truck & bus wrote:
When the Lord was creating Truck Drivers, he was into his sixth day of
overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of
fiddling around on this one." And the Lord said, "Have you read the
spec on this order?"... "A truck driver has to be able to drive 10-12
or more hours per day, through any type of weather, on any type of
road, know the highway traffic laws of 48 states and 10 provinces, he
has to be ready and able to unload 40,000 lbs of cargo after driving
thru the night, sleep in areas of cities and towns that the police
refuse to patrol."...

We don't have trucks in the UK, only lorries.

"Earl Purple" wrote



We don't have trucks in the UK, only lorries.







"Truck", meaning lorry has been in common usage for around 30 years in
British English.

I don't know why it took over from lorry, although the change took place
among the population in general, rather than among those who drive or
operate them.

There's nothing wrong with the word as a description- it is derived from the
Greek "Trokhos", meaning "Wheel"




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Regards, Vince.


www.TruckDrivingInRussia.co.uk

"Earl Purple" wrote in message
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We don't have trucks in the UK, only lorries.

Thanks to the Truck Act?

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Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
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That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

Earl Purple wrote:
truck & bus wrote:
When the Lord was creating Truck Drivers, he was into his sixth day of
overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of
fiddling around on this one." And the Lord said, "Have you read the
spec on this order?"... "A truck driver has to be able to drive 10-12
or more hours per day, through any type of weather, on any type of
road, know the highway traffic laws of 48 states and 10 provinces, he
has to be ready and able to unload 40,000 lbs of cargo after driving
thru the night, sleep in areas of cities and towns that the police
refuse to patrol."...

We don't have trucks in the UK, only lorries.

We also have EEC Regulations 3820/85 (drivers hours) and 3821/85
(tachographs)to comply with, but I suppose the Yank trucker who started
this thread wouldn't have had the intelligence to realise that(being a
Yank is what makes me think he's thick by the way, not the fact he's a
trucker!).

On 5 Aug 2005 07:46:16 -0700, "Acrosticus" wrote:

being a Yank is what makes me think he's thick

Racist.

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

James Farrar wrote:
On 5 Aug 2005 07:46:16 -0700, "Acrosticus" wrote:

being a Yank is what makes me think he's thick

Racist.

No, racist is when somebody is picked on because of their 'race'. It's in
the name if you look carefully. 'Yank' isn't a race.

Stereotypist, maybe. Or statistician ;-)

On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 13:01:14 GMT, "PC Paul" wrote:

James Farrar wrote:
On 5 Aug 2005 07:46:16 -0700, "Acrosticus" wrote:

being a Yank is what makes me think he's thick

Racist.

No, racist is when somebody is picked on because of their 'race'. It's in
the name if you look carefully. 'Yank' isn't a race.

Race: "a family, tribe, people, or nation" [m-w.com]

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

What exactly has this to do with uk.transport*?

please reset your follow-ups to take it off these groups.

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 11:37:29 +0100, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

James Farrar wrote:

Race: "a family, tribe, people, or nation"

That is a poor definition

Because it doesn;t fit your argument?

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

Steve

What you need seems to be a tranquilizer... any type... Or to remove
the diving apparatus from the head...
Why do not try it?