From: SteveH on
Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote
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> > It's a relatively unskilled manual job. No-one gets 'head hunted' for
> > that kind of work. There may be the odd recommendation along the lines
> > of 'he's a decent driver', but it's hardly being 'head hunted'.
> >
> > Aside from that, almost every truck I see has a banner on the back
> > advertising vacancies. So it seems they will accept almost anyone.
> > Transporting temperature controlled products is hardly rocket science.
> > I've trusted some right muppets to look after temperature controlled
> > goods.

> It would have been easier to have said "I don't know what I am talking
> about"

Semi-skilled manual workers don't get 'head hunted'. That's what happens
in senior management / directors positions.

There's a difference between being approached on recommendation and
being actively 'head hunted'.

However, I wouldn't expect a truck driver to understand this.
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From: SteveH on
Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote
>
> > Semi-skilled manual workers don't get 'head hunted'. That's what happens
> > in senior management / directors positions.
> >
> > There's a difference between being approached on recommendation and
> > being actively 'head hunted'.
> >
> > However, I wouldn't expect a truck driver to understand this.

> Indeed, it's because I'm so thick that I earn twice as much as you do and
> don't live in an ex-council house.

I very much doubt you earn twice as much as me and I don't live in an
ex-council house.

Do you want a spade?
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
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Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
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From: SteveH on
Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk
> > wrote
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> > So, are you claiming that all the jobs for 'blue chip' companies (All
> > the big high street retailers in general) are all shite, then? - or
> > should I say that, in general, all the major haulage contractors in the
> > UK are shite employers?
>
>
> Yes, it's the niche work, obtained on recommendation that is the work to go
> for. Not what you would call "blue-chip"
>
> Admittedly I worked hard for it and exposed myself to a lot of danger, but
> twelve years ago I was taking home a thousand pounds a week, and not many
> people earn that even now. Especially not you!

So what?

Don't try the 'considerably richer than you' card in here, it won't
work.
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Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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> "AstraVanMan" <Peter(a)whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk> wrote
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>> Because driving something like your Capri is a much better laugh than
>> driving a 40T Artic?
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> Oh, no- driving a 44 tonne articulated lorry is a fantastic experience.
>
> Perhaps after 20 years the novelty wears off, but driving a vehicle of
> that mass is an experience in itself, and the fact that it articulates
> makes it a totally different driving experience.
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> Where do you live? I'll let you have a go at driving my Volvo when I'm
> next down your way if you know of an off-road location.

Somewhere like this do you mean? http://snipurl.com/14o6k :-)



From: AstraVanMan on
"Knight Of The Road" <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Because driving something like your Capri is a much better laugh than
>> driving a 40T Artic?
>
> Oh, no- driving a 44 tonne articulated lorry is a fantastic experience.
>
> Perhaps after 20 years the novelty wears off, but driving a vehicle of
> that mass is an experience in itself, and the fact that it articulates
> makes it a totally different driving experience.

Don't get me wrong, I can imagine it is, and you've got a point there.
Obviously it's a great experience in a very different way to something like
a Capri, but I can appreciate what you're saying.

> Where do you live? I'll let you have a go at driving my Volvo when I'm
> next down your way if you know of an off-road location.

Volvo lorry cab type thing? With or without a trailer attached? Sounds
like it'd have to be a bloody big off-road location. I'm in Berkshire in
the overcrowded South-East, and short of privately hiring out a track for an
hour or so, I can't think of anywhere suitable :-(

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