Page 77 - It's a Rum Life Book One "In the Beginning 1947 to 1960"

Horses come into our lives for the first time, a Flower festival
brightens up the community life. I take my HGV driving test...
eventually and manage to stop a police patrol car by creating my
own fog blanket.

If you vaguely like Book Two you will be sure to like Book
Three. If you really liked Book Two, Book three will be a
revelation!

A story from book three:

THE AUGER PROBLEM

from 1974
My tyre collection business had been running for a few
months alongside my work for Firestone. Following a few raised
eyebrows and a long talk to Henry Offiler my then boss, I
eventually left the company, but now the new business needed
a boost. It was not yet paying sufficiently to live on and I had
invested in a second-hand Volkswagen transporter pick up that
was not, in use all day every day.
Our neighbours, John H. Rundle were local agricultural
engineers, well respected in the County and suppliers to farmers
for miles around.

AUGERS
From time to time they used my newly inspired small
transport service to back up their one lorry. On this memorable
occasion I was using faithful old Volkswagen to transport an
auger. For those that may not be aware of the vagaries of
agricultural equipment, an auger is like a huge archimedian
screw in a long tube.

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