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marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
When we used to drive past the Alaskan Rail main depot and yard in downtown Anchorage we'd get an amazing view of the sheds and yards from the flyover which came out of the back gate of Elmendorf AFB (you can see the back gate in the top left of the photo). The beasties looked mighty impressive from way up so imagine how imposing they were at trackside :eek: . I found this out when I was able to get quite close to one at the terminus at Seward. Unfortunately I'd left me camera in the Hotel and by the time I returned it had tootled off back towards Anchorage :(
 
marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Oh no. Whatever you do mate don't mention that word or even hint at it, it might offend or upset some people :oops:

I look forward to Plan S :p
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Osgood said:
You know what the next plan after F is, don't you?

You've got it - Plan G - buy a .......green one...
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No,no, no... what comes after plan F is G-Plan. Jordan is going to buy one of High Wycombe's finests sofas for the day care centre... upholstered in blue at one end, green in the middle and maroon at t'other end - no more arguments :thumbs: .
 
Steph Dale

Steph Dale

Western Thunderer
mickoo said:
Sorry to disappoint, Heljan's latest delivery ran into a spot of bother just outside my house this morning, blue locos in the trailer were a write off, but the green ones on the tractor unit were de-vaned safely for onward transit and sale.

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Aah - so if offered one that's 'fallen off the back of a lorry' it has a grain of truth in it...
Or perhaps not so much 'fallen off the back of a lorry' and 'the back's fallen off a lorry'.

Steph
 
mickoo

mickoo

Western Thunderer
Dog Star said:
What happened then Mick?
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Driver feel asleep or was texting, basically not doing what he was supposed to be doing.....looking where he was going, accident started aways back before the bridge, drifted left onto the hard shoulder hit the Armco that protects the bridge abutment which bounced him right into the central reservation Armco at 90° and slid sideways under the bridge still spinning which flipped the drawbar round and rolled it over. I live about 600 yds away and the bang was pretty loud, woke the wife and kids up, happened about 2-3 mins before I got there on my way home from night shift and before any other services got there or the dust had settled, shouted to driver if he was ok and said he was fine but looked pretty pi##ed off! (below) Not sure why both cab doors open, probably to let the smell out after he had :shit: himself!

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So I went home to bed...with ear plugs to drown out all the sirens!

Not the first we've had here, few weeks before a Dutchman hit the same barrier before the bridge (they'd only just repaired it a few days before this) but this time rolled on his right side and ended up right under the bridge, lucky he was a left hooker and had his seat belt on so wasn't dragging his head along the tarmac for 100yds. He'd just got off the ferry, again could of dozed off or looking at a map or something.

BTW, accident wasn't this morning, it was a few years ago, just added that to wind Jordan up LOL
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
mickoo said:
BTW, accident wasn't this morning, it was a few years ago, just added that to wind Jordan up LOL
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Mick, "Jordan, winding up thereof" is not a recognised WT-sport. If you can define the rules then maybe the rest of FS might accept the challenge.
 
mickoo

mickoo

Western Thunderer
LOL,

Rule 1, Tongue firmly in cheek
Rule 2, Don't take yourself seriously....no one else does!
Rule 3, No biting or spitting
Rule 4, Stop before recipient or others get too pi##ed off with the jape

:thumbs:
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
So we have a real comedian in our midst do we... clearly one who can read and write.

Judging by the font of the lettering, one who might read more from the magasine shelves in his local WT-library than from the rags sold by a street corner vendor.

Interesting anorak time - who can put a name to any of the magasines used in this threatening piece of evidence?

regards, Graham

[ought to say:- the desktop, screen and wall behind PC all need cleaning whilst I make another cup of tea. An excellent leg pull BTW]
 
mickoo

mickoo

Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
..... despite statistics which show that HGV drivers have the least "accidents per miles"
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Apparently aircraft are the safest means of travel, problem is, like trucks, when they do go wrong the impact is quite large.

Sadly I come into contact with a 'lot' of truck drivers down here and sadly that stereotype isn't wrong, most can hardly speak English (Poles on cheap hire rates) and most have a less than ideal sense of reason. We must get five or six RTAs a week, all and I mean all are proven to be the truck drivers fault, sadly unlike out on the public road where they are the biggest thing around, here they are not and in everycase they come off very badly.

I'm not saying all truck drivers are like that and I do accept that the type of work, trip MTs and cross dock transfers we have here will attract those who are lowest paid and least respectable. Those who work for larger more reputable companies are often very professional.

We had a case recently where a driver thought he should be loaded first and when the crane passed over him to load one in front (to clear a path for said driver) got the hump, jumped out the truck and climbed up the moving crane with a 9" knife shouting abuse at the driver, who promptly called our police on our emergency radio and then legged it over the top of the crane and down the other side and off up the park, said driver was blocked from chasing by gates at top of crane and promplty arrested and locked in the cells until his manager came and carted him off and promptly sacked him.
 
marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
Sgt Marsa - call out the Guard!!!!
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Right O! Wakey wakey you blue boyos get a shake on, we're on a mission! :D

Lancer! You search the Pride Park khazi (and take Steve with you) :))
Phill and Ross you search the utility rooms especially behind the washing machines :p
Jordan! You can search the reservation in case those pesky Soo are involved :eek:
The rest of you spread out and look busy :rolleyes:
I'll get the Colonel to check the perimeter (he needs the exercise and I'll tell him there's a blue box in it for him if he finds the culprit ;))

As for me I'll fly top cover in the old kite :thumbs:
 
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