adr:
Delivering in Croydon the other day, sun was shining while I was tipping, left my bar of chocolate on the dash’ & it melted, so put it up the hose when finished, minus 200c soon restored it to less gooey condition, took about 30 seconds .
I hope you did a risk assessment on that procedure H&S are watching you Regards Kev.
Absolutely, I put the warning boards & cones out to keep the public away, & had my Cryogenic gloves/ hi-viz/ hard-hat with full-face visor down , & when I took it out again I had my steelies on in case I dropped it on my foot & broke my toes , as you say Big brother is watching! Regards Chris
adr:
Delivering in Croydon the other day, sun was shining while I was tipping, left my bar of chocolate on the dash’ & it melted, so put it up the hose when finished, minus 200c soon restored it to less gooey condition, took about 30 seconds .
I hope you did a risk assessment on that procedure H&S are watching you Regards Kev.
Absolutely, I put the warning boards & cones out to keep the public away, & had my Cryogenic gloves/ hi-viz/ hard-hat with full-face visor down , & when I took it out again I had my steelies on in case I dropped it on my foot & broke my toes , as you say Big brother is watching! Regards Chris
Hi Chris , You modern day drivers do live dangerously, your old dad and myself could never have coped with the high stresses of today --i salute you all–Regards ivor
This still doe’s a bit of work now and again I believe but also see it at the shows.John the owner prefers to leave it has a working lorry and not blinged up.
adr:
Delivering in Croydon the other day, sun was shining while I was tipping, left my bar of chocolate on the dash’ & it melted, so put it up the hose when finished, minus 200c soon restored it to less gooey condition, took about 30 seconds .
I hope you did a risk assessment on that procedure H&S are watching you Regards Kev.
Absolutely, I put the warning boards & cones out to keep the public away, & had my Cryogenic gloves/ hi-viz/ hard-hat with full-face visor down , & when I took it out again I had my steelies on in case I dropped it on my foot & broke my toes , as you say Big brother is watching! Regards Chris
Hi Chris , You modern day drivers do live dangerously, your old dad and myself could never have coped with the high stresses of today --i salute you all–Regards ivor
Hi Ivor, Nowadays we got Certificates on the walls, I got more plastic cards in my wallet than my Mrs has in her ■■■■■ saying how professional we all are, but I’m sorry but to me they mean diddly-squat to be honest , all it means is we managed to tick the right boxes on the multiple choice or we waffled/blagged our way through another mind-numbingly boring classroom session(s) ! The likes of you & Dad learnt it & did it the hard way, without all the fancy-dan kit/equipment we have nowadays, & although it was harder back then you had 2 things we haven’t got nowadays, camaradary & a laugh . As you say though, I would have loved to have seen Dad sat in a classroom for a week renewing his ADR, I reckon his sharp Cockney Wit would have gone into overdrive ! Regards Chris
adr:
Delivering in Croydon the other day, sun was shining while I was tipping, left my bar of chocolate on the dash’ & it melted, so put it up the hose when finished, minus 200c soon restored it to less gooey condition, took about 30 seconds .
I hope you did a risk assessment on that procedure H&S are watching you Regards Kev.
Absolutely, I put the warning boards & cones out to keep the public away, & had my Cryogenic gloves/ hi-viz/ hard-hat with full-face visor down , & when I took it out again I had my steelies on in case I dropped it on my foot & broke my toes , as you say Big brother is watching! Regards Chris
Hi Chris , You modern day drivers do live dangerously, your old dad and myself could never have coped with the high stresses of today --i salute you all–Regards ivor
Hi Ivor, Nowadays we got Certificates on the walls, I got more plastic cards in my wallet than my Mrs has in her ■■■■■ saying how professional we all are, but I’m sorry but to me they mean diddly-squat to be honest , all it means is we managed to tick the right boxes on the multiple choice or we waffled/blagged our way through another mind-numbingly boring classroom session(s) ! The likes of you & Dad learnt it & did it the hard way, without all the fancy-dan kit/equipment we have nowadays, & although it was harder back then you had 2 things we haven’t got nowadays, camaradary & a laugh . As you say though, I would have loved to have seen Dad sat in a classroom for a week renewing his ADR, I reckon his sharp Cockney Wit would have gone into overdrive ! Regards Chris
Hi Chris .You have summed it up well mate .if only your dad had lasted longer --we both would have enjoyed reminicing and laughing at the antics of today or perhaps cried in despair --ivor
adr:
Delivering in Croydon the other day, sun was shining while I was tipping, left my bar of chocolate on the dash’ & it melted, so put it up the hose when finished, minus 200c soon restored it to less gooey condition, took about 30 seconds .
I hope you did a risk assessment on that procedure H&S are watching you Regards Kev.
Absolutely, I put the warning boards & cones out to keep the public away, & had my Cryogenic gloves/ hi-viz/ hard-hat with full-face visor down , & when I took it out again I had my steelies on in case I dropped it on my foot & broke my toes , as you say Big brother is watching! Regards Chris
Hi Chris , You modern day drivers do live dangerously, your old dad and myself could never have coped with the high stresses of today --i salute you all–Regards ivor
Hi Ivor, Nowadays we got Certificates on the walls, I got more plastic cards in my wallet than my Mrs has in her ■■■■■ saying how professional we all are, but I’m sorry but to me they mean diddly-squat to be honest , all it means is we managed to tick the right boxes on the multiple choice or we waffled/blagged our way through another mind-numbingly boring classroom session(s) ! The likes of you & Dad learnt it & did it the hard way, without all the fancy-dan kit/equipment we have nowadays, & although it was harder back then you had 2 things we haven’t got nowadays, camaradary & a laugh . As you say though, I would have loved to have seen Dad sat in a classroom for a week renewing his ADR, I reckon his sharp Cockney Wit would have gone into overdrive ! Regards Chris
Hi Chris .You have summed it up well mate .if only your dad had lasted longer --we both would have enjoyed reminicing and laughing at the antics of today or perhaps cried in despair --ivor
I remember the last time I was out for the day with Dad in a wagon Ivor
, he had just retired & Mum said he was already getting on her nerves 57 years they were married but without his lorries to play with he was still lost even when he’d hung up his keys for the last time! I had run in off a night-out & just had a straight load to Coventry to finish the week off, it being a Friday. So I phoned Mum & told her to do him a lunch-box & I would pick him up down by the Six Bells Pub on the bye-pass at Green Road, The Volvo FH12 was new out then & I had 1 on demo so thought he would like that . He was waiting by the Pub when I got there with his flat-cap on as always , he got in & off we went, typical Dad he spent the next 15 mins crawling round the cab opening this & shutting that, pulling this & prodding that, asking me this & that, so I said to him “What do you think Dad, you wouldn’t have minded 1 of these when you were in your early 20s would you?”, he just grinned & said “Modern drivers eh, you’re a bunch of pampered Fairies incha”
Another qualifier for “Past , Present and in Between” ,…is this DAF LF .
“Past” ,…as in ex-British-owned ,; “Present” ,…as its on the island of Malta ,;......and its photographed “In Between” the market stalls and the water`s edge in the fishing village of Marsaxlokk.
while I was tipping, left my bar of chocolate on the dash’
& it melted, so put it up the hose when finished, minus 200c soon restored it to less gooey condition, took about 30 seconds
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! The likes of you & Dad learnt it & did it the hard way, without all the fancy-dan kit/equipment we have nowadays, & although it was harder back then you had 2 things we haven’t got nowadays, camaradary & a laugh 
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