we don’t want you corrupting those two nice old gentlemen johnnie , i know what would happen , first layby you came to you’d have the lamps round and an all night session going , cheers , dave
rigsby:
we don’t want you corrupting those two nice old gentlemen johnnie , i know what would happen , first layby you came to you’d have the lamps round and an all night session going , cheers , dave
I don’t think it would be a layby dave,not with Larry’s knowledge of transport cafes.I think they would be holed up in friendly cafe drinking the fire water 
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Cheers Dave.
Your probabley right but I didnt have time to drink whiskey in those days , too busy tramping around all over the place N,S.E.W. The money I earned in those good old days, bought me my first wagon, So now Im spending my retiring years , making up for all the time I worked my nuts off, like most drivers did, Im retired, but I still have my class 1, just for emergencies of course, but if anyone wants me to drive for them, they have got to be very quick, to catch me before I go onto the whiskies, Im sure thats what keeps me going, Reagdrs Larry
any jock will tell you it is the finest preservative known to man larry , and it tastes nice as a bonus , you and harry must be nicely pickled by now , dave
Well I can only speak for myself, but I am well pickled to the single malts, but Im sure Harry will be the same, he enjoys the whiskey the way it was distilled to be enjoyed, the same way as I do, so no points deducted, Im looking forward to seeing Harry at the Xmas Do, He musnt have his lap top sorted yet . Regards Larry
I think all us old lads are enjoying our retirement, i know I am. ALL my licenses have expired (except car) and I’ve no desire to go back into modern day road transport. It’ll NEVER be like the “happy days” again.
Last evening I made friends with my bottle of Laphroaig, I DO like Islay whiskies.
49 years of early starts and tramping all over the place…no more for me, what’s left is mine and if I want a taste of whisky in the evening…so be it. 
you lot make me jealous , i’m not allowed to drink much because of the medication that keeps me ticking. just an occasional beer or wine with a meal . still i’d rather be here without it and i can still laugh at your antics .cheers , dave
rigsby:
you lot make me jealous , i’m not allowed to drink much because of the medication that keeps me ticking. just an occasional beer or wine with a meal . still i’d rather be here without it and i can still laugh at your antics .cheers , dave
Dear Dave if you happen to come across any old bottles of the angels water which are stored away or which you have forgotten about I do know of somewhere ( not to far from you ) who would gratefully accept any donations you would so kindly make, so you are not tempted to go against your medical advice.
regards Johnnie
I have never tasted whisky or many other spirits.I enjoy a bottle of guinness or Newcastle brown,also a few cans of bitter.Not all together.As a young bloke I used to think I ain’t paying half a crown for a tiny bit in a small glass.I thought 1/8p for a pint was better value .
Cheers Dave.
you defo qualify for the old timers club dave, if you can remember ale at 1/8d a pint you are older than you look ! i bet larry can remember it cheaper than that though . just imagine if whisky was still 12/6d a bottle now there would be some very happy ex-drivers in the north east , cheers , dave
rigsby:
you defo qualify for the old timers club dave, if you can remember ale at 1/8d a pint you are older than you look ! i bet larry can remember it cheaper than that though . just imagine if whisky was still 12/6d a bottle now there would be some very happy ex-drivers in the north east , cheers , dave
I will be 64 in December Dave.It was 1/8p a pint when I was 18 then went up to 1/11p in about 1968.Don’t go in a pub very often as we haven’t got one near here,but when we were on holiday it was £3.20 or over for a pint.I suppose compared to the cost of other things such as fuel,in real terms it hasn’t changed that much,except that we now have supermarkets that sell beer for a third of the price.Yes definitely in the older bracket .
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
rigsby:
you defo qualify for the old timers club dave, if you can remember ale at 1/8d a pint you are older than you look ! i bet larry can remember it cheaper than that though . just imagine if whisky was still 12/6d a bottle now there would be some very happy ex-drivers in the north east , cheers , daveI will be 64 in December Dave.It was 1/8p a pint when I was 18 then went up to 1/11p in about 1968.Don’t go in a pub very often as we haven’t got one near here,but when we were on holiday it was £3.20 or over for a pint.I suppose compared to the cost of other things such as fuel,in real terms it hasn’t changed that much,except that we now have supermarkets that sell beer for a third of the price.Yes definitely in the older bracket
Cheers Dave.
I have my own insider knowledge and it was 1/9d for a pint of Hull Brewery Best Bitter, and 1/8d for Dark Mild.
Occasionally you would get someone come up the bar and order a couple of pints, and maybe ask the guy sat near the bar if he was having one. “Aye, I’ll have a drop o whisky”. “You’ll do no such thing, tha’ll have a pint like everybody else.” “Thinks aim bloody med of money”
Wheel Nut:
Dave the Renegade:
rigsby:
you defo qualify for the old timers club dave, if you can remember ale at 1/8d a pint you are older than you look ! i bet larry can remember it cheaper than that though . just imagine if whisky was still 12/6d a bottle now there would be some very happy ex-drivers in the north east , cheers , daveI will be 64 in December Dave.It was 1/8p a pint when I was 18 then went up to 1/11p in about 1968.Don’t go in a pub very often as we haven’t got one near here,but when we were on holiday it was £3.20 or over for a pint.I suppose compared to the cost of other things such as fuel,in real terms it hasn’t changed that much,except that we now have supermarkets that sell beer for a third of the price.Yes definitely in the older bracket
Cheers Dave.I have my own insider knowledge and it was 1/9d for a pint of Hull Brewery Best Bitter, and 1/8d for Dark Mild.
Occasionally you would get someone come up the bar and order a couple of pints, and maybe ask the guy sat near the bar if he was having one. “Aye, I’ll have a drop o whisky”. “You’ll do no such thing, tha’ll have a pint like everybody else.” “Thinks aim bloody med of money”
It was the West Country Ales this way Malc,they were based at Stroud and Cheltenham,they owned the nearest pub to here.The Crown at Walton,Radnorshire.Its been a free house for thirty years now,currently closed and up for sale.Anyone fancy running a pub .
Cheers Dave.
grumpy old man:
I think all us old lads are enjoying our retirement, i know I am. ALL my licenses have expired (except car) and I’ve no desire to go back into modern day road transport. It’ll NEVER be like the “happy days” again.
Last evening I made friends with my bottle of Laphroaig, I DO like Islay whiskies.
49 years of early starts and tramping all over the place…no more for me, what’s left is mine and if I want a taste of whisky in the evening…so be it.
Very nice to,good for the old chest, Im just sitting here enjoying a king size Glenmorangie. Going back to the good old days which are gone forever may I add, when I was still at school I used to work for a local shopkeeper, great fellow, he had a Bradford by Jowett van,the rationing was on, but he had loads of stuff, I never knew where it came from ,but we used to deliver stuff to all the outlying farms & small Holdings, I used to get to drive the old van once we got off the main roads, This bloke could sell sand to the Arabs, he was magic, & of course at the end of the week I got a paypacket ., 3 shillings some four if he had a good sale for his wares, I then started work for the co-op in Newcastle, I was on a horse & cart, these are memmories I will never forget, now Im old & retired, still do a little bit, but the thing when you get old is wakening up every morning what a feeling EH. the start of another day in ones life, & of course its a true fact life is what you make it , I ask my wife if she wants to boogy when any liveley music comes on the TV, ,we quite often do, depends on how much whiskey ive had. Heres to tomorrow, Regards Larry
Ahhhhh I had a terrible dream,Larry ,Harry, and Johnnie who could double for the " Three Stooges" Larry, Curly,and Mo, driving a tanker full of whisky from John O’Groats To lands end! just guess how much was missing by the end of the trip, and imagine how long the trip took, if Dennis Bewick was their boss, if he never had a heart attack, he would be bald headed from tearing his hair out.! 
Those three would be missing in the first few miles Norm,you are talking about legendary scotch drinkers.It wold be like letting kids loose in a sweet shop .
Cheers Dave.
Good to see you back Harry .
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Good to see you back Harry
Cheers Dave.
Aye,welcome back Harry,where’s tha bin?
Dave the Renegade:
Those three would be missing in the first few miles Norm,you are talking about legendary scotch drinkers.It wold be like letting kids loose in a sweet shop
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Ahhhhh I had a terrible dream,Larry ,Harry, and Johnnie who could double for the " Three Stooges" Larry, Curly,and Mo, driving a tanker full of whisky from John O’Groats To lands end! just guess how much was missing by the end of the trip, and imagine how long the trip took, if Dennis Bewick was their boss, if he never had a heart attack, he would be bald headed from tearing his hair out.!
I think that we are being set up here as the tanker would have a BAD leak and then I know where the blame is going to be placed when on arrival at the final destination the tank would only have fumes remaining. 
With me being the youngest and junior I may even be led astray as well.
cheers Johnnie
Is this your wagon bringing the whisky back Johnnie 
Cheers Dave.