Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 980964)

thats because they are trying to boost consumption up. its a fiddle of the figures to try and tell us we are not in recession

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 980956)

Sounds like someone has gone native, and what's with the 'z'???

;)

It's not something I've heard of to be honest but the only thing we tend to use during winter is the chainsaw, the blower and the hedge cutter so one 2-stroke petrol can tends to be enough at any one time instead of the seven or eight we usually have on the go with the fleet in summer. All the tools get serviced during winter so to be honest it is a good opportunity for us to run down stocks of everything and buy fresh supplies in February when we start up again.

Fortunately, I had just filled all our cans on Tuesday ahead of this little announcement but if there really does end up being a fuel shortage we'll be pretty knackered in terms of garden maintenance as everything runs on petrol.

The government's timing just doesn't smell right on this one, I'm afraid.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 980974)

I don't quite get this.......there hasn't been any strike announced yet....only the possibility of one. The Army are being trained up to drive the tankers(just in case) and all this panic has been caused by the government.....who must now be rubbing their hands at the extra revenue they will get from this surge in buying.

Are motorists just daft or what?

Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 980987)

I can't wait to start peddling round the clear streets of the capital

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 980989)

How long have you been doing that?

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 980980)

Both the government, for creating the scare, and the panic buyers are daft, for listening to them.

Some people easily fall into siege mentality.

I won't tell you what some people were prepared to do for six oven bottoms, when there was rumour of a flour shortage in the seventies.

:eek::D:eek:

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 980992)

Did they make a killing in a certain bakers shop:D

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 980905)

Yes, it does.

We empty all our fuel containers in November and don't refill them over the winter season because our gardening machinery runs abysmally if we use petrol that is even a few months old.

The fuel companies must be laughing all the way to the bank this week.