Fuel 'crisis'

[gingerjedi]

Well all my tropical fish are now dead.


I filled up the tank with super unleaded. Sacrifices must be made. When the govt tells you to panic you know it's serious.

Why don't you use one of the swimming pools?

[Old Greg]

What would you burn down that would need 20 cans of unleaded?

Bridgwater.

[Diver]

Bridgwater.

[DimPrawn]

Why don't you use one of the swimming pools?

Brilliant idea!

And I can gloat over it whilst having a smoke later.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Managed to fill up the fuel tank at lunch time. Went to total garage close by but was queing all the way onto the main road to Manchester Airport. I thought sod that so drove to the BP in terminal 1 and paid 1.47 per litre for diesel! £75 to fill up my Golf TDI WTF?! Anyway glad I managed to fill up my tank for the next month or so

[NickFitz]

The giovernment really haven't thought this through. They tell everybody to fill up, and even to stockpile fuel. All the petrol stations run dry and have to be replenished. This means the tanker drivers make loads of money from working overtime, and can therefore afford to strike for a good long time

[AtW]

The giovernment really haven't thought this through. They tell everybody to fill up, and even to stockpile fuel.

They did not expect people to trust the Government's advice.

HTH

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Once MF starts buying the tanker drivers will go back to work. If he ran a funeral parlour no-one would die.

Hello? The tanker drivers haven't stopped work - at this rate they don't need to.

[NickFitz]

Hello? The tanker drivers haven't stopped work - at this rate they don't need to.

Indeed. And if they were going to strike they'd have to give seven days notice before doing so, which would leave everybody plenty of time to fill up. In other words, the government was either talking rubbish or just trying to stir things up.

[Old Greg]

Indeed. And if they were going to strike they'd have to give seven days notice before doing so, which would leave everybody plenty of time to fill up. In other words, the government was either talking rubbish or just trying to stir things up.

It can be very hard to tell the difference between their incompetence and their malice. The NHS reforms are the same.