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It's got a bit quieter...........

The above pic is just the pile I'm picking up.

Another angle here, and that's a fraction of what goes through the shed at night......

Ooh! We are talking about work! My last 4 hours of this year tomorrow.

We manufacture £2 million of product a day, no not true, nearer £1.7m at this time of year. We manufacture for stock not sale. We store app 50 days of stock, I could photograph it if I was sat in a fucking aeroplane.

Sad, very sad.

Seasons greetings. Yes.

WelshGin wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:40 pm{snip
I could photograph it if I was sat in a fucking aeroplane{/snip}

Hum? planes are all well and good (the "driver's" earn a shit load more than most), but you don't see many in a warehouse full of freight

Last day yesterday (only till lunchtime) till the 2nd.

Was gonna do a thread for wishing one and all a happy crimbo, but WTF, this will do

Downside is that the time of year doesn't stop me waking up IRO 04 buffalo..........

So plenty of time to sort stuff needed round the M-i-L's for lunch........

Hence happy crimbo to all............

Happy Crimble to you and yours too.

My wife and I are 'Empty Nesting' now, so you would have thought a longer rest in bed would be possible, however, the cat has his own alarm clock which also does a 'hulk' on his body mass allowing him to develop from a little creature to a bloody elephant jumping on your chest.......

I need coffee.

Again, lets all have a good Holiday. X

phantom wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 11:05 am IMG20241219110330.jpg

It's got a bit quieter...........

Double-deck trailers. Used to Really dislike having weight that high up.

At this time of the year it’s difficult to know what to say without offending someone.

So I’ve checked with my legal adviser and on his advice I wish to say the following to all my friends

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practise religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2025 but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great (not to imply that Great Britain is necessarily greater than any other country) and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Disclaimer:
No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced

PC Twat.

Shit, not enough characters.

Good one Moss, you do realise most have us have been drinking and will just pass that on to the retained legal idiot for clarification. If I had one I would print it off and pass it through a carbon filter, aerate it and nuke it, whisk remnants within Rum and add to the Rumtopf, probably be palpable then.

Thank you, Merry Christmas to you too.

Moss
Merry Christmas everyone.

Moss wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 6:35 pm Double-deck trailers. Used to Really dislike having weight that high up.

Actually, the top decks all have weight limitation, depending on design, but most of them have a max capability of 3 tonnes.

Plus the hub forklifts have scales fitted so that if they pick up any pallet over 400kg, the machine won't allow them to lift it up high enough to put it on the top deck - a handy safety feature that can't be overridden (I believe only the warehouse supervisor has a lift that can exceed that).

Doesn't make them perfect, but helps keep the number of trucks down etc......

phantom wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2024 9:13 am

Moss wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 6:35 pm Double-deck trailers. Used to Really dislike having weight that high up.

Actually, the top decks all have weight limitation, depending on design, but most of them have a max capability of 3 tonnes.

Those nice doctors at the DVLA took my licence 18 years ago, so my experience is somewhat dated. I don’t imagine you would do a lot of the things we did in my day, especially now VOSA is self funded

Merry Chritmas one and all. None of yer happy holidays here. Started my shift on Christmas Day at sea week on week off taking all the loved ones home to their folks for too much food and the long missed arguements. Have a good break all of those who aren't working. I'm not allowed to lift more than 20kgs and thats balanced on my belly so no chance of loading the upper deck.
Enjoy your time and please spend productively your definition is fine whatever it is.
Happy New Year to you all.

Moss wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2024 6:00 pm Those nice doctors at the DVLA took my licence 18 years ago, so my experience is somewhat dated. I don’t imagine you would do a lot of the things we did in my day, especially now VOSA is self funded

Wanna bet ? Some of us have been out there stamping the pedals for 30 or so years. So some bad habits do take a long time to break.

bummer to lose your ticket on a medical basis (got a friend who also used to "drive", skinny as a rake and he lost his ticket due to type 2 diabetes and that's cost him IRO 70k per annum, as he was a pilot - and you don't get to deal with your own GP etc, any symptoms of anything even remotely serious and they have to see the CAA bloke - who generally grounds them until formal diagnosis) - shame we're not encouraged to pay insurance to cover medical loss.

DVLA self funding just means that they still go for the JF's first, but if there's not one convenient, they'll happily pull even some of our more high profile hauliers (well managed/maintained vehicles, but always the chance of catching the driver on a tacho offense). Down here they've just recommissioned the weigh-bridge at Shoreham airport now they've finished the roadworks, plus we have the legendary "Handcross" north on the 23, they don't seem to have had Bediham (north of Newhaven) open for a while, but now M25 J9 has been refurbished, that is now open at night occasionally.

The worst place/area is round Brum, because WM Police now have a couple of white DAF CF tractors that they run round the M6/5/42 aimed at commercial drivers.

And I'd suggest that the biggest/best change for drivers is curtain siders fitted with XL (load bearing) curtains.

Salar6 wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2024 10:55 pm {snip} Started my shift on Christmas Day at sea week on week off {/snip}

Doing what? because me and Mash know someone who works off-shore, but that's 2-4 weeks on and off (something like that anyway). But he's an Aberdeen chap which I presume makes it a bit easier though I've read that it depends on which company/rig he's due to work on and has to make his way to Norway or the NL's for the helo part of his "commute"........

Doing what?
Conveyance of persons and goods from the dry bit via the wet bit and back to the dry bit. The work is physical although not strenuous with the occasional wave thrown in. Dolphins porpoises and other marine creatures a daily occurence customers love em god bless. Smiles all round.
Gales have been a feature the last few days but shift over. Week over and then it all starts again.
Happy New Year

I hope there is not any discord here. Please do not focus on any unpleasant aspect of life.

I am in mental training to ignore, no that isn't the right description, ....be unaware of those ideas and thoughts that could depress me. So, similar to a 'spam filter' but more of a shit filter. Hopefully there are certain people, particularly at work, where upon if I can develop the correct attitude, I will be blissfully unaware of.