Fuel Strikes

[TimberWolf]

The shell on the way in this morning was jammed....

I've heard of tesco's in Southend running out on Monday & Tuesday

Does this mean if Estate Agents went on strike houses would start selling again?

[Cliphead]

Went out for fuel this morning, no sign of any queuing or rationing.

[Churchill]

Went out for fuel this morning, no sign of any queuing or rationing.

How is life at the back end of nowhere?

[Cliphead]

How is life at the back end of nowhere?

Wonderful, no ethnic minorities, eastern europeans, english, stabbings, crime. I could go on...

[Churchill]

Wonderful, no ethnic minorities, eastern europeans, english, stabbings, crime. I could go on...

The bad news is I've just bought the farm down the road...

[Cliphead]

The bad news is I've just bought the farm down the road...

No worries, I'll have the SAM site set up shortly for the ChurchyChopper.

[Pondlife]

I think the Hoyer drivers might be pushing their luck with this one.

Everyone pays pretty much the same price for fuel from the refinery with the price differenciator at the pumps being the additives the seller uses, which is why the branded stuff (Shell, BP) is better than the tescos fuel.

Why would Shell, who only have 10% of the fuels market, agree to pay more to a supplier (making them uncompetitive at the pump) because another area of their business is making large profits because they sell a product which the market has deemed should be an expensive commodity.

Not sure how much sympathy the drivers will get since their working conditions aren't changing but they're still not happy with the circa 7% offered.

Just my £0.02

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Tip: the fuel hose is long enough to reach over the car. Most cars these days are foreign and have filler caps on the right (except Japanese cars).
simply fill up at the usually empty left hand side pumps.

Quick poll in the car park:

New Mini - filler on left
BMWs - filler on the right
New Nissan Micra filler on right
Renault Laguna - right
New Fiesta - left

So I think this theory is largely bobbins

[NickFitz]

What do you disagree with? The fact that people were queing up for a pump on the filler side at the last fuel protest (circa 2000), because I can assure you most were.

I always go for a pump on the filler cap side, because the long hoses aren't long enough if your car is a proper three-box saloon with a boot - the hose rubs the dirt off the boot, and the nozzle can only be got into the filler by holding it upside down.

It's probably OK if you've got one of those little hatchback things that girls drive, though.

[Cyberman]

It's not a fuel strike as such, the tanker drivers want better pay and conditions.

They already have better pay and conditions that other lorry drivers. 41K seems pretty good to me. Another lorry driver phoned the radio today to say he was on 25K for a 55 hour week!!!!