Who was the guy that

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I’m back!

I can fill you in on some of the details if like.

I was working for Listers pulling flats out of Purfleet. The rates were pretty good (at the time) and were a lot better than the boxes that’s for sure. The problem was the turnover was getting less, I was dropping empty trailers in the dock and getting told “you’ll have to wait until the stupid o’clock boat gets in because we haven’t got any work available”
Then I was parking up in the layby outside the CTRL site and could see other subbies going through the lights into the dock and then coming back out straight away with a trailer :open_mouth: .
So needless to say I decided it was time to move on and I even gave them 2 weeks notice :unamused:
I started pulling fridges down to Spain and what I was doing was driving on the Continent getting back and swapping over with my part driver (who used to do the fuel runs for me at the weekend) and he would do all the UK side.
On the run I decide to double man and show my driver the ropes driving on the continent I get a phone call from the bank ,whilst loading a cabotage load in Murcia to go to Seville, to say no money had gone in. I rang Listers and was told by the secretary that he wasn’t going to pay me :open_mouth: which after a conversation that had some “fruity” language changed to he has changed your payment terms from 30 days to 180 days because you left :smiling_imp:

I asked my bank to extend my overdraft because I was stuck out in Spain and they said no but they sell me invoice discounting if I wanted it :unamused:

The company I was pulling for Trans-EC paid my fuel bill by electronic transfer to get the fuel card turned back on so I could get back home and for that I was & am extremely grateful.I did the cabotage load to Seville then picked a return load to the UK from near Jerez. When I was almost back top Calais I got a phone call from Lister saying if I go back and work for them on the following Monday he would pay me I let you figure out my response to that.
I then took all the fuel out of truck about a week later leaving 1 gallon in it and took it into Volvo and said “ring when you’ve fixed all the faults on it”

A week later I found out that Volvo had re-posessed it sold it to themselves for the outstanding finance then sold it on to sombody else in the same week :smiling_imp:
Not that I was going to be able to pay for it anyway :smiley: but you would’ve thought they would tell me first. Listers never gave me the money until I paid him a visit :wink: I gave that money to my mother as she lent me some money to start up and the insolvency tried to make her give it up :open_mouth: :smiling_imp:
I was then made bankrupt in 2006 which brings me onto why I haven’t been on here and why I gave up being a Moderator on here.
I was made bankrupt on 6th Sept 2006 I the started up as a freelance driver and just as I was getting back on my feet on 7th Sept 2007 my girlfriend (now wife who I met the week before I started the Spanish work) and I lost our daughter who was born premature and to be honest with you all I just spiraled downhill for along while after that.

I’m currently working full time for one of my customers who used my services as a freelance driving an urban trailer on pallet work.

Oh and I had bariatric surgery on 27th November last year

Any questions? :smiley:

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Good to hear you’re over the worst Sean. Owner driving can be the best buzz in the world, it can also put you 6 feet under.

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Rob K:
Ah yes, Sean ! :smiley: :smiley: Sean and I had some very ‘lively’ discussions about the merits of being an O/D :smiley: and I believe it was during said discussions that a certain well known phrase involving confectionary was born :open_mouth: .

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Rob K:
As much as I used to mock him and his O/D endeavours I did really feel sorry for him with all that BS he was having to endure from Volvo with that 5pm [zb]box FH he had. That was real bad luck and he didn’t deserve any of that. I sincerely hope he’s recovered financially from it all and is doing well for himself these days. :bulb:

Appreciated :slight_smile:

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welcome back
best wishes for 2013

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Holy thread resurrection Batman :smiling_imp:

Good to have you back NSH/Jonah. Sorry the O/D ship didn’t work out. I know the feeling only too well. :frowning:

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It makes you wonder Sean how much ■■■■■ you have to swallow to get on in life, good luck with your future , regards…shytalk.

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er Hell …

  1. congratulations on u and the Mrs
  2. sorry to hear about ur loss.
  3. nice to hear from U again u old ■■■■ …

Chin up ■■■ down and Crack on fella

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Thanks for the update Sean, it was funny because I was thinking about you and George over Christmas, amongst others :frowning:

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Just to add, what an A hole that listers bloke is, can’t stand people that do that. I hope someone breaks his legs.

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Rob K:
I believe it was during said discussions that a certain well known phrase involving confectionary was born :open_mouth: .

Unfortuneatly now I’ve had the bariatric surgery I cant even have that :exclamation: :exclamation: :confused: :unamused: :smiley: :smiley:

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…had his scanny nicked out a layby. It was a red one and had a big wooden box on the trl. End result was the truck was fount half way through being cut up into bits. Anyone know how that story ended?

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alright pal,i think the fella you mean is tappy,that happened when he worked for pentalvers

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trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46284

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He’s the one currently living the life of rily in spain

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Yes it was all a bit odd that. Tappy wouldn’t/couldn’t post on here after it was nicked, then eventually he did return but with a new nickname.

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What’s the new nickname he’s using? Seemed very odd how it just got dropped, almost as if we’re only getting part of the story

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Steve-o:
What’s the new nickname he’s using? Seemed very odd how it just got dropped, almost as if we’re only getting part of the story

Cant’ remember new name.

I would tend to agree with you.

It went suddenly quiet, bit like the thread about the DAF that broke down pulling a load of bullets to wherever it was in Euroland for those of you that remember that.

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Driveroneuk:

Steve-o:
What’s the new nickname he’s using? Seemed very odd how it just got dropped, almost as if we’re only getting part of the story

Cant’ remember new name.

I would tend to agree with you.

It went suddenly quiet, bit like the thread about the DAF that broke down pulling a load of bullets to wherever it was in Euroland for those of you that remember that.

Ian Young!

Last I can remember about that is some can of aerosol exploding in his house and burning it down?? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

So this Tappy guy… he has his truck and load nicked (allegedly :wink: ), then it’s found being chopped into bits, and now he’s in Spain living a cushty lifestyle? Is it just me, or … ? :smiling_imp:

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Just to put this one to bed, Tappy is a mate of mine, he lives round the corner from me. He doesn’t work for pentalvers anymore. Nothing to do with the theft, he got sick of traveling to tilbury everyday. He now works for pcl transport from hoddesdon. He doesn’t live in Spain either, although he’s just been on hols there. He couldn’t comment at the time as the gang that stole it were already under observation. The lorry was spotted entering the yard but the police had to wait for it to be cut up for the evidence. I don’t know what happened to the trailer though. It wasnt recovered at the time. Maybe Mr ken can shed some light

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All the best to tappy