Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[atdc21]

Hey Tom, what do you think of this beauty, when i was about 20 i helped rebuild this truck , it had been stood in the yard and in a bad way for a lot of years, the engine was as sweet as could be, it would do about 37mph flat out, took some effort to steer (no power twin steer lol) and the clutch was so heavy to hold down.
p.s hope the attachment works im sh1te at this lol

[tikay]

Hey Tom, what do you think of this beauty, when i was about 20 i helped rebuild this truck , it had been stood in the yard and in a bad way for a lot of years, the engine was as sweet as could be, it would do about 37mph flat out, took some effort to steer (no power twin steer lol) and the clutch was so heavy to hold down.
p.s hope the attachment works im sh1te at this lol

There you go Mr Lorry Bloke, a few more for you.

Awesome!

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[atdc21]

Thanks for that Tikay,  it is a Leyland Octopus, very original name for an eight wheeler !
Took about 3 years to complete the rebuild as far as i can remember.

[bobby1]

Reason for alias: I worked with a posh guy and we were from such different backgrounds that we really had nothing in common at first, his name was Rupert. He was given the nickname Bobby to help him fit in ooop north and I think I joined Blonde a few days after he left to work in Hong Kong and from having very little in common at first I was gutted he was leaving, so I guess it was in his honour.

Age: 42

Occupation: mmm I guess sports trader is about the best of a bad bunch of options.

Location: Bang on the Leeds Bradford border, tho a Sheffield lad originally

Dream Job: Head of product testing in a brothel

Person you would be reincarnated as: This doesn't really work but when I thought about this it was just the answer that kept coming. My son, just to know how he lived after I had died.

Fave comfort food:  I love a bit of carrot cake

Imaginary super power: Would be great to be able to fly.

cheers

Hi Phil. Always nice to hear from you.

Do you remember the first time we met? It was at the Gutshot and you were working for William Hill

You gave me a W H goody bag with a baseball cap and a card marker inside.

Since then I've been given loads of baseball caps and card markers, but yours was the first, and it made me feel special.

I still have it somewhere.

I remember it really well mate.

That's nice to know Tom, I hope you returned the favour by providing plenty of rake when I was still there ;o)

[Doobs]

I have to go to Durham today, via Nottingham, Darley Dale, & Wombwell.

Warm Radio 4 up for me, it's going to be a long day.

The dreadful Radio 5 will be giving all-day coverage of Lady Thatcher's Funeral.

I hesitate to ask, but why is Radio 5 so dreadful? 

Apart from the all day Thatcher funeral ofc.

I should have added "imo".

1) Too formulaic.

2) Poor quality Presenters.

3) News Bulletins, advertised for every half hour, on the half hour, are invariably 3 or 4 minutes late. Not for good reason, because they just blather on despite the fact it the News is 2 minutes overdue. The BBC should set standards. A news Bulletin advertised for 11am should be at EXACTLY 11am. They do it deliberately, of course.

4) Naff jingles.

5) Some of their (otherwise most useful) Traffic Reports drive me nuts. They have one young lady (several now, as her poor comms skills are contagious it seems) who, whenever she reports of a traffic problem, adds the reason, & it is ALWAYS prefaced by "it is all to do with"

Delays on the M1 heading north at J21, & it is all to do with

M25 clockwise blocked at J16, all to do with

What sort of language is that? She means caused by. This is the BBC, Goddamnit.


So........I just don't like it, I guess, & I'm probably being unfair.

Carry on.

Radio 5, where no question is ever too ridiculous to ask on a phone in...
Where Nicky Campbell is treated as a serious journalist
The home of six oh six

Probably being fair


Although it is the place to hear Danny Baker

Will give you Nicky Campbell.  Grates so bad.  Guess your opinion is all to do with listening in the week.  I listen more at weekends. 

Those traffic bulletins will probably cause me to switch off in future.  I just know I will notice every time now.

[RED-DOG]

I have to go to Durham today, via Nottingham, Darley Dale, & Wombwell.

Warm Radio 4 up for me, it's going to be a long day.

EDIT: And South Anston.

12 hours 5 jobs & 407 miles later...

I'm home!

Too tired to post.

[Laxie]

I have to go to Durham today, via Nottingham, Darley Dale, & Wombwell.

Warm Radio 4 up for me, it's going to be a long day.

EDIT: And South Anston.

12 hours 5 jobs & 407 miles later...

I'm home!

Too tired to post.

Slacker

[RED-DOG]

ghat "it is all to do with" thing reminds me of the girl or chap at the checkout, who, when I proffer a £20 note for something costing £15.01, asks "do you have the penny at all?"

At all? What?

Advanced versions include....

I don't suppose you have the penny at all?

NO, I DON'T SUPPOSE I HAVE.

Best of the lot, there are two tills & one assistant, but he/she is busy doing something away from the till, so you stand by one of the tills.

They return, stand bahind the OTHER till, & say "would you like to come along to this till"?

Eh?

I said to one, on a morning when I was unusually grumpy, (talking in the morning should be banned), no, not particularly.

She looked at me like I was mad.  

Fair shout I suppose.

I don't get it.

She's doing her job, being polite and making herself understood.  What's the problem?

Let he who lives in a glass house without sin and all that.


xx

[RED-DOG]

Reason for alias: I'm your daughter.

Age: If you cant remember, I'm not telling you.

Location: Look out of the window.

Dream job: However Dr Alice Roberts describes her job, that's it.

Reincarnated as: David Attenborough

Super power: Teleportation, through time as well as space but as an observer only, think being able to interact could get really messy.

Your mam told me that she would choose time travel so that she could go back in time and save lives. Some singularity, like John Lennon by way laying Mark Chapman,  and some in their millions, by killing Hitler.

I tried to point out the dangers of messing about with history, but she was having none of it.

[RED-DOG]

Reason for alias: Japanese term from sumo that means 'giant killing' (literally means gold star). If a lower-ranked rikishi (sumo wrestler) beats a champion, he gets a kinboshi.  Every tournament he competes in after then he gets a stipend for that kinboshi.

Age: 38.

Location: Usually in front of my computer, or running around the National Forest in South Derbyshire.

Dream job: The Pope (imagine the chaos I could cause!)

Reincarnated as: Leonardo da Vinci

Super power: Telekinesis, or maybe the ability to hit rivers like Mitch.
 

Do you remember when sumo wrestling had a regular spot on Channel 4 Dan? We made ourselves a ring in the middle of a field and held our own ' Basho' (Is that the correct word?)

It was going great until one of the lads threw a big handful of salt into his opponent's eyes and caused a real fight.

[RED-DOG]

Reason for alias: The milli represents the first half of my bank balance surname and the donk represents my poker playing style

Age: 14 days into being the big two nine

Occupation: Online survey programmer Full time blonde poker forum contributer

Location: Currently Lincoln, born in York but places where I have lived for over 2 yrs include Cyprus/Germany/Manchester/South London/Bedford/Wiltshire/York, the under 6 months list is ridic.

Dream Job: Film critic

Person you would be reincarnated as: Justin Timberlake

Fave comfort food:  PIZZA, oh fuck i'm so hungry.

Imaginary super power: Mind control

Justin Timberlake? You have to either explain that choice or admit that you're kidding.

Film critic. Fine, but would you be any good?

Give me a nice short critique of the most recent film you've seen and I'll tell you if you've got the job.

[Geo the Sarge]

Reason for alias: Japanese term from sumo that means 'giant killing' (literally means gold star). If a lower-ranked rikishi (sumo wrestler) beats a champion, he gets a kinboshi.  Every tournament he competes in after then he gets a stipend for that kinboshi.

Age: 38.

Location: Usually in front of my computer, or running around the National Forest in South Derbyshire.

Dream job: The Pope (imagine the chaos I could cause!)

Reincarnated as: Leonardo da Vinci

Super power: Telekinesis, or maybe the ability to hit rivers like Mitch.
 

Do you remember when sumo wrestling had a regular spot on Channel 4 Dan? We made ourselves a ring in the middle of a field and held our own ' Basho' (Is that the correct word?)

It was going great until one of the lads threw a big handful of salt into his opponent's eyes and caused a real fight.

Do you remember they also used to show Kabaddi, I loved watching this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi

Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi


Geo

[bobAlike]

Reason for alias: The milli represents the first half of my bank balance surname and the donk represents my poker playing style

Age: 14 days into being the big two nine

Occupation: Online survey programmer Full time blonde poker forum contributer

Location: Currently Lincoln, born in York but places where I have lived for over 2 yrs include Cyprus/Germany/Manchester/South London/Bedford/Wiltshire/York, the under 6 months list is ridic.

Dream Job: Film critic

Person you would be reincarnated as: Justin Timberlake

Fave comfort food:  PIZZA, oh fuck i'm so hungry.

Imaginary super power: Mind control

Justin Timberlake? You have to either explain that choice or admit that you're kidding.

Film critic. Fine, but would you be any good?

Give me a nice short critique of the most recent film you've seen and I'll tell you if you've got the job.

Milli just trying to make up for something may be as in some circles Justin Timberlake is AKA Justin 'TrouserSnake'.

[Laxie]

Reason for alias: It's the name of a town-land near where I used to live in Ireland.

Age: 42

Occupation: Domestic Engineer

Location: Leicester for now.  USA asap.

Dream Job: Marine Mammal rehabilitation here...  http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

Person you would be reincarnated as:  Nadia Comaneci

Fave comfort food:  Fresh bread, just out of the oven, with butter and jam.

Imaginary super power: Mind reader

[sovietsong]

Reason for alias: favourite horse, set up my tribecca account (paddy power) off the back of a big win & its the only name i could think of at the time.

Age: 29

Occupation: insurance sales - yawn

Location: LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS

Dream Job: Guest House/Cafe Proprietor based on my self sufficient small holding... this changes everyday - in fact more often than that

Person you would be reincarnated as: a working class version of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Fave comfort food: Bangers & Mash in a giant yorkshire pudding

Imaginary super power: Bernard's Watch

Full of surprises.

If I'd been guessing I wouldn't have got any of your answers right.

WTF kind of super power is Bernard's Watch?

I do change my mind on a lot of these, so anybody guessing would struggle.

Bernard's watch is the best superpower, your daughter explained it earlier, imagine the mischief you could get up to by stopping time. Bernard sort of wasted it on the children's TV show, cheating on maths tests by just giving himself more time instead of getting a calculator etc.

When will you be answering these questions?