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Not you, fellow Cheshire-ite! Was a generic comment to the Southern Fairies!
Oooopps
What you doing in my neck of the woods?
Fuel price discussion thread (was ‘chaos’)
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Oooopps
What you doing in my neck of the woods?
Ooooh, what's on?
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fine here today hopefully the morons stay away.
Not you, fellow Cheshire-ite! Was a generic comment to the Southern Fairies!
Imagine thinking that living in an area suffering less with a problem, which is is far more likely the result of logistical differences and population density, somehow makes you "harder" than someone who doesn't
Honestly, is there anything that "northerners" won't pretend is due to some mythical, self bestowed character advantage over people who live abrtitraily "south" of them? I'm more surprised you aren't suffering more fuel consumption problems due to the sheer size and weight of that chip you're carting around on your shoulder
(that said, all my local stations are dry, so it's another weekeend sitting at home arguing on the Internet for me, hence the bitterness
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Imagine thinking that living in an area suffering less with a problem, which is is far more likely the result of logistical differences and population density, somehow makes you "harder" than someone who doesn't
Honestly, is there anything that "northerners" won't pretend is due to some mythical, self bestowed character advantage over people who live abrtitraily "south" of them? I'm more surprised you aren't suffering more fuel consumption problems due to the sheer size and weight of that chip you're carting around on your shoulder
(that said, all my local stations are dry, so it's another weekeend sitting at home arguing on the Internet for me, hence the bitterness
Why not console yourself with a nice glass of shandy?
(that said, all my local stations are dry, so it's another weekeend sitting at home arguing on the Internet for me, hence the bitterness
I'd never have guessed. Feel free to jump on a train to Manchester and bring a jerry can with you.
In all seriousness it sucks. Feel free to scream at your local MP and vote in a new Government at the ballot box.
Soldato
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Imagine thinking that living in an area suffering less with a problem, which is is far more likely the result of logistical differences and population density, somehow makes you "harder" than someone who doesn't
Honestly, is there anything that "northerners" won't pretend is due to some mythical, self bestowed character advantage over people who live abrtitraily "south" of them? I'm more surprised you aren't suffering more fuel consumption problems due to the sheer size and weight of that chip you're carting around on your shoulder
(that said, all my local stations are dry, so it's another weekeend sitting at home arguing on the Internet for me, hence the bitterness
Why not console yourself with a nice glass of shandy?
Lmao brilliant.
Why not console yourself with a nice glass of shandy?
Only one way to settle this - fist fight, man to man.
You'll have to come to me though. I don't have any fuel. With what I have in the tank, I reckon I can make it as far as Harlow
EDIT: Wait, you're in Hertfordshire, you're hardly much further north than me
It does. I'm fortunate because I don't "need" fuel, like I said. But I've still cancelled plans due to this. I am making the occasional recce to look for fuel, but I'm not going to start going too far afield nor queuing for it. I sympathise with those with a genuine need who are forced to.
As for the government, believe me, I'm no supporter.
Filled up last Sunday and have been driving like a granny this week. Off boost and changing up at under 2.5krpm.
Averaging 45mpg vs my usual 35. Not fun but a hell of a lot more fun than catching a train to work. Brrrr.
f56 jcw.
Averaging 45mpg vs my usual 35. Not fun but a hell of a lot more fun than catching a train to work. Brrrr.
f56 jcw.
I'd never have guessed. Feel free to jump on a train to Manchester and bring a jerry can with you.
In all seriousness it sucks. Feel free to scream at your local MP and vote in a new Government at the ballot box.
This isn't the MPs doing, this was started by our idiotic press stiring **** up.
There isn't really a lot the MPs can do. They have the army in filling the gaps, but it's only going to settle down once the panic buyers **** off.
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Only one way to settle this - fist fight, man to man.
You'll have to come to me though. I don't have any fuel. With what I have in the tank, I reckon I can make it as far as Harlow
EDIT: Wait, you're in Hertfordshire, you're hardly much further north than me
Yeah but I am expat northerner.
Only 6 miles from Harlow, ITS ON!
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Cycled to the gym this morning 6.30 queue of old farts with newspapers and thermos mugs queuing already like it was a trip to the doctors. Probably all got 3/4 of a tank.
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Just glad I only need petrol once every couple of months
Just glad I only need petrol once every couple of months
Careful because E10 starts to go off after only 30 days
This ... I feel that once a good few photos of soldiers making fuel deliveries make their way onto the front pages of the papers, that maybe some folk will start to think for themselves again... But probably being overly optimistic here.
Saw similar scenes at 05:15 on my way to work , Lots of cars "parked" with lights off in Lane 1 of the dual carriageway because Esso were having a delivery. Queue stretched for over half a mile. If people only used what they actually needed, we wouldn't have this issue....much like the first time round when i'd wager these very same people were stockpiling for the end of the world.
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Texaco (in peacehaven) on the way home had a bit of a queue but has a £30 limit so moved quickly. That should do for the next couple of weeks.
We're short of truck drivers, ultimately it's the Government's fault. Press might have shone a light on it, but having seen the supermarkets emptied during COVID panic buying was a likely event. They were unprepared for the last two years , then for extra LOLz sat on their hands for a few days until they realised it wasn't going away. Over a week later and the South East is still screwed. Of course it's the Governments fault.