Fuel Queues

mariesnowgoose said:
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I you read my posts properly I'm actually sticking up for people who go fill up, not having a 'sly' pop. 😜
Did you not mean Steve, David and others who were having a wee bit grumble about panic buyers? ;) :ROFLMAO:
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I may have misread as I did think you were having a sly pop at those of us that have filled up for whatever reason and I’m big enough to apologise for the misunderstanding .
 
mariesnowgoose said:
Yeah, but it ain't the 'just in case' people who are the root cause though.

The only way you'd get a lot of folk to go against their natural self-preservation instincts so that fuel would be evenly distributed/conserved would be to introduce rationing.

And you're probably way too young to remember the Suez crisis and fuel rationing in the early 70s, Steve ;):)

You don't bring in restrictions to curb a potential free-for-all and you get panic buying. Basic human nature. 🤷‍♀️

Plenty of members in here already talking about filling all their vehicles up 'just in case'.
One member has even pleaded for other members not to do that as he had a long trip to help an elderly relative and was worried about potential fuel shortages getting there and back.

A lot of people worry, it's perfectly natural. And hardly surprising with what's kicking off globally just now.
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Are those were the days, still got ours !! saving them for the next time
 
I also apologise for my first post on this thread which was brought on by a bit of anxiety about my father in law and possibly an over indulgence in alcohol! I didn’t intend to cause any upset. We had a good journey down to Preston today without any sign of fuel queues anywhere. Plan was to set off in the petrol car which we really need down here and if we saw any queuing anywhere during the early part of the trip we would turn round and swap cars. However all went well and we had no problems getting a fill up in Moffat.
FIL seems to be in good form so less worried now.
 
a lot of the fuel qs we saw last time was people panicking and qoing to top up with less than 10 quids worth, simple cure would have been to announce a minimum charge of say 30 quid and crack down on filling non approved containers

weve lived out in the sticks , 10 miles to the nearest fuel, as a couple weve allways run 3 vehicles and allways fill up when half empty, mostly weve got over 500 miles in the tanks before even got to think about using the red out the tractors

dont see the point of worrying about toilet rolls when its two steps from toilet to shower cubicle
 
No queues round here where I live either.

Petrol @ £1.49, diesel £1.53

Team valley at Sainsbury had a bit of a queue at 1pm today (I was coming back from dentist), but it is often busy there anyway. 🤷‍♀️
 
no fuel at 3 local filling stations. Today is the first day I’ve been allowed back on the road following my heart attack and both the car and MH are on fumes.
Then passing Tesco I saw they had fuel and no queues and have now filled both up. Now we can go out in either with less concern.
 
A local garage to me had Petrol @ £1.65 and diesel @ £1.69 last night ............................................................. robbing barsteward 🤬 🤬 🤬
 
local asda is 150 for diesel , been that price atleast 3 weeks , no q.
 
I put on another thread at the start of the invasion that fuel will reach £2 by year end, that now looks a tad optimistic.:( Compared to what Ukraine are going through it is a small price to pay imo. If it means less trips out that is a small price to pay by comparison.
 
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