Well
I was having a right old TONK week 
, then i got a call asking me for a Job Interview N road test with Roadways in Southampton, that cheered me right up. 
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well done…have you recently passed your test 
No im Just Leaving the Army after 17 yrs, Last posting was with the Flying Gunners as there main HGV driver.
commonrail:
well done…have you recently passed your test
Well done mate - good luck
pete8835:
No im Just Leaving the Army after 17 yrs, Last posting was with the Flying Gunners as there main HGV driver.commonrail:
well done…have you recently passed your test
then hats off to you sir…and good luck 
After serving your country for 17 years you deserve a break - good luck fella
cheers guys I was dreading going to civ div, with what the Job scene is like, 
Express Pete:
After serving your country for 17 years you deserve a break - good luck fella
ye should maybe replace country with the rich, well done on interview though mate.
Hi Pete, just out of curiosity, did you get redundancy or was it just enough’s enough ?
I have just got redundancy after nearly 20 years and have just sorted out my resettlement stuff. Also got an interview and assessment in the next month with a certain Haulier in a red and green livery…Don’t want to say the name in case i get shouted at
Grundril:
Hi Pete, just out of curiosity, did you get redundancy or was it just enough’s enough ?I have just got redundancy after nearly 20 years and have just sorted out my resettlement stuff. Also got an interview and assessment in the next month with a certain Haulier in a red and green livery…Don’t want to say the name in case i get shouted at
You obviously have a thing about uniforms then 
hi pete, roadways are advertising at southampton jobcentre. zero hrs contract and £7.75 per hr, they have their own agency
I used to work for Roadways. It’s a nice steady job to come out to mate, you should be ok, but put some cash aside for early months (jan - mar)
All they want on a road test is a nice steady drive, nice and slow and safe mate, like your test, heights are either 13’6 or 14’6 depending on box, 14’6 will have stripes on the top and probably say high cube or 9’6 on it. There are 10’3 boxes, but they’re rare and usually refers.
good luck
Just like to say congrats on the job front and thanks to all you boys and girls who go places and do things for queen and country which most of us couldn’t even dream of 3 cheers are in order to you all!!!
Theres a saying us lads use …( When the Rich wage war it,s the Poor that die) 
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Express Pete:
After serving your country for 17 years you deserve a break - good luck fellaye should maybe replace country with the rich, well done on interview though mate.
Thanks for the good wishes. Waynedl Thankyou for the advice on the road run. Bit nervous really as it,s the 1st Job interview ive had in the last 17 yrs. 
pete8835:
Thanks for the good wishes. Waynedl Thankyou for the advice on the road run. Bit nervous really as it,s the 1st Job interview ive had in the last 17 yrs.
No worries mate, Roadways is the job that slowed me down, used to do general and multi-drop and airfreight, went there, had a great guy take me out for my drive and another great guy show me the ropes the 1st day, and all they said - repeatedly - was “slow down - there’s no rush - it’s not a race” etc…
Took a while to get the multi-drop mentality out of me, but it’s now 1 of the best feelings when you see people running around like headless chickens, jumping queues etc, and you just chill, laptop comes out as soon as you’re at a dock or rail head 
If you feel you’re driving too slow, then you’re doing it just right, just imagine you’ve got a 9’6 square tank 3/4 full of liquid on and you’ll be fine, nice smooth ride and you’ll have a job - and not a bad job either tbh.
If they got rid of the 0 hour contract, I’d have still been there (well, either that or sacked lol) or would go back.
Most of their stuff is getting on, don’t think you’ll be driving 1 of those new Volvo’s or MAN’s, you’ll be in a 53 - 55 plate, and some of the trailers still run on leaves with no abs, ratchet hand brakes, drum brakes etc
Once again Wayne Thanks for the advice the more the better, as we used to say in the Barmy Army. Im a sponge for info,. Im Not cab Happy ill drive the biggest bag of rubbish on the fleet, but it WILL be clean in side when ive had day in it.any info wang it my way buddy info is knowledge. Old truck suits me fine as ive never had to use my digi card, ill be happy wiv the old disc. Cheers Buddy. Pete
12 reg royal artillery fire for effect
madmanjay:
12 reg royal artillery fire for effect
Sry mate thats Guns, we use Target Target Hostile. Close Air Defence HVM. THE Brains In The Artillery.
All Artillery…commonly known as “Drop Shorts”