robroy:
…Btw Let’s keep off the Political comments unless we want another 10 page thread about Thatcherism and Fordist issues eh?..just saying
Have I just been told off■■? I have!!! I`ve just been told off!!!.. and not even by a Moderator!:lol: 
Please accept my most gracious and humble apologies! Just saying 
bullitt:
robroy:
…Btw Let’s keep off the Political comments unless we want another 10 page thread about Thatcherism and Fordist issues eh?..just saying
Please accept my most gracious and humble apologies!
Ok, but don’t let it happen again ok?
As I won’t let you off so easy next time. 
Btw I’m an ‘Honorary mod’…Tachograph is my best mate.
It amazes me when I see drivers get irate about this.
How many British drivers now do two weeks or more away from home.
It’s been done to at least make a start on combating the fact Eastern European hauliers send trucks roaming round Western Europe for months on end working for lower rates than any local firm could.
I done six weeks away from home once and booked in to a hotel more than once as the thought of spending that long in a poxy lorry drove me round the twist
bullitt:
muckles:
…Apparently they also learnt how to time travel,I think Comrade Corbyn has also got one of these machines, Muckles, as he appears to want to take us all back to the 1970`S
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30s
kr79:
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30s
I’ve just realised, I told off the wrong guy.
It’s YOU setting the bait for ‘him’. 
What you playing at? …Think about the rest of us man, what we will have to go through here …
kr79:
bullitt:
muckles:
…Apparently they also learnt how to time travel,I think Comrade Corbyn has also got one of these machines, Muckles, as he appears to want to take us all back to the 1970`S
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30s
I agree Kev, but to be fair, all the parties seem to want to take us back in time, just to different extremes.
robroy:
kr79:
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30sI’ve just realised, I told off the wrong guy.
It’s YOU setting the bait for ‘him’.What you playing at? …Think about the rest of us man, what we will have to go through here …
It’s ok he is busy customising his Austin princess at the moment
I can feel him logging on right now…you were warned!
OVLOV JAY:
kr79:
bullitt:
muckles:
…Apparently they also learnt how to time travel,I think Comrade Corbyn has also got one of these machines, Muckles, as he appears to want to take us all back to the 1970`S
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30s
I agree Kev, but to be fair, all the parties seem to want to take us back in time, just to different extremes.
It’s not with me worrying to much. My local MP is Tory she got a 17000 majority last time and ukip were second.
So if anything she will have a majority even larger this time.
I’m hoping I’ve got a monster raving looney or some other odd ball I can vote for
kr79:
robroy:
kr79:
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30sI’ve just realised, I told off the wrong guy.
It’s YOU setting the bait for ‘him’.What you playing at? …Think about the rest of us man, what we will have to go through here …
It’s ok he is busy customising his Austin princess at the moment
He’s just sent me a pic as a warning that ‘‘He’s watching us and limbering up’’ and to ‘‘Stand By’’
robroy:
kr79:
robroy:
kr79:
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30sI’ve just realised, I told off the wrong guy.
It’s YOU setting the bait for ‘him’.What you playing at? …Think about the rest of us man, what we will have to go through here …
It’s ok he is busy customising his Austin princess at the moment
He’s just sent me a pic as a warning that ‘‘He’s watching us and limbering up’’ and to ‘‘Stand By’’
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That chin spoiler is hideous
He will be a real clunge magnet down the local retail park on a Saturday night.
■■■■ all over the body kitted corsas and shaged out golfs on banded steel wheels
kr79:
He will be a real clunge magnet down the local retail park on a Saturday night.
■■■■ all over the body kitted corsas and shaged out golfs on banded steel wheels
even moreso once the stacks get welded onto the back…its looking well sofar even without the michelin men on the mirrors… 
robroy:
kr79:
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30sI’ve just realised, I told off the wrong guy.
It’s YOU setting the bait for ‘him’.What you playing at? …Think about the rest of us man, what we will have to go through here …
. y the nodding donkey » Mon May 15, 2017 6:03 pm
bullitt wrote:
muckles wrote:
…Apparently they also learnt how to time travel,I think Comrade Corbyn has also got one of these machines, Muckles, as he appears to want to take us all back to the 1970`S
I don’t envy your choice. Back to the 70’s with comrade Corbyn, or back to the 50s with St. Theresa
Rob, if my (earlier… 
) double bait didn’t get him going, he must be really busy.
the nodding donkey:
robroy:
kr79:
The torys want to take us working class types back to the 30sI’ve just realised, I told off the wrong guy.
It’s YOU setting the bait for ‘him’.What you playing at? …Think about the rest of us man, what we will have to go through here …
. y the nodding donkey » Mon May 15, 2017 6:03 pm
bullitt wrote:
muckles wrote:
…Apparently they also learnt how to time travel,I think Comrade Corbyn has also got one of these machines, Muckles, as he appears to want to take us all back to the 1970`S
I don’t envy your choice. Back to the 70’s with comrade Corbyn, or back to the 50s with St. Theresa
Rob, if my (earlier…
You don’t think standing for Parliament and out canvasing for votes?
kr79:
It amazes me when I see drivers get irate about this.
How many British drivers now do two weeks or more away from home.
It’s been done to at least make a start on combating the fact Eastern European hauliers send trucks roaming round Western Europe for months on end working for lower rates than any local firm could.
I done six weeks away from home once and booked in to a hotel more than once as the thought of spending that long in a poxy lorry drove me round the twist
This makes sense.
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Williams9881:
kr79:
It amazes me when I see drivers get irate about this.
How many British drivers now do two weeks or more away from home.
It’s been done to at least make a start on combating the fact Eastern European hauliers send trucks roaming round Western Europe for months on end working for lower rates than any local firm could.
I done six weeks away from home once and booked in to a hotel more than once as the thought of spending that long in a poxy lorry drove me round the twistThis makes sense.
No it doesn’t !
Why target a symptom of the problem ?
ie. drivers taking time off for rest in their cabs.
Why not tackle the problem it’s self, …
ie. Crap haulage rates, and unscrupulous hauliers in competition for those rates, and them only being able to work for them at the expense of their drivers earning ■■■■ poor wages to compensate…and forcing/encouraging/asking/implying to run bent into the bargain.
Now that DOES make sense.
robroy:
Williams9881:
kr79:
It amazes me when I see drivers get irate about this.
How many British drivers now do two weeks or more away from home.
It’s been done to at least make a start on combating the fact Eastern European hauliers send trucks roaming round Western Europe for months on end working for lower rates than any local firm could.
I done six weeks away from home once and booked in to a hotel more than once as the thought of spending that long in a poxy lorry drove me round the twistThis makes sense.
No it doesn’t !
Why target a symptom of the problem ?
ie. drivers taking time off for rest in their cabs.
Why not tackle the problem it’s self, …
ie. Crap haulage rates, and unscrupulous hauliers in competition for those rates, and them only being able to work for them at the expense of their drivers earning ■■■■ poor wages to compensate…and forcing/encouraging/asking/implying to run bent into the bargain.Now that DOES make sense.
That would undermine the principles of the single market.
Wouldn’t of been a massive problem with the pre 2000 EU but opening the floodgates to the old eastern bloc nations threw a massive spanner in the works.
Not many uk drivers spend more than a week abroad, those that do, myself included at times, will take a 45 prior to heading home, but out of germany/austria…so that if we have to stop again en route to the uk, we will only need a 24, which is legal, and not enforced by a fine, this just needs a bit of thought/planning, the same for the outbound journey ( if the boss dont like it, he can pay for a hotel ) as most services have them attached…Seeing as no one represents the haulage industry regarding drivers, we have to get on and lump it, and the countries who charge extortionate sums onto drivers and their bosses, will not back down, as theyre europeans themselves, and we`re leaving , and under punishment, but hope is in sight…maybe the uk can enforce a ban on drivers taking a 24 rest in the cab, to get back at them, see who takes notice then, when the price of the job goes up…well its just a thought.
robroy:
Why not tackle the problem it’s self, …
ie. Crap haulage rates, and unscrupulous hauliers in competition for those rates, and them only being able to work for them at the expense of their drivers earning ■■■■ poor wages to compensate…and forcing/encouraging/asking/implying to run bent into the bargain.Now that DOES make sense.
Yeah - let’s nationalise road transport. Oh! They tried that once and it was a disaster.