jammymutt:
P.S. If Scotland is that much bother to you ask your forefathers why they invaded it in the first place
In order to spread the concept of civilisation. Obviously.
Shame it didn’t work. 
Dont you just love when the adrenilin flows!
Alex
alexsaville:
Dont you just love when the adrenilin flows!
Alex
I loved it on Saturday against the French i,ll love it even more on the 25th of Feb when we kick some English arse.
Is Johnny Wilkinson nail still broken does anyone know?. 
Good result. I’ll applaud anyone that beats the French.
Last summer, taking the car to Brittany, the ferry berths and we all go down to our cars, and wait, and wait,…and wait. 
They can’t get the bloody doors open. 
So they then decide to turn the ship around and berth the other way. Which means that everyone, including a small number of trucks, are facing the wrong way.
There was quite a large gathering of us on the upper car deck looking down as the trucks began to reverse off up the dock and we began ‘scoring’ them on their abilities.
The Spanish. They were typically ‘Spanish’ and stopped for another Siesta every few yards.
The Irish. Well, they were typically ‘Irish’. “Give it some wellie and it’ll either move or bounce off”.
And then I spotted one on French plates. Whereupon I announced (probably somewhat too loudly), “He’ll be good. They’re used to retreating.”
Some people laughed.
Some didn’t.
Can’t imagine why. 
I never discriminate.
I’ll insult ANYBODY. 
jammymutt:
P.S. If Scotland is that much bother to you ask your forefathers why they invaded it in the first place and if its still a problem rebuild the wall that the Romans built when they trashed your country…
We invaded because you lot were being silly and allining yourselves with the french, afterall what possible reason would we english want with a bit of rock and grass and a bunch of people who arent gratefull at what opportuneties you got from the union.
I have friends in Carlisle. Yes, its ok to have ******* friends, as long as you dont marry any of them! (Only Joking, Honest) Raymond and Margaret are always glad to see me. Raymond is always looking after my interests, he always always asks if I have had my dinner before I arrived, so mindful of my diet! He always points out when it will get dark as its still on the statute book that any Scotsman found in Carlisle after dark will be hanged. Now, is’int that good of him.
Seriously, there used to a wall just over the border on the Scottish side, it vanished when the road was widened to create the M74.
At least on this site when we are all having a go at one another we can all still be polite!
Its all fun anyway! (I think!)
Alex
I could cover my motor in no smoking stickers.
The drivers at my place live like pigs.After a day off my truck is left looking like an ashtray and coffee table.
Tony b
alexsaville:
At least on this site when we are all having a go at one another we can all still be polite!Alex
Dont worry it wont last long…
smoking was banned in day cabs but not in sleeper units as if it had a bunk it was no longer a place of work but a tempory residence.
Well that seems a reasonable way of doing it, quite sensible too, especially for the irish
Right who wants to have a go a Taffy bashing?? We havent done them yet…
Personally i dont smoke and dont like the stink of it. But i’ve shared vehicles with smokers, some were considerate. The didn’t leave ash everywhere and the vehicle didnt stink. Trouble is there are a large number of filthy ■■■■■■■■ who smoke and just chuck ash everywhere.
When you put the blowers on, or open the window all that stuff gets blown around the cab, lands on your clothes, some gets inhaled along with all the bacteria that’s living on it end result is you end up smelling like an ashtray.
Whilst it might not be activley enforced, if you had a coleage who left your cab like an ashtray, then you could complain and the HSE/Employer would have no choice but to act.
End result anyone that smokes in a shared vehicle would have to make sure they left it clean and smell free, which can only be a good thing.
Don’t have a problem with Smoking, or the people that do smoke, it’s a personal choice thing and should be down to the individual. 
I do have a problem with having to breath it in whether I like it or not because some, repeat some, smokers will not exercise good manners or common sense. 
If I had my own unit full time instead of cab hopping I would have a no smoking zone same as with my car but because I do not I accept that some will want to smoke when driving the Trucks so I make allowance for that and carry a can of air freshener…problem solved afaic.
jammymutt:
As for smoking in cabs the sooner its banned all over the U.K. the better, in fact the sooner its made illegal across the entire country the sooner we will become a healthier population.
Jammy, do you drink■■? Cos I find people that drink and get the worse for wear more obnoxious than smokers!!! At least a smoking Scotsman doesn’t want to punch your lights out when he has had 20 Marlboro
kitkat:
So why [zb] off to France when you love England so much
To get away from all the Scottish immigrants, England’s too close to Scotland
You’s all shout about the immigrant’s not living by your rule’s down in England,well what make’s you think that you can break the rule’s up here and get away with it
Do you think we wanted it
Sorry, didn’t understand that, there are days when the French are easier to understand, another good reason (see above)
dennisw1:
You can hardly complain, you live in France!
The complaint was retrospective, no complaints anymore
jammymutt:
I loved it on Saturday against the French
Must admit I settled down for an enjoyable afternoon with my tricolour flying (the tricolour flies if the French are playing, the George Cross when it’s England, and both for a real game of rugby ) but couldn’t help sharing the joy at the success of the underdogs (and never have dogs been so under 
)
i,ll love it even more on the 25th of Feb when we kick some English arse.
Now this thread’s just getting silly .
Salut, David.
a phone call to the hse … they do not reconise the cab as a work place… this has been wrote down it a truck mag in the past 2 weeks, so guys it dont matter smoke in em, its a load of bull according to the hse peps■■?,
Blimey, 2 nights out , come home and it looks like I have started world war 3.
Good fun though!!!
Spardo:
i,ll love it even more on the 25th of Feb when we kick some English arse.
Now this thread’s just getting silly
Salut, David.
You must allow people their dreams.
Regardless of how fanciful those might be.
To get away from all the Scottish immigrants, England’s too close to Scotland
Couldn’t agree with you more on that point Spardo,England is far to close to Scotland for our liking.I can smell it from where i am now.
Or is that all the ■■■■■ that’s coming out of Tynecastle
Sorry, didn’t understand that, there are days when the French are easier to understand, another good reason
You fit in well with the Frog’s,Thick as pig ■■■■
You must allow people their dreams.
kitkat:
You fit in well with the Frog’s,Thick as pig [zb]
Despite the smilies after it, I would call that a personal attack■■?
TheBear:
[Despite the smilies after it, I would call that a personal attack■■?
And racial too .
Only what I’d expect from that quarter Austin, and the terms ‘pot’ and ‘kettle’ come to mind .
Salut, David.
Home Rule for England I say !!. But I don’t think that anyone yet has caught on that it’s a SCOTTISH Parliament that the Englanders can’t vote in and in a BRITISH (not English) Parliament that the Jockenese can Scottish Legislation has been seen to be well in advance of England (a legacy of Maggie - an Englander- who started it with the Poll Tax perhaps ?) but it will all come to you all too soon. Regarding the Scots alliance with the French, read BRITISH history pre the Tudors and discover what a rich story it is, that as ‘Britons’ we the Scots, the Welsh, and Cornishmen (and the French) are the True Natives of this Island who infact ruled much of what is now the land of St George (wasn’t he Greek or something ) before giving it over to the Swineherds and Saxons …
bossjock:
Home Rule for England I say !!. But I don’t think that anyone yet has caught on that it’s a SCOTTISH Parliament that the Englanders can’t vote in and in a BRITISH (not English) Parliament that the Jockenese can
It will come to us when New Labour lose their core support from Scotland. The reason Scottish MP’s can vote on “English” only matters is that it is the only way Labour get any support for some of their bills, which, without the Scottish vote would not get passed.