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Whats the longest time you have queued for petrol this last week or so?

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post

    Have you heard of something called 'a breathalyzer'?
    I'm sober...

    Currently..
    .

    However there is some truth in that. I use to try to avoid driving so I could drink.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post

    Have you heard of something called 'a breathalyzer'?
    I don't drive drunk so its not a problem. Ever heard of taxis or Friends?

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  • saptastic
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    Originally posted by NowPermOutsideUK View Post
    Any insights on queues in London ?! North London to be more precise. Thank you in advance
    yeah - no queues in North London - as there is NO fuel. Most stations are closed when I drove past yesterday.

    When there is fuel the queues are massive - took some kids 3 hours to get to school the other day on the bus.

    seems to be a north south divide going on

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post

    ah one of Maggies little failures!
    Have you heard of something called 'a breathalyzer'?

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  • d000hg
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    Popped to a local independent today. All fuels available on all pumps (including red diesel). We were the only car there ~2pm apart from some chap filling a big can of red.

    That said our local BP was down to a single pump earlier in the week, petrol only - but still no queue.

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  • courtg9000
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    0 mins.
    My new motor dosen't need petrol!
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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    What trains and tubes?
    https://fullfact.org/news/margaret-thatcher-bus/

    We can’t prove whether Mrs Thatcher did or didn’t say this, but it appears that the phrase was originally coined by an acquaintance of one Loelia, the Duchess of Westminster, and then popularised by the duchess. At some point it became common to attribute the quote to Mrs Thatcher.

    The Daily Telegraph reported in the duchess’s obituary that she once said: “Anybody seen in a bus over the age of 30 has been a failure in life.”
    is one more of the lies the left made up.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post

    ah one of Maggies little failures!
    What trains and tubes?

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  • _V_
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    0 minutes. Found a small petrol station in the middle of nowhere with eye watering prices.

    At first I thought they were still pricing in gallons, turns out it was in litres

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  • BlueSharp
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    Zero minutes, but then the car has not moved all week either. Need to drive to the Welsh border tomorrow from Birmingham which should leave me with a 1/4 tank diesel. It will all have blown over by next week (hopefully). Might need to fill up the week after.

    Wife's car has 60 miles left in the tank, but I have a Jerry can that has some petrol for the lawn mower that needs using as it a few months old now so will chuck that in this weekend. We like to keep 100 mile + in it in case she has to see her elderly farther urgently. No doubt the neighbours will comment when they see me doing that.
    Last edited by BlueSharp; 2 October 2021, 13:00.

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