The Harry Gill Fan Club!

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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What Harry, your wife get the better of you, :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: I do not believe it, :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: and I believe in fairy’s. You are as cunning as a fox, slippery as a eel and wise as a very old barn owl. When your wife tries to accuse you of something, you say who who two twits nay lass not me! :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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hiya,
Noooooooooooooooooo Norman she hasn’t got the better of me, but me being the
cunning old fox, I just let her think she has, there’s a world of difference, I do let
her think she’s won one occasionally and I find peace and quiet reigns supreme for
a while, Er’ sorry pet you’re right and I’m wrong SORRY, that’ll always keeps things
on an even keel and pour oil on the proverbial troubled waters, no flies on me.
thanks harry, long retired.

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harry_gill:
hiya,
Noooooooooooooooooo Norman she hasn’t got the better of me, but me being the
cunning old fox, I just let her think she has, there’s a world of difference, I do let
her think she’s won one occasionally and I find peace and quiet reigns supreme for
a while, Er’ sorry pet you’re right and I’m wrong SORRY, that’ll always keeps things
on an even keel and pour oil on the proverbial troubled waters, no flies on me.
thanks harry, long retired.

Good man, that’s the way to do it, top marks, go to the top of the class and give the pencils out. :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley:

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grumpy old man:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Noooooooooooooooooo Norman she hasn’t got the better of me, but me being the
cunning old fox, I just let her think she has, there’s a world of difference, I do let
her think she’s won one occasionally and I find peace and quiet reigns supreme for
a while, Er’ sorry pet you’re right and I’m wrong SORRY, that’ll always keeps things
on an even keel and pour oil on the proverbial troubled waters, no flies on me.
thanks harry, long retired.

Good man, that’s the way to do it, top marks, go to the top of the class and give the pencils out. :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley:

hiya,
No flies on us then G O M, “old dogs learning new tricks” is possible, proving that
old tale to be rubbish Eh’, just so long as my old grey matter continues to work I
reckon I’ll manage to stay one jump ahead.
thanks harry, long retired.

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harry, concerned about the amount of drink that get’s consumed by some member, so a little test to see if they are alcoholic,

This is a test to determine
If you are an alcoholic

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(Scroll down for your results)

If you saw the bar sign,

You are an alcoholic.

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bumper:
harry, concerned about the amount of drink that get’s consumed by some member, so a little test to see if they are alcoholic,

This is a test to determine
If you are an alcoholic
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(Scroll down for your results)

If you saw the bar sign,

You are an alcoholic.

hiya,
I suppose that’s it then I’m a plonky I did only see the bar sign, before I go back for
another view of the page is there anything else I should be looking for.
thanks harry, long retired.

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Nothing to interest you, H. :unamused:

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Well when I looked I saw both, So that must point to me being ■■■■■■ on my fave Malts, Oh dear Oh dear what a state to be in Eh, Mind you the Bristols looked very tastey I must say Im not a Sherry drinker but if the famous Harvey stuff was dipped with them, Well who knows I might just go wild with excitement & put it about a bit in my aging years, Regards Larry.

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Looks like former heifer,which has turned into a milk cow :exclamation: :laughing:

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Dave the Renegade:
Looks like former heifer,which has turned into a milk cow :exclamation: :laughing:

Well they could be a good cure for earache IMO, Regards Larry.

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Lawrence Dunbar:

Dave the Renegade:
Looks like former heifer,which has turned into a milk cow :exclamation: :laughing:

Well they could be a good cure for earache IMO, Regards Larry.

And she looks like she has difficulty standing un-aided,she has to lean on the tree to stop herself falling over :wink: Cheers Dennis.

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windrush:

rigsby:
i was round at a garage getting a little job done on the car yesterday and there was a brand new globetrotter being prepared in one of the bays . idly looking round and nattering to the driver and opened the door to look inside , my head was level with the cab floor with 4 bloody great steps to climb to get in . why do they need to make them that high nowadays ? needless to say , i still don’t know what it looks like inside .

I know what you mean Dave. A neighbours lad drives for Seafield off of Ashbourne airfield and I ran him to work last year as his car was on test, he drives a MAN and he let me sit in it while he did his daily checks (whatever they are, a quarter of an hour just sitting there and he could have been half way to Derby in that time :confused: ) and I nearly had vertigo! :open_mouth: No gear lever of course, just a switch, but it was certainly smart inside with plenty of room. I suppose the Renault Magnum started the craze off but I prefer something a little closer to the ground myself!

Pete.

Some months ago my lad took me up to his work, Crossroads Birstall to see the latest all singing and dancing Volvo’s, of course all the tem gathered to take the ■■■■ out of “the hairy arsed old dinosaur lorry driver” while he tried to climb up into one. Well stuff em, this old lad did it. I got up there, sat in the arm chair, and thought “how the hell am I going to get down with a bit of dignity” Anyway, old habits, in forward and out backwards…I was down.

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bumper:
harry, concerned about the amount of drink that get’s consumed by some member, so a little test to see if they are alcoholic,

This is a test to determine
If you are an alcoholic
0

(Scroll down for your results)

If you saw the bar sign,

You are an alcoholic.

If she were my daughter I’d still be bathing her. :unamused:

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Anyhow “H”,who’s beer do they serve in that Bar?,I need nourishment now not punishment :cry: Cheers Dennis.

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i did consider having a look from the flight deck , but then i though "what for ? " . all that energy wasted when i have better things to do . hard to believe now , i really enjoyed my time LORRY driving when the job was worth doing and the wages were good , but i have lost all interest now , the job has changed beyond all recognition , and not for the better . let the youngsters play with their superglobbyspacethingies for peanuts while i enjoy my idle retirement

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rigsby:
i did consider having a look from the flight deck , but then i though "what for ? " . all that energy wasted when i have better things to do . hard to believe now , i really enjoyed my time LORRY driving when the job was worth doing and the wages were good , but i have lost all interest now , the job has changed beyond all recognition , and not for the better . let the youngsters play with their superglobbyspacethingies for peanuts while i enjoy my idle retirement

Dunno about ‘Peanuts’ Dave, they seem to be on about three or four times my salary from a few years ago and easier work as well? OK they get hassle from trackers and TM’s which we never did, but the wages nowadays seem fantastic (to me at least) compared to what I ever received! :open_mouth:

Pete.

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Lawrence Dunbar:

Dave the Renegade:
Looks like former heifer,which has turned into a milk cow :exclamation: :laughing:

Well they could be a good cure for earache IMO, Regards Larry.

hiya,
At the end of the day she’ll be exactly like all women and capable of inflicting
earache, let alone be a cure for it.
thanks harry, long retired.

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when i finished in 2004 pete , my last wage was 528 pounds top line . my son still works for the same firm and his top line is now 500 pounds for roughly the same hours . the drivers who work shifts sharing a truck aren’t getting that much from way i read on the professional drivers pages .those round here that are on better money are flying about like loonies .

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rigsby:
when i finished in 2004 pete , my last wage was 528 pounds top line . my son still works for the same firm and his top line is now 500 pounds for roughly the same hours . the drivers who work shifts sharing a truck aren’t getting that much from way i read on the professional drivers pages .those round here that are on better money are flying about like loonies .

Ah well that was about double my wage Dave, around 14 grand a year I recall in 2002 when I finished. Different work of course, plenty of hours wasted on tippers waiting around at plant’s and sites (and on the ‘Wailing Wall’ :smiley: ) with no money paid for any of it, if I had been paid for the hours actually at work things would have been different but you can’t expect to get paid when the truck isn’t earning anything! I really don’t know how these lads waiting around for hours at RDC’s etc get paid, maybe the rates are that good that they compensate for all the wasted time sitting twiddling their thumbs they could be getting another load down the road? :confused:

Pete.

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When someone stupidly asked for a pay rise just before I retired almost four years ago, he was told, “I don’t intend to pay any driver more than £80 a day”.
The boss was true to his word.
He didn’t.
And closed the firm down two years later.