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with some of the hundreds of entries to the CHIveco Ford Win-aEuroTech for a Year competition. Will you be chosen to take a brand new 380hp EuroTech artic on to your fleet for a year? We're working our way through all the entries and will announce the winner soon...watch this space!
Shrink wrapped Christmas Yorkie
Two bars of chocolate arrived in the post this week, both I Yorkies, but with one containing a bite less than the full bar of chocolate, as the Prime Minister might say. My good friend and trucking superstar Kelvin Purcell, singer with The Heathrow Flyers, was the sender of the confectionery, explaining: "It's tough being a trucker in the winter—as well as the battery going flat, you freeze your nuts off and certain things are inclined to shrink in the cold. But one thing I never expected to shrink was me Yorkie Bar. Yes, that lot at Rowntree have sneaked a lump out of the old truckers' favourite and repackaged it like a Christmas cracker to hide it."
Kelvin adds that there are now just five lumps instead of six. And, indeed, the new slimline bar, though tasty as ever, weighs just 52g compared to its previous heavyweight 65g. Kelvin plans to pen a tune about this outrage. Who says that protest music is dead?
lue Peter's Christmas appeal has been helped to a flying start by a rapid response from the transport industry in arranging collections from more than 1,000 sites nationwide.
The appeal is asking viewers of the long-running BBC children's progrannne to donate unwanted paper, greetings cards and office paper to special collection bins in supermarkets.
The waste paper will then be taken away for recycling and proceeds will pay for wheelchairs for children in the UK, organised through the charity Whizzkid. To aid the project, vehicle hire company Lex Transfleet put together a fleet of 16 vehicles with dedicated drivers and planned the collection programme.
Twelve of the specialist 26-tomzers have been supplied by Mercedes with another four from Leyland Daf. Both manufacturers met the order in 10 weeks rather than the usual six months—and this was one they hadn't prepared earlier.
Learning the rules the hard way
rink driving is not a good idea on any
occasion but turning up or a driving lesson under the influence is particularly .nackisable, Pity this didn't deter LGV learner David Maliphant of Monmouth, Gwent. His instructor smelt drink on his breath and ordered his pupil to drive his vehicle into the nearest police station. Maliphant made matters worse by refusing to go in for a breath test and attempted to drive off. Police blocked his escape and arrested him; magistrates at Pontypool have ordered background reports, prior to sentencing, more than 25 years. It is preceded by the Beatles Anthology 1, a threerecord set of rare tapes. A six-part TV series began last Sunday night, telling the fabs' story in their own words.
Naturally trucks are involved up to their axles in this new wave of Beadernania Around 40 artics carrying the new triple disc left EMI's distribution centre in Uden, Holland, two weeks ago for distribution to 17 distribution centres in Europe. Security was strict to prevent any copies being released too early.
Each truck had two drivers and was shadowed by security staff from Uclen to its destination at the receiving distribution centre. It all goes to prove, once again, that all you need is love—oh, and the odd logistics solution.