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I don't think there is a fuel shortage Willow. I think people are filling up due to the threat of fuel blockades on wednesday thursday & friday this comming week. We will definately be filling up today as we are planning to travel quite a lot of miles at the weekend & don't want to risk there not being any fuel to do this!

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As usual, media hyping up thee situation. HAving said that I am happy for them to protest as it makes my journey to work very pleasant. They don't bother with LPG so I can carry on as normal.

Actualy, thinking about it. If I was to fill up all my cars, bikes etc I could stockpile 55 gallons or over £200 worth of fuel. And that is without the 4 or 5 petrol cans I have knocking round the garage, or the lawnmower,

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i dont see the point of another fuel protest becaus ethe last ine acheived absoltely nothing all the govenment did was freeze the price for a while then made more increases than before the protest

i am going to be buying a car soon and have already come to the conlusion that the government has me by the nuts and the only thing i can do is either pay for the petrol or dont drive a car

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I did fill up earlier than I probably would have done due to what was being said in the press. So yes it prob was the same for many other people.

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My wife waited 25 minutes to put some petrol in the car.

We have another one that needs some fuel as well - looks like I'll be using the little one for the job this week then...

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I often have to wait 25milliseconds to get to the LPG pump :)

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you should try going when its not so busy :)

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Makes me thankgod in a way i dont drive but then bus/taxi prices go up to account for it so im got by the short & curlies too.

I take it the margrams gonna be busy again & the queues along Hyndburn road like last time wasting more fuel to fill up.

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Jeepers they are all talking about it now - its certainly a mass debate all over the country at the moment!!

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We filled up at Tesco on Saturday, but that was only because we had just driven all the way back from Devon and we needed some juice.

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I also saw the news this morning about threatened fuel blockades. I filled up on my way back from Asda, and the garage was quiet. I haven't put anything in the car for a fortnight and it was running on fumes, so I reckoned I would have filled up today anyway..:D

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I went to the filling station just off the M6 junction near where I live and where I always go. I wasn't panic buying, my fuel gauge was on empty. Usually at 3 p.m. there are 2 or 3 cars there but today there was a queue of cars waiting to get in. I only waited about 5 minutes but there are 15 pumps there.

I asked the woman on the till if it had been the same all day. She said it had been the same since Friday and some people were only able to fit a few litres in their tanks but were still determined to fill up. Crazy or what?

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It seems everyone in the uk are having problems with petrol today & poss for next few days, my friend couldn't get into the asda due to queues for pumps, it seems a lot of people are having a major panic on specially fueled by the news...eeekk i stuck a pun in there boom boom lol

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There is panic buying and yes it is a pain for those who need their cars on a daily basis wether for work or to run their day. As for fuel blockades I stay in Grangemouth which has a refinery and if this goes ahead it will be a target. One of the people that benifited last time were the guys that ran the mobile butty shops. They did a roaring trade in bacan and sausage butties and as the protest was peaceful there was no trouble, as it is hoped that should be another one it is.