lorry drivers

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My husband worked nights for a lorry repair company and one night, struggling with a repair was making a lot of noise. A man rang the company and said could they stop as he had to get up for work at 5am and needed some sleep. Over a year later my husband was driving lorries in Saudi Arabia. He'd stopped for the night and was cooking some dinner on a little stove when another lorry pulled up. The driver was also English and they chatted. He was the man who had phoned to complain about the noise.
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:45 +0000Coincidence ID:5351