Was that you making a guest appearance on Praise or Grumble yesterday? If so, I note they managed to wedge you in between those Fowls alternating between those still calling for the head of DM and those with a firm belief they will soon be in the Champions League final!
Speaking of P or G I particularly liked the one that said DM should be sacked and beating Altringham 3-0 does not change anything as that was the minimum they should be beating them by Literally top of the league and just won 3-0 but sack the manager. Because presumably they should be at least 20 points clear by now and sticking 5 or 6 past league 1 teams You have to love them
This really brought memories flooding back another Yorkshire Traction story I was asked to travel around for a couple of days with the driving instructor on the training bus...due to him having his wrist in pot and him not being able to drive if needed At that time we had an Indian guy in the driving school, not only learning to drive but route learning at the same time too. His English was not the best to be honest and he was also struggling with the Barnsley dialect ( like most do lol .... he was living in Huddersfield ) Anyway we are traveling down Gawber past the hospital, and we drop down the hill to the junction and the instructor says to him , turn left at this junction then take the left fork ( no roundabout them ) and follow the Barugh Green sign.... He turns left then goes right heading on the bottom road towards Darton The driving instructor thinking that the Indian guy hadn't heard right ...says not to worry you can take the next left and come back on your self...look for the barugh green/ Higham sign Whats he do, he goes right.....and heads towards Shaw carpets....the driving instructor a lovely bloke and a good teacher but old school....( i kid you not...he once had a pupil who no matter how much he tried to teach him how to break down gently he continued to put that much pressure on the brake , that it jerked you forward when slowing down or stopping....emergency stop whiplash material lol..). As a last resort he tied a brick to a piece of string and hung it at the back of the drivers cab, so if he braked sharp, the brick hit him at the back of his head... Needless to say he soon braked the bus down correctly after wearing the brick a few times lol... Anyway back to the tale ... Pull up when it's safe the instructor says ...we continue...stop the effing bus he yells to which the Indian guy hits the brakes and does an emergency stop .....lurching us all forward which didn't sit well with any of us.... Especially as the driving instructor face plants up against the windscreen..... I said follow the F##king Barugh Green sign not once but twice ...why haven't you followed instructions... Sorry I didn't see the sign the Indian lad replies....adding and please don't swear I don't like using that language ( that soon changed lol) At that point I go behind the wheel and turn the bus round and back in he goes, with the instruction ringing in his ears....Follow the Barugh Green sign ...off we set ....he then fails to proceed to turn for Baugh Green again and we end up heading towards Wilthope....once again we go through the face planting situation and the instructor by now going blue in the face I turn the bus around and off we go..only to go through exactly the same situation as before.... The instructor by now is livid as once again he's face planted against the screen..... Are you taking the F***ing Pi*s he yells 6 times you've ignored instructions 3 times you've f##king face planted me againt the screen.....can you even F**king read he yells ...I said... follow the Barugh Green sign He then continues...B.A.R.U.G.H G.R.E.E.N spells Barugh Green.... The Indian guy ...jumps from behind the wheel and goes nose to nose with the instructor screaming....You spell Bark B.A.R.K you thick Barnsley Bast**d THAT SPELS BAR OOH (UGH)....don't try to teach me English when you can't even spell words right.....it was just like a scene from the old TV series...mind your English... It was so funny at the time....and a tad dangerous .....on jumping out of the cab he knocked the bus out of gear but didn't put the hand brake on ..so the bus was rolling forward un manned whilst they were screaming at each other... The same guy when shown the hump back bridge sign said humpty back bridge....and when shown the uneven road sign replied that's easy its humpty humpty backed bridge.......Happy days never a dull day on the buses lol .
