Potential For Gym Closures

[GhostOf2Can]

I heard it was an issue with Hoyer that caused it at a few sites which to be fair they’ve always been known as a firm that pays crap and treats their drivers like dirt so I’m not surprised.
The end of the day you can stay there getting paid crap for driving round a hazardous load or go somewhere else now while the pickings are good so the boys have voted with their feet. Fair play to them. I got offered £32 p/h a few weekends back to pull out of Asda down here. Must admit if I had kept my CPC and drivers card up to date even I would’ve be tempted to come back.

There is a fair bit of money been thrown around at the agency’s right now mate

My wage went up 15% overnight at the start of the month. I was gonna leave and go back to the agency stuff but now I’ve had the pay rise I’m better off where I am even if they are paying £25 an hr on agency which is what I’ve seen for some of the supermarket work up here

Hopefully it keeps going up though. If it does I’ll be making sure I get my share or I’ll be threatening to leave again. Fuck em all they’ve been underpaying for years it’s about time they got their hands in their pockets

 

[Mr mac]

Def seems to be the job to be in at the minute. An industrial estate that I pass in the morning has got placards all along the fencing hgv ads immediate start top prices paid pick your shifts etc.

 

[Mr mac]

I take it those £25 an hour good times won’t last for ever though?

 

[GhostOf2Can]

I take it those £25 an hour good times won’t last for ever though?

I’m better off than being agency on £25 an hr, I’ve redone my contract so my wage won’t be going down. If other employed drivers are smart they’ll have done the same and sorted themselves out whilst they’ve got some leverage

I think the agency rates will eventually level out some what but I think they’ll still be a fair bit higher than they have been since we had all the foreigners start coming over years ago and working for fuck all. Which is what fucked the wages up anyway

 

[Richard Dick]

Yeah, it's a laugh all the idiots on tv going on about this as though it's a bad thing or an unintended consequence of brexit. This is exactly what people that voted for brexit wanted to happen after 20 years of shite wages and shittier conditions.

 

[s man]

One thing they keep forgetting to add is the pricks over at DVLA have been on strike and on a general go slow after lockdowns so there’s 100’s of 1000’s of licenses held up in the system. Not sure how they’re going to push new drivers in when most are waiting weeks for a medical and then months to get it on the system. I know one fella that’s been waiting 3 months for his license renewal and he’s not alone but they won’t report that or the 40k tests that didn’t take place in the last year against a retiring workforce that was already 60k short before the covid stuff.

 

[TONY FERGUSON]

How much is it gonna cost to keep charging up an electric car Tony? With energy prices soaring do you think it’s all gonna be worth it?
And how many miles roughly do you get from a full charge

I genuinely have no clue about them

It costs nothing if you charge up using renewable energy. But if you use mains only a few quid each time and way way cheaper than the equivalent in petrol or diesel. Even if energy prices do soar they're going to remain much better value for money but why not genenerate your own energy?

Range you're looking at between about 100 miles to 400 miles depending on which car you gor for. And best of all, when you are stuck in a long queue like these absolute fucking panic buying retards are, you don't have to leave your engine running to use the air con.

 

[TONY FERGUSON]

I’ve seen an article from the bbc today that said enquiries about electric cars have gone through the roof in the last couple of days

Translation in to in reality not bbc propaganda talk:

There’s been a few people looking in to electric cars off the back of this fuel crisis we’ve manufactured, slightly more than usual, nothing crazy. So if the rest of you dumb sheep cunts can get onboard and start looking in to it now we’ve put this article out to spark your interest that would be super. Thanks a lot

That's basically how it is. But for me the dumb sheep cunts are just as guilty as the media. I just let them be. You can't enlighten stupid.

 

[Richard Dick]

What's the best way to generate your own electricity? I've thought about putting up a wind turbine but dunno if it's worth bothering.

 

[TONY FERGUSON]

What's the best way to generate your own electricity? I've thought about putting up a wind turbine but dunno if it's worth bothering.

The best way is always to have a mix. Solar for when the sun is shining and wind turbines for when it's not.

The wind capacity factor for the UK in general is very good compared to many other countries so unless you're dead against free electricity I'd say its definitely worth it.

 

[GhostOf2Can]

Not really free is it. My brother in law does all this stuff (as in installs and repairs them) and he said the initial outlay and up keep should it need it is very costly

 

[Sjundea]

Not really free is it. My brother in law does all this stuff (as in installs and repairs them) and he said the initial outlay and up keep should it need it is very costly

Especially when you think gas/electricity in this country is not very expensive normally. Christ i pay 13 quid a month on gas, less than a 100 quid electricity pm (which i can currently claim a subsidy for from my employer and have an amended tax code like others that wfh), and i am forever in credit on my water usage.
I think like you say once you consider the initial outlay on panels you're lookong at 10 years to recoup, even if you sell extra back to grid.

 

[TONY FERGUSON]

Not really free is it. My brother in law does all this stuff (as in installs and repairs them) and he said the initial outlay and up keep should it need it is very costly

I was waiting for someone to come up with this old classic.

Was your gas car free? The clothes on your back? Your whey protein and 1g per week of tren?

You tell me what in this world is for free and you may have a point.

As for your brother, I'm afraid he's probably working on some dog shit renewable energy systems to arrive at that conclusion. I've got a 15 year old solar set up which hasn't needed a single minutes worth of repairs. Bearing in mind all tier 1 panels have a 25 year performance and product guarantee so you'd be covered anyway.

You get some two bob sparky installing that shit then sure, you'll end up paying, but that's true of anything electrical and not just solar.

Wind power is even more reliable. Even though turbines have a shorter warranty there's less for them to go wrong and their efficiency is way higher than solar.

They pay for themselves and then some. Anybody who says otherwise is a fucking idiot.

 

[TONY FERGUSON]

Especially when you think gas/electricity in this country is not very expensive normally. Christ i pay 13 quid a month on gas, less than a 100 quid electricity pm (which i can currently claim a subsidy for from my employer and have an amended tax code like others that wfh), and i am forever in credit on my water usage.
I think like you say once you consider the initial outlay on panels you're lookong at 10 years to recoup, even if you sell extra back to grid.

So how comes people have recouped in 6-7 years then?

You'd be surprised how much renewable energy is installed on finance. Many people don't end up paying a single penny and the fact they pay even less than you for the remainder of their usage, even with your amended tax credit, means you're probably jumping to conclusions there son.

 

[TONY FERGUSON]

Yeah, it's a laugh all the idiots on tv going on about this as though it's a bad thing or an unintended consequence of brexit. This is exactly what people that voted for brexit wanted to happen after 20 years of shite wages and shittier conditions.

Vote Brexit and fulfil your destiny to become a truck driver.

Yeah nice.