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Emsy
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Posted: 12 September 2005 at 3:59pm |
Also, whilst on the road you can phone 401100 (AA) (or 2222 if you are on Vodafone) or 1740 (RAC) to get up to date traffic reports, from what I can remember from my phone bills it costs about 60p per minute though.
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Malc London
Chalfont Snapper
Joined: 11 January 2005
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Posted: 12 September 2005 at 5:11pm |
Jenny wrote:
I would love to only have to pay 55p per litre. I currently pay 93.9p! |
I paid £1.05 per litre but that was for the premium stuff.
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Sarah Booker
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Joined: 12 January 2005
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 11:09am |
Driving past a few petrol stations this morning, there
are queues of people panic buying when they really
don't need to at all.
Esso on Oxford Road, Denham, has a sign saying
its run out of fuel.
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Jenny
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 11:16am |
One of the women I work with went to fill up her car ysterday (because
she was almost running on fumes) and she had to queue for an hour and
the man behind the desk said it had been like that all day!
This is why garages are running out of fuel (panic buying) NOT because of a shortage.
If I run out of petrol I won't be able to go to work. Not the end of the world. (I can still walk to the pub )
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Malc London
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 12:38pm |
The worse thing you can do is to tell people not to panic buy.
As soon as they said that I panicked and filled up.
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Jenny
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 12:41pm |
What would you do if you had no petrol? Not go anywhere you couldn't walk to. As I said not the end of the world.
The only individual people I would be concerned about getting anywhere are doctors, nurses, policemen, firemen etc.
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Malc London
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 1:26pm |
Well I am going to Devon and Cornwall on holiday next week so it might be difficult without the car, especially as we are moving around.
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Emsy
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 1:39pm |
So the media hypes up the fact that there might be blockades and protests, then the next day they tell us not to panic buy. If they hadn't hyped it up in the first place then everyone wouldn't be panic buying.
I filled up last night for the same reason as everyone else. If I fill up and there aren't any supply or access problems then I haven't lost out whereas if I don't and I run out I am up the proverbial creek as I have things at work that I cannot miss, so why take the risk? I have to fill up twice a week anyway as my tank is only small. I did have to queue for a little longer than usual at my normal garage (92.9p a litre) and there were a few people swearing at other people on the forecourt which did seem a little unnecessary though.
Also, if everyone has petrol before any blockades etc start, then the impact should be reduced.
Edited by Emsy
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Sarah Booker
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Joined: 12 January 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 2:05pm |
I've still got half a tank and know I won't need any
more until the weekend, so I'm not worried.
You're right Jenny, there is no fuel shortage, there's
just panic buyers.
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Malc London
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Posted: 13 September 2005 at 2:26pm |
Sarah Booker wrote:
I've still got half a tank and know I won't need any more until the weekend, so I'm not worried. You're right Jenny, there is no fuel shortage, there's just panic buyers. |
But like Emsy said, you may as well fill up now as you will have to sooner or later and if it gets to a situation where there is a shortage and long queues then you may run out of fuel.
It's not panic buying, it's forward thinking.
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