Panic buying of petrol

Started by Steve J, 25 September 2021, 07:49:37 AM

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Quote from: toxicpixie on 30 September 2021, 05:43:53 PM
Fabric ones usually last well, but the plastic "bags for life" are somewhere between bulletproof and fall apart if you sneeze wrongly depending on which chain does them, I find!

True enough, I have a few from Lidl that have lasted me a good while, but a few others not so much. The fabric ones are good though.

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toxicpixie

Didn't they just go "hahahahahaha no"?

Lots of amusing tweets from European drivers laughing that out the water.

So... Shapps suggested today that we have pensioners and convicts drive the wagons instead, "to get some skin in the game"...
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"We don't want your stupid tanks!" 
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Leon

We're still not seeing much shortage up this way, I called into the Asda station on my way home from work about 7:30pm and it was deserted, just one other car getting air. 
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Heedless Horseman

02 October 2021, 05:14:49 AM #125 Last Edit: 02 October 2021, 05:30:59 AM by Heedless Horseman
Hm... but can just about believe  ;D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-58767230

After all, 'anything with tracks' is a Tank, so anything with a tank might be a petrol tanker!  ;)

Not seen anything major Newcastle... but 'don't get out much' lol!

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Steve J

Speaking to a neighbour yesterday and the aforementioned ASDA was quiet around Midday when she popped in for fuel, yet an hour earlier and her daughter was queueing. The luck of the draw at the minute.

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Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 02 October 2021, 05:14:49 AM
After all, 'anything with tracks' is a Tank, so anything with a tank might be a petrol tanker!  ;)
So this is a petrol tanker?
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Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 02 October 2021, 05:14:49 AM
Hm... but can just about believe  ;D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-58767230

"You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker" ???

Words fail me.

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toxicpixie

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 02 October 2021, 05:14:49 AM
Hm... but can just about believe  ;D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-58767230

After all, 'anything with tracks' is a Tank, so anything with a tank might be a petrol tanker!  ;)

Not seen anything major Newcastle... but 'don't get out much' lol!



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And Raider4, yeah. The public never cease to amaze.
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Techno II

Quote from: Raider4 on 02 October 2021, 09:01:39 AM
Words fail me.

Ditto.....But part of me thinks......NAH !!......Surely not ....Would people REALLY do that ?....Part of me thinks that that story's a load of poop.

Quote from: Norm on 02 October 2021, 10:39:59 AM
The army are panic buying :-)

I ASSUME that tanks run on diesel......So I don't care. ;)  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Looking at the headlines on the papers this soggy morn......There seems to be a load of other things that 'media' want us to panic about......Intercourse 'em.

Cheers - Mr Cynical - Barsteward.

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Quote from: Techno II on 02 October 2021, 10:55:27 AM

I ASSUME that tanks run on diesel......So I don't care. ;)  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cheers - Mr Cynical - Barsteward.

1) Well Cheifes run onn Deisel, petrol, paraffin, and even coal dust...also of course tea.

2) As to parentage In cana comment, but youse aint cynical - just realistic.

Cheif cynic Ian  :P :P

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toxicpixie

Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 02 October 2021, 11:05:59 AM
1) Well Cheifes run onn Deisel, petrol, paraffin, and even coal dust...also of course tea.

2) As to parentage In cana comment, but youse aint cynical - just realistic.

Cheif cynic Ian  :P :P



Is Chieftain more a case of "doesn't run on anything" ;)

Every Chieftain driver I've spoken to had the horrors of wondering if they'd conk out halfway across an open field!
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A "multi-fuel engine" - Oh, what a good idea - "Made by Leyland" - Ooops!

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