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I'm not sure if the ANL Couriers would take extra meticulous special care of a package or they just don't give a crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4bee
They actually have a branch or a namesake here, who seem to enjoy engaging in non conventional romance, as their 5 ton truck driver parked right up my rear so to speak in a local shopping area carpark, blocking one lane of traffic I might add, and I only just managed to squeeze my car out as the driver was nowhere to be seen.
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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER
I reckon that might have something to do with the business name. Geddit?[bigrolf]
Don't know about now, but ANL used to stand for "Australia National Line" ( OZ Container & Shipping Line.)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...6/ANL_LOGO.png It seems the Aus Nat'l Line is now part of the French CMA CGM company who bought it from the Feds in 1998 according to Australian National Line - Wikipedia
Commonly refered to as "seem a coggem".
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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER
The Ship 'River Loddon as shown on ANL's Wiki page brings back memories, some good & some not so good.
Most of their fleet was named after Oz Rivers I recall.
After my old Dad had to give up Trucking on the wharves at Port Adelaide he obtained a job as a Tally Clerk on the Port Adelaide & Outer Harbour wharves which to me was a bonus as he was able to scavenge a lot of Foreign Ciggy Packets which were collectable by lots of kids back then.
That is the good news. The not so good was that he died of Ca. @ 49 (caused by who knew what in those days but maybe it was the crap in ciggy packets he was collecting for his #2 Son) I digress. Anyway, he had to peruse the Shipping News each day to see what ships were arriving in case he was called in to work. River Loddon cropped up many times as I recall in later years as did many others when ANL had a respectable Coastal Fleet.
Shipping news is no longer published in the Advertiser 'cos only container ships seem to call here these days & of course they don't require Tally Clerks as such. He would probably be glad of that as he would be 115 years of age & that is no job for an older geezer.
I often wonder whether part of his job was the consignment in the Chain of Ex A bomb & Radio active cargo from Maralinga being sent back to the UK but then I reckon there were plenty of Health Hazards around then but as Maralinga [bigrolf] doesn't have a Port, cargo could have been sent through Port Augusta. Who knows?
Just sayin'
I sailed past this vessel some years ago in Port Phillip Bay - we almost died laughing.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachmen...ics-ii-anl.jpg
Didn't quite think that one through...Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Nope... I won't write what a couple of the boys yelled out to them as we passed by - they were at anchor and a few crew were leaning on the handrails watching the world go by. Lets just say - the replies we got couldn't be noted here either. [biggrin]
The French did & came up with that moniker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tins
What are you trying to say?Quote:
Originally Posted by 4bee