Let the queuing begin !

F Body · June 10, 2008, 07:48:45 AM

Seems there is a four day fuel tankers drivers strike planned for next week ?

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ianjpage · June 10, 2008, 07:58:41 AM

oh gr8 fun!!!

Sammy Lou · June 10, 2008, 08:00:45 AM

i cant get fuel as i have no car at the mo its in the garage being fixed

EDGE · June 10, 2008, 08:18:04 AM

these things are self perpetuating though, people see this article, panic and go and fill up when they wouldnt normally, thus causing a slight shortage, more people panic and drain the setrol stations....

dumbasses......

Fieldy · June 10, 2008, 08:47:03 AM

shit shit shit, better go fill up both my cars, You never know when you'll next be able to......

Fieldy · June 10, 2008, 08:47:59 AM

wow, I thought 'shit' would have been filtered..... Admin?

ianjpage · June 10, 2008, 08:49:23 AM

Quoting: Fieldy

wow, I thought 'shit' would have been filtered..... Admin?

Hmm not in the swear filter.....

ianjpage · June 10, 2008, 08:50:28 AM

Quoting: EDGE

these things are self perpetuating though, people see this article, panic and go and fill up when they wouldnt normally, thus causing a slight shortage, more people panic and drain the setrol stations....

dumbasses......

Yeah tis true, trouble is for me im now at customer sites for the next week solid, so i need to make sure i do have enough fuel to get there, so will have to go buy some today / tomorrow incase all the idiots do run the other stations dry .....

EDGE · June 10, 2008, 09:23:24 AM

and so it begins..................

Big Mouse · June 10, 2008, 09:55:38 AM

Do we know what dates and where? I'm heading for Dover early on Thursday morning to go to Belgium and will be mightily pee'd off if I get stuck in a queue as much as I might support them.

ianjpage · June 10, 2008, 10:26:07 AM

not reallt - the BBC news site has much the same story but doesn't say where

Pod · June 10, 2008, 12:43:15 PM

It does say Shell garages only, so there should be plenty of other options.

Roadkill · June 12, 2008, 12:57:12 AM

Hell, you should see petrol over here, in the U.S !

EDGE · June 12, 2008, 04:22:51 AM

tescos petrol station was RAMMED yesterday, i was on fumes in the chavscort so stopped in for some dip, didn't fill up though as there was no need to cause a shortage just for the sake of it.... there was an old dude there filling a jerry can though...... fu*king marvelous.... he only drives a 106, that'll go on forever on £20 of dip.. no need to fill it THEN fill a jerry can.... FFS !!

F Body · June 12, 2008, 07:36:09 AM

Quoting: EDGE

there was an old dude there filling a jerry can

It was me

NB : I get funny looks when filling a 2 gallon can with petrol in a diesel car

I use the petrol for my Beatch, I can't be done with taking my helmet off and walking inside to pay before I fill the tank when on a bike

F Body · June 12, 2008, 07:58:41 AM

Todays headlines :

"Gordon Brown has told motorists not to panic buy at the pumps as tanker drivers prepared to strike "

We are saved

Meanwhile one of the largest energy companies in the world, Russia's Gazprom, has warned that oil prices could rise from today's closing price of $131 a barrel to $250 in 'the foreseeable future'

Flip Martian · June 12, 2008, 08:00:33 AM

effing 'ell - I'll be cycling to the station in the mornings before long...

EDGE · June 12, 2008, 09:43:29 AM

get a job working from home .... 'tis the best way !!

my commute is about 4 seconds, but if the wife's in the hallway too the traffic can and age...

saves a fortune on gas, probably puts £200 back in my pocket, not to mention 4 hours per day of my life that i used to spend commuting!!!

Flip Martian · June 12, 2008, 10:55:40 AM

I'm working on it, as it happens!

As it involves retraining and building up a clientele (no gay jokes please!) its probably a good 18 months away at least, though. Can't bloody wait!

HardRockCamaro · June 12, 2008, 12:00:44 PM

The Caddy has half a tank in it.
I have to visit a potential customer on Monday and do some local running around at the weekend but apart from that I only need to get too and from the office which is a 6 mile round trip. And if worst came to worst I can just work from home. 3 supermarkets within walking distance too.
So frankly if the pumps run dry I don't care...

art b · June 12, 2008, 06:03:49 PM

it has not looked to bad here at the fuel stations,probably people are starting to use less as its so expensive

Kenny · June 13, 2008, 02:22:29 AM

I've been to 3 petrol stations since the strike was announce. once to get fuel (I was empty) and twice this morning to find a frigin cash machine.

All three were completely clear, wouldn't even need to que for a pump. seems the public is learning not to listen to the media...
either that or the dumbarsses haven't woken up yet

F Body · June 13, 2008, 02:45:21 AM

Quoting: Kenny

All three were completely clear,

Well it'll be interesting to see what happens in Luton, because we normally have queues because we have so few petrol stations and it's not unusual to see signs saying " No Diesel "

Cunning Plan · June 13, 2008, 03:48:02 AM

Apparently, I heard from a work college, there was que'ing around the Stacey Bushes in MK fuel stations this morning..

F Body · June 13, 2008, 02:40:04 PM

Quoting: F Body

Well it'll be interesting to see what happens in Luton, because we normally have queues because we have so few petrol stations and it's not unusual to see signs saying " No Diesel "

Drove past the petrol station a little while ago.....................

Muppets

Let the queuing begin !

Roadkill