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Old 9th January 2022, 17:54
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I love those little three-wheelers, they're great for getting stuff delivered down the narrow back streets in Italian towns and cities and they'd definitely work for short hop deliveries in our towns and cities with EV motors.

Years ago when we were operating out of Akrotiri in Cyprus, a Cypriot entrpreneur used to drive one down the flight line selling orange juice and doughnuts out of the side. The van was affectionately known as 'Grub-Bug'.

He was an absolute man mountain, Lord knows how he used to squeeze himself into the cab. He didn't need a jingle playing to let us know he'd arrived as he'd just bellow his catch-phases of Sexy Orange! and Sexy Doughnuts! as he drove along, and his voice was loud enough to carry even when we had a row of jet fighters running their engines up.

One year we arrived only to see Grub=Bug laying on its side in the scrapyard near the base looking all forlorn. That was a sad day
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