Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: SteveH on 10 Dec 2006 18:12 Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Once again, the lack of any kind of education or social skills of the > > average trucker are showing. > > > Pot, kettle, black anyone? > ROFLMAO. Ever thought lorry driving might be a lifestyle choice? Only for those who can't do anything else. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:13 In article <1hq580r.1fvuiij1ulx9bbN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > But you did that in an HGV, which means it's a less than enjoyable > experience. How exactly? > Doing it in my car or on the bike would be fun. Paying to do it instead of being paid and hoping the hotel is habitable. > Doing in a > truck is just a job. A dull job at that. > Of course it is Steve. Many films made about your job were there? > > Funnily enough, neither am I. Because that's nothing like life for me, > or most other middle managers. > You're the first to get fired as middle management is the dispensible layer of a company. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:15 In article <1hq59w0.19be3pa1lazp04N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > > Because they're not a car or a bike. They're slow and lumbering. > And? So you'd go all that way to drive past everything at 100 MPH and only get to see the Armco? What's the point in going then? > > There are many reasons why I chose to fly over, none of which are to do > with my ability to ride 600 miles in 2 days on a bike. > Poverty I reckon. Costs money to take your own vehicle across. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:17 In article <1hq5g4n.a36z7n1t7ajvsN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Which will be an exception rather than a rule. > Not really. Can't do the journey any quicker than it's possible to. > I work with people who do 'exhibition management' - this usually means > they hand out leaflets on trade stands. > A bit like middle management then...completely pointless. I liked the last episodes of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy where Middle Management were one of the groups shoved on that spaceship along with all the other pointless people. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:18
In article <1hq51ap.nnkq7y1ge7t1N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > > On the evidence of your usenet postings you'd struggle with anything > beyond flipping burgers if you weren't driving a truck. > If anyone has displayed a low standard of education, it's been you. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us. |