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BigRuss



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Supposed fuel shortage!
I was working in old street London today and while sat outside at lunch me and the people i was with noticed a bit of a cuffufl at the shell garage across the road.

I then sat on the train home reading the evening standard and I see there was a bit in there about the shell garage on old street. Apparently it was mass panic buying and they had to impose a £20 limit and they are running very low as their scheduled delivery hadn't turned up!

Looks like the country is gonna go made with the treat of a slight delay in fuel deliveries Twisted Evil Russell
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Post #135116 28th Mar 2012 5:50pm
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Fuel delivery Strike!

Heard it on the radio, they even said it's a good idea to fill up and fill up a jerry can at the same time and keep it in your garage Shocked Rolling Eyes
Post #135139 28th Mar 2012 6:35pm
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So are fuel prices as a consequence of that going further up in the UK? You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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BigRuss



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ericvv wrote:
So are fuel prices as a consequence of that going further up in the UK?


They will be to pay for the extra pay, holiday and less hours the tanker drivers want.

I remember when they threatened this a year or 2 ago and it was released that tanker drivers get paid somewhere between £50,000 & £70,000 a year. But that is not enough for the dangerous job they do Rolling with laughter

Hell that a lot more than most house hold incomes in the UK!

I think London tube drivers get about £50,000 a year and they say that an offer of £800 to work during the Olympics Shocked Russell
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Post #135152 28th Mar 2012 6:53pm
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Just filled 2 vehicles up Whistle That will keep us going for 6 weeks Very Happy Didn't have a jerry can Laughing Texaco has run out already Shocked BP still going but big cue's... Blimmen panic buyers Wink

Nicely timed just before the Easter holidays for maximum disruption!
Post #135171 28th Mar 2012 7:47pm
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Glynparry25



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Loads of fuel here!

Feel free to pop over and fill up Thumbs Up ..... only 1.30 Euro a litre too!!

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Post #135175 28th Mar 2012 7:50pm
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Rolling with laughter I'd run out of juice before I got there Thud

I remember being the only car on my M25 commute stretch on the last strike. Every one was crawling along the motorway at 30 mph leading up to that. Pretty SPOOKY Shocked
Post #135177 28th Mar 2012 7:55pm
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BigMike



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Can we just be clear that as present there is NO strike planned. So people panic buying are just leading to more panic buying which the media loves because its a headline. Bloody stupid. Fill up if you need to, but that's it.
Post #135196 28th Mar 2012 8:20pm
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Or go out and get as much as you can Laughing Best stock up on milk just in case the cows go on strike and bottled water cos were on stand pipes soon, grab a girl while you can as well cos theyre not going to keep putting up with us forever Shocked Laughing
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....... dont forget to buy some stamps too. Personally I'm thinking about stocking up on Thatchers Mr. Green 2005 TD5 90 Hard Top

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Post #135205 28th Mar 2012 8:32pm
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bpman



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they will be emptying the supermarkets of veg oil soon ... Shocked

to me, a great excuse to work from home Thumbs Up
Post #135217 28th Mar 2012 8:41pm
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"tanker drivers get paid somewhere between £50,000 & £70,000 a year. But that is not enough for the dangerous job they do"

Blimey Embarassed That seems an awful lot! I employ 26 tanker drivers and they dont get paid anywhere near that!
ps: It only becomes a dangerous job when the idiot behind the wheel cocks up Evil or Very Mad
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I wonder what Greggs and Ginsters drivers get paid, there may well be a pastry shortage aswell soon 2005 TD5 90 Hard Top

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Post #135251 28th Mar 2012 9:21pm
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GUM97



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chiefstoker wrote:
I wonder what Greggs and Ginsters drivers get paid, there may well be a pastry shortage aswell soon

Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter
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BigRuss



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bpman wrote:
they will be emptying the supermarkets of veg oil soon ... Shocked

to me, a great excuse to work from home Thumbs Up


Surely a good reason to keep the 300tdi 90. You know the one that mrs BP put a dent on the wing from the ice Thumbs Up
No that you the restyled it for her Whistle Russell
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Post #135265 28th Mar 2012 9:53pm
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