Tea? (Part 3)

[172traindriver]

Which is presumably why Casey Jones never joined ASLEF.

Thought he was an American

 

[Donger]

Thought he was an American

I stand corrected. That would explain all the Apaches on the track .... an excuse that even British Rail never thought up, as far as I'm aware.

 

[172traindriver]

I stand corrected. That would explain all the Apaches on the track .... an excuse that even British Rail never thought up, as far as I'm aware.

Trespassers

 

[Donger]

Oh well. Think I might have an early night. Good night tea swillers. I'm just waiting for the 10:05 to bed fordshire - which is running late.

 

[172traindriver]

Oh well. Think I might have an early night. Good night tea swillers. I'm just waiting for the 10:05 to bed fordshire - which is running late.

Reason for lateness?

 

[Donger]

Reason for lateness?

The cat won't get off my lap, and I'm too bloody soft to give him a shove!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

The cat won't get off my lap, and I'm too bloody soft to give him a shove!

Face it, you'll just have to change your avatar to a cat one, like an increasing number of us. It's time we all accepted the truth, which is that

 

[172traindriver]

The cat won't get off my lap, and I'm too bloody soft to give him a shove!

Pull his tail, thats what you do to dragons

 

[Donger]

Pull his tail, thats what you do to dragons

Light the blue touch paper ....... and stand well back.

 

[172traindriver]

Evening, tea swillers. I'm drinking something a little stronger,myself, as I unwind from a horrible motorway journey to Derby and back earlier today.

Still, it's been a very good day. I've been on one of the "community" factory tours of Toyota's Burnaston plant today. Gotta say it's easily the most fascinating and enjoyable tour I have ever done. Better than any museum, galIery our tourist site. Totally recommended. Unbelievably well organised, and lots of little Wal-E robots scuttling about delivering stuff while playing their own little tunes. I swear I heard one playing The Lone Ranger theme tune while delivering a front bumper for an Avensis.

During a presentation, they told us quite a lot about their Toyota Production System and their "Keizen" principles. This I found quite amusing, as my bosses have been misquoting what that is all about quite a lot lately, but completely forgetting all the other impressive stuff Toyota do to involve, empower and (more radical still), really listen to the people who actually do the work.

I've always fancied seeing the inside of a car plant ever since, as a young boy growing up in Birmingham, I was occasionally treated to tantalising glimpses through half open assembly shed doors when being driven past the Mini assembly line at Longbridge. As it now turns out, Jim fortunately never did fix it for me......... but Mrs Donger certainly did when she applied for this as a surprise for me. Guess I'd better brew her a cuppa now.

Did a good many years at Longbridge, in a previous life

 

[172traindriver]

Light the blue touch paper ....... and stand well back.

Watch the claws come out

 

[classic33]

Post number 19,667!

 

[Donger]

Post number 19,667!

I preferred the other 19,666.

 

[classic33]

I preferred the other 19,666.

Say no more you mean?

 

[classic33]

Did a good many years at Longbridge, in a previous life

Prison sentence!