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I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some
Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. |
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John wrote:
I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Always used to make me chuckle. Memorable, too. |
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On Thursday, 21 November 2019 13:58:34 UTC, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Always used to make me chuckle. Memorable, too. I was amused how long it took Jim'll mix it cement company took to rename themselves. It a shame clueless ****wits were the reason. |
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On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote:
I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Some trucks used to be Christian Salvesen, who for some reason had a generator hire company, called Aggreko, which is now a standalone company, still based in Glasgow, I think. I think an array of big blue containers were all clustered together at the Olympic Park during London2012 to supply backup power, should it be needed. These were Aggreko. |
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On 21/11/2019 14:13, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:38:22 +0000, John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. On a related note, SWMBO read something about Eddie Stobart being on the rocks recently ? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...eddie-stobart/ |
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On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote:
I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Moi aussi |
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On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote:
I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Counting Norberts was something we did to while away a motorway or autoroute journey. The XPO trucks are nowhere near as noticeable. -- Colin Bignell |
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Andrew wrote: On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Some trucks used to be Christian Salvesen, who for some reason had a generator hire company, called Aggreko, which is now a standalone company, still based in Glasgow, I think. Christian Salveson used originally to operate a whaling fleet. They diversified. The haulage company was bought by Norbert Dentrissagle in 2007. The large numbers of penguins at Edinburgh Zoo is a as a resultb of the whaling crews taking penguins as pets on their travels and not being able to keep them when they got home. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:58:26 +0000, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Always used to make me chuckle. Memorable, too. Sort of French equivalent to Eddie Stobart. I always managed to forget how to pronounce the 'memorable' name within a minute of seeing one. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:13:27 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:38:22 +0000, John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. On a related note, SWMBO read something about Eddie Stobart being on the rocks recently ? Seems to be since it became Deaddie Stobart. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:42:48 UTC, nightjar wrote:
Counting Norberts was something we did to while away a motorway or autoroute journey. The XPO trucks are nowhere near as noticeable. I used to count the number of times father said "bloody". Owain |
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:38:22 +0000, John wrote:
I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Yes, we were always seeing 'Norberts' going along the M2. I hadn't noticed they'd disappeared! -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Probably found nobody could remember it.
Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "John" wrote in message 2.222... I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. |
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On 21/11/2019 15:22, Andrew wrote:
On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Some trucks used to be Christian Salvesen, who for some reason had a generator hire company, called Aggreko, which is now a standalone company, still based in Glasgow, I think. I think an array of big blue containers were all clustered together at the Olympic Park during London2012 to supply backup power, should it be needed. These were Aggreko. They seem to use white or grey now and it used to be orange with a brown base back in the '90s. SteveW |
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On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote:
I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. My little car's been through the mangle It was bashed by Dentressangle Bill |
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On Thursday, 21 November 2019 22:14:03 UTC, Bill Wright wrote:
My little car's been through the mangle It was bashed by Dentressangle The wing mirror's now a missing part It got sideswiped by E. Stobart Owain |
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On Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 5:09:58 PM UTC, charles wrote:
In article , Andrew wrote: On 21/11/2019 13:38, John wrote: I realised today that I hadn't seen their lorries for ages. Did some Googling and found they are now XPO Logistics. Sad - I liked that name. Some trucks used to be Christian Salvesen, who for some reason had a generator hire company, called Aggreko, which is now a standalone company, still based in Glasgow, I think. Christian Salveson used originally to operate a whaling fleet. They diversified. The haulage company was bought by Norbert Dentrissagle in 2007. The large numbers of penguins at Edinburgh Zoo is a as a resultb of the whaling crews taking penguins as pets on their travels and not being able to keep them when they got home. Oddly enough, I was just thinking recently that I hadn't seen their lorries recently. I have seen Dentressangle occasionally referred to as Deathstrangle. Christian Salvesen, despite the name, were a Scottish company based in Leith. I remember my dad telling me that and not quite believing him. |
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I always liked the late Terry Wogan's name for them - Norbert Disentangle.
Richard |
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PeterC wrote:
Jethro_uk wrote: SWMBO read something about Eddie Stobart being on the rocks recently ? Seems to be since it became Deaddie Stobart. I think he retired, rather than died. |
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Ian Jackson wrote:
can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? Their own corporate video pronounces it 'stow' https://vimeo.com/325701626 |
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Andy Burns wrote: Ian Jackson wrote: can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? Their own corporate video pronounces it 'stow' https://vimeo.com/325701626 It's probably a north/south accent variation. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 23/11/2019 13:57, Andy Burns wrote:
PeterC wrote: Jethro_uk wrote: SWMBO read something about Eddie Stobart being on the rocks recently ? Seems to be since it became Deaddie Stobart. I think he retired, rather than died. Eddie Stobart died when he was in his 50's but his brother kept the trucking side going. They seem to have diverged into two companies, one running heavy haulage and the other doing rail maintenance, biomass and running Southend airport. |
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On 23/11/2019 13:33, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , writes On Thursday, 21 November 2019 22:14:03 UTC, Bill WrightÂ* wrote: My little car's been through the mangle It was bashed by Dentressangle The wing mirror's now a missing part It got sideswiped by E. Stobart Owain As an aside, can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? A couple of years ago, I'm pretty sure that I heard one of the family on the radio, and he said it was 'Stobbart'. But despite this, in a TV documentary about them everyone consistently said 'Stowbart'. As a second aside, how should you pronounce 'Dentressangle'? Not with your mouth full |
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Andrew wrote:
Eddie Stobart died when he was in his 50's but his brother kept the trucking side going. They seem to have diverged into two companies, one running heavy haulage and the other doing rail maintenance, biomass and running Southend airport. So is wikip shudder/ wrong? |
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 14:23:14 +0000, Andrew wrote:
On 23/11/2019 13:33, Ian Jackson wrote: In message , writes On Thursday, 21 November 2019 22:14:03 UTC, Bill Wright* wrote: My little car's been through the mangle It was bashed by Dentressangle The wing mirror's now a missing part It got sideswiped by E. Stobart Owain As an aside, can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? A couple of years ago, I'm pretty sure that I heard one of the family on the radio, and he said it was 'Stobbart'. But despite this, in a TV documentary about them everyone consistently said 'Stowbart'. As a second aside, how should you pronounce 'Dentressangle'? Not with your mouth full I thought the Dentressangle were the cooks on the Vogon Constructor Fleet! -- Regards, Paul Herber https://www.paulherber.co.uk/ |
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Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote: Eddie Stobart died when he was in his 50's but his brother kept the trucking side going. They seem to have diverged into two companies, one running heavy haulage and the other doing rail maintenance, biomass and running Southend airport. So is wikip shudder/ wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Stobart seems to say it was the son who died, not the father ... |
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In message ,
Terry Casey writes In article , says... As a second aside, how should you pronounce 'Dentressangle'? I would guess 'Dontre-songle', with the emphasis on the first syllable I'll buy that one! -- Ian |
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In message , Andy Burns
writes Ian Jackson wrote: can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? Their own corporate video pronounces it 'stow' https://vimeo.com/325701626 True (five times). As I said, the TV documentary also used 'Stowbart', but I'm sure that in the radio interview (which I'm sure I heard), one of the family frequently referred to 'Stobbart'. I remember this because I used to work near an ES depot, and used to see dozens of lorries each day. I mentally used to read 'Stowbart' - until I heard the radio programme. Maybe they've simply adopted a policy of 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em'. -- Ian |
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charles wrote:
In article , Andy Burns wrote: Ian Jackson wrote: can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? Their own corporate video pronounces it 'stow' https://vimeo.com/325701626 It's probably a north/south accent variation. Similarly, it seems that Colin Powell, the Mercadian 4* general and former US Secretary of State prefers "Collin" rather than "Coe-lin", but decided not to swim against the media tide. -- ^Ï^ My pet rock Gordon doesn't care about the fnords anymore. |
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:23:03 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:
charles wrote: In article , Andy Burns wrote: Ian Jackson wrote: can anyone positively confirm the 'Stobart' is pronounced 'Stobbart', and not 'Stowbart'? Their own corporate video pronounces it 'stow' https://vimeo.com/325701626 It's probably a north/south accent variation. Similarly, it seems that Colin Powell, the Mercadian 4* general and former US Secretary of State prefers "Collin" rather than "Coe-lin", but decided not to swim against the media tide. Would that be "Coe-lin Pole"? -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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