Drago's murder deathkill slaughter massacre panic petrol buying watch!!!

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Landsurfer

Landsurfer

Veteran
Brandane said:
He's still an HGV driver, and unless his cab has an en-suite, then he has to take his chance and pee (or shyte) the same as any other HGV driver.
The tractor unit for pulling a tanker full of petroleum is exactly the same as the one that pulls a trailer full of corn flakes.
He also has a tachograph and has to comply with driver's hours regulations, so he isn't doing a 3 day shift.
Other than that, cool story, bro...
Click to expand...
He does a three day shift ... often stopping in hotels overnight in such exotic places as Wick .... and Anstruther .... and if he’s really lucky .. Tongue ... The high life eh!
We first met him and his wife at a resort in Cuba ...
 
Last edited:
B

bagpuss

Guru
Location
derby
Hasn't this thread run out of gas yet !
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
Illaveago said:
How can we fill up as normal when the pumps are dry ? :wacko:
Click to expand...
They lock them up to prevent you trying to fill up from a dry pump.
 
Brandane

Brandane

Legendary Member
Location
Costa Clyde
All this talk of fuel and yachts, I had forgotten about my days working at sea on this ship. MV Ardmore, owned by P&O..

611329

A floating bomb! We were on contract to PEMEX, the Mexican petroleum company. We carried refined petrol and diesel from their refinery in Salina Cruz, distributing the contents at smaller storage facilities up the Pacific coast - Manzanillo, Mazatlan, and a few other less memorable pipelines in the middle of the sea. Not my favourite trip to sea, as I had previously been spoiled on general cargo runs to more exotic destinations with plenty time in port. This thing was hard work and long hours whilst in port, then manic tank cleaning on the empty southbound voyage to prepare for the next load.
We did get 2 weeks respite in the form of a dry-dock in San Francisco though. Ach; the good ol' days. Joined in Manzanillo, Mexico, August 1980. Left her in March 1981 in San Diego, California.
 
OP
OP
Drago

Drago

Legendary Member
Location
Suburban Poshshire
I think perhaps the contention is that if the panic buyers reverted to their normal buying patterns the pumps would not be dry.

rockyroller said:
no problems here. on my way to work I saw 3 red gas cans by the side of the road. empty, I'm sure, put out for anyone who wanted them. gave me pause thinking of you guys. wishing you well
Click to expand...

Im alright jack. Nowhere to go, and multiple means of getting there.
 
Illaveago

Illaveago

Guru
Location
Chippenham,Wiltshire.
mjr said:
Of course, foreign news reports of the UK fuel crisis do not include the instruction not to panic buy. They also almost all report people queueing overnight (which I have not seen much in UK news) and that the driver shortage is across Europe. Yet still panic buying has not started in neighbouring countries. So why do Brits react so differently?
Click to expand...
There are a lot of selfish people about. You only need to look at the rubbish thrown out of vehicle windows lying by the side of the road , the fly tipping and the absolute mess left after a pop concert like Glastonbury or Reading.
The trouble with the queues is that in amongst the people queueing there could be people who genuinely need fuel the fuel for work .
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Drago
Drago's now traditional Winter 2024-25 murder deathkill slaughter annihilation apocalypse chaos mayhem insanity nastiness weather thread
Replies
275
Drago
Drago's now traditional Winter 2023-24 murder deathkill slaughter annihilation chaos mayhem insanity weather thread
Replies
195
P
Read all the words before buying!
Replies
15
johnnyb47
Argos wanted me to pay for a watch just to view it
Replies
92
Top Bottom