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Courier Jobs: The Funny Side

When you’re in the middle of choosing, or working on courier jobs there are some situations you definitely want to avoid. How do old couriers pass on their years of accumulated wisdom to the younger generation of up-and-coming hotshots? Through legions of jokes and humourous stories about the perils of driving and courier jobs! We’ve [...]

[ More ] August 23rd, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Automotive
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Photography: A Great Hobby on Courier Jobs

Courier jobs by their very nature demand a lot of time on the road away from home. For many, it’s one of the main reasons they go into the job in the first place. All that time to yourself, not having to be stuck in an office and the freedom of the open road can be [...]

[ More ] August 23rd, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Automotive, Communication
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Learn a Language on Courier Jobs

Courier jobs involve a lot of time on the road. There’s usually a fair few hours spent listening to the radio or your favourite CDs, or even playing games to pass the time. But with all that free time to yourself, you could be doing something that many people dream of doing but don’t get [...]

[ More ] August 23rd, 2010 | No Comments |
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Courier Jobs and Late Nights

There’s a balance to be struck when it comes to driving while tired, working as a courier. Jobs may require you to keep driving for long periods each day, as well as during late hours when most other drivers will be safely in bed. Of around 23,000 crashes a year, 2,300 of them are thought [...]

[ More ] August 11th, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Automotive
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Futurama – Courier Work in the Galaxy

Futurama depicts the story of Fry, a former pizza delivery boy, who is cryogenically frozen at the start of the year 2000 and thawed out in 2999. Being a pizza delivery boy, Fry already has some experience in carrying out courier work and this equips him for his next job as a cargo delivery boy [...]

[ More ] March 29th, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Non Travel, Uncategorized
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Postman Pat – Why He Should Have Been a Courier

Postman Pat is probably the most reliable, friendly and responsible postman in the world. And deep down, we all wish he was the one delivering our post, particularly given the current state of the British Royal Mail.
His red van and black cat are images instilled in minds all over the world, and come to the [...]

[ More ] March 23rd, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Non Travel
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Is Private Clamping Legal?

Private clampers certainly make carrying out courier jobs that little bit harder, as you struggle against the clock to deliver a parcel, all the while praying that the clampers don’t spot your white van parked on their private driveway or office block car park. However, it has recently emerged that private wheel clamping could very well [...]

[ More ] March 15th, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Transport
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What If the Sex and the City Girls Were Couriers?

My wife has a huge thing for Sex and the City so, when I arrived home from one of my self employed courier jobs, I wasn’t surprised to see her slumped out in-front of her favourite box set. Watching it with her got me wondering, what if the four thirty-somethings weren’t sophisticated New Yorkers, but [...]

[ More ] February 9th, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Non Travel
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Animals on the A-Roads

Whilst carrying out courier jobs, drivers are being warned to keep watch for animals that may be using main roads as a crossing point. This often occurs when wild animals need to get to important breeding or feeding grounds on the other side of their natural habitat. Different areas of the UK are home to [...]

[ More ] February 8th, 2010 | No Comments |
Posted in Non Travel
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