chat about mobile phones

[scaredkez]

but then again my OR let hubby keep his contract mobile phone, it was £30 per month and still is.
kerri

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[aguise]

I prefer pay as you go but hubby is a lorry driver and has free offpeak and rings me for nothing as we both work nights.

Ang

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[scaredkez]

my hubby lorry driver too ang, and works away i think thats why he allowed him to keep it.
kerri

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[aguise]

[:D] snap. Do you have to talk about trucks and the traffic jams.

Ang

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[scaredkez]

all the time ang, it frustrates him that i am absolutely clue less reading a map and getting to somewhere different than the norm, he knows every road and motorway and all the best routes to avoid jams, do you find your hubby drives like a snail mine does, and drives in the middle of the road as he is so use to being high up, its a lonely life for them, my hubby actually speaks more to me on the phone away than when he is here, and its always when my favourite soap is on lol
what does your hubby carry?
kerri

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[aguise]

Oh Kerri just the same he always says dont tell me how to drive i am a proffesional ha. Oh yes either in the middle of the road or bumping in the drains, and on the motorway doesnt overtake until he's nearly on the car in fronts bumper, all this polite flashing lights for letting him back in, and road rage as well, and yes he does drive like a snail.

Ang



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[aguise]

Sorry Kerri missed the end bit works for a big logistics company carries anything and everything.

Ang

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[scaredkez]

doesn't that annoy you,the professional driver bit it always makes me laugh, i have to do it too everyday to get to work, lol, men, and what makes me laugh more is when i do the driving he sleeps like a baby in the seat next to me, after 5 mins!!!!how he manages a 12 hour shift i don't know, sorry diverging from original post he only works 4 days a week has 4 off and can't manage to do anything til day 4 as he is so knackered from sitting on his bum for the last 4 days me and my eldest have sign and motions we do to copy him he hasn't caught on yet, especially when he says he has worked hard we hand signal taking the leads off, lol
kerri

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[aguise]

I avoid driving with mine I feel he is watching me all the time, mind you if I offer to drive he says does it look like my legs are broken, he's only joking though. Mine works five twelve hour nights and sometimes six, thus the overtime we are always paying extra, but it does give us a bit more. They must all be the same i have to drag mine out cos all he wants to do is watch telly when he's off but cant really blame him he works hard, nights are long i do them too but only three, but then I get the housework.
Anyway nice to have a chat and realise all lorry drivers appear to be the same, so at least we know their normal. lol
Am going to bed now to see what exciting things he is watching on the telly.

Apologies for taking over the post.

Night night speak to you all tomorrow.

Ang

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[Skippy]

That's brought back memories for me! My dad was a lorry driver, although I can barely remember him doing it before he became ill with Multiple Sclerosis. He used to transport tarmac and his claims to fame (as well as being the best dad I could hvae wanted) were he delivered tarmac to the M25 when they were first building it, one of the runways at Heathrow Airport and also Thorpe Park theme park.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is the present - a gift to make the most of.

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[thebear29uk]

Hi all

Before becoming an optician I worked in the haulage industry for 7 years. I worked in the traffic office for a medium sized haulier when I was 20 and it was quite difficult telling some of these drivers they should be somewhere by a certain time when I didn't know half the motorways they were travelling on!! But with the aid of atlases and experience I soon learnt which was important because if you gave some of these drivers an inch, they would take a mile. Lol. Seriously though it was a great job apart from the hours. After that I worked for a rental company hiring out the 40ft articulated trailers.

I've been asked in interviews since then how my people skills are and I always say that if you can deal with 50 drivers with very individual mannerisms and characters you can deal with anyone.

Need to go now as I'm getting nostalgic for the smell of diesel and the sound of forklifts.

Dave

[aguise]

Ha dave
Kerri and I still have to hear about all the different characters and silly names they have for each other. i dream of a beach with palm trees he dreams of a volvo with twin bunks a fridge and seat that goes up down and round the corner.

Ang

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[Skippy]

My dad loved driving lorries - he had saved to buy his own lorry when he became ill. I can only just about remember being taken out in his lorry as I was only 4 when he was diagnosed. I have an awful lot of respect for lorry drivers as it must be such a lonely job at times. My dad used to take his dog everywhere with him for company - he had rescued her after she had been beaten and could hardly walk. He was so soft that the dog had a bed made up in the cab, and she had her own cutlery as he used to spoon feed her!

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[aguise]

Hi skippy
Its changed a lot now you cant take anyone with you unless the company agrees which they wont because of insurance I suppose. Jokes aside I agree it is a lonely job and I dont know how he does it as I drive to Devon occasionally and have to have a sleep when i get there and he goes there and back every night. Mind you he likes listening to cheesey music so at least he can do that at work and I dont have to listen.

Ang

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[thebear29uk]

I worked in the days when if somebody was off they would often squabble over who could use his vehicle as "it had a cab heater". My older colleagues told me before that it was because it had power steering. How times change. Now its a woman telling you to turn left in 50 yards. Lol. Thats got to be one of the cleverest bits of product design ever. You can just imagine the sales pitch. Hi, we've developed this great bit of kit which gets signals from overhead satellites and gives a global position in real time. We've coupled this with a software program that has every road in the UK on it. And it can plan journeys and tell you where you are and when to turn. Oh by the way its a woman talking!! Just when we thought we'd left the backseat driver at home her friend pipes up. Lol.

Said with tongue firmly in cheek

Dave