Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: Marc on 6 Dec 2006 18:28 In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, none(a)here.com says... > Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking about a > career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all day long. :) > Start practising by not washing for 3-4 days!
From: Brimstone on 6 Dec 2006 18:30 David Taylor wrote: > On 2006-12-06, Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Conor wrote: >>> In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, Matty says... >>>> Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking >>>> about a career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all >>>> day long. :) >>>> >>> If you like driving, forget doing your HGV. After a few years, >>> you'll be sick to death of it. I used to love driving and would do >>> 100 miles per day bombing around local roads in my car. Now I can >>> barely bring myself to do anything other than work and back. >>> >> >> <snip tale of woe> >> >> And then people wonder why no one wants to be a lorry driver. > > I doubt that. Since no one wants to be a lorry driver, everyone > already knows why they don't want to be a lorry driver. I agree that those who know they don't want to be a lorry driver certainly know why they don't want to be a lorry driver. However it's the people who complain that their goods haven't been delivered because the was no driver available and hence complain that there's not enough lorry drivers who will be wondering why no one wants to be a lorry driver. I think.
From: Brimstone on 6 Dec 2006 18:32 Conor wrote: > In article <roudnVAH-7l6oerYnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Matty says... > >> Love the sick of it part! excellent and brutally honest, gives you a >> real insight there. >> >> I'm going to give it a lot of hard thought over xmas and see if I'll >> make a go of the idea. >> >> Thanks for your help here. >> > No problem. > > Just ignore the wonderful picture places like this sell you: > > http://www.pathwaylgv.co.uk/welcome2.htm > > We ripped it to bits a bit in Trucknet and a few people phoned them > up. Has anyone complained to Trading Standards?
From: Conor on 6 Dec 2006 20:56 In article <MPG.1fe16264a2043f12989741(a)news.btopenworld.com>, Marc says... > In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, none(a)here.com says... > > Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking about a > > career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all day long. :) > > > Start practising by not washing for 3-4 days! > You'd not be getting in my cab then. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 6 Dec 2006 20:56
In article <F76dnQisw_B7z-rYnZ2dneKdnZysnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Brimstone says... > > Has anyone complained to Trading Standards? > Someone said they'd phoned the ASA. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us. |