Mick, Rich worked for Lola racing team as a mechanic when he first came here, he knew your mate from Towcester, he didn’t drive a truck till he moved to white Plains much later. He is an O/O for us with a smart light blue Volvo.
You are all right about being lonely up there, I have some fun when I am down here in NYC and Rich is about or Nicky Butterley (ex Ipec) but where I live folk don’t have the British sense of humour.
Mark, It’s about time you get here for a beer and English breakfast mate 
Am I the only one who can read in the USA ?
I see drivers who ignore every sign they see and never get a damm ticket, If I ignored even one you can be sure I’d get one. On I-95 in CT near Bridgeport at the moment there are bridge works and the limit is shown at 45 mph and signs every half mile saying ‘All trucks use right lane only’ so I being a good boy poodle along between 45 and 50 in the right lane watching nutters hurtle by in other lanes doing about 65 and not a blue light in sight. Then we have this new nationwide federal law that you should move over a lane for emergency and service vehicles on the shoulder, again some people seem to ignore the law. Today as I drove along the same route in CT a very large over head sign lit us with the very words “FEDERAL LAW, MOVE OVER FOR EMERGENCY AND SERVICE VEHICLES ON TH SHOULDER” ahead by about half a mile a cop and a tow truck were on the shoulder with lights flashing away yet I watched as two idiots drover under the sign and right past the vehicles without moving. On the Masspike in a 3 lane section another huge lit sign said “USE FAR LEFT LANE TO PASS ONLY” I looked to my left to see 3 cars in the lane and nothing in the middle lane.
I get so annoyed with the standard of driving here
You wanna try coming up here to Nova Scotia. They drive with one eye shut the other one on their Tim Hortons coffee, making sure it don’t spill on the piece of pizza resting on the steering wheel. I would not trust them them to drive a rusty shopping cart around wally-marts car park.
newmercman:
Paul John:
diesel dan:
hi newmercman,
pat isnt really a moaning old git all the time, its just that he is stuck there in the north east all on his own,dieseldan,
I think you are right Pat is lonely up there. Not to many Brits to hang out with and have a proper laugh with.
Pat has a touch of cab fever, he needs to frequent the pubs around the Bronx and make some new friends. To much work and not enough play time. Layovers, and nights out in New York, I know I’d be fitting a little fun in there somehow.Especially with Pat’s dashing good looks and charm
I must be due a trip up that way soon, I’ll buy him a pint and cheer him up a bit
Same applies to you Paul…except you’re buying the beers
Hi Mark, I look forward to having a few beers with you, just give me a few days notice in case I need to make changes to my schedule.
I am currently on a 3 week rolling schedule, different days off each week.
Regards Paul.