Punchy Dan:
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impressive bit of gardening dan , right tool for the job . dave
I once went for a job at Joseph Hoyles…I didn’t get it thank goodness! 
Pete.
Punchy Dan:
Rof I can confirm I do not have a wallet,ask anyone who knows me ,seriously.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Punchy Dan:
Rof I can confirm I do not have a wallet,ask anyone who knows me ,seriously.
ROF,
Do not believe any of this, Dan has promised me and thee a breakfast a piece,I put the cheque in the post this morning!!
Oh no! Not another of those famous latex cheques?
I wondered what it was bouncing along the M6!
Retired Old ■■■■:
Oh no! Not another of those famous latex cheques?
I wondered what it was bouncing along the M6!
Shush,you want a breakfast don’t you ?
Retired Old ■■■■:
Punchy Dan:
Rof I can confirm I do not have a wallet,ask anyone who knows me ,seriously.
Well speaking of wallets, I have some lying about somewhere full of IOU,s from drivers as far back as the 50s, Owing half a doller or two bobs, When I was a young lad I allways had a few quid stashed in my old real leather wallet, Given to me by my Old Grandad The late Thos Smiles from Wideopen, I was once told by an old driver, Larry allways have enough money in your poke in case you break down & have to get the train home, Now this fine fellow that told me this was the Late Tommy Nixon who was one of my mentors when I first got involved in the Haulage Game, & Sadley to say there is very few left who can remember these good old days that Im refering to, Sadley when ones gets past 80 the good old years that ones cares to remember are just History, Allways remembered by me and lots of my friends in the haulage game, So I will just have to toast myself with a Large Glenlivet to console my feelings as Im just getting old rapidly, But not yet ready for the old box, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Punchy Dan:
Rof I can confirm I do not have a wallet,ask anyone who knows me ,seriously.
Well speaking of wallets, I have some lying about somewhere full of IOU,s from drivers as far back as the 50s, Owing half a doller or two bobs, When I was a young lad I allways had a few quid stashed in my old real leather wallet, Given to me by my Old Grandad The late Thos Smiles from Wideopen, I was once told by an old driver, Larry allways have enough money in your poke in case you break down & have to get the train home, Now this fine fellow that told me this was the Late Tommy Nixon who was one of my mentors when I first got involved in the Haulage Game, & Sadley to say there is very few left who can remember these good old days that Im refering to, Sadley when ones gets past 80 the good old years that ones cares to remember are just History, Allways remembered by me and lots of my friends in the haulage game, So I will just have to toast myself with a Large Glenlivet to console my feelings as Im just getting old rapidly, But not yet ready for the old box,
Hi Larry,
I have always had enough for the train fare home when I was on the road,my father drummed that into me, now I’m stuck in office I have used my credit card to book one of my lads in to a hotel when the truck has broken down, twice this year through bloody ad blue faults!
Back in the day I used to carry a few spare log sheets in my bag. A cheaper method of getting home, Larry. We were not all made of cash! I made sure I had enough for digs, grub and a packet of ■■■■. Anything further was luxury. 
Digs ey ? I’ve slept across the seats with ice on the inside of the windscreen .
Punchy Dan:
Digs ey ? I’ve slept across the seats with ice on the inside of the windscreen .
Dan I don’t doubt that for one minute, But did you enjoy it, I know I did in the 50s cabbing it in a A 5 Bedford No heater but a good bench seat for comfort, & Of course not t o forget the old Tartan Blanket that most drivers on distance work had in their cabs in those hard old working days, Regards Larry.
Punchy Dan:
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You making a cracking job of that wall Dan
The tartan blanket, plus mother’s old eiderdown and father’s old Civil Defence greatcoat around the legs.
When I eventually started driving a “proper” lorry, an 8-wheeler Atki with 150 Gardner, I often laughed at the switch marked “Heater”! 
Retired Old ■■■■:
The tartan blanket, plus mother’s old eiderdown and father’s old Civil Defence greatcoat around the legs.
When I eventually started driving a “proper” lorry, an 8-wheeler Atki with 150 Gardner, I often laughed at the switch marked “Heater”!
Plus a Balaclaver, ,Regards Larry.
Never mind the greatcoat around your legs in the wagon ROF I remember when I was a kid we had one on the bed at home
Stanfield:
Never mind the greatcoat around your legs in the wagon ROF I remember when I was a kid we had one on the bed at home
When you were a kid, John, you actually had a BED■■?
(where’s me violin)
Steve
It was the very same one that I had used on my bed as a nipper! 
Clothes lasted longer in those days.