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blimey John that is an average of about 26000 miles a year - did you drive for a living?

Before Match of the Day comes on I have decided to admit that I am a Brilliant Artist
but i'm not saying what kind. hic hic

GP

John you are expert at slipping OH into your posts ... dammed silly considering we know she is not there

where is she?

Errol. That is typical mileage for anybody who works for a multi-site company. I was Cortina man (apologies to John Betjemann)

Used to have a new Cortina or whatever every 2 years!! Fully expensed (and no tax in those days either :-D)

Lot of hours to spend in a tin box, innit :-(

I used to drive for a living and did an average of 160,000 miles per year so i also no my way around the UK and several other EU countries so does that make me an Ultimate expert

Roy

I am expert at being a lifelong Crystal Palace supporter.


Durban Road Eagle

;-)

I used to do 55,000 a year when living in Great Chesterford and working in London. What a drag that was! An extra 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours on top of my working day.

Incredible, Roy. Was that in HGV? There are so many drivers who are extremely professional. I used to admire Eddie Stobart drivers very much.

Regrettably, my 1 point whatever million miles over 30 plus years did NOT make me a very good driver. Perhaps a lucky one as I never was involved in a major accident. I am glad to only be driving about 200 miles a week now. The driving did make me an expert on the geography of E & W - and Scotland. And an expert on hotels as I stayed out 2 nights a week on average during all those years. :-)

The phrase

Jack of All Trades - Master of None

springs to mind :-D :-D

John, Yes it was HGV, I was whats known as a tramper out 4 and 5 nights per week

As for Eddie Stobart they are very over rated every job is a drama, They are just the same in real life as they are on the TV programme

Not what i would call professional at all in fact i personally know 2 of the drivers on that programme both where fired from previous jobs for their lack of road craft, I would love to see stobart driver in the narrow lanes of pembrokeshire collecting/delivering to farms in areas like Angle, Dale, or Marlows in the height of summer

Roy

I am so envious of you John - still doing 200 miles a week at your age, so many jobs, so much experience - you are a lucky man/woman

I can hear Convoy playing in my head... :-S

10/4 Eeyore

Roy

ooh Roy you have revealed your expertise - a poet

Riding high Porkie Pie :-D

And at being ignored ;-)

who said that?

A milometer on a swivel chair! Well I never.

~~~ to Joy, I'm good at being ignored too :-)

I'm quite good at research, quite good at growing things, quite good at being kind, ( very bad at being patient and forgiving though ) but I'm not an expert at anything and actually I'm quite pleased about that, because if I were an expert at only one or two things it might make me a less interesting person ;-)