What have you done today thread?

[cheb]

Im sure the build was on TRC.

Im sure the build was on TRC.

Could be right.

I could only find this:

viewtopic.php?p=27928&hilit=Tractor#p27928

Dagnamit.

Don't supposed you've got it archived anywhere @Wreckless Rat ?

I can't manage a whole tractor: viewtopic.php?p=115737&hilit=steering&s ... fe#p115737

[Noggin]

Spent a few hours this morning sat at a different cafe this morning studying drivers hours (cos that's what I failed most on in the test last week! I get the daily driver hours, it's weekly, double-drivers, 5 weeks of hours etc that melts my brain)

Thought I'd got a grip on it on to find the next section was on French working hours - that are different FFS

So it seems I have to remember two sets of regs - I had enough trouble mastering one set

[Bustaspoke]

Feeling very positive today
After over doing the cycling & getting what seemed like tendonitis in my knees in June I've just done 31km's on Zwift.
The other month I was doing at least 400KM's a month cycling,then when my knee's seized I couldn't even mow the lawn for a fortnight
Hopefully I can now get back on the pushbike & salvage some of my fitness,before I slip into old age..

[gremlin]

Got a Whatsapp from Mrs. Gremlin, as she's in the Waitrose next to my office. I asked if she might like to meet up for a coffee or a spot of lunch.

No, she replied, I'm only here for a wee and some basil, then I'm off to Ipswich.

So I rank below urination, fresh herbs and some God-forsaken town in Suffolk.

[Horse]

... , as she's in the Waitrose ... I'm only here for a wee

Blimey

Didn't know they sold that.

[636mick]

Spent a few hours this morning sat at a different cafe this morning studying drivers hours (cos that's what I failed most on in the test last week! I get the daily driver hours, it's weekly, double-drivers, 5 weeks of hours etc that melts my brain)

Thought I'd got a grip on it on to find the next section was on French working hours - that are different FFS

So it seems I have to remember two sets of regs - I had enough trouble mastering one set

Love your posts about becoming a bus driver.
Makes me laugh cos I used to be a driver/mechanic for a UK coach company and spent most of my time driving abroad. French rules passed me by totally, we all just drove! Probably a few rules we broke weekly.
We used to run into Beziers, do a driver swap and we got 12 hours off, which I’m sure wasn’t enough even with 2 drivers. Then we would sit in the town square, eat, drink, then drink, then sleep, then eat, then go back to work driving back to the UK. The local Police got wise and started breathalysing every coach just as we got back on the peage.
Back at Calais we swapped passengers and if we were going home we normally jumped in a car, otherwise we turned round and did it all again, sometimes 4 or 5 times in a row!!

So when I read about your confusion about hours I understand what you’re going through, stick with it, it’s nearly over and you can become a chauffeur d’autobus!!
Mick

[ZRX61]

Yesterday:
Bumped into a former gf, apparently we're going on a date next weekend...

[Silly Car]

... , as she's in the Waitrose ... I'm only here for a wee

Blimey

Didn't know they sold that.

They may as well, after all, they take enough of it when it comes to some of their prices

[Noggin]

Spent a few hours this morning sat at a different cafe this morning studying drivers hours (cos that's what I failed most on in the test last week! I get the daily driver hours, it's weekly, double-drivers, 5 weeks of hours etc that melts my brain)

Thought I'd got a grip on it on to find the next section was on French working hours - that are different FFS

So it seems I have to remember two sets of regs - I had enough trouble mastering one set

Love your posts about becoming a bus driver.
Makes me laugh cos I used to be a driver/mechanic for a UK coach company and spent most of my time driving abroad. French rules passed me by totally, we all just drove! Probably a few rules we broke weekly.
We used to run into Beziers, do a driver swap and we got 12 hours off, which I’m sure wasn’t enough even with 2 drivers. Then we would sit in the town square, eat, drink, then drink, then sleep, then eat, then go back to work driving back to the UK. The local Police got wise and started breathalysing every coach just as we got back on the peage.
Back at Calais we swapped passengers and if we were going home we normally jumped in a car, otherwise we turned round and did it all again, sometimes 4 or 5 times in a row!!

So when I read about your confusion about hours I understand what you’re going through, stick with it, it’s nearly over and you can become a chauffeur d’autobus!!
Mick

I did the EU/UK hours a few years ago to do the Transport Manager CPC. But here they use the EU rules but also sometimes the French rules

I got a question wrong today about the 2 driver thing - Im certain sure that under EU rules you can't, as first driver, sit next to the second driver for an 1.5 hours and then start driving again. That's not a pause/rest, its waiting/disponible/carré-barré. But I remember there being some differences for the French working hours - so guessing they say you can, cos I got the question wrong!! Need to work it all out very soon tho!!

Got another test tomorrow - both on the written questions and also one of the oral ones. I massively failed the written one last week, but have finally sorted out a very important bit of paper today so feel a bit more relaxed/less stressed so I might actually remember more!! The oral stuff - pretty sure I'm gonna fail

But I have 4 weeks to keep practicing!

Roll on 8th November when hopefully I'll be a coach driver! (sorry, Conductrice d'Autocar!). And my boss had sold loads of interseason trips around europe the last few months and is expecting to be equally or more busy in the interseason next year. So I REALLY do need to pass!!

[Sadlonelygit]

Spent a few hours this morning sat at a different cafe this morning studying drivers hours (cos that's what I failed most on in the test last week! I get the daily driver hours, it's weekly, double-drivers, 5 weeks of hours etc that melts my brain)

Thought I'd got a grip on it on to find the next section was on French working hours - that are different FFS

So it seems I have to remember two sets of regs - I had enough trouble mastering one set

Love your posts about becoming a bus driver.
Makes me laugh cos I used to be a driver/mechanic for a UK coach company and spent most of my time driving abroad. French rules passed me by totally, we all just drove! Probably a few rules we broke weekly.
We used to run into Beziers, do a driver swap and we got 12 hours off, which I’m sure wasn’t enough even with 2 drivers. Then we would sit in the town square, eat, drink, then drink, then sleep, then eat, then go back to work driving back to the UK. The local Police got wise and started breathalysing every coach just as we got back on the peage.
Back at Calais we swapped passengers and if we were going home we normally jumped in a car, otherwise we turned round and did it all again, sometimes 4 or 5 times in a row!!

So when I read about your confusion about hours I understand what you’re going through, stick with it, it’s nearly over and you can become a chauffeur d’autobus!!
Mick

Driving hours shit!

Last time I did a double hander, it was 20 hrs to Austria (10ea) and the only place the second driver could sit and 'rest' was in the jockey seat.
As for WTD and drivers hours, it's an absolute minefield, especially when you get to the 48 hrs average over 5 weeks.
Usually a complete joke as (in UK) you sign away your rights with most companies anyway!

[Sadlonelygit]

And what have I done today, got well and truly lost!
Went out on the tredder with the dog and for some reason decided to try a new route.
All was going well, nice bit of VTT, bit of a climb, nice bit of downhill, then arrived in a hamlet that I didn't recognise!
Found someone in a garden, explained I was lost and could they point me towards my local village.
A solid 5k grind up a big hill, 14k in total.
Dog is proper shagged too!

[ZRX61]

Recently bought some proper proper British bangers... Just cooked them & they taste like fried sawdust.

[Taipan]

Due to a fook up by the delivery company, the needed for the step Dads release commode didnt get delivered today and the company wanted to reschedule for Wednesday, which I couldnt do. It was looking like friday as the next date so the step dad would have another week in hospital!

A begging phone call to occupational therapy and the bribe of freeing up a much needed bed meant one was sourced, if I could collect it, which I duly did. Step Dad is finally home! Best bit was he said I don't need a commode and promptly took his stair lift upstairs to the toilet!

[Mussels]

Recently bought some proper proper British bangers... Just cooked them & they taste like fried sawdust.

We're they Richmond?

[ZRX61]

Recently bought some proper proper British bangers... Just cooked them & they taste like fried sawdust.

We're they Richmond?

"Jolly Good" brand, made in Santa Monica, Last Outpost of The Empire, I suspect at the same place that made a Cornish Pasty that had peas & carrots in it, but no swede or pepper...

[DefTrap]

We're they Richmond?

Ugh - my kids used to love those awful things.

[Taipan]

First day back at work and my first ride of a bike since early august. Both have been enjoyable so far.

[gremlin]

Come to the realisation that, due to my worsening plantar fasciitis, I may need to invest in a pair of Skechers ArchFit shoes for work.

Skechers...fucking Skechers, for fucks sake.

Shoot me now.

[Count Steer]

Come to the realisation that, due to my worsening plantar fasciitis, I may need to invest in a pair of Skechers ArchFit shoes for work.

Skechers...fucking Skechers, for fucks sake.

Shoot me now.

For pity's sake man, no pain is enough to warrant the ensuing eternal shame and the harsh laughter of colleagues.

Get yourself a few pairs of these and install them in shoes that befit your position as a pillar of the banking industry.

https://www.shoeinsoles.co.uk/superfeet ... soles.html

[Mr. Dazzle]

Come to the realisation that, due to my worsening plantar fasciitis, I may need to invest in a pair of Skechers ArchFit shoes for work.

Skechers...fucking Skechers, for fucks sake.

Shoot me now.

They do a range which don't require you to bend over now too