Covid?

Brexit?

Both?

I notice it’s taken McDonald’s to run out of milkshakes for it to actually cause people to lose their shit.

I read that 14,000 EU lorry drivers left jobs in the UK since brexit, and only 600 have returned.

Covid caused loss of tests to be cancelled.

 

1 hour ago, athywhite1958 said:

Long queues at BP in Athy this morning, folk putting more than their usual ten quids worth in, and the slimy fuckers put their price up at 6.00pm last night

Do people still just put a tenners worth in? I`m guessing if you are skint fair enough but the faff of making five visits to the petrol station instead of one is surely masochistic. 

I can get red diesel so I’ll be fine.

£2.50 a litre to you lot.

5 minutes ago, Nowack said:

Do people still just put a tenners worth in? I`m guessing if you are skint fair enough but the faff of making five visits to the petrol station instead of one is surely masochistic. 

yes i did sunday  on a Motoway it was £1.57p a Lt robing Bastards 

most places are £1.33

 

24 minutes ago, little whitt said:

yes i did sunday  on a Motoway it was £1.57p a Lt robing Bastards 

most places are £1.33

 

I get that.

36 minutes ago, Nowack said:

Do people still just put a tenners worth in? I`m guessing if you are skint fair enough but the faff of making five visits to the petrol station instead of one is surely masochistic. 

I do all the time, only really drive to pick the kids up.

Carnage near my works today, Chaddock lane ,Astley, if anyone knows it, station full and people queuing , people on the same side queuing on the road to turn left into it causing a queue behind them, someone in the opposite direction turning right into it , can’t go and so sits there indicating, blocks all the traffic in the other direction 
added to the fact it’s a coop shop too and people doing the usual shopping with their car at the pump it routine it , caused chaos. Cars queuing  over the east lancs into Boothstown one way and all the way  down Ito Astley with all the side roads and yard entrances trying to get on a a standstill. 
it’s fuckin ridiculous this ! It’s worse than when there were actually fuel shortages 20 years ago or whenever the blockades were on. 
it’s only a few stations down south apparently but people hear it, panic buy and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy 
 

I’ll be filling up with red if this carries on 

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

I will.

pink wafer or chocolate finger though 

Put the biscuits back. Tesco middlebrook, straight to pump and off I go to buy shit I don't need ☺️

7 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

Put the biscuits back. Tesco middlebrook, straight to pump and off I go to buy shit I don't need ☺️

Ask us nicely and you can have both.

Who’s driving to Sunderland tomorrow?

Just read that there is a mile long tailback getting into Adlington from Blackrod due to absolute nobheads panic buying fuel at the petrol station and blocking the road.

1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

A country of fuckwits governed by cunts.

The perfect storm.

@bolty58lad, get that spare room aired, I need out.

I’m not going to disagree with you you’ll be pleased to know😊

Panic caused by the media and social media making a bad situation worse than it should be. 
Listening to the radio and reading the histrionics on here I finished early because I needed fuel so my wife could go to work tonight, the first of 3 nights.

Went to Morrison’s on Chorley old road. No busier than a normal Friday afternoon. In and out in 5 min. I put the normal 40 quids worth in (3/4 full)

Won’t need it next week as we are off to Scotland. Going by train. It’s the future. (Train not Scotland 😊)

1 hour ago, Nowack said:

Do people still just put a tenners worth in? I`m guessing if you are skint fair enough but the faff of making five visits to the petrol station instead of one is surely masochistic. 

Always wondered what the optimum would be, as more weight reduces mpg. But lower weight means more trips to the garage. Means fuck all if you can't get it anyway I suppose

I`m pretty sure it doesn`t evaporate much if it is sat in your tank so I would have thought just keep filling until it clicks then you don`t have to make that many detours to get to a station. I understand if you  pay by notes you don`t want to get a load of shrapnel but if you pay by card then stop fannying around trying to get it to stop exactly on £*0.00.

1 minute ago, Nowack said:

I`m pretty sure it doesn`t evaporate much if it is sat in your tank so I would have thought just keep filling until it clicks then you don`t have to make that many detours to get to a station. I understand if you  pay by notes you don`t want to get a load of shrapnel but if you pay by card then stop fannying around trying to get it to stop exactly on £*0.00.

Yeh but a full tank is heavier, so the mpg goes down when you drive it

Drive in your slippers and a light vest.

2 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Yeh but a full tank is heavier, so the mpg goes down when you drive it

Carry a small container of water in the car, and then empty it when you fill the tank up. Mpg won't go down so much that way, sorted!

3 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Yeh but a full tank is heavier, so the mpg goes down when you drive it

Some bloke answers your question here -

My ~1700 kg (car + driver) Toyota RAV4 hybrid has 56 litre fuel tank. Gasoline has a density of 0.735 kg/litre. This is 41 kg of fuel. If you reduce it by half, you save about 20 kg, or a bit over 1% of the car's weight. Taking into account the fact that vehicle weight is only the second most important factor in fuel efficiency, this translates to below 0.5% fuel economy gains.

Your driving style matters far more than the below 0.5% saved by a partially filled fuel tank.

Also, in typical driving, you actually have some of the time the tank half full. If you fill at 25% to 100%, it means the average is 62.5%. You could perhaps fill at 15% to 35%, and now the average would be 25%, meaning the savings would be 37.5%, less than the 50% I assumed previously. So, the 0.5% figure actually was unrealistically high!

Additionally, the sum of the gains you save will be lost by more frequent trips to the gasoline station.

They also go on about humidity in your tank being a problem so the answer from the internet seems to be fill up.

42 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Just read that there is a mile long tailback getting into Adlington from Blackrod due to absolute nobheads panic buying fuel at the petrol station and blocking the road.

At least the stations will be quiet in a day or two, when folk have replenished their stocks.

Just seen a tanker at my village station complete with mid upper and tail gunners

1 minute ago, Dimron said:

Just seen a tanker at my village station complete with mid upper and tail gunners

17 hours ago, Spider said:

Hey @Mounts Kipper

Look at this fucking idiot not planning ahead.

If only everyone planned 5 years in advance.

Jobs officially blown and not going ahead.

Over a week's work up the swanny and empty order book.

Laithwaites delivered yesterday...

8 minutes ago, Nowack said:

Some bloke answers your question here -

My ~1700 kg (car + driver) Toyota RAV4 hybrid has 56 litre fuel tank. Gasoline has a density of 0.735 kg/litre. This is 41 kg of fuel. If you reduce it by half, you save about 20 kg, or a bit over 1% of the car's weight. Taking into account the fact that vehicle weight is only the second most important factor in fuel efficiency, this translates to below 0.5% fuel economy gains.

Your driving style matters far more than the below 0.5% saved by a partially filled fuel tank.

Also, in typical driving, you actually have some of the time the tank half full. If you fill at 25% to 100%, it means the average is 62.5%. You could perhaps fill at 15% to 35%, and now the average would be 25%, meaning the savings would be 37.5%, less than the 50% I assumed previously. So, the 0.5% figure actually was unrealistically high!

Additionally, the sum of the gains you save will be lost by more frequent trips to the gasoline station.

They also go on about humidity in your tank being a problem so the answer from the internet seems to be fill up.

Fair does - always wondered 

5 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Jobs officially blown and not going ahead.

Over a week's work up the swanny and empty order book.

Laithwaites delivered yesterday...

Tough shit kiddo

Winners and losers

€2 a pint if you know where to go though.

4 hours ago, Spider said:

Fortunately, brexiteers won’t get sucked in by all the panic so there should be enough to go round.

Fucked if I’m queueing up for some tank tit

Fortunately, there's probably something in that.

4 hours ago, Burnden Pies said:

Full on scrap at Asda Middlebrook petrol station this morning. Massive queue and then some utter knobber tries to jump the queue by driving in through the exit end. Parks up at a pump with his car facing the wrong way, gets out, picks up hose and then a guy who should have been next goes up and lamps the twat. Cheers all round.

Some people in this country are beyond the pale. I'm afraid the Dunkirk spirit is long gone. I just wish Rudy's volcano was nearby to chuck the fckr in.

Brilliant. 

4 hours ago, radcliffe white said:

The one at four lane ends had fuck all yesterday

£1200 a week for driving a tanker

Not an easy life for these lorry drivers, away from home a lot, sleeping in cabs etc.

Then the busy roads full of nobbers who think a truck doing 30mph is slower than a car doing 30mph.

Those crossing the channel running the risk of cunts trying to get into the country, and facing fines.

Not for everyone, and good luck to them.