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Author: ConorConor Date: Jan 31, 2008 08:17
I've refused to go out. I pull 16ft high trailers - not in this weather
boyo.
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Conor
As a Brit I'd like to thank the Americans for their help in the war
against terror because if they'd not funded the IRA for 30 years, we
wouldn't know how to deal with terrorists.
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Author: allan tracyallan tracy Date: Jan 31, 2008 09:19
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>> "A lorry driver died on the M6, near Tebay, in Cumbria as his lorry
>> overturned in gusts of up to 70mph."
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> I've refused to go out. I pull 16ft high trailers - not in this weather
> boyo.
>
Aircraft are designed to withstand the most extremes of weather (x 10)
and you would never ever be allowed to design a train that could blow
over in the wind so how come the trucking industry gets away with it?
Yet again the inherent lack of safety within the haulage industry is
exposed for all to see and yet they would have us believe their
success is down to their superior competitiveness rather than just
being a bunch of cowboys.
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Author: AboAbo Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:51
Conor wrote:
> I've refused to go out. I pull 16ft high trailers - not in this weather
> boyo.
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Tell that to the idiots who are ignoring the 'turn back' signs on the
A66. I guess a proportion cannot read English though ;)
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Abo
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Author: Knight Of The RoadKnight Of The Road Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:59
"allan tracy" hotmail.com> wrote
> Aircraft are designed to withstand the most extremes of weather (x 10)
> and you would never ever be allowed to design a train that could blow
> over in the wind so how come the trucking industry gets away with it?
Because you need to eat.
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Regards, Vince.
"Vegans nearly always travel in minibuses with plastic seats" (Doug Bollen)
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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Feb 2, 2008 04:27
Knight Of The Road wrote:
> "allan tracy" hotmail.com> wrote
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>>> Aircraft are designed to withstand the most extremes of weather (x
>> 10) and you would never ever be allowed to design a train that could
>> blow over in the wind so how come the trucking industry gets away
>> with it?
>
> Because you need to eat.
But roadkill trucker doesn't taste very good.
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Date: Feb 2, 2008 05:06
Abo wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>> I've refused to go out. I pull 16ft high trailers - not in this weather
>> boyo.
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> Tell that to the idiots who are ignoring the 'turn back' signs on the
> A66. I guess a proportion cannot read English though ;)
I did wonder, I spent "quite a bit" of time ensuring that the signs on
the A66 worked, in the company of several other good folk who actually
did the dirty, heavy work. So when I saw news of drivers getting stuck
my first thought was "did they not see the signs?"
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Author: ConorConor Date: Feb 2, 2008 06:28
In article <1ibopnh.m543bo13fo8hsN%%%%steve%%@ malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth
says... > Abo wrote:
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>> Conor wrote:
>>> I've refused to go out. I pull 16ft high trailers - not in this weather
>>> boyo.
>>>
>> Tell that to the idiots who are ignoring the 'turn back' signs on the
>> A66. I guess a proportion cannot read English though ;)
>
> I did wonder, I spent "quite a bit" of time ensuring that the signs on
> the A66 worked, in the company of several other good folk who actually ...
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Author: ConorConor Date: Feb 2, 2008 06:29
In article bt.com>, Knight Of The
Road says...>
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> "allan tracy" hotmail.com> wrote
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> >> Aircraft are designed to withstand the most extremes of weather (x 10)
>> and you would never ever be allowed to design a train that could blow
>> over in the wind so how come the trucking industry gets away with it?
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> Because you need to eat.
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And the retailers moan about paying 0.002p per tin of baked beans in
haulage costs which is why we've now got 16ft high double deck
trailers.
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Author: NMNM Date: Feb 2, 2008 09:16
> Abo wrote:
>> Conor wrote:
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>>>> "A lorry driver died on the M6, near Tebay, in Cumbria as his lorry
>>>> overturned in gusts of up to 70mph."
>
>>> I've refused to go out. I pull 16ft high trailers - not in this weather
>>> boyo.
>
>> Tell that to the idiots who are ignoring the 'turn back' signs on the
>> A66. I guess a proportion cannot read English though ;)
>
> I did wonder, I spent "quite a bit" of time ensuring that the signs on
> the A66 worked, in the company of several other good folk who actually
> did the dirty, heavy work. So when I saw news of drivers getting stuck
> my first thought was "did they not see the signs?" ...
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Date: Feb 2, 2008 11:47
> Every time this happens diminishes the next warning until the point
> that I have now arrived at when I don't believe any of them.
Excellent, when your truck is blown over and you are horribly injured,
refuse all assistance on the grounds that you knew better.
Oh hang on, no, you'll do what all the other truckwits who ignored the
warnings did, blubber like a baby and scream for help.
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