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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
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Very windy today, so bad that my york blew over in the yard but it did calm down but having to dodge bins and recycling made for some interesting moments.
Only one house missed because of the weather though :nervous
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clashcityrocker wrote:If trees are getting blown down, don't you think it is time to put your own H&S first and return to the DO?
Did you have a severe weather brief in the morning?

It did cross my mind believe me :neutral:

I was returning to the office anyway to pick up my HCT. Amazingly a little later on it suddenly changed with the wind and rain stopping and the sun came out. :hmmmm

A wierd day :whistle
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DGP1 wrote:Very windy today, so bad that my york blew over in the yard but it did calm down but having to dodge bins and recycling made for some interesting moments.
Only one house missed because of the weather though :nervous
I got chased down the street by a runaway green bin. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
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4 and a half hours from leaving the office to getting back. Why can't it be like that a bit more often? :hmmmm Very windy.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
DGP1 wrote:Very windy today, so bad that my york blew over in the yard but it did calm down but having to dodge bins and recycling made for some interesting moments.
Only one house missed because of the weather though :nervous
I got chased down the street by a runaway green bin. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
You must be in a posh area, green bins......oh la de da! :nervous
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DGP1 wrote:
music4essex wrote:It was so windy cycling to my start point my hat flew off my head and lods of cars went over it :d'oh!

I managed to retrieve it, later on my pannier got caught on a wall and ripped in half :roll:

Then after getting my LWT almost coming to the end of first bag the wind caught the trolley it fell over and the bag flew off into a muddy puddle :pray

Essex mum :cuppa
Can anyone spot the error in this post :hmmmm

LOL ! maybe she didn't have her chin-strap done up? :wink: :cuppa
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farmer69 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
music4essex wrote:It was so windy cycling to my start point my hat flew off my head and lods of cars went over it :d'oh!

I managed to retrieve it, later on my pannier got caught on a wall and ripped in half :roll:

Then after getting my LWT almost coming to the end of first bag the wind caught the trolley it fell over and the bag flew off into a muddy puddle :pray

Essex mum :cuppa
Can anyone spot the error in this post :hmmmm

LOL ! maybe she didn't have her chin-strap done up? :wink: :cuppa
:Applause :Applause :Applause :chuckle

With all the crap we are having to deal with at the moment it's no good giving RM any ammunition...........at all.
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farmer69 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
music4essex wrote:It was so windy cycling to my start point my hat flew off my head and lods of cars went over it :d'oh!

I managed to retrieve it, later on my pannier got caught on a wall and ripped in half :roll:

Then after getting my LWT almost coming to the end of first bag the wind caught the trolley it fell over and the bag flew off into a muddy puddle :pray

Essex mum :cuppa
Can anyone spot the error in this post :hmmmm

LOL ! maybe she didn't have her chin-strap done up? :wink: :cuppa
So your cycle hat (helmet I hope) has the special ability to un-do itself while you are cycling, yet your walk has a LWT aswell? Is this walk some sort of hybrid monster, pre- and post- park and loop revision? :hmmmm

Oh, wet and windy, surprsingly! :wink:
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Hybrid that was me today.

Used a bike - trolley - van all on one walk. :nana
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Got drenched today right down to my socks, started lapsing again, quite heavy on the catalogue front but not many packets. Right miserable day all in all :d'oh!
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IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote:
So your cycle hat (helmet I hope) has the special ability to un-do itself while you are cycling, yet your walk has a LWT aswell? Is this walk some sort of hybrid monster, pre- and post- park and loop revision? :hmmmm

Oh, wet and windy, surprsingly! :wink:
I remember watching that Panorama programme (the one with the former marine) and he cycled to his box and got his trolly out and used it from there so I would assume it's something similar.
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[quote][/quote]Can anyone spot the error in this post

Yes my mistake forgot to take cycle helmet in, so just wore a hat, which though I put through loop it came undone, most days I use cycle helmet,too and from del office to point of del.

I was meant to be in a meeting and that was on my mind making sure I had the paperwork,usually my cycle helmet is in my pannier but thought with xmas holiday to take it out of pannier and put it indoors,I am the only one in my office that does wear cycle helmet and hi vis no one else does out of 25 posties that ride cycles, never mind mistakes happen.

Also I use Cycle and LWT hoping to just use LWT in future, but my delivery is mile and half away from Do , Yes I guess it will be P&Loop eventually .

Essex mum :wave
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[I was meant to be in a meeting and that was on my mind making sure I had the paperwork,usually my cycle helmet is in my pannier but thought with xmas holiday to take it out of pannier and put it indoors,I am the only one in my office that does wear cycle helmet and hi vis no one else does out of 25 posties that ride cycles, never mind mistakes happen.

i cannot believe what I am reading,cyclists not wearing hi viz or helmets. what do you think would happen if you had an accident, not only injuries that Royal mail would wash their hands off but probable and rightful dismissal. Some one in that D.O. should be contacting either the Area Rep or DSM with a view to getting the DOM on a charge of neglect of his H&S responsibilites.

It took years to establish decent H&S agreements they should not be treated in this manner.
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Cold and wet - although mail wise not bad at all.
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Bad and getting worse by the minute. :so there
good times, bad times you know I've had my share