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A Common 'tator Free

Born Wimbledon... Ex-lorry driver... Moved from UK to France 2002... Now teaching English ESL (TEFL Qualified)... DELF B1... 300/600 points towards my OU Degree... I registered with Uclick in 1997...

Recent Comments

  1. about 12 hours ago on On A Claire Day

    I have seen photos of those electric lorries too… but not in the flesh… Our buses run on an overnight charge…

  2. about 14 hours ago on On A Claire Day

    More and more of our public transport vehicles are electric now (the tram)…

  3. about 14 hours ago on On A Claire Day

    My Magnum was a 44 ton, diesel fuelled, lorry, with a fully loaded trailer. Ideal for international haulage. Most of the time just me, as the driver…

    I’d collect my loaded artic from central France, drive down to Ouistreham, board the ferry for Portsmouth, taking the M3, M4 or M40, northbound, making multi-drop deliveries…

    Wednesday’ish, start heading south again, making my collections en route. Thursday back on the ferry, loaded trailer, back up to central France, Friday pm…

  4. about 21 hours ago on Spot the Frog

    Pink Floyd or Star Wars…

  5. about 21 hours ago on The Other Coast

    By four o’clock, this afternoon, we’re expecting 32°C… It was 36° yesterday afternoon…

  6. about 22 hours ago on On A Claire Day

    44 ton Renault Magnum lorry, I used to drive, 35.91 litres/100km…

    What’s the weight and fuel consumption on your school bus?

  7. about 22 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    Yes… Have I misspelt it or is the grammar incorrect?

  8. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

    This may’ve predated the CDC 140A. The 140A display was eight of those vacuum tubes, displaying 0s and 1s… Eight bits = 1 byte…

  9. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

    I downloaded the slide-rule app, and use it, for nostalgie…

  10. 2 days ago on Cornered

    It’s gotta be bad, no matter what it is…