Holy Jesus!!!.. a resurrection 
there was me thinking youâd probably gone missing down the allotment Casey, anyway take care and get yourself over to the Roping Sheeting shed I mean thread comments are in short shrift on there from people as learned as yourself.
Cheers
Oily
PS One of the few on here I have met and enjoyed the company of.
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@bewick
Hiya Dennis.
This lad makes a good point, I reckon there would be a market for a book, there is a lot of interest in nostalgic road transport.
You could release it locally for starters as a tester, all those pics you have, with a few anecdotes it would be a winner.
Nice to see you back on here btw, and Happy New year to ya .
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Ah the best to you and yours Rob and I wish you a bosting Hogmanay and many oâ them for years ta come aye ! TBH Rob I really canât be fashed about writing a book as that was years ago and itâs a bit like âthat was then and this is nowâ plus I really do believe that whatever I might have to impart is from the last century and has no relevance to the current era. Kicking off with a D1000 up to running Scania 450 6x2âs and every twist and turn in between over thirty years ! Phew ! what an experience ! F âterrifying thinking back ! Cheers Dennis.
One thing that will never change, Dennis, is attitude and determination required to succeed and the harder I work, the luckier l get.
Success never dropped into anyoneâs lap. I dips me lid to you.
Where the h ell have you been ?
I am ashamed to admit that I defected to Fatface! I discovered some old friends from my mis-spent youth - including some of the female persuasion - and I couldnât resist the opportunity to reconnect with them. Some idiot has now hacked my facebook account and âfrozenâ it so I thought I would check on here and see how many are still upright and breathing! Donât know how this is going to proceed as the nice person has now started sending out âdodgyâ emails, supposedly from my computer. Iâm going to spend a few hours trying to sort it! Nice to speak again- and a Very Happy New Year to you and anyone else who happens to read my drivel!
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Nice to connect again, Oily! Replied to Brian a few minutes ago if you would like to have a look. Problems with the machinery so spending time today trying to sort it. Hopefully chat again soon, old pal.
Happy New Year to all from an old retired wagon driver living in the colonies but remembering the old golden days of British transport.
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I give FB (assuming you mean that btwđ) a wide berth.
Iâll look at things of interest via my wifeâs account, like the site dedicated to my old home town, or some transport stuff, other than thatâŚNo way Pedro.
Iâve seen lads create sh storms by opening up wounds from the past, and I really could not be arsed with it.
There are one or two people from my past which would not be a good move to be in touch with again, and as for old girlfriends and past âliasonsâ ?.. 
absolutely no kin way.âŚwhat were you thinking man.
My youngest lad when about 18 had his account tampered, and it wasnât good,.especially me maybe having trying to âsort itâ with the local âtalentâ all much younger and fitter than me at the time.
. but it all died a death in the end, and my lad is now like me, just leaves it.
Probably the best advice Iâve had lately! My old pals are a good crowd but when a stranger invades your computer it does make you wonder if itâs all worth it! Luckily, those I value all have my mobile number so if I fail to ressurrect the fatface account it wonât be the end of the world.
I probably wonât get the chance later so can I take this opportunity to wish everyone on here a great New Year.
I wonât single out those posters who keep this place running with the fabulous pics and wonderful stories and knowledge but everyone knows who they are. A big thanks to all of you and keep it up next year.
Both my wife and I get emails about how weâve been caught watching â â â â and demanding monies or else theyâll disable our computer. I just wish the bassaâs would include the links to these websites.
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Happy New Year to everyone here, itâs terrific to see some old faces coming back too.
Be well,
Steve
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Getting the Jersey spuds in before the new year, they look planted very close to each other to me, Buzzer
nmpâs
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We used to get half term hols at school, locally known as âtattie pickin weekâ.
12 to 14 year old lads getting picked up by farmerâs wife early on.
Get to farm,.a massive breakfast,. then out in fields, back in for massive dinner,.and I was really luckyâŚI got to drive the tractor and trailer,.which I loved.
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hmm a penny has just dropped )
Then take home ÂŁ5 a day cash for 5 days.
You felt like a millionaire.
Good daysâŚbut bloody hard work on yer back.
I grow quite a few potato varieties & I grew some Jersey spuds a few years ago, The seed spuds are sold as âInternational kidneyâ as the Jersey name is protected.
They didnât taste owt like Jersey spuds either, It must be the region/soil theyâre grown in that gives them that great taste.
Iâve just ordered my seed spuds for delivery by the end of February.
Somewhere in the recesses of my addled brain is a dim memory of my Mum splashing out on Jersey new potatoes: it was a rare treat.
What happened to all those old varieties of spuds like King Edwards? Gone the same way as decent apples (I used to love russets) I suppose. Can you still get Bramleyâs for baking?
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Youâre shopping in the wrong place parkroyal. King Edwards are available pretty well all year and I bought some Russetts yesterday (35p each), they are seasonal though.
Yes, the taste of the first early season jersey potatoes are fantastic. I grew King Edwards last year amongst other heritage varieties, in fact Iâve still got some left in boxes in the garage.
Pink Fir Apple is an old heritage variety of waxy potato I love too after Jersey potatoes. They donât sell them in supermarkets because they seem to prefer quantity to quality. They are a knobbly tuber shape, but the taste is amazing with just butter & salt & pepper.
Yes russets are a favourite of mine too along with a good Cox orange pippin.
Bramley apples are still widely available. Iâm growing some sweet potatoes for a change this year as we eat quite a lot of them, Iâve ordered the sweet potato Slips from a UK grower & they will be delivered at the end of April.
Iâm trying to get some slips started from store bought sweet potatoes just to see if theyâre viable, most store sweet potatoes are sprayed with a growth inhibitor to stop them sprouting, so I soaked them in water for 24 hours to wash it off before setting them in jars in clean water.
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