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It maybe snows once a year, and most people take the day off as an excuse/look after children who's school is closed. Those of us that drive for a living just expect large amounts of idiots on the roads. I spent yesterday sliding around in a tug.

I once took a traction unit in to the vehicle maintenance unit(VMU) at work with two lights out. He changed the bulbs, no luck. He changed the fuse, no change, he then took a screwdriver to the junction box, all the lights stopped working. It got fixed the next day by the senior mechanic, the...

This is closer to prog rock than what you would expect from a Metal band.

Todays linguistic trouble. In Austria in a taxi, on the way to the airport, trying to make small talk to a Norwegian woman in broken German as her English was worse than my German. I think English was her 4th or 5th language.

Well that's the end of the skiing part of my holiday. At least I got down the mountain under my own steam, now to camp out in a bar. Why o why can't you get co-codamol over the counter in Austria. Alcohol will have to do.

Thank you. My day should have been Manchester to Heathrow to Salzburg, now it's Manchester to Heathrow to Frankfurt to Salzburg. I think my attitude of not worrying about things that are out of my control (until I can do something about it) is going well today.

It would be the first time I fly international alone, and I miss the connection due to the airline. Time to brush up on my German as I wait for the new connection.

Yay got Saturday off work. But I'm working Monday. Yay 15 hours of overtime for 12 hours of work. But 6 day week next week.

Why I like starting work early.

If you have a spare three and a half hours The Tank Museum streamed Tiger day last week on youtube if you wanna see 131 rolling.

Part of my day at work today.

If you are that close behind me I will not be able to see you... With who I'm working for at the moment, it is unlikely I'll be going to Europe, although I have taken some loads to exporters. I do get to stop in some pritty places some times.

Slight rant After a month of driving artics (HGV, LEV, Semi trucks) in the UK, my thoughts are, White vans drivers are dangerous and suicidal, but some car drivers are even worse. I today I had a van overtake me on a motorway so close I could not see his lights, if he even touched his brakes...

I passed my C+E test, I'm now able to drive Artics on the road now. An hour of having some one watch you drive is bad, when that person can fail you for one marginal decision is stressful. Time to go looking for a decent job now.

Nothing quite like an 8 hour work day turning in to an 11 hour day because an another driver did not do their job. I had an irate store manager spent far to long complaining to me when I was sent to fix it.

In continuation of me getting a HGV Licence 4 days ago, I had a Job offer the next day and yesterday had a baptism of fire. I'm entirely new to the role and all I get is 30min induction and handed the keys to a fully loaded 18ton lorry and some paperwork, then told "off you go". 8 hours later...

I passed my HGV Class 2 test an hour ago (Euro Licence C). I only started this 10 months ago, Covid stopped the first round of training in November, and the second in January was cancelled the day before due to lockdown. I finally got my training in March and failed the first test, Then a retest...

Are these the only differences between turbofans and turbojets? In essence a Turbojet is the core of a Turbofan. Are there any other inherit advantages or disadvantages to either? Complexity and Fuel efficiency, Turbojets are less complex but use more fuel to produce the same trust as a...

From the depths, Stellaris, Command Modern Operations. At least walst waiting for the current situation to end.