Now some of you guys are misinterpreting my comments. I’m all for this stuff, you know like truckers passing their tests and stuff and being keen etc. and i love anything like this thats positive for our proffesion
girlie_trucker:
haha! how big is my head now!?!?! hehehe
You have every reason for having a big head, you are positivley breaking down negative stereotypes of truckers (and blondes) by proving you can do the same job.
girlie_trucker:
ive actually had a lot more media attention than just that newspaper… i was on anglia news… and possed for page 3 in the sun… and loads of magazines are after my story!
Well thats good, it can only raise your profile. A good tip from me would be to find some trucking websites and put the word out about yourself.
girlie_trucker:
Im thinking of trying to set something up where i can encourage more girlies into the job!
Now there’s a suprise! You go for it, i reckon you’ll make a few bob and then not even actually have to drive a truck. Ironic hey?!
Lucy:
And good looking too, Ted…Sara, if he offers you his number, take it.
Take Dave’s too - Helen, his missus, is seriously ace!!!
Alix is very, very cute and very, very, single…have we found a match for him at last…? Kate? What d’you reckon?
Gurner’s mine. Mitts off.
Funny you should mention that Lucy, I read some of this thread briefly last night, and had the same thought myself…
And I happen to know a certain person is just a wee bit ,‘ahem’, interested…
Lucy:
And good looking too, Ted…Sara, if he offers you his number, take it.
Take Dave’s too - Helen, his missus, is seriously ace!!!
Alix is very, very cute and very, very, single…have we found a match for him at last…? Kate? What d’you reckon?
Gurner’s mine. Mitts off.
Funny you should mention that Lucy, I read some of this thread briefly last night, and had the same thought myself…
And I happen to know a certain person is just a wee bit ,‘ahem’, interested…
oh and also… the thought of spending my life with some slob that expects me to do his washing… is alot more scary than spending it alone! …Bring on the cats!
Unless i find a guy that earns more than me… he’s gonna be a house husband… and ill be out to work ;o)
I like marmite in my sandwiches a big flask of tea and expensive chocolates! …per----lease!
girlie_trucker:
oh and also… the thought of spending my life with some slob that expects me to do his washing… is alot more scary than spending it alone! …Bring on the cats!
Unless i find a guy that earns more than me… he’s gonna be a house husband… and ill be out to work ;o)
I like marmite in my sandwiches a big flask of tea and expensive chocolates! …per----lease!
well i dont do me own washing so that rules me out
Marmite is the best, try marmite on top of cheese on toast, sounds odd but it is the bomb.
Oh and welcome sara, what your doing can only be a good thing hun cus i know im feed up with talking to hairy arsed blokes who have got so many stories to tell us young-uns,that you would think coffeeholic would have abit of competion in the book writing market.
I passed my class 1, 2 months ago and finding it hard to get anyone to give me a chance ( i hope its cus im still a whippersnapper at 25 ) but i think ive got something in the pipeline fingers crossed, so youve done well,fair play to ya and keep up the good work, oh and just cus your a girlie,doesnt mean you can get away with not buyin the coffee if im ever sat on a bay next to ya
you really dont want to be on a bay next to me… cncidering i have never reversed onto one yet… you might lose a mirror… but ill deff buy you a coffee then ;o)
Dapper Scavenger:
I was a novelty when I first started driving too, which was in Ireland where there are even fewer female drivers than over here. But now I’m getting old lol and I’m being replaced by younger, prettier drivers.
cries Woe! Oh woe!
I’ll bite Dapper
It would be impossible to replace you with a prettier driver.
(Mind you, I haven’t checked Sara’s site yet )
We all suffer from the being watched syndrome. If you’re reversing into a right awkward corner and it goes in no bother at all, you can guarantee that nobody’s watching. When you pull into a big open yard with miles of space and it takes 5 shunts (or more) to get the trailer where you want it, you can guarantee there are plenty of witnesses to see you making an arse of it.
Oh Jeez
Whatever is this job coming too.
Little girs in little black dresses. If you want to do the job just get on with it like the rest of us.I have have nothing against lady truckers i know quite a few but they don’t turn up on the net looking like a model : ?:
Not that you need anyone to stick up for you sara, but aidey have a word with yourself man, does it really make any difference to the way she does her job by the fact shes got a few pictures on a website,does it make you feel less of a padded lumberjack shirt wearing big rigger just because at long last theres a pretty woman to share a chat with at the services/rdc aswell as rough and tough action man, i for one am glad that women are coming into driving (especially now im single ) as it might in the future, help the way the public see us all and the industry, oh and all these women truckers you know, if any of them are single,search the dating sites and see how many have a profile on there,having a picture on the net isnt a major thing nowadays you know.
deep breath…rant over
OK so you’ve said your piece hope you feel more of a man for that and i’m sure sarah will be eternally gratful to you. and i don’t wear a lumberjack shirt i don’t mind who i talk too should i be mug enough to pay 15 quid to park on the services and i already said i don’t have a problem with women drivers but put your tounge away man before you trip over it and drench us all in spittle where you keep drooling.
can you point out where exactly i said you had a problem with women drivers, no didnt think you could cus i never said you did, and for your information im not sitting here drooling over anything or anyone, im sitting here thinking your post was pointless and pathetic,and also if you read the first sentance i did say that i wasnt sticking up for sara, because i fail to see what shes done wrong to warrant anybody sticking up for her, she has merely joined a forum to chat to fellow drivers and try and encourage a few more younger women of her age range into the industry, regardless of what they look like, and the reason she posted her website was to show us lot that she has a posative outlook on driving and has overcome boundries that might put people off becoming a driver, i just find it hard to understand why you would have a snipe at someone just because they have a few photos on a website and they happen to be young and good looking…i can put it down to 1 of 2 things
youve a boyfriend called big dave and attractive girls scare you
youve forgoten what year we are living in…its 2006 have a reality check my friend
actually i think its a bit of 1 and 2