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out of petrol in cheltenham I hear...
So the panic buyers got it right!
Que?*
Cheltenham wouldn't have run out if all the sheeple hadn't been 'panic buying' ... there are currently no strikes and deliveries are normal, but there are sufficient stupid people to create a massive problem for everyone by being selfish (and then try and blame their lack of common sense on 'govt advice').
(*unless you were being sarcastic?)
I'm making the point that the sufficiently stupid, panic-buying sheeple will be feeling as smug as the fine, upstanding non-panic buyers did yesterday 😉
The question I have is: will all the people queueing now also be queueing to top up their tanks in a couple of weeks time when I next need to fill up (I only have half a tank left) or will they have got bored by then? I presume supply won't be an issue, as once all the tanks have been topped the demand will go back to normal, but it will still be irritating to have to queue behind the £5 buyers.
BTW if I was a Tory, surely I'd be supporting the Tory party's call for panic buying? I do find it interesting how much power they have over people's behaviour though.
I do find it interesting how much power they have over people's behaviour though
It's incredibly easy to make people to behave selfishly.
Pick any day of the year & tell your neighbour you think the tanker drivers are planning to strike. I guarantee within an hour you'd see them toddling off out to fill up their car.
Or go into Tesco and buy 50 pints of milk, loads of bread & dozens of eggs, then when someone asks why, just say "haven't you heard?" ... there'd soon be panic in the aisles...
Maybe i should jump on the capitalism band wagon and start hiring my bikes out at highly inflated prices 😆
Cars empty btw and can't be arsed queuing, i'm cycling to work as usual anyway.
THERES AN ALCOHOL SHORTAGE! QUICK GET DOWN TO THE BAR AND GET SUPPIN
Chaos at the Neath Tesco, had to to a bakery in Skewen for my lunch. Queuing for miles, madness has taken hold.
How many rioters are going to queue for five hours to fill their petrol bombs? See this is the Govs way of preventing civil unrest. Better and cheaper than water cannon/CS smoke.
No, they'll be down B&Q nicking a battery powered drill and waiting for smug looking drivers to park their cars at home and go out for the day, then climbing under and springing your tank a leak
You think this is bad? Wait until the the strike starts or if it starts to affect food distribution.
Think of this as a foretaste of what the early stages of Doomsday will be like, use this as a learning experience to be better prepared next time...
Just been into local town to fill up (car was fuel light was on) and there were no queues for diesel, since there wasn't any left.
Wait until the the strike starts or if it starts to affect food distribution.Think of this as a foretaste of what the early stages of Doomsday will be like,
I've always wondered what mein teil tastes like 😈
FFS, I've got to drive down to Ross-on-Wye next week - and because of the morons in the government and the morons on the street it might not be possible? I still refuse to join in with this idiocy though.
There is another way to avoid the queues 
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Well you'd buy petrol, leave enjoy your week and watch a few movies by the time that things ready
If there is a strike it will give us all a feeling for what it's like to have an electric car, welcom to the world of range-anxiety!
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[SMUG] I did my panic-buying on Tuesday, before everyone else. I don't use my car day-to-day, I ony need it Easter weekend to go to a bike race. 450 miles round trip on a 380 mile tank. Yes, I was one of the people filling the cans too. I'm now carrying 500 miles worth 😀
I did however spend £99.78 on fuel 😯 [/SMUG]
One of the first successes of this government.
Create their own mini fuel shortage, collect the data, manage the next one more efficiently.
Now they know exactly where they want to send their Army tankers, and also where to ignore when it next happens.
Also it boosts the March sales figures to prevent talk of a recession after all the panic buying of fuel (and pasties and stamps).
May even take CMD's dinnergate off the News too.
Win win win for CMD.
Well you'd buy petrol, leave enjoy your week and watch a few movies by the time that things ready
[url= http://www.renault.com/en/vehicules/renault/pages/twizy.aspx ]The battery fully charges in three-and-a-half hours with a 100km range[/url]
I hate hybrids but I would get one of these for commuting...doubt I'd get 100km out of it though 😉
So 70miles time I'd have to wait another 3.5hours?
The electric car myth! The government are trying to put in 4-5 new nuke stations right now to keep on top of power needs. If we as a nation were to give up our love of petroleum and switch over to electric cars we'd need 40-45 building. You really want to sound off on that?
I want a nuclear car.
What's wrong with a lovely wind turbine?
I should be test driving one of these Nealy in april 😀
Absolutely no sense in it for me but I bet it is fun to drive.
I want to see if you can fit a bike rack on it.
You'll be wanting the ol' Ford Nucleon then!
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I want a nuclear car.
I want a nuclear monster truck!
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I should be test driving one of these Neal April
If the salesman wants to come with you for the test drive it might be a bit awkward , the seating position is a bit intimate!
Electric cars with a range extender engine (generator) are the future 🙂
I cant be the only one who doesnt mind if we run out of diesel and petrol? Certainly not rushing around filling up. If we run out and the station runs out, we'll survive.
Any inconvenience is soon outweighed by the lofty feeling of smug self satisfaction that a cycling family can have 😉
Anyway, I have enough Baked Bean tins in the cupboard to last the Rapture, 10 gallons of scrumpy in the garage and a shotgun. Whatever happens, there will be explosions of one sort or another...
If the salesman wants to come with you for the test drive it might be a bit awkward , the seating position is a bit intimate!
lol absolutely....if they won't let me drive myself it will all depend on the gender and attractiveness of the salesperson!
I always take my shoes off before driving. You do get a raised eyebrow
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- from http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/motorists-stock-up-on-bikes/012825
nice
This would do for many of 'em, although for the price I would prefer a car....
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I have been stocking up on bikes for years .
Always knew that my plan to sell them during a fuel shortage would come good.
🙂
I always take my shoes off before driving. You do get a raised eyebrow
why does taking your shoes of make your eybrow raise?
I'm driving over from Europe for Easter, should I forget the Easter eggs and get the nephews/neices cans of petrol?
Lifting my shoe off pulls the fishing line that I have attached between the two
FFS.
Supposed to be taking my camper to France tomorrow, I thought all this would blow over, now it looks like my local stations are empty and there's not enough in the bus to get to Newhaven. 🙄
There's plenty in the other cars but they've got anti syphon stuff on em...
I need this not....
I'm off to Afan for the weekend already have a full tank.
Would be a damn shame to get stuck there with me bike.... 😀
Track day tomorrow - I shall be caning the mirth-mobile round the track at a rate of approx. 15mpg.
I apologise to you all.
Is it a crime to fill up now ffs 🙄
[i]The AA said Increased sales of #fuel from #panic buying on Wednesday will bring in more than £32 million in extra fuel excise duty.[/i]
Conspiracy theory anyone?
[i]Greggs said Increased sales of pies from panic buying on Wednesday will bring in more than £32 million in extra revenue.[/i]
Conspiracy theory anyone?
Conspiracy theory anyone?
No its called distraction. Nu Labour used positive PR to bury bad news days.
why does taking your shoes of make your eybrow raise?
Well, it should actually make them a few mm lower.
No its called distraction. Nu Labour used positive PR to bury bad news days.
Like this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17504261
Cougar: Oh yes.
Hopefully in time this will be remembered not as the "[i]oh, the tanker drivers nearly went on strike if you can call 2 weeks nearly" crisis[/i], but as the "[i]Government started a fuel crisis in a lame as **** attempt to divert attention from their catastrophic PR disaster" crisis[/i]. 👿
"Government started a fuel crisis in a lame as **** attempt to divert attention from their catastrophic PR disaster" crisis
Are they really that bright?
Yes. NuLab did before them (remember the detention under suspicion of terrorism hoo-ha? Probably not all of it, because we were all too busy argiung about the fox hunting bill/act during some of the key bits).