Sloe Lane

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Here's a funny one that happened on the way home tonight .... Have been working away in London this past month Refurbishing Merton College in Morden South London ( that's about 1 mile from The Boom Boom Club in Sutton .... Yeah Joe That Place ! ) and about 3 miles from the wimbledon tennis tournament .
Our Construction company is spreading out further afield into Bigger contracts and Projects .... Anyway 7 of us set out at 05:00 am every weekday morning for the 2 hour or so 70 mile drive to London to arrive for a 7:30 am Start " wtf ed ! " everyone is shattered at the stupid o'clock leaving time , but you's take the rough with the smooth sometimes in life , the job consists of part college demolition and stripping out existing structures for new modern replacement , we have a good laugh and the Actual job is fine and will finish on time before the college re-opens in September .... by the way the underground electrical and water services are being replaced , so that means Copper and Bright-Wire a Plenty .... Copper = £3200 ($6000) @ Ton and Brightwire cable = £4000 ($7800) a ton .... we never acquired those dizzy amounts but made a handsome transaction with the scrap metal merchants , with yours truly doing the van run there loading and unloading and bartering " well nominated by my work pals "
Well tonight (friday) as we left London and headed back to Margate Kent , we thought we'd stop and purchase some refreshments for the long busy trip home , so with our hard earned Scrap Metal Bonus bought 4 x 6 packs of Magners Cider ( Back Door Slam's Favourite Tipple ) Kronenburg , Budweiser and Fosters enough for a thirst quenching session ........... Now we've all been bringing in a CD to listen to on Home Journey only for some entertainment , some of my Mates have a varied taste .... Some nights we've had Bob Marley ( reggee yea man ) and Duran Duran and even Eagles " long road out of eden " ... but i got 'em all singing " Long Road outta Morden" LOL ..... But thats a great track .... and one young apprentice brought in some Garage music 2 step .. he'll be gettin' a written warning in the post
Anyway This Friday Twas my turn ..... No Guesses who i chose , but i decided i'll introduce them to Sloe Gin , most of 'em had heard me talk about Joe and i thought it was the perfect cd for friday homeward trip , ......... so the drinks are flowing and the conversation is loud and boisterous builders style ... all the pretty young ladies in cars and at traffic lights are acknowledged  ....... Well as you leave London you hit The M25 Motorway ( Freeway ) This is one of the busiests roads on the planet , it circles London all the way round like a 3 laned car park , just Trillions of Cars every second ....... anyways we crawl onto M25 and i pops in Sloe Gin into the CD Player and off we go .... the traffic is bumper to bumper and we,re drinking in this hot van with the windows rolled down and i'm turning up " One of These Days" and watching and hearing their reactions ... don't think they really really care they're drinking and going home on a friday night
it's a very good pioneer cd player in this new citroen mini bus and i'm turning it up .... on comes SLOE GIN Loud and i think it's got their attention .... well the traffic is at a standstill with the windows open and its hot .... and PICTURE THIS !    It comes to the bit in Sloe Gin when the Sirens Wail in .. So i Crank it Right up So Loud ( it's loud ) .... And everyone starts laughing in the van .... but not only that ! Cars in front start parting aside thinking that a police car is coming through and everyone screams go for it , so sloe gin sirens are wailing and all the lads are wailing with drinks in their hand out of the windows as we crawl pass through the busiest road anywhere waving at stunned people in their cars looking at us in disbelief with the power of joe and i have to keep rewinding back to keep the siren continuous , we made up about 100 yards .... but it was fun and the feel good factor in the bus got some converts

.................................. Michael in the Sloe Lane

C.H.I.P.S  ( Can't Help I'm Playing SloeGin )