grumpy old man:
I’ve had my fair share Harry, it doesn’t do em any harm to THINK they’ve had a little victory over you. It’s all part of the master plan.
hiya,
Ah’ yes GOM, ve haf vays of making zem conform.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
grumpy old man:
I’ve had my fair share Harry, it doesn’t do em any harm to THINK they’ve had a little victory over you. It’s all part of the master plan.hiya,
Ah’ yes GOM, ve haf vays of making zem conform.
thanks harry, long retired.
A pair of master tacticians when it comes to handling women 
hiya,
I just hope our good friend and fellow tactician Brian isn’t being forced
into this Paris break screaming with his arm up his back as it would be
in my case, I’m not into horsemeat, snails and frogs legs, yuk’.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I just hope our good friend and fellow tactician Brian isn’t being forced
into this Paris break screaming with his arm up his back as it would be
in my case, I’m not into horsemeat, snails and frogs legs, yuk’.
thanks harry, long retired.
He might be going to Paris for some " ooh la la " know what I mean Harry.
Cheers Dave.
I’ve been to Paris many times, but never got any ooh lah lah, all those big city’s want is to part you from your cash, everything seems twice as much as back home, I go to see a few shows. 
hiya,
As a young “fellah” I had a bit of canny “ooh la la” and that was in Dewsbury,
but I was a single young fellah’!!! honest.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry Ive just had some lovely Single malt OOH LA LA, So Im off to have wee ooh la la then to bed , Ive got an earley start in the morning, Food & Malt shopping, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Harry Ive just had some lovely Single malt OOH LA LA, So Im off to have wee ooh la la then to bed , Ive got an earley start in the morning, Food & Malt shopping, Regards Larry.
hiya,
Larry don’t let the “Good Lady” pile the food shopping more than “three high and
a binder” or there’ll be no room for the Glenmorangie and that would never do I’d
drag two trolley’s round the aisles if I was you just to make sure you’ve got enough
room to stow the “amber nectar” without fear of breakages, priorities Larry.
thanks harry, long retired.
You chaps will need your Glenmorangie to keep you warm with this cold east wind blowing.Much to cold to take your boiler suit off for any ooh la la. 
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Ooh la la o’er the bonnet in boilersuit and rigger boots a perk of the
job, comes somewhere between the right to ■■■■ on the nearside
wheel and “manufacturing” a dodgy night out, great job this lorry
driving,Eh’.
thanks harry, long retired.
Ooh la la ■■■■■■■ on the wheel is essential for a lorry driver Harry,the same as marking your territory like a dog.Its just got to be done.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Ooh la la ■■■■■■■ on the wheel is essential for a lorry driver Harry,the same as marking your territory like a dog.Its just got to be done.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave, passing water on the nearside front wheel is the only way the driver can
get back at those mucky fitters remember all the hand controls on your pride and
joy after they’d had hold of it, grease everywhere, worth their weight in gold most
of them, but aren’t they dirty buggers ■■, I think they secretly hate us drivers.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Ooh la la ■■■■■■■ on the wheel is essential for a lorry driver Harry,the same as marking your territory like a dog.Its just got to be done.
Cheers Dave.hiya,
Yes Dave, passing water on the nearside front wheel is the only way the driver can
get back at those mucky fitters remember all the hand controls on your pride and
joy after they’d had hold of it, grease everywhere, worth their weight in gold most
of them, but aren’t they dirty buggers ■■, I think they secretly hate us drivers.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yes Harry,the fitters at the firm I drove for had my Bedford KM in for test and did a few jobs.When I got it back I wondered why the heater wasn’t blowing warm air.The bloody fools had fitted a new heater hose and pinched it,stopping the flow of water. 
Cheers Dave.
Harry fitters don’t hate us drivers, they were just jealous of us, how do I know, 
because three of them tried to get on BRS Overland, and about eight on Carelsberg.
Norman Ingram:
Harry fitters don’t hate us drivers, they were just jealous of us, how do I know,
hiya,
Norm I can’t understand a BRS fitter wanting to drive full-time they usually
had a nice warm workshop, a much higher rate of pay, on the UK anyway
and home every night to their own bed, qualified BRS fitters were classed
as technicians and highly regarded by the management, even semi-skilled
(usually trailer fitters) where equal to drivers on the pay-scale.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Harry fitters don’t hate us drivers, they were just jealous of us, how do I know,hiya,
Norm I can’t understand a BRS fitter wanting to drive full-time they usually
had a nice warm workshop, a much higher rate of pay, on the UK anyway
and home every night to their own bed, qualified BRS fitters were classed
as technicians and highly regarded by the management, even semi-skilled
(usually trailer fitters) where equal to drivers on the pay-scale.
thanks harry, long retired.
A heavy mauling job working on lorries for mechanics or fitters years ago.Still quite a bit of heavy stuff to lift around these days,even with the modern workshop kit.I left school and worked in a garage for five months.I soon realised that it wasn’t for me,lay under a vehicle or standing in a pit half of your working life.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Harry fitters don’t hate us drivers, they were just jealous of us, how do I know,hiya,
Norm I can’t understand a BRS fitter wanting to drive full-time they usually
had a nice warm workshop, a much higher rate of pay, on the UK anyway
and home every night to their own bed, qualified BRS fitters were classed
as technicians and highly regarded by the management, even semi-skilled
(usually trailer fitters) where equal to drivers on the pay-scale.
thanks harry, long retired.A heavy mauling job working on lorries for mechanics or fitters years ago.Still quite a bit of heavy stuff to lift around these days,even with the modern workshop kit.I left school and worked in a garage for five months.I soon realised that it wasn’t for me,lay under a vehicle or standing in a pit half of your working life.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave, there was a massive difference between fitting in the private sector
and the same job in a BRS workshop, I’ve worked on both sides of the wall
and the conditions the red and rusters worked under were far superior, of
course there were exceptions Ridings had perfect working conditions as did
lots of others but where the conditions were good there wasn’t a lot of the
fitting staff wanting “our job” although the many I knew had HGV1 licences
and could have “hit the road” anytime they chose.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry Ive worked for haulage firms who relied on their fitters to keep the old motors rolling, I can recall one of Smiles for Miles,s fitters the late Wilfy Hepple putting a piston & liner into the MK 5 AEC , I was driving in 1964 in the layby at Haggerston near Berwick , He had a liner puller made out of an old Bedford half shaft, Nowt was a bother to me or the fitters in those good old days, Where has it all gone Eh ? Bloody diagnostic crap has taken hover I would say, Happy long gone days, Its a good job we have plan B at our time of life EH, The famous water based survival Nectar, Regards Larry.
hiya,
Larry, back in the good old days a driver had to have some fitting knowledge
most prospective bosses expected would be employees to be able to do minor
running repairs, I’m aware the modern stuff with all it’s magic box jiggery-
pokery is beyond present day drivers,I remember many years ago a Lancashire
firm who had a mixed outfit buses, lorries and plant had a standing advert in
the local paper and it read something like wagon drivers required must have a
knowledge of doing running repairs, coach drivers required must be adaptable
and able to use a shovel occasionally, yes the same firm also had a coal round.
thanks harry, long retired.
I don’t think many of the younger drivers would know how to put a bottle jack under a lorry and change a wheel by the side of the road,like we did.Admittedly the wheels are bigger nowadays,but I expect there are still some 1100X20’s on lorries.
Cheers Dave.