TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread

[Barman]

First week at Heathrow completed.

It's a huge bonded warehouse that only deals with mail freight, ranging in size from bags of normal envelopes up to anything as big as car parts like tyres and bumpers. The sheer amount of stuff is mind-boggling and the amount of stuff that is just sitting on racking, unable to go anywhere as there are no flights to certain destinations is rather depressing. Whole cargo bins full of stuff - including christmas presents - simply waiting for Covid restrictions to ease. Ljublana, for example, 7 bins just waiting for transport 

Of course a huge amount does go out every day - Beijing, Istanbul, Dubai, Australia, America, South America etc. Some of this is loaded into the smaller bins and pallets that fit under the passenger cabin and most into the huge cargo bins made specially for converted freighters (A306s and A332s for the avgeeks). These take quite a bit of loading compared to the smaller, passenger aircraft ones. Although I'm there in a "managerial" role, of course I cannot resist a challenge and for the last 3 days I have been helping load these monsters. Always a good wa to get to know the guys and girls on the shop floor.

It is fair to say I ache a bit today   

Next week more of the same and then I'll be going on to night shifts.

I have to say that the mileage allowance provides a welcome boost to the finances and the journey door-to-door is only about 45 minutes, which is the same as getting into Gatwick (due to the extra faff of having to go through security airside and the walk to and from the staff car park).

So far, so good. 

Excellent! 

Have you got LL's birthday pressies in there...? 

Plenty of stuff still awaiting transport to Larnaca 

Write, "LL, Pissouri" on some of them... 

[Steve]

First week at Heathrow completed.

It's a huge bonded warehouse that only deals with mail freight, ranging in size from bags of normal envelopes up to anything as big as car parts like tyres and bumpers. The sheer amount of stuff is mind-boggling and the amount of stuff that is just sitting on racking, unable to go anywhere as there are no flights to certain destinations is rather depressing. Whole cargo bins full of stuff - including christmas presents - simply waiting for Covid restrictions to ease. Ljublana, for example, 7 bins just waiting for transport 

Of course a huge amount does go out every day - Beijing, Istanbul, Dubai, Australia, America, South America etc. Some of this is loaded into the smaller bins and pallets that fit under the passenger cabin and most into the huge cargo bins made specially for converted freighters (A306s and A332s for the avgeeks). These take quite a bit of loading compared to the smaller, passenger aircraft ones. Although I'm there in a "managerial" role, of course I cannot resist a challenge and for the last 3 days I have been helping load these monsters. Always a good wa to get to know the guys and girls on the shop floor.

It is fair to say I ache a bit today   

Next week more of the same and then I'll be going on to night shifts.

I have to say that the mileage allowance provides a welcome boost to the finances and the journey door-to-door is only about 45 minutes, which is the same as getting into Gatwick (due to the extra faff of having to go through security airside and the walk to and from the staff car park).

So far, so good. 

Excellent!    . . .

  brilliant stuff

. .Have you got LL's birthday pressies in there...?   

Well he did say

. . .anything as big as car parts like tyres and bumpers.

[Barman]

First week at Heathrow completed.

It's a huge bonded warehouse that only deals with mail freight, ranging in size from bags of normal envelopes up to anything as big as car parts like tyres and bumpers. The sheer amount of stuff is mind-boggling and the amount of stuff that is just sitting on racking, unable to go anywhere as there are no flights to certain destinations is rather depressing. Whole cargo bins full of stuff - including christmas presents - simply waiting for Covid restrictions to ease. Ljublana, for example, 7 bins just waiting for transport 

Of course a huge amount does go out every day - Beijing, Istanbul, Dubai, Australia, America, South America etc. Some of this is loaded into the smaller bins and pallets that fit under the passenger cabin and most into the huge cargo bins made specially for converted freighters (A306s and A332s for the avgeeks). These take quite a bit of loading compared to the smaller, passenger aircraft ones. Although I'm there in a "managerial" role, of course I cannot resist a challenge and for the last 3 days I have been helping load these monsters. Always a good wa to get to know the guys and girls on the shop floor.

It is fair to say I ache a bit today   

Next week more of the same and then I'll be going on to night shifts.

I have to say that the mileage allowance provides a welcome boost to the finances and the journey door-to-door is only about 45 minutes, which is the same as getting into Gatwick (due to the extra faff of having to go through security airside and the walk to and from the staff car park).

So far, so good. 

Excellent!    . . .

  brilliant stuff

. .Have you got LL's birthday pressies in there...?   

Well he did say

. . .anything as big as car parts like tyres and bumpers.

 

[The Moan Ranger]

7 AKEs worth of stuff for LCA just sitting here, waiting for a flight to take it 

Also, having now suffered the M25 for 20 trips, I think I shall invest in some yellow and red Chevron on the boot of the Audi with the words "Highway Maintenance" above it. It seems that having this allows you to drive like a complete cunt 

[Barman]

7 AKEs worth of stuff for LCA just sitting here, waiting for a flight to take it 

Also, having now suffered the M25 for 20 trips, I think I shall invest in some yellow and red Chevron on the boot of the Audi with the words "Highway Maintenance" above it. It seems that having this allows you to drive like a complete cunt 

 

[apc2010]

7 AKEs worth of stuff for LCA just sitting here, waiting for a flight to take it 

Also, having now suffered the M25 for 20 trips, I think I shall invest in some yellow and red Chevron on the boot of the Audi with the words "Highway Maintenance" above it. It seems that having this allows you to drive like a complete cunt 

AKEs .........

[The Moan Ranger]

7 AKEs worth of stuff for LCA just sitting here, waiting for a flight to take it 

Also, having now suffered the M25 for 20 trips, I think I shall invest in some yellow and red Chevron on the boot of the Audi with the words "Highway Maintenance" above it. It seems that having this allows you to drive like a complete cunt 

AKEs .........

[apc2010]

7 AKEs worth of stuff for LCA just sitting here, waiting for a flight to take it 

Also, having now suffered the M25 for 20 trips, I think I shall invest in some yellow and red Chevron on the boot of the Audi with the words "Highway Maintenance" above it. It seems that having this allows you to drive like a complete cunt 

AKEs .........

 

[Steve]

7 AKEs worth of stuff for LCA just sitting here, waiting for a flight to take it 

Also, having now suffered the M25 for 20 trips, I think I shall invest in some yellow and red Chevron on the boot of the Audi with the words "Highway Maintenance" above it. It seems that having this allows you to drive like a complete cunt 

AKEs .........

 

[The Moan Ranger]

Averaging 53mpg so far, which is pretty good.

[Barman]

Averaging 53mpg so far, which is pretty good.

 

[The Moan Ranger]

Averaging 53mpg so far, which is pretty good.

 

...and means an extra £150 in the back pocket every week 

[Barman]

Averaging 53mpg so far, which is pretty good.

 

...and means an extra £150 in the back pocket every week 

Booze! 

[Steve]

Averaging 53mpg so far, which is pretty good.

 

...and means an extra £150 in the back pocket every week 

Booze! 

  was it mpg of petrol/diesel or booze?

[The Moan Ranger]

All the stuff for Larnaca went out over the weekend