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Any other ex dispatch riders among us?

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--- Quote from: adespin on October 18, 2018, 11:42:16 AM ---Yes, worked for Federal Express (Fedex) based in Swiss Cottage London during the winter of 1989, froze my nuts off. I was out of work at the time, adverts in the Motor Cycle News promised wages of £500 a week so off i went, my next door neighbour was demolishing Croydon power station and offered me free digs on site. So i stayed in Croydon during the week and rode 200 miles home for the weekend on my CBR600. £500 a week back then was a fabulous wage but to earn that you had to know the area like a London cabbie, so me having to thumb my way through the London A to Z on every call i wasn't getting much over £100, on top of that i had to contend with lunatic 4 wheel drivers trying to wipe me out on every junction. So after a few months i decided enough was enough and said goodbye to the Smoke.

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To earn top money on that job, you should never work for a big company like Fedex. You have to know not just London like the back of your hand but, all major cities. I would earn more than £500 just for the Wedensday and if there was a postage strike, you could earn 15 to 20 times more than a postal worker. Postal strike were the best times for us lot, office wallah's waving 50 pound notes trying to get you to stop. No change given  ;D ;D

mick:
Did you seen how many were using CX500  ;) also known as the "Maggot" , here's a photo of mine , cheers Mick  ;)

adespin:
I'm shocked, you taking advantage of those poor hard up loads-a-money yuppies ::)

adespin:

--- Quote from: mick on October 18, 2018, 03:57:32 PM ---Did you seen how many were using CX500  ;) also known as the "Maggot" , cheers Mick.

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Back in the day we called them "plastic pigs"

hairygit:

--- Quote from: adespin on October 18, 2018, 04:01:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: mick on October 18, 2018, 03:57:32 PM ---Did you seen how many were using CX500  ;) also known as the "Maggot" , cheers Mick.

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Back in the day we called them "plastic pigs"

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That was the title given to Reliant's when we were younger (along with "Tupperware taxi") the CX was the plastic maggot!

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