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Mar 28 2012, 03:43 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Mar 28 2012, 03:14 PM) ...quite a while ago that someone started a rumour that there was going to be a shortage of toilet rolls. Within about two days the supermarkets had none left. Or maybe it was bread. There's little to go on...
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Mar 28 2012, 04:00 PM
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QUOTE (Sherlock @ Mar 28 2012, 03:27 PM) I've got half a tank of petrol in my car at the moment. Luckily I don't use the car for - well, anything essential when I think about it. I was going to ask whether I should rush around to the petrol station to fill it up but I think I've answered my own question. As you were. I have just got back from Reading where the Shell garage in Whitley was out of regular diesel and petrol. But filled up at Sainsbury's no problem. Drove past many other garages on the A4 and there were no long queues or signs of panic!
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Mar 28 2012, 04:16 PM
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BP was very busy earlier, first time I've ever had to queue. Only went because my friend texted me and let me know of the possibility of problems..
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Mar 28 2012, 04:32 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 28 2012, 04:25 PM) Did anyone hear about the bread shortage? ...and the pastie shortage.... There's been a run on them since 'Our Dave' hinted he eats them all the time.... QUOTE (Blake @ Mar 28 2012, 03:05 PM) Why not use a bike for a while instead.. save money and the planet. Save a couple of litres of petrol, yet meanwhile in the North Sea there's a zillion gallons of LPG jetting into the atmosphere uncontrolled.. I think 'Saving the Planet' is a lost cause
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Mar 29 2012, 12:28 AM
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QUOTE (Sherlock @ Mar 29 2012, 12:14 AM) Well, I cracked. Drove up to Tesco after watching Sirallun do his thing and filled up. No signs of panic buying (we were all buying very calmly) and, blatantly ignoring the Prime Minister's advice, I didn't take my jerrycan with me even though it's only a quarter full. Mid afternoon I can assure you, Texaco and BP were both packed. Panic buying though, I think the advice of the government was very, very bad - that being to "ALL GO FILL UP"... basically causing a mass panic... Oh well this bloody government, eh?
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Mar 29 2012, 09:05 AM
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This government fuel advice is ridiculous, its nearly £1.50 per litre, what an excellent way to cash in and boost fuel duty revenue for them. Fuel is a luxury commodity these days and the government are using this Panic state to get away from the issue that fuel duty is too much. Watch as the price continues to rise through this Panic period. I cannot afford to constantly keep my tank full and burn the extra fuel to cart it around.
These MP's need to leave London and see how the rest of the country copes under the massive pressure of job losses, threat of job losses and ever increasing Household bills.
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