LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2021

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  1. Fat Controller

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    I did fill my tank yesterday, because it was almost empty and because it was payday.... and because I always fill my tank every payday. I won't be back at a filling station for weeks now, and to be blunt if everyone simply followed their normal buying pattern there would be no issue.

    I think @pete is right - a minimum charge would stop all of these idiots that are rushing in and sploshing £20 in just to top off their tanks, when they don't actually need it. A maximum would penalise those who do bigger mileages and they are almost certainly not done by choice, especially at this time of year.
     
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      The images that are circulating on social media, its seems more to do with people filling as many jerry cans they can etc etc. Next there will be a shortage of jerry cans, the ebay sellers will be loving all this panic buying.

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      • Victoria

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        This is all SO British!
         
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        • pete

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          I think, as usual, there is lots of money to be made out of panic buying.
          Makes you really think why it happens.:dunno::whistle:
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            I assume The Treasury are are one of those rubbing their hands together, all that fuel tax rolling in.
             
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              But £30 of fuel last me months i'm between half and quarter so i hope to miss the q's i only put in £20-£30 at a time i don't want the feul in my tank to go off :biggrin:
               
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                Apparently, UK is granting 10 500 temporary visas for truck drivers. So say the Finnish news, everybody's first choice of hard facts :biggrin:. (Or, if it is a slow day in news front, you will be treated with a story of a cow that escaped the pen and went for a delightful week out. I believe the cow is called Mustikki, but will need to check back on the sources. )

                Anyhow, so we are suffering from unemployment, shortage of labour, too much immigration, too little immigration, and whatnot all at once.

                Sorry for the oversimplified moan, I do understand it's not that simple. I'm just getting a bit annoyed of everything being wrong, whichever way you look at it.
                 
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                  The visas may have been allowed, but it is not going to sort the problem - Poland are well over 100,000 drivers short, Germany around 69,000; if they can't get workers there where no visas are required, why would we be any different where there is that extra layer of a visa needed?

                  This country needs to take a long hard look at how it treats the working class and essential workers, that might go some way to sorting the problems out.
                   
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                    Mrs L came back today in a right snit as a teacher she needed to get some fuel and found a place but with a 30 quid limit. She filled expecting the machine to shut off at £30 which it didn't so she ended up with almost £31... And the cashier told her off :roflol:
                     
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                      She should have offered to pay the £30 to keep him happy.... ;)
                       
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                        That's what she said when she got home! Never tell off a teacher, it really pokes the hornets nest. Which sort off gets taken out on me lol
                         
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                          Oooh, I don't know about that - I've set a few straight over the years when Miss C was going through school. Could be quite fun tying them up in their own bull...
                           
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                          She was very grumpy... I'm content annoying any teacher except my one :)
                           
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                            I hope your wife is not reading this, otherwise it's detention for you.
                             
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                              The problem with a minimum charge is many people can't afford a full tank these days, I've often seen people, sometimes NHS workers, just getting £10 or £20. This was before the panic buying situation.
                               
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