
The last time I passed it a couple of years ago, it was still a working farm.
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Pinch wrote:When I lived up near Manchester a few years back, I was a Trade Plate Driver for a large national company. During peak season, the firm was shifting 1200 cars a day all over the UK - that's 3 cars per driver every weekday - we weren't insured to use the plates during the weekend.
Tusses wrote:Pinch wrote:When I lived up near Manchester a few years back, I was a Trade Plate Driver for a large national company. During peak season, the firm was shifting 1200 cars a day all over the UK - that's 3 cars per driver every weekday - we weren't insured to use the plates during the weekend.
I've done that a few times .. hated it every time .. the only way to make any money way to drive like an idiotand it's more like 4-5 cars a day now ! Plus, your "crew", put pressure on you driving like an idot so they can get to places to move cars to make their money too ...
I "sharnt" be doing it again !
Pinch wrote:My most expensive trip was first drop of the day to Inverness, then collect car 2 from Elgin and deliver to Grangemouth, then collect car 3 from somewhere outside Grangemouth for Liverpool delivery. The last leg of the journey cost me 6 points by two separate Scottish mobile speed jobbies.
RogerS wrote:Pinch wrote:My most expensive trip was first drop of the day to Inverness, then collect car 2 from Elgin and deliver to Grangemouth, then collect car 3 from somewhere outside Grangemouth for Liverpool delivery. The last leg of the journey cost me 6 points by two separate Scottish mobile speed jobbies.
Not sure if you're familiar with Argee on t'other forum but he, IIRC, was an ex-police traffic/high-speed instructor/the very best an when he retired had the wonderful job of ferrying very exotic cars from A to B although I do recall that there was one car that even he, with all his years of skill and experience wasn't insured to drive
Commander wrote:
and a pregnant wife in the car)
Commander wrote:
Regarding the long journey, it was a bit taxing for sure, but we took it easy and stopped for nice breaks
Phil wrote:Commander wrote:
and a pregnant wife in the car)
Congratulations Erich!
Commander wrote:
Regarding the long journey, it was a bit taxing for sure, but we took it easy and stopped for nice breaks
Take it easy coming back, there are lots of idiots on the roads.
Pinch wrote:I used to chuckle every time I passed this farm on the M62 West Yorkshire. The original owners back in the early 70's refused to sell their farm when the motorway was built, so the solution was to separate the carriageways and build round the farm as thus;
The last time I passed it a couple of years ago, it was still a working farm.
Tusses wrote:but "Damn" that's a nice pond !
RogerS wrote:Tusses wrote:but "Damn" that's a nice pond !
It's not. It's a cash crop of Gentian Violets
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