Re: BREAKDOWNS

Posted by Mike McDermott on Jul 02, 2011; 11:11pm
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/BREAKDOWNS-tp4544086p4545963.html

Colin, heaven forfend that I should ever dob in a driver, even after 30 years, so I shall say with my hand on my heart that noje that I wotked withj had to dfeal witrh a brerakdown. ERvwer.

By the way, it’s hard to type with your fingers crossed; ever tried it?

However, when their coaches played up, even a teensy bit, it was interesting to note how they dealt with it. Allan Maher would close a deal with it; not a problem. Brendon Reid would give it a big grin and a hug, and it would be so chuffed that it would carry on regardless. The trickster Carl Capstick could use a spanner and a bit of araldite so well that the coach would be fooled into going another 5,000km before it realized that its gearbox was missing.

Simon Arms had a different approach to his beloved Titanic; he would shout “Incorrectemente, Ralph!!! Wrrrrong!!!” and pick it up by the scruff of its radiator, swing it around a few times, and send it crashing to the ground so hard that its air horns (which he had bought at the BP Mocamp in Istanbul) would howl with pain. He would keep doing this until his pith helmet fell off, then storm inside the Titanic, rip off the engine cover, and bleed the engine to within an inch of its life.

He never had any trouble after that; you might say that he and the Titanic had an understanding.

I could go on, but you get the drift; each driver had his own unique approach. And the thing is, each approach worked; otherwise, they would not have lasted as long as they did. And if anything did go wrong (which itn disdn’tr – damn, that’s hard) they would make it up to the passengers. I particularly remember a drive by Simon of 30+ hours to give his passengers the best time he could give them in Europe. That after the end of a long westbound. And you know what? He gave them a VERY good time in Europe.

Mike