Dave the Renegade:
■■■■ Turpin was just as famous for holding up stagecoaches wit his trusty steed Black Bess.
Cheers Dave.
Thats true Harry about the hauliers,some would rob you blind and then wonder why they couldn’t recruit drivers.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave one I remember I’ll only refer him to by his first name (Robert)
had the audacity to be referred to as ROB by his wife and a long serving
“idiot” driver who alway’s got the pride of the fleet, I referred to him by
another name, but not repeatable on here.
thanks harry, long retired.
Unfortunatily Harry,there are still a few like that chap still around,but the word goes out and they end up wondering why their wagons are knackered.They can’t see that its the amount of different drivers on their lorries.
Some of them never learn.
Cheers Dave.
Ah but now they can employ a teenager while they still know everything
Dave the Renegade:
■■■■ Turpin was just as famous for holding up stagecoaches wit his trusty steed Black Bess.
Cheers Dave.
Thats true Harry about the hauliers,some would rob you blind and then wonder why they couldn’t recruit drivers.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave one I remember I’ll only refer him to by his first name (Robert)
had the audacity to be referred to as ROB by his wife and a long serving
“idiot” driver who alway’s got the pride of the fleet, I referred to him by
another name, but not repeatable on here.
thanks harry, long retired.
Unfortunatily Harry,there are still a few like that chap still around,but the word goes out and they end up wondering why their wagons are knackered.They can’t see that its the amount of different drivers on their lorries.
Some of them never learn.
Cheers Dave.
Ah but now they can employ a teenager while they still know everything
I took a drop in hourly rate from working on a building site to drive a lorry as a 19 year old,but took home more money from the amount of overtime I did.
hiya,
I got a massive increase in pay in my last couple of years and rarely drove
anything bigger than an Astra van should have done it when I was twenty-
one could have retired a darned big lump sooner and in better health.
thanks harry, long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
I bet you wouldn’t have swapped the Astra van for some of the Bristol’s and Atkinson’s that you drove Harry.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
I enjoyed the big stuff early on in my driving days but when I got around the
50 mark I’d started to hate the job and would gladly chucked it for a steady
job where I was home every night and at the end I couldn’t unload the HGV1
fast enough actually putting all the documention to renew my licence through
the shredder and it was totally free to me, cost of renewal and medical from
the company doctor, plus any expenses incurred going to see the doc ie’ pay to
park and a meal etc, none of my family have shown interest in the driving game
and I’m pleased about that, although my eldest daughter 54 is currently taking
her HGV driving lessons out of her own pocket but just for fun I believe, she lives
up in the Welsh mountains way above Conwy maybe she’s planning on ferrying a
few Go Go girls about.
thanks harry, long retired.
animal:
Started driving the small stuff & yep got out of that as was killing me far too many hr & not enough pay as not regulated so ran almost 24/7
That is why I have gone onto the bigger stuff as I do have to have my breaks & rest etc
hiya,
Yes Ang, a totally different world now at least you are guaranteed your
breaks and time off, but my short spell as a van driver was only eight x
hour days with only short runs and mainly supervisory duties looking after
contractors, drive to site oversee the job oh’ and a nice suit collar and tie.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry the last 22year on Carlsberg I worn a tie and never unload, only unclip and pull the curtains . On the takers I would just back on the bay,then have a klp until till they knocked on the cab to give me the paperwork.
Norman Ingram:
Harry the last 22year on Carlsberg I worn a tie and never unload, only unclip and pull the curtains . On the takers I would just back on the bay,then have a klp until till they knocked on the cab to give me the paperwork.
Was it Export or just the ordinary " gear" you hauled in the TANKERS Norm ? Cheers Dennis.
harry dave and the rest i am looking at what you are doing,i think this computer runs on steam, it,s that slow. keep warm, it was 22deg. yesterday here but cooler today.
rdun:
harry dave and the rest i am looking at what you are doing,i think this computer runs on steam, it,s that slow. keep warm, it was 22deg. yesterday here but cooler today.
Bit cooler here but has warmed up a bit so have turned the heating off for now & opened the bedroom window the bathroom window just stays open regardless of temp
you 've destroyed a vision i had of a rufty tufty old lorry driver enjoying his well earned retirement harry . supervisory duties , collar and tie and a suit , i fear you are an impostor sir , what have you done with the real harry gill .?
rigsby:
you 've destroyed a vision i had of a rufty tufty old lorry driver enjoying his well earned retirement harry . supervisory duties , collar and tie and a suit , i fear you are an impostor sir , what have you done with the real harry gill .?
hiya,
What have I done with the real Harry ?, don’t worry Dave I reverted to
the same old scruffy git the instant the pension book was held tightly in
my breadhook and actually did a trip or two for a pal of mine in his old
Ford 7.5 just to let people I knew know I wasn’t dead and still in touch
with my roots, soon got sick though and chucked it altogether, secretly
I haven’t missed driving one bit and actually travel by bus rather than go
places in the car, and it costs nowt plus I can call in for a wee dram or
two without fear of being pulled by the law.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
Harry the last 22year on Carlsberg I worn a tie and never unload, only unclip and pull the curtains . On the takers I would just back on the bay,then have a klp until till they knocked on the cab to give me the paperwork.
Was it Export or just the ordinary " gear" you hauled in the TANKERS Norm ? Cheers Dennis.
Everything Dennis, Pilsner, export, and Special Brew, even had some Elephant beer from Denmark.
rigsby:
you 've destroyed a vision i had of a rufty tufty old lorry driver enjoying his well earned retirement harry . supervisory duties , collar and tie and a suit , i fear you are an impostor sir , what have you done with the real harry gill .?
hiya,
What have I done with the real Harry ?, don’t worry Dave I reverted to
the same old scruffy git the instant the pension book was held tightly in
my breadhook and actually did a trip or two for a pal of mine in his old
Ford 7.5 just to let people I knew know I wasn’t dead and still in touch
with my roots, soon got sick though and chucked it altogether, secretly
I haven’t missed driving one bit and actually travel by bus rather than go
places in the car, and it costs nowt plus I can call in for a wee dram or
two without fear of being pulled by the law.
thanks harry, long retired.
Its still in your blood Harry.If someone dangled the keys of a Bristol or a Volvo F88 in front of you,it would get the adrenaline going again.
Cheers Dave.
You can’t tell some people Harry, Dave & Dave what has happened, Harry has grown old Gracefully, and has become one of the gentry, and no longer hankers for the open road, with young women at his beck and call, he wants to live out the rest of his life drinking malt whisky until his legs turn to rubber.
Norman Ingram:
You can’t tell some people Harry, Dave & Dave what has happened, Harry has grown old Gracefully, and has become one of the gentry, and no longer hankers for the open road, with young women at his beck and call, he wants to live out the rest of his life drinking malt whisky until his legs turn to rubber.
Harry tries to trick us all into thinking he’s over the Hill Norm,but occasionally he lets slip that in reality he’s a babe magnet. " Hence the fan club " .
Cheers Dave.
Dave don’t mention harry’s fan club, it brings images of harry naked, and waving fans about his body not a pretty sight, and certainly causes nightmares.
Norman Ingram:
Dave don’t mention harry’s fan club, it brings images of harry naked, and waving fans about his body not a pretty sight, and certainly causes nightmares.
Tom Jones is nearly Harry’s age,and the females were throwing their drawers at him.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Dave don’t mention harry’s fan club, it brings images of harry naked, and waving fans about his body not a pretty sight, and certainly causes nightmares.
Tom Jones is nearly Harry’s age,and the females were throwing their drawers at him.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave I have the same trouble I can’t go to the corner shop without
something whizzing in my direction it’s usually half a brick though.
thanks harry, long retired.
. On the takers I would just back on the bay,then have a klp until till they knocked on the cab to give me the paperwork.
not a pretty sight,