You would be better off leasing a van and doing some part time delivery job for amazon etc. Pick and choose your hours. Lorry driving tends to be longer hours and greater distances and more time away from family.
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Really minor annoyances
- Thread starter chunkyshanhawk53
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Sgt Pepper
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Similarly, service charges already being added seems to be the norm in most places now. I’m always sceptical about tips added onto the bill and paid by card in terms of how much of it the waiter/waitress will actually see of it in the first place, nevermind these service charges.
Add petrol stations that ask if you want to add anything to ‘charity’ as well before you pay. Sceptical of them anarl.
monkeytassle
Striker
Harry Gates
Winger
Nigel Spink drives a delivery van, loves it apparently.
monkeytassle
Striker
Harry Gates
Winger
Aye, him and a mate set up a two man/two van courier company and both do the driving.
monkeytassle
Striker
Ive always wanted to drive a lorry
DaveH
Striker
The reason it is only a minor annoyance at the minute is my train was cancelled, so I'll be late for work, nothing I can do about that. I'll just message work. It happens to most people regularly, so it is accepted.
Then I get to claim delay-repay and I put any money I get back from that in a general beer money account. So standing on a platform not going to work means "free" beer this weekend.
Select coaches
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Microsoft office, that used to be free with your computer purchase, is now £104.99 a year.
Harry Gates
Winger
There's a sense of freedom about it for sure, I was a van driver's mate for a while in the 80's, 7.5 tonne wagon, loved it.
Mousehold Mackem
Midfield
I did that for a while during a lean spell. Driver's mate for Comet. Lugging American fridges up three flights. Did enjoy it.
Geras
Midfield
Always fancied continental stuff , coaches or wagons . Nowt better than setting off with 1000 miles in front of you and no one telling you what to do. Not all its cracked up to be like everything else i suppose
When I was younger I used to deliver up the Scottish borders when other drivers were on holiday. Two to three hours getting upto the likes of West Linton or Cocksburnspath wasn't too bad. It was finding the little houses dotted all over the place with no numbers or street names that took its toll. However nowt better than grabbing a cuppa and sandwich, music on and enjoying the drive back down.
Wilfy
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I quite like the idea of tramping on the lorries. Driving at night when the roads are quiet, depot to depot. Easy life.
i do exactly that. teesside to aberdeen and back. set off at sackless o clock, watch the sunrise over bamburgh/berwick. get to dundee for 1st break. continue to aberdeen, do what has to be done, set off back, second break between dundee and perth then drive till i'm out of driving hours. usually dunbar/eyemouth. park up, eat my pot noodles, relax and off to bed. it's spot on this time of year, not so enjoyable in the winter.
the roads might be quiet if you can find one that's not closed.
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monkeytassle
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not if you think any of those are near aberdeen
monkeytassle
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I'll wing it past Edinburghnot if you think any of those are near aberdeen
People who book the cinema seat right next to mine in a half empty screening
If genuinely you intend to drive a wagon when you could be retired thats tragic.
