Useless Trivia

 Meet Eddie Stobbart Haulage Company -- a trucking company that is legendary in this part of the world.  It was started in 1950 and has become the best known trucking company in the UK.  In this day of casual dress and sloppy looks, it's drivers follow a strick corporate image.  They wear shirts and ties and are taught to honk and wave to passer-bys.

So here is more trivia than you want to know......
*A Stobart vehicle makes a delivery every 5.5 minutes
*The total distance travelled by the fleet each day is equivalent to 21 laps of Earth
*Stobart employs 5300  people
*There is an Eddie Stobart fan club with more than 25,000 members.
*There is a TV Show called the Eddie Stobart show.

and, here is the really fun one.....
*Every truck is named with a girl's name, most of them in show business (all 800 of them)
*The first truck was named Twiggy, after the 1960's model.

Now, I wouldn't say I was a member of the fan club, but I have had fun collecting the names of those we pass on the road.  So far I have seen the following trucks.....
Jessica Leigh
Sophie Rose
Megan Elizabeth
Sophie Ellena
Georgia Ellie
Molly Ann
Kate Amelia
Lucy Hannah
Millie Tasha
Charolotte
Jana Anna
Amy Catherine
Elish Charolotte
Janine
Jessica Priscilla
Madeline Cafai
Laurie Rebecca
Rosetta
Isle Rose
Neve Maria
Maisai

The moral of all this diatribe is this:  "If you ever see your name on an Eddie Stobbart truck, you will know you have arrived!"  Not sure where, but does it really matter?

And that's it for my useless trivia on July 2, 2012..