OK, I've got a full tank, so at least I'll make it to the North Wales camp and back this weekend
I wouldn't mind if it was properly rationed but if it's just "you can only buy 10l at a time" then people in towns will just keep filling up and people further away from the stations will be a bit suffed.
I'm also finding the constant "we might not be able to buy loads of cheap tat and gorge ourself silly this Christmas" news reports more that a tad annoying.
I wouldn't mind if it was properly rationed but if it's just "you can only buy 10l at a time" then people in towns will just keep filling up and people further away from the stations will be a bit suffed.
I'm also finding the constant "we might not be able to buy loads of cheap tat and gorge ourself silly this Christmas" news reports more that a tad annoying.
Yep, let's have a traditional, non-commercial, basic Christmas with family around the table
Christ.... Must we?? I kinda like it when its quiet , stress free and no dramas.
Don't tell everyone! They'll bloody well try and join you!True! Most years the kids have Christmas at theirs with their youngsters and join us later. We spend the day on some remote beach or mountain top eating smoked salmon sandwiches and mince pies (or whatever takes our fancy).
I suspect there's plenty of fuel for important or even vaguely important matters, if only people cut down just a little on all the non-essentails.Yep, let's have a traditional, non-commercial, basic Christmas with family around the table
Oh, hang on, the family won't be able to get here
I have a just in case attitude to most things. Only the slant I put on it is that I'm proactive not reactive!I suspect there's plenty of fuel for important or even vaguely important matters, if only people cut down just a little on all the non-essentails.
Sadly, now I expect people will make extra trips to fill up, just in case.
Exactly this. It’s the toilet roll situation again, media created panic. I’d rather have 20 litres of diesel in a jerrycan for essentials than worry I’m unable to wipe my bottom or go and get a MacDonalds.I suspect there's plenty of fuel for important or even vaguely important matters, if only people cut down just a little on all the non-essentails.
Sadly, now I expect people will make extra trips to fill up, just in case.
BTW super near me don't have empty shops. Petrol Stations are open. There's very little wailing and gnashing of teeth that the end of days is coming. I suspect nobody is reading the daily mail, express and I know nobody reads the mirror! The local ckickbait newspaper online site is too busy getting you stuck in countless spammer like extra links so going back only gets you on another page of there's selling stuff and passing off ad links as news.
The reason I posted because I live near a semi rural backwater ( Devon... anyone heard of it? It's like Tatooine but has more Tractors and tea-shops ) and the local area ( even more rural than the 'big' city of Exeter ) is experiencing Petrol and Diesel shortages for a very moderate sized community. Three Local petrol stations all were out of fuel.
We, as a household, can. We could, and have, live for months without a car and I only need to fill it up about 6 times a year.What I mean is make it so you can live without a vehicle because there's no petrol or diesel. Make it so you can get to work, shop, etc. If that's possible if course.
But then how would these chancers sell their 'news' ?The whole thing has been whipped up by the media. They are intent on making a mountain out of a molehill. If ordinary bods (I speak as one of them) would just calm down and carry on as usual, I’d suggest that there would be little to worry about.
The whole thing has been whipped up by the media. They are intent on making a mountain out of a molehill. If ordinary bods (I speak as one of them) would just calm down and carry on as usual, I’d suggest that there would be little to worry about.