the road , but when i’d been wed a few years i knew the answer , they can’t nag when you’re not there . cheers , dave■■■■ right, 52 years, I only let her start calling me Brian after I retired. Credit where it’s due though, the poor old soul has done well putting up with me all those years. She never lets me forget the “imbecile” bit though , always ready with the smart answer when the domestic situation gets a bit “tense”.
I bet you were singing rock around the clock when you got married Brian
Cheers Dave.Dave that was about 56 years ago
cheers JohnnieOr the twist with Chubby Checker,that was around 1959 Johnnie.
Cheers Dave.We got married on Boxing Day 1962 and we haven’t taken t’gloves off yet.
hiya,
Could have been worse Chris I got hitched on Midsummer’s day It’s been murder ever since.
thanks harry long retired.
Well,anyroad,I wouldn’t swap mine for t’world - just give her away.(Glancing over me shoulder).
rigsby:
i got wed 28th september 1963 , and after all these years i still don’t know why . a moment of madness maybe , dave
I know why I got married. I thought I was marrying into money, I thought her family were loaded. How wrong I was, they were as poor as church mice and it had all been a con to get her married off. When I realised this, it was too late, I’d said “I do” and that was that, I had got her, her family were happy, she was happy, I was stuck with her.
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I hope she never learns how to drive this computer, if she does and sees this, I’m a dead man.
We had an row on our wedding day because she wanted to be on the photographs. Damned cheek!
i know exactly what you mean brian , same with me , i even got saddled with the bill for the wedding dress and the reception ! i’ve brought my kids up proper though , our daughter married a rich yank , and the son married a millionaire’s daughter . cheers , dave
You missed a bit out Dave, they have a very rich Dad. I know its true Johnnie told me. 
rigsby:
i know exactly what you mean brian , same with me , i even got saddled with the bill for the wedding dress and the reception ! i’ve brought my kids up proper though , our daughter married a rich yank , and the son married a millionaire’s daughter . cheers , dave[/quo
i was well off once norman , but the wife and two anklebiters soon reduced me to poverty . i’m just hoping the son takes pity on me when him and his wife get their inheritance . till then i’m like harry , struggling along on my meagre pension. cheers , dave
I have just ran out of handkerchiefs and tissues listening to you poor devils who were forced into marriage.If you had lived in India a dowry would have been required.Under certain dowry rules you could have got the marriage called off.
A bit late for that me thinks .
Cheers Dave.