Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

--
Adam

In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?


--
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Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?


--
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On Thursday, 6 August 2020 21:30:58 UTC+1, JimK wrote:
Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?

Must be more interesting things to video from a cherry picker.

The upstairs windows of the nurses' hostel?

Owain

Ah, yes one might expect that something so fundamental would be the first
thing to check on. I still get amazed by the dial a ride service in London
who persistently get certain drop off locations totally incorrect and try to
dump a blind user in totally the wrong place.
In this land of tech, we have forgotten the fundamentals of actually using
people with local knowledge and using their brains and mouth to ask.
Brian

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Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

--
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On 07/08/2020 07:37, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Ah, yes one might expect that something so fundamental would be the first
thing to check on. I still get amazed by the dial a ride service in London
who persistently get certain drop off locations totally incorrect and try to
dump a blind user in totally the wrong place.
In this land of tech, we have forgotten the fundamentals of actually using
people with local knowledge and using their brains and mouth to ask.
Brian



My MIL with dementia got dropped off outside her home on discharge from
hospital. Just left in the street in her dressing gown. My wife was on
her way, so it wasn't the end of the world, but it was still shoddy.

A 70+ year old patient spent the night in his back garden recently.
Discharged home in the evening, and nobody bothered to tell his wife,
who was staying with her sister.

On 06/08/2020 21:30, Jimk wrote:
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?



Managed a short one aiming forwards..



The two cars in front had overtaken the bollards to get past me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGA...ature=youtu.be




--
Adam

On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker. I'll
check for dash cam footage


--
Adam

On 07/08/2020 18:40, ARW wrote:
On 06/08/2020 21:30, Jimk wrote:
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?



Managed a short one aiming forwards..



The two cars in front had overtaken the bollards to get past me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGA...ature=youtu.be




Oh, a big one, I thought you just meant the scissor lift type.

Did you have to go round any roundabouts ?.

You'll have the CITB mafia baying for your blood if you don't
have the correct bits of plastic permissionary thing :-)

In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
was working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailback pass:-)
Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker. I'll
check for dash cam footage

None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid drive
and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with banks,
the doubtful steering makes it lethal!



--
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On 07/08/2020 19:08, Andrew wrote:
On 07/08/2020 18:40, ARW wrote:
On 06/08/2020 21:30, Jimk wrote:
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailback
pass:-)

Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?



Managed a short one aiming forwards..



The two cars in front had overtaken the bollards to get past me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGA...ature=youtu.be




Oh, a big one, I thought you just meant the scissor lift type.

Did you have to go round any roundabouts ?.

Only the one - with speed bumps when I approached it - 20MPH limit
before I joined the A road.

You have to switch the lever to non level travel to traverse the bumps -
that slows the machine down..



--
Adam

On Friday, 7 August 2020 18:40:14 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
On 06/08/2020 21:30, Jimk wrote:
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , ARW
writes

Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?



Managed a short one aiming forwards..



The two cars in front had overtaken the bollards to get past me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGA...ature=youtu.be

That's mad slow. A baby stroller would be faster.


NT

On 07/08/2020 21:15, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
wasÂ* working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
Â*I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailbackÂ* pass:-)
Â*Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker. I'll
check for dash cam footage

None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid drive
and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with banks,
the doubtful steering makes it lethal!




Just checked my dashcam. I do have footage of it.

I'll have to crop the video before I can post it because the first 4
minutes shows me driving like a maniac on country roads, shouting abuse
to a pedestrian that was not using the pavement, blasting the horn and
waving to the local drug dealer and wheel spinning at a cross roads.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Tractor.png

And at 10MPH I thought he was going to fall off when he hit the speed bump.


--
Adam

Wrote in message:
On Friday, 7 August 2020 18:40:14 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
On 06/08/2020 21:30, Jimk wrote:
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , ARW
writes

Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.

I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the tailback
pass:-)

Videoed the tailback on his phone shurely!?



Managed a short one aiming forwards..



The two cars in front had overtaken the bollards to get past me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGA...ature=youtu.be

That's mad slow. A baby stroller would be faster.


NT


Wouldn't get you up as high though shurely...

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In message , ARW
writes
On 07/08/2020 21:15, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
was* working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
*I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailback* pass:-)
*Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker.
I'll check for dash cam footage
None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid
drive and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with
banks, the doubtful steering makes it lethal!




Just checked my dashcam. I do have footage of it.

I'll have to crop the video before I can post it because the first 4
minutes shows me driving like a maniac on country roads, shouting abuse
to a pedestrian that was not using the pavement, blasting the horn and
waving to the local drug dealer and wheel spinning at a cross roads.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Tractor.png

And at 10MPH I thought he was going to fall off when he hit the speed bump.

Has to be owner driver as H&S would be very stressed by the lack of a
roll bar. Ferguson 35?



--
Tim Lamb

On 08/08/2020 07:51, ARW wrote:
On 07/08/2020 21:15, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
wasÂ* working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
Â*I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailbackÂ* pass:-)
Â*Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker. I'll
check for dash cam footage

None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid drive
and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with banks,
the doubtful steering makes it lethal!




Just checked my dashcam. I do have footage of it.

I'll have to crop the video before I can post it because the first 4
minutes shows me driving like a maniac on country roads, shouting abuse
to a pedestrian that was not using the pavement, blasting the horn and
waving to the local drug dealer and wheel spinning at a cross roads.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Tractor.png

And at 10MPH I thought he was going to fall off when he hit the speed bump.


A tractor without a rollcage or safety cab. So that means the driver
is of a similar age, or older ...

On 08/08/2020 10:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 07/08/2020 21:15, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
wasÂ* working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
Â*I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailbackÂ* pass:-)
Â*Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker.
I'll check for dash cam footage
Â*None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid
driveÂ* and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with
banks,Â* the doubtful steering makes it lethal!




Just checked my dashcam. I do have footage of it.

I'll have to crop the video before I can post it because the first 4
minutes shows me driving like a maniac on country roads, shouting
abuse to a pedestrian that was not using the pavement, blasting the
horn and waving to the local drug dealer and wheel spinning at a cross
roads.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Tractor.png

And at 10MPH I thought he was going to fall off when he hit the speed
bump.

Has to be owner driver as H&S would be very stressed by the lack of a
roll bar. Ferguson 35?




No idea. But it did have a black number plate with silver lettering on
the back of the seat.

--
Adam

Andrew Wrote in message:
On 08/08/2020 07:51, ARW wrote:
On 07/08/2020 21:15, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
was working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailback pass:-)
Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker. I'll
check for dash cam footage

None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid drive
and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with banks,
the doubtful steering makes it lethal!




Just checked my dashcam. I do have footage of it.

I'll have to crop the video before I can post it because the first 4
minutes shows me driving like a maniac on country roads, shouting abuse
to a pedestrian that was not using the pavement, blasting the horn and
waving to the local drug dealer and wheel spinning at a cross roads.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Tractor.png

And at 10MPH I thought he was going to fall off when he hit the speed bump.


A tractor without a rollcage or safety cab. So that means the driver
is of a similar age, or older ...


Or a younger enthusiast....
--
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On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 18:28:04 +0100, ARW
wrote:

Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

We need men like you in the Army, son.

On 09/08/2020 11:41, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 18:28:04 +0100, ARW
wrote:

Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

We need men like you in the Army, son.


One of my regrets in life is that I did not apply to join the TA when I
had the chance.

--
Adam

On 08/08/2020 20:04, Jimk wrote:
Andrew Wrote in message:
On 08/08/2020 07:51, ARW wrote:
On 07/08/2020 21:15, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
On 06/08/2020 21:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I
was working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

I now know how farmers feel when driving a tractor on the road.
I hope you pulled in at every convenient opportunity to let the
tailback pass:-)
Mind, now they do 50 klicks, what tailback?



Any good with tractors?


I could have overtaken the tractor today with the cherry picker. I'll
check for dash cam footage

None of mine do more than 18mph although the forktruck has fluid drive
and could probably do 30 on an airfield. On a narrow road with banks,
the doubtful steering makes it lethal!




Just checked my dashcam. I do have footage of it.

I'll have to crop the video before I can post it because the first 4
minutes shows me driving like a maniac on country roads, shouting abuse
to a pedestrian that was not using the pavement, blasting the horn and
waving to the local drug dealer and wheel spinning at a cross roads.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Tractor.png

And at 10MPH I thought he was going to fall off when he hit the speed bump.


A tractor without a rollcage or safety cab. So that means the driver
is of a similar age, or older ...


Or a younger enthusiast....


Quite a few of them today in a convoy without roll cages or roll bars.
I'll have to fetch in the dash cam again.

I'll guess I was in Nottinghamshire as I had passed Dunham Bridge and
crossed the the palm of "someone who loves his job" with 60 pence of silver.

--
Adam

In message , ARW
writes
Snip

Quite a few of them today in a convoy without roll cages or roll bars.
I'll have to fetch in the dash cam again.

Some sort of enthusiast gathering. I think the law stands back until the
*at work* bit is invoked.

I have a J reg. David Brown 880 which originally formed part of a sugar
beet harvester. Came to me needing a crank re-grind. Someone had fitted
a rather crude, folding roll frame. So I'm street legal:-)

I'll guess I was in Nottinghamshire as I had passed Dunham Bridge and
crossed the the palm of "someone who loves his job" with 60 pence of
silver.


--
Tim Lamb

On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 20:22:49 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 09/08/2020 11:41, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 18:28:04 +0100, ARW
wrote:

Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

We need men like you in the Army, son.


One of my regrets in life is that I did not apply to join the TA when I
had the chance.

TA? Toy soldiers. I see you more as a hairy-arsed paratrooper. You
know, crushing the skull of johnny foreigner with your rifle butt. Or
driving a Chieftain tank straight through some dole-sponger's
maisonette.

On 10/08/2020 00:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
driving a Chieftain tank straight through some dole-sponger's
maisonette.

What a lovely image for a Monday morning.


--
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man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly
persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid
before him."

- Leo Tolstoy

On 10/08/2020 00:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 20:22:49 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 09/08/2020 11:41, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 18:28:04 +0100, ARW
wrote:

Cherry picker delivered to a block of flats and not the hospital I was
working at.

So **** it I drove it down the main road to where I needed it.

We need men like you in the Army, son.


One of my regrets in life is that I did not apply to join the TA when I
had the chance.

TA? Toy soldiers. I see you more as a hairy-arsed paratrooper. You
know, crushing the skull of johnny foreigner with your rifle butt. Or
driving a Chieftain tank straight through some dole-sponger's
maisonette.


When I was younger I did not have a hairy arse..........

And I am too old now to enjoy a good punch up every weekend.

--
Adam

On 09/08/2020 21:03, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Snip

Quite a few of them today in a convoy without roll cages or roll bars.
I'll have to fetch in the dash cam again.

Some sort of enthusiast gathering. I think the law stands back until the
*at work* bit is invoked.

I have a J reg. David Brown 880 which originally formed part of a sugar
beet harvester. Came to me needing a crank re-grind. Someone had fitted
a rather crude, folding roll frame. So I'm street legal:-)

Made in Yorkshire :-)

Did it have a 3 or 4 cylinder engine ?. I forget.


I'll guess I was in Nottinghamshire as I had passed Dunham Bridge and
crossed the the palm of "someone who loves his job" with 60 pence of
silver.

In message , Andrew
writes
On 09/08/2020 21:03, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , ARW
writes
Snip

Quite a few of them today in a convoy without roll cages or roll
bars. I'll have to fetch in the dash cam again.
Some sort of enthusiast gathering. I think the law stands back until
the *at work* bit is invoked.
I have a J reg. David Brown 880 which originally formed part of a
sugar beet harvester. Came to me needing a crank re-grind. Someone
had fitted a rather crude, folding roll frame. So I'm street legal:-)

Made in Yorkshire :-)

Did it have a 3 or 4 cylinder engine ?. I forget.

3. I also have a 1210 and a 1390 both with the 4 cylinder 67hp.


I'll guess I was in Nottinghamshire as I had passed Dunham Bridge
and crossed the the palm of "someone who loves his job" with 60
pence of silver.




--
Tim Lamb

On Monday, 10 August 2020 00:54:19 UTC+1, Cursitor Doom wrote:
TA? Toy soldiers.

My father was in the TA. He paraded before one of the King Georges.

He went on to draw up maps of the Normandy Beaches and then liberated bits of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Not single-handedly, admittedly.

Owain