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IN THE NEWS
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Take a stroll with us through the untravelled byway of road haulage; the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the downright strange...
In life there are many golden rules designed to keep us from harm — you know things like looking both ways before crossing the road — and deliver us safely through the great obstacle course we call living. However, from time to time we, especially those of the male gender, forget some very basic rules indeed. Last week CM's fragrant deputy editor Emma Penny, accompanied by the equally delightful Val Smith of the Road Haulage Association and RHA head honcho Roger King, attempted to take a truck to Downing Street in a protest against fuel price rises.
With the recently qualified Ms Penny behind the wheel the trio proceeded happily through London's traffic until the harmony was shattered by a stray comment. After asking how she was getting on Emma received only praise from Val. But Roger, forgetting that the secret to long life and prosperity is never to criticise a woman's driving, expressed his concern at the way she had approached a roundabout... One can only imagine the expression on his face as our doughty deputy asked icily: "Excuse me Roger, but can you drive a truck?" "Yes," came a small voice. "I just haven't quite passed my test yet."
As we all know, the internet is a hotbed of filth, degradation and downright muck. No, not lorryspotting.com, were talking, ahem, 'adult' sites. Most companies install bits of software on their computer systems so that bored employees don't 'accidentally' stray from the path of corporate righteousness and end up looking at somewhat dubious material. Imagine our surprise then when one of our staff tried to log on to the MAN website at wwwman,com and onto his screen popped the message "Access to this web page is restricted at this time. The category 'Adult Content is filtered." What do they have on there?
Which is nothing compared to the fifth we actually receive. Just take this one from CitySprint couriers about its work with 'Man Not Included' a "conception assistance service which helps single and lesbian women across the world find a sperm donor enabling them to conceive". Donors wishing to support the service are provided with a flask before their offering is whisked away to private addresses across the UK; thankfully no pictures were included.
Lastly big applause to Southampton-based Doccombe European who've been helping out the Royal British Legion on it Bike-to-Brussels and Pedal-to-Paris charity fund-raising bikc o thons. Doccombe provided logistical support in terms of tea and buns for the riders and bike transport back from Europe. The firm's Sprinter van also doubled as the event's 'broom wagon' — sweeping up those too tired to carry on.