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Many years ago I worked from home as a mobile fork lift truck mechanic for a national forktruck rental company, one day I was asked by my manager if I could attend to a breakdown the following day at a haulage company in the Scottish Borders, the only stipulation was that I needed to be there for 0800 hours. I set off at around 0500 hours and arrived in plenty of time, after sourching the parts needed and completing the repair I left in the late afternoon, it being a nice warm day I pulled of the M6 and onto the A65 to Kirkby Lonsdale,when I got to Clapham I called in for a pint, (only one) at the Station Hotel, feeling refreshed I carried on until I was pulled up by a traffic Plod just south of Settle, why I do not know but anyway the plod in the blue serge suit asked me "have you had a drink today sir", to which I replied yes, "Oh how many drinks have you had then sir", to which I again replied, well, all day maybe six or seven; at this his eyes lit up as he asked me, "would you mind taking a breatheliser test, not at all I answered, when the test proved negative he said "what have you been drinking sir" to which I said well from leaving home in the early hours until now I must have had four or five pots of tea, the odd cup of coffee and one pint of ale, as this is a family site I cannot give you his snarling answer. Oh but I enjoyed it.