Petrol Buying

Anything to do with Christmas will be next

My advice would be to plan on a work house Charles D*ckens style do - broth for lunch, wrap up some sticks and hand them out for presents etc

Supply chains will become increasingly normal through 2022, just as the world threatens to tip into recession

Medium term investment play should be gold and silver

 

Or wrap up some sticks, then hand them out as presents and lunch?

 

He hasn't been around for some of his childrens' births, or indeed upbringing. Forgive me if I find it hard to believe that that man has any interest in anyone but himself.

 

Most people take a bit of time off to sort out family stuff, but notoriously lazy Boris won't be the one sorting his mother's things out. The funeral itself is normally just a singe day people take off, so it feels more like convenient cover.

He was, after all, shagging Jennifer Acuri while his wife was receiving serious medical treatment, so forgive me being underwhelmed by his care for nearest and dearest.

 

This seems unnecessarily austere. Simply visit your local charity shops and have a 1970s Xmas.

A teasmade and some literature (Harold Robbins, Judith Krantz, Jilly Cooper etc) , for Mrs Moose, maybe a Black and Decker workbench or some Old Spice for me. Hot Wheels, Action Man and Lego for the kids, all sit down after lunch, with a feast of old vinyl playing with the Spirograph and have a game of Mastermind or Escape from Colditz.

With change out of £20.

 

I hope 12 isn’t an arbitrary number and he’s actually measured his freezer drawers.

Just imagine the scenes at supermarkets when people can’t get exactly what they want for Christmas. It’s going to be the most undignified response to an inconvenience ever.

 

Is that why he gave me such a laughable tip ?
Don't come crying to me when you're salivating over the thought of some hot buttered toast in a fortnight's time.

 

As long as Amazon don't run out of petrol I will be fine.
Failing that, I will just give out slices of bread as a present - their street value will probably be about £20/slice by that time, which is about right. Two slices for Mrs TuT as she's "special".

 

Get the Breville toastie maker out and let the good times roll.

 

My parents bought one in the early 80s, I now have it and use it from time to time. Still going after about 40 years.

 

Yeah I've got one. Use it repeatedly for a week about once every 4 years.

 

Happy days. God the state of those things. I remember peeling the months-old rancid crusted cheese off the side whilst waiting for the current batch to cook. I guess all the bacteria living on those surfaces was just "nuked" when it was next used which is why they've not taken more lives than Covid over the years.

 

I liked this post as the pretext is right. But if you raised it with your employers alongside all your other communist rhetoric, it probably got lost in the mess.

I think there is good and bad in socialism, and I've seen you write about the train drivers, for example, that a union's role is to get the highest rate of pay they can, regardless of how justified it is.

As in many things, I think unions need to pick their battles.

 

Sounds like a typical Sunday round at Chez Lloyd

 

I partly agree. But there are over 30k hauliers who are independent and a fairly disparate bunch. They would argue that they are responding to customer needs, which is often delivery the product from A to B at the lowest cost. It’s a very competitive market, and raising wages and prices is fine as long as everyone else does the same thing. If Brexit was so concerned around the explotation of UK workers, why didn’t the government set a minimum wage for areas where it could see there would be a shortfall. That would mean companies were on a level playing field, and didn’t rely on 30k+ hairy arsed hauliers to deal with the crisis in unison ( many of which frankly haven’t got the foresight to respond effectively). Also why didn’t the government find a way of keeping drivers to continue to be tested during Covid, which has impacted on UK based workers becoming HGV drivers (it will take months to clear the test backlog).

 

How do youn enforce it though? Someone puts in 12 quid worth, so you don't take their money?

 

Minimum charge £30, someone puts £12 of petrol in then tough, they pay £30. Pumps already supposedly have a minimum delivery of 2 litres anyway.

 

Doh! Yep. That'll do it.

 

They could take their keys, make them walk home and crush their car.

 

******* kill them!

 

Tie 'em behind the car and DRAG 'em....

 

Shenley Rd (the 'Wood's high street) gridlocked as the two petrol stations (one at either end of the high street) have had deliveries.

 

My motorbike only takes £15

 

So my wife's car has only fumes. She can't get to pump without me buying a can full and bringing it back for her to then be able to drive down and queue. Should she pay £30 for that can full ?

 

Have you thought about buying a can for £30 and charging her £45 for it?
Free market economy supply and demand and all that…

 

Report from morning dog walk. No Deisel but a few petrol pumps open with small queues.

 

Things got better round my way yesterday. I was able to get some petrol. Up to £30. Nothing about paying £30 for £12 etc. The notices said don't fill up more than £30 please.

 

Dogs panic buying fuel now, whatever next.

 

Had a week off booked to sort out my dad's car that is currently on SORN. That's getting it up and running, insure, Tax, MOT. Of course with 2 yr old petrol in it the first thing after getting it up and running is to fill it up whilst taking it for it's MOT.

So that's a week wasted then.

 

I just started a minibus that has not run for 2 years - absolutely fine. Charged battery, squirt of EasyStart into the airbox, away she goes. Freeing of seized brakes is the thing!

 

Battery was knackered. Mr. Halfords kindly replaced that Monday, decent service, delivery, fitting and disposal for £15. Was a pig of a job so glad the youtube vids put me off DIY. Poor sods having a nightmare with the traffic and fuel issues at the moment.
With the new battery, The car started OK the first time but was a bit dodgy and coughing the 2nd which I put down to crap fuel but managed to reverse it out of the garage and then drive it back in.
Had the battery on trickle charge just to make sure it's fully topped up and will look after it until next month when hopefully I'll have some time to sort it and all this madness is over.

Once I get it MOTd I think it'll need an Italian tune-up which is never fun in a 1.2L 3cyl.

 

Courtesy of Have I Got News For You:

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