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

[Alex321]

Tescos are rationing fuel here in Essex. Limit of £99*. Luckily the pump clicked off at £95.52

* Pay at pump only

Hasn't there always been a £99 limit on pay at pump?

There certainly has at every Tesco & Asda I have used it at.

 

[Mike_P]

Variation on the forecourt punch ups - attendant attacks driver

View: https://twitter.com/thestrayferret/status/1445069391016701954

 

[Dogtrousers]

"CO2 shortage: Breweries stockpile carbon dioxide to keep beer flowing amid gas price rise and HGV crisis

Bottled and keg beers most at risk, cask ales less so, as food and drink supply problems spread"

What'll folk do!!

Now could be the time for cyclists to cash in. Do you have a stash of 16g CO2 cylinders anywhere? They could be worth a mint.

 

[Drago]

Actually he doesn’t as he assumes much more capacity and a very slow transition

Oh my days, an assumption!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You'd think he'd know his stuff better than a bloke on the internet. But ho hum.

You only have to look at SAGE to realise that expert forecasts are full of assumptions are rarely if ever right.

 

[Pale Rider]

Variation on the forecourt punch ups - attendant attacks driver

View: https://twitter.com/thestrayferret/status/1445069391016701954

I've been waiting for the first forecourt dispute stabbing, given a lot of the action is taking place in London.

Hopefully it won't happen as the shortages ease, assuming they are down there.

 

[Landsurfer]

Here in the Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire all garages seem to be open and have fuel.
An aside ... "Army called in to drive tankers" .... Yet all the pictures in the press yesterday where of Royal air Force personnel ?
Per Ardua Ad Tanker anyone ??

 

[Badger_Boom]

You only have to look at SAGE to realise that expert forecasts are full of assumptions are rarely if ever right.

That's because it's a forecast, not a prediction.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Here in the Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire all garages seem to be open and have fuel.
An aside ... "Army called in to drive tankers" .... Yet all the pictures in the press yesterday where of Royal air Force personnel ?
Per Ardua Ad Tanker anyone ??

It's probably because the RAF and possibly AAC are the only bits of the armed forces that routinely tanker fuel around these days. They occasionally rock up on exercise to top up their helicopters.

 

[Profpointy]

Filled up yesterday in Bristol; no queue, some pumps off-line, and rather pricey, but no hassle.

Better pop down later with some buckets and saucepans to fill just to be on the safe side

 

[Salty seadog]

Off topic but reminds me of a holiday in the remoter parts of Scotland many years ago
We pulled over to fill up and an old bloke came over to fill us up
by hand on a manual pump - only time I have ever seen a non electric one

as we were leaving a big Jag was pulling - according to a bloke in our party i t had 2 large separate tanks - it was to be hoped he just wanted a top up - if both tanks needed filling the poor bloke would have been there for hours!!!

anyway - back to topic!!!

The nearest station to me in Sandwich still had a pump attendant who would fill you up when I last went there a year or so ago.

 

[classic33]

Here in the Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire all garages seem to be open and have fuel.
An aside ... "Army called in to drive tankers" .... Yet all the pictures in the press yesterday where of Royal air Force personnel ?
Per Ardua Ad Tanker anyone ??

West Riding, if you don't mind!

 

[Drago]

The nearest station to me in Sandwich still had a pump attendant who would fill you up when I last went there a year or so ago.

He was part of a gang robbing the place, just wanted to keep you away from the kiosk.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

as we were leaving a big Jag was pulling - according to a bloke in our party i t had 2 large separate tanks - it was to be hoped he just wanted a top up - if both tanks needed filling the poor bloke would have been there for hours!!!

My dad's series 2 XJ6 had twin tanks - he had to push a button to switch supply from one to the other. I learn now that each had a 57 litre capacity - so that's over £150 to fill up at today's prices. Did about 15mpg too, so filling up was quite a common occurrence. Magnificent car though.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That's because it's a forecast, not a prediction.

A forecast is a prediction. It’s making a prediction about something at a future date.