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Title: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Amigo on 01 December 2010, 21:37:46
Parked up @ Leicester with a 40ft box to load @ Pickfords near Park Royal off the North Circular in the morning. Newton Ayecliffe lastnight London tomorrow & i'm seeing offices & garages closed. You only have to get there! Shame on you.
    Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it! ::)
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Vamps on 01 December 2010, 21:50:31
Are you trying to make me feel guilty for taking a day's holiday today, rather than drive in to work..... :P :P :P
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 22:09:40
Sounds like he is doesnt it... well we can always tip his pee tin over his head if he continues with this  ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Vamps on 01 December 2010, 22:12:59
Next time he is up here I will go and let his tyres down....all 14 of them........ :D :D :D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 22:15:52
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Next time he is up here I will go and let his tyres down....all 14 of them........ :D :D :D
;D ;D ;D dont forget to leave the foot pump by the drivers door tho  ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Vamps on 01 December 2010, 22:36:20
Where he was today he would now be stuck the A167 is now closed.....and this would have taken him to the A1(m)
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 22:40:25
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Where he was today he would now be stuck the A167 is now closed.....and this would have taken him to the A1(m)


 But if we could find him in london we could  do his tryes then.... without leaving the f/pump... long walk hom from down here ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: millwall on 01 December 2010, 22:42:35
Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 22:44:40
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Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D


 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >: Lucky sod ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: millwall on 01 December 2010, 22:52:05
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Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D


 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >: Lucky sod ;D

does help when your boss is a mate  and a very nice boss ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 22:54:22
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Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D


 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >: Lucky sod ;D

does help when your boss is a mate  and a very nice boss ;D


You bloody brown nose.... is he looking over ya shoulder  or something  :D ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Vamps on 01 December 2010, 22:55:56
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Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D


 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >: Lucky sod ;D

does help when your boss is a mate  and a very nice boss ;D

I have to take holiday or unpaid leave, even if I try to get in and fail......but as long as I get in for a few hours, leaving early then I get full pay so not too bad as long as this does not go on for too long... :)
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: millwall on 01 December 2010, 22:57:15
no but i will show him what i wrote about him and hopefully i will get a payrise ;D ;D
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Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 22:59:16
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no but i will show him what i wrote about him and hopefully i will get a payrise ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: millwall on 01 December 2010, 22:59:48
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Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D


 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >: Lucky sod ;D

does help when your boss is a mate  and a very nice boss ;D

I have to take holiday or unpaid leave, even if I try to get in and fail......but as long as I get in for a few hours, leaving early then I get full pay so not too bad as long as this does not go on for too long... :)
big thing on the news tonight about companies not wanting to pay people who cant get in  absolute disgrace if people genuinely try to get in
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Post by: skyblue on 01 December 2010, 23:03:36
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Don't worry, the rest of us will stick at it


top man  but ive enjoyed having some time off  and my boss has told me to have the rest of the week off  paid :)

now what shall i do with all my free time ;D ;D


 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >: Lucky sod ;D

does help when your boss is a mate  and a very nice boss ;D

I have to take holiday or unpaid leave, even if I try to get in and fail......but as long as I get in for a few hours, leaving early then I get full pay so not too bad as long as this does not go on for too long... :)
big thing on the news tonight about companies not wanting to pay people who cant get in  absolute disgrace if people genuinely try to get in
Wasnt there a web chat thing with a lawyer explaining peoples rights also attched to this item ?
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Amigo on 02 December 2010, 00:21:04
Sign of the times, being mocked for getting on with it.
   Of course i'm not in any way jealous of you lot with paid time off...really i'm not...!!! :(
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Jimbob on 02 December 2010, 07:42:58
Im lucky, all I need is power and a broadband connection and I can work anywhere.

Today, sat in the conservatory.  :D
have a 3g card, so can be sat in a field somewhere  :D

Really makes no difference to me, or my colleagues where I am actually sat most of the time.
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: alfie on 02 December 2010, 08:06:17
Hi Amigo, my son was in Kent night fore last,3 miles in 3 hours,got to the depot yesterday ,and they send him straight off to Northampton.
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Banjax on 02 December 2010, 08:53:34
travelling from Perth to Stirling on the A9 all week - closed on Monday, apart from that its one lane, driving snow and I think I touch the brakes maybe once the whole journey because I leave a huge distance between me and the guy in front you never need to brake - now if only everyone was as awesome as me, no roads would ever close  :y
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Auto Addict on 02 December 2010, 09:07:05
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travelling from Perth to Stirling on the A9 all week - closed on Monday, apart from that its one lane, driving snow and I think I touch the brakes maybe once the whole journey because I leave a huge distance between me and the guy in front you never need to brake - now if only everyone was as awesome as me, no roads would ever close  :y

No, do what all the other idiots do, drive up someones boot, rev the car like mad in the lowest gear and take joy in the wheels spinning without going anywhere , and stand on the brakes and wonder why your not stopping. ::)
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Banjax on 02 December 2010, 09:38:37
you've inspired another ditty Amigo:

On a dark snowbound highway, cold wind in my hair
Warm smell of diesel, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
So I parked on the shoulder;
I heard weather report
And I was thinking to myself,
’this could be heavy and this could be hell’
Then I lit up a ciggie and drank from my flask
There were voices on the radio,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the hotel Volvo cabin
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely place
Climate control in the hotel Volvo cabin
At this time of year, you'll be warm in here

Then a girl came up to me, she drove a mercedes benz
She got it stuck on the M1 and couldn't call any friends
So she climbed in the Volvo, and I started to sweat.
There was only one bunk, maybe 2, I forget...

So I opened the glovebox,
’and uncorked the wine’
she said, ’I haven’t drank any "blue nun" since nineteen eighty nine’
And still those snowflakes are falling from far away,
Woke her up in the middle of the night
Told her - you'll have to stay...

Welcome to the hotel Volvo cabin
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the hotel Volvo cabin
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said ’we are all just prisoners here, of the snow and the ice’
And in the councils gritters,
They gathered from the east
They salt it as best they can,
But they just can’t clear the street

Last thing I remember, I was
turning the key
I had to find the passage back
To the A453
’relax,’ said the police man,
We are blocked up to Leeds.
You can start-up any time you like,
But you can never leave!
 :)

Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 02 December 2010, 10:35:33
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No, do what all the other idiots do, drive up someones boot, rev the car like mad in the lowest gear and take joy in the wheels spinning without going anywhere , and stand on the brakes and wonder why your not stopping. ::)

Like the prize chump following me in  a works van this morning.. or does the Citroen Berlingo have powers that defy the laws of physics when it comes to stopping (and I don't mean braking down. I know they are good at that!)?

But you forgot that you must dawdle up every hill at precisely the worst speed for keeping a car moving on snow (this morning's research states that's about 8.5 MPH), and then stop at the top to take a call on your mobile phone, and sod the half dozen cars behind you losing traction. Yep - minicab driver in Dogmersfield this morning. >:(

Kevin
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Auto Addict on 02 December 2010, 10:39:40
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No, do what all the other idiots do, drive up someones boot, rev the car like mad in the lowest gear and take joy in the wheels spinning without going anywhere , and stand on the brakes and wonder why your not stopping. ::)

Like the prize chump following me in  a works van this morning.. or does the Citroen Berlingo have powers that defy the laws of physics when it comes to stopping (and I don't mean braking down. I know they are good at that!)?

But you forgot that you must dawdle up every hill at precisely the worst speed for keeping a car moving on snow (this morning's research states that's about 8.5 MPH), and then stop at the top to take a call on your mobile phone, and sod the half dozen cars behind you losing traction. Yep - minicab driver in Dogmersfield this morning. >:(

Kevin

Just watched a taxi driver in our Close, went from bottom of a very gentle slope to the top with the front wheels spinning like mad!

All it's done is to polish the snow into ice. >:(
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Banjax on 02 December 2010, 10:43:57
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No, do what all the other idiots do, drive up someones boot, rev the car like mad in the lowest gear and take joy in the wheels spinning without going anywhere , and stand on the brakes and wonder why your not stopping. ::)

Like the prize chump following me in  a works van this morning.. or does the Citroen Berlingo have powers that defy the laws of physics when it comes to stopping (and I don't mean braking down. I know they are good at that!)?

But you forgot that you must dawdle up every hill at precisely the worst speed for keeping a car moving on snow (this morning's research states that's about 8.5 MPH), and then stop at the top to take a call on your mobile phone, and sod the half dozen cars behind you losing traction. Yep - minicab driver in Dogmersfield this morning. >:(

Kevin

Just watched a taxi driver in our Close, went from bottom of a very gentle slope to the top with the front wheels spinning like mad!

All it's done is to polish the snow into ice. >:(

he must be a big curling fan  :y
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: aaronjb on 02 December 2010, 10:48:24
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No, do what all the other idiots do, drive up someones boot, rev the car like mad in the lowest gear and take joy in the wheels spinning without going anywhere , and stand on the brakes and wonder why your not stopping. ::)

Like the prize chump following me in  a works van this morning.. or does the Citroen Berlingo have powers that defy the laws of physics when it comes to stopping (and I don't mean braking down. I know they are good at that!)?

But you forgot that you must dawdle up every hill at precisely the worst speed for keeping a car moving on snow (this morning's research states that's about 8.5 MPH), and then stop at the top to take a call on your mobile phone, and sod the half dozen cars behind you losing traction. Yep - minicab driver in Dogmersfield this morning. >:(

Kevin

Just watched a taxi driver in our Close, went from bottom of a very gentle slope to the top with the front wheels spinning like mad!

All it's done is to polish the snow into ice. >:(

he must be a big curling fan  :y
;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Amigo on 02 December 2010, 20:24:30
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you've inspired another ditty Amigo:

On a dark snowbound highway, cold wind in my hair
Warm smell of diesel, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
So I parked on the shoulder;
I heard weather report
And I was thinking to myself,
’this could be heavy and this could be hell’
Then I lit up a ciggie and drank from my flask
There were voices on the radio,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the hotel Volvo cabin
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely place
Climate control in the hotel Volvo cabin
At this time of year, you'll be warm in here

Then a girl came up to me, she drove a mercedes benz
She got it stuck on the M1 and couldn't call any friends
So she climbed in the Volvo, and I started to sweat.
There was only one bunk, maybe 2, I forget...

So I opened the glovebox,
’and uncorked the wine’
she said, ’I haven’t drank any "blue nun" since nineteen eighty nine’
And still those snowflakes are falling from far away,
Woke her up in the middle of the night
Told her - you'll have to stay...

Welcome to the hotel Volvo cabin
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the hotel Volvo cabin
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said ’we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’
And in the councils gritters,
They gathered from the east
They salt it as best they can,
But they just can’t clear the street

Last thing I remember, I was
turning the key
I had to find the passage back
To the A453
’relax,’ said the police man,
We are blocked up to Leeds.
You can start-up any time you like,
But you can never leave!
 :)

Priceless!!! ;D 8-) A work of art if ever there was one. :y  I'd buy you a pint mate......& some chips!!!! :D
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Amigo on 02 December 2010, 20:32:41
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Hi Amigo, my son was in Kent night fore last,3 miles in 3 hours,got to the depot yesterday ,and they send him straight off to Northampton.
What's it all about Alfie?... Sorry. Joking aside that does'nt surprise me at all. I guess he runs for a large firm? I know the Kent area has been hit hard by snow, operation stack is in full swing on the M20. Northampton is relatively clear now...or it was this afternoon! :y
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Banjax on 03 December 2010, 01:15:29
you're welcome Amigo  :y
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: alfie on 03 December 2010, 06:28:31
 Hi Amigo, my son was in Kent night fore last,3 miles in 3 hours,got to the depot yesterday ,and they send him straight off to Northampton.
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What's it all about Alfie?... Sorry. Joking aside that does'nt surprise me at all. I guess he runs for a large firm? I know the Kent area has been hit hard by snow, operation stack is in full swing on the M20. Northampton is relatively clear now...or it was this afternoon!


Hi Amigo,your right its Downtons ,he should be home sometime today.
Title: Re: Hotel Volvo again!
Post by: Amigo on 03 December 2010, 20:59:12
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Hi Amigo, my son was in Kent night fore last,3 miles in 3 hours,got to the depot yesterday ,and they send him straight off to Northampton.
What's it all about Alfie?... Sorry. Joking aside that does'nt surprise me at all. I guess he runs for a large firm? I know the Kent area has been hit hard by snow, operation stack is in full swing on the M20. Northampton is relatively clear now...or it was this afternoon!


Hi Amigo,your right its Downtons ,he should be home sometime today.
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Hope he makes it! :y