How was your day?

[Ray]

Sounds like the new jobs treating you well Ray. I bet it's good to be out and about in that truck!

Absolutely mate, apart from the d.ckheads including wannabe 'tour down under' cyclist's.....I'm happy

Today I saw SA drivers at their best.... p.ssing down all day, red light and they all cut in front of you trying to get a better position.....meanwhile Ray's trying to pull up a HR with 10000 litres of waste oil....I don't exactly stop like a Hyundai Excel..... pullinghair

[sandboarder]

Haha I don't miss that traffic. It's raining, maybe if I get closer to the car in front nine will stay dry or clean. The tailgating gets worst when it's raining WTF? Meanwhile the roads are slippery from oil lifting off the road in the puddles.

I don't know how you do that Bodgy. I've just started work 4 days in a row at 5:45 n I feel stuff lol I'm not used it being up that early in winter, let alone being up around 3!!!

[B61 MACK]

Well on Monday I seen a near miss the bloke driving the small pan truck need a medal for not hitting the old fart on the little scooter motorbike, the bike came out of the East Maitland bowling club car park and turned right in front of the truck, Lucky the truck was going slow. Don't think the bike rider has seen the truck yet if it was not a coe truck the bike would drove into the front of it, The truck hit the air horn and the rider gave him the finger. I would run over him if it was me.

[Ray]

Funny you should say that Allan, saw this mobility scooter yesterday with a wicked paint job, I'll have to get a pic next time I see it, she's black with flames and baby moon caps, the old fella must be into cars

[B61 MACK]

I bought a AMT Firestone F100 pickup truck a while ago, been looking at it for a time to build up but the multi parts bed on the back, Every time I make a start on it the bed would stop me could not make heads or tails of it and looked like it would need six sets of hands to hold the parts and put it together, I asked my mate Bruce if he would look at it for me, I gave him the parts yesterday after we talked about how it went together he said he would try put it together or put it in the bin Well this morning he drop it back all together for me. Bruce has saved me big time. Its good that I have someone to help me out.

[bodgybro]

I'm up at 03:20 to be at work by 04:30, work through til 16:30 and then home around 18:00. 144km round trip.

Okay you win mate, bet you feel stuffed by days end yes!

Come Thursday night, I am on auto pilot on the way home... lucky if i haven't dropped off by 7:30
on the plus side, I get 3 day weekends every week, so it is worth it.
speaking of worth it... any progress on your package?

[Ray]

speaking of worth it... any progress on your package?

Nothing yet mate, however I have been doing bits and pieces today, trying to decide what colour to paint the guards....probably a flat red to match the truck colour

[Bear]

Come Thursday night, I am on auto pilot on the way home... lucky if i haven't dropped off by 7:30
on the plus side, I get 3 day weekends every week, so it is worth it.

Snap, me too except for the dropping off by 7:30 like a little girl stirrer
Although since the missus has gone I can only do 10 hour days so I can't give you too much curry. Did many years at 72+ hours a week, think I've payed my dues.
For the record, leave 6:30, home 6:00ish but only about 50-60 k's round trip.

[bodgybro]

For the record, leave 6:30, home 6:00ish but only about 50-60 k's round trip.

And you call me a little girl?! my little girl is up longer than you! stirrer
I reckon doing 72+ hr weeks, you definitely paid your dues... and your taxes, which probably went to line some pollies pockets and not on the infrastructure that it should be spent on.

political soap box

does anyone really care who wins?
I can't honestly tell you who I voted for (postal vote), coz I only recognised 1 local name and was sick of hearing other people tell me who i should vote for and why... they are all the same, liars with no real power to fulfil promises they make to get votes.

on a side note.... I'm really not ok

[B61 MACK]

Yesterday I seen two young blokes with a death wish, I went down to the local toy shop to pay some off my layby as I was about to cross the road, The two were on one small pushbike they came flying down the road one had his feet on the ground using them for brakes, there was a line up of cars at a red light they came into the right lane almost hitting me, I stepped back just in time, then they went though the red light almost go hit by a ute, all the time laughing and giving the bloke in the ute the finger. it would not been funny if the ute hit them.