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Thursday, 29 March 2012

No Fuel Like An Old Fuel

Another unexpected day off due to a cancellation.

If only I could spend it relaxing.

But no!

Today I have to spend my day searching for petrol so that I can fulfil my calls tomorrow.

Yesterday I spent the best part of the day with a client in a woodwork workshop and, unbeknown to me, Francis Maud, a blundering Conservative politician, was mouthing off about fuel shortages and how filling a gerry can when you next put fuel in your car might be a good idea.

Well, people took this 'advice' to heart and flooded the petrol station forecourts.

Late yesterday afternoon after eventually hearing what Maud had said and that petrol stations were running short of fuel, I attempted unsuccessfully to fill my tank. Several times I couldn't even access a pump due to queues, other times I found small hand written "Sorry! No fuel!" signs strung out between traffic cones at the entrances.

The staff at one petrol station did say they were expecting a deliver over night, so I'm off there in a few minutes to try my luck.

At times like this I hate Britain and I'm ashamed to be British.



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9 comments:

  1. JohnD29 March 2012 at 10:25

    Fuel shortages? You are joking, for sure? Why is Britain experiencing fuel shortages. Its expensive here at $AUS1.49/litre ($AUS6.80/UK Gal) but plentifully available 24/7. (1.00 AUD = 0.651143 GBP, so 4.45GBP/Gal)

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    1. Symdaddy29 March 2012 at 11:09

      Tanker drivers are planning to strike. Therefore no more petrol delivered to the forecourts!

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    2. JohnD29 March 2012 at 11:29

      Doesn't the govt have 'strike-busting' powers for essential services and supplies?

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    3. Symdaddy29 March 2012 at 12:15

      Hahahahaha! We are talking about the UK government here! Far better than the old Labour government, but still a bunch of knob-heads!

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  2. Suzanne29 March 2012 at 14:57

    OMG, the end is truly near. Gas shortages now, frog falling from the sky next.

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  3. stephen Hayes29 March 2012 at 16:44

    So far there isn't a gas shortage here in the USA, but prices are creeping up. Of course oil speculators are to blame, our own insatiable greed.

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    1. Symdaddy29 March 2012 at 19:08

      I beg to differ! It's THEIR greed, not ours!

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  4. Tempo30 March 2012 at 08:45

    These little problems are making the oil companies very rich. Every time there's a problem they slide the price up a few cents and blame everyone but themselves..

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    1. Symdaddy30 March 2012 at 09:03

      Yeah, I noticed the immediate price increase as soon as the first queue formed.

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