Re: BREAKDOWNS

Posted by Vicar on Nov 05, 2011; 11:18pm
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We knew no boundaries.
No disrespect intended but for those young men and women who did not get out of Europe they did miss out on something special.
I remember one crew who for the first time had taken a coach out of Europe to take on the overland trail. Before this new found frontier they worked in isolation to any other coach company. Soon they learnt the law of the ruff tracks that laid out to the east.
Johnno is right this brought about a special bond between all drivers and couriers regardless of the badge on their vehicles. Yes there is still many a fine story to be told about the Europe circuit but for those that went outside this domain they all know what I mean.
Mr Kit. I remembered I have even more culinary taste thanks to his encouragement and or persuasion. We had some young kids showing their respect (as Johnno would say) in either Pakistan or India, by way of throwing a rock one day at the front windscreen, on the way out to do TK163. As we know one can reverse the window from the rear of the coach to the opposite side at the front that is the easy bit. The window is in place and all we need do now is insert the beading. The various methods of soap, cutting the beading into smaller strips etc. took us well into the night, this task was to last us hours. As the night came in the cold followed and Kit suggested a cup of coffee. I was sent to the onboard kitchen and soon had the microwave going as I heated the kettle and cooked some fresh biscuits in the ultra weight oven, fresh milk from the fridge and there we are. Or was it more of a case of getting out the camping stove along with the gas bottle to try and heat the water. The fridge must have been on the blink as I was told I would need to learn how to drink my coffee without milk and possibly sugar. If I was ever going to make it as a real man in the overland scene I had better get used to it. What? But at home I would always have milk and 2 sugars. 2 or 3 cups of hot but bitter coffee we retired for a few hours sleep.
Next day some Penn World guys came and saw our dilemma and thus loaned us their beading tool and within ½ hour all was good. There is something to be said for having the right tool for the job.
To this day I cannot stand the sweat taste of sugar in my coffee but I do allow myself the luxury of milk, because I can.
Kit we can now add to the list; hot curries, lassie and black coffee without sugar. I am sure there will be other food and drink items I will add once I have thought about it.