Harry & lads what goe’s on at the bowls club! In fact is bowling, we do our best at getting as close to the white or yellow jack. My wife knows what I am like 
I told her she could search the world all over and never find another man like me, 
she said she would not bother! 
Norman
Will you be at BRS 66 in July? Maybe Harry will come to.
Old Truckers don’t die, they just lose their gears!
Alex
Norman Ingram:
Harry & lads what goe’s on at the bowls club! In fact is bowling, we do our best at getting as close to the white or yellow jack. My wife knows what I am like
hiya,
Funny you should say that Norm, my Missus reckons she’d have the game on
finding anybody worse than me but she aint’ going to look cos’ knowing her
luck she would find one.
thanks harry, long retired.
My garden is in full bloom,the tulips have had a few nice comments and a lady taking a photo. I got my Bet365 on my laptop, tablet, and phone, they gave me £30 of free bets, so I backed the Grand National winner at 25/1 then this Saturday I had the Scottish winner at 40/1 and to round it off I had Bubba Watson at 25/1 all a £1ew, I love it, I have not touched any money from my pocket! 
I won £25 onthe lottery a week or so ago, not enough for a rowboat let alone for a cruise, by the time I win the big one, a few of you will be too old to get up the gangway. 
Its a big one tonight on the Euromillions Norm, not that I’ve bothered. I waste enough on the Lotto without wasting more on the Euromillions.
I think life is a lottery, its better to be healthy than wealthy.
Cheers Dave.
Dave is it against the law, to be healthy & wealthy, what did he sing in " Queen’s " I want it all. He never got it, but I would like to give it a try! 
Went to the Podiatry and they cut a corn out the bottom of the small toe pad, and told me my foot is high risk. It brought back the memory of when I came through Czechosovakia and it was so cold, and my throttle cable had the wrong oil in it, and it froze solid, and and it snapped off, I drove with just a quarter inch diameter rod sticking through, it made a hole in my boot, it was a scary drive when it kept freezing up after I lit a small fire under the engine to warm it up, after I got into Germany and towards Belgium it eased off, I got to Felixstowe and asked for the unit to be towed in, the office said can’t you drive it back, I swore and said no, I have drove it back over a thousand miles, it has made a hole in my boot a hole in my foot over a half inch deep and a quarter inch round. When the wrecker and new unit came, I asked them had they a first aid box, what for they said, my foot, take a look at it, and take a look at the accelarater. How the f*** did you drive that all those miles 
With difficulty, I got some Bacardi poured it in my wound and put a dressing on it, and drove back with another unit. The manager said how is your foot, I want you to go to India on your own, Ok I said when, in a weeks time, my foot should be healed up by then, my foot is a little tipsey, but I am as sober as a judge! Ps I got back in a weeks time but he had farmed four loads to India out, as none of the other drivers advailable wanted to go. You have been requested to return to Syria to pick up diplomats belongings that you did before and delivery in London where you did before. Don’t damage anything, it belongs to a lord. Safe as houses with me Guv.
An excellent tale Norman! Any idea who did the loads to India? Robert
Robert,I think Chapman & Ball was mentioned but they could have got owner drivers. Been to Cairo. In lorry and by train, I flew to Luxor for a week Nile cruise. After we had a week in in hotel then w took a sleep
er train to Cairo and back.
Norman Ingram:
Robert,I think Chapman & Ball was mentioned but they could have got owner drivers. Been to Cairo. In lorry and by train, I flew to Luxor for a week Nile cruise. After we had a week in in hotel then w took a sleeper train to Cairo and back.
Cheers Norman! Yes, the train down the Nile is good isn’t it. I did Cairo to Aswan and back on it - wonderful journey! I’ve not met many drivers who’ve done Egypt by lorry, where did you go?
The reason I asked about who did the India trip in the end was that we had quite a discussion about who ever did India on the ‘Long haul in the 90s EU and beyond’ thread. Robert
Robert, I have faint memory of a driver telling me he took aload to India from a Brs Overland contract, he had his own wagon, but where and when is a little vague. On the Egypt, I never drove down from UK, but did drive to Cairo, but don’t wish to explain, when on the trip to Iran, I was offered many times to deliver trailors while waiting for our loads to clear, also in Jeddha, Agent ask us to take trailors to Riyadh for a £1,000 I wonder how many took these offers up.
There were quite a lot of Brits doing ‘internals’ from Jeddah in those days! Thanks for the explanation old mate. Robert 
One of my bowling mates was a director of C Butts, he said Norman you never worked for us. No Cyril I resisted the temptation, why he asked, the money was not enough.
hiya,
I too had a relative on my stepmums side of the family who was in the
haulage and storage business he often asked mam if I ever wanted a
job it would be no problem, just call in and there would be a job for
me, what mam didn’t know and understand this relative was a bad
payer and a slave driver which I knew from meeting their frequently
changing drivers when out and about, all I ever got from ma was I do
wish you take that job with our Colin, I used to fob her off by saying
“I’m happy where I am” but should I ever need a change I’ll see him, I
never did bother he went belly up anyway, I was only ever in his yard
once with a load of butter a return load I’d picked up somewhere and
it was for redistribution I got in and out without going near the office
the yardman signed my notes.
thanks harry, long retired.
Today going for a meal at the Red Lion at East Hadden, my old sandman Bill Thomas phoned to say we had a invite from Joe Baker he was the last to join us in 1977, I gave him the nick name of Joe90. By god they will be a great amount of sand tossed about at our table, not seen him since 1978.
Norman Ingram:
Today going for a meal at the Red Lion at East Hadden, my old sandman Bill Thomas phoned to say we had a invite from Joe Baker he was the last to join us in 1977, I gave him the nick name of Joe90.
hiya,
Norm will you be doing the “sand dance” of yours for the cabaret turn.
thanks harry, long retired.
No Harry have retired, I might strain something. Joe was following me when I had my accident, turned out a nice chap.
Norman Ingram:
No Harry have retired, I might strain something.
hiya,
Aye’, you old goat “Father Time” is catching up on you he’s merciless and doesn’t
care whether you’ve been good or bad, I wish I’d stopped having birthdays when
I hit the thirty five mark but would wish my time away to get myself retired and
out of the silly driving game now if I could go back to that age I’d park the wagon
up hand the keys in and do nowt and no doubt survive like loads of people these
days, wishful thinking Eh’ well for me anyway.
thanks harry, long retired.
Was told by Joe that the frenchman who jackknifed in front of me in 1977, and came out of the accident Ok, had another accident nine months later and lost a arm, he was in a french truck stop chatting to other drivers talking about accident in Turkey and a Brs Overland lorry and a driver named Norman, and was told by Joe he was there, and showed some photo’s. Small world is it not!