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[E55BOF]

They're still out there, walking among us.... Remember when they knew there was no such thing as Covid, it was all a con?

 

[Rich764089]

They're still out there, walking among us.... Remember when they knew there was no such thing as Covid, it was all a con?

This still exists. People still believe it's all a hoax.

But the fuel stockpile one is absurd!

 

[poormansporsche]

This still exists. People still believe it's all a hoax.

This really ****s me off.

I do house clearances for a living and have cleared many actual no doubt about it Covid fatality houses.

I would like these ****wits to meet a one time client of mine. I've posted it before on the deleted thread but ......

She was a primary school teacher and her 2 elderly parents were both housebound. She was their only contact with the outside world. She unwittingly gave them Covid. Bish bash both dead. How the **** do you live with yourself after that ?

FB brain dead twats.

 

[DrNick]

Range anxiety no longer limited to just electric cars now! At least they can still be plugged in.

 

[Fastcar155]

If you drive to London running out of fuel might be the least of your problems . You might be unlucky and find your path blocked by a bunch of idiots who have glued themselves to the road in front of you.

But word is they have Manchester in their sights...good luck with that...

Hi, thanks you very much for info.Totally slipped my mind , had a demo in our small town in Worcestershire recently.

 

[BTB 500]

I heard on the radio that London in particular simply does not have enough filling stations - much more profitable to put a block of houses or another coffee shop/convenience store/subway up?

The margin on fuel is tiny ... forecourts rely on their shops/cafes/etc. to make a profit nowadays, and across the UK the number of sites has dropped by 35% in the last 20 years. In London you'd have limited space and bigger overheads (higher rent, rates, wages, etc.), so I can see it would be very hard to make a filling station pay for itself.

 

[Rich764089]

This really ****s me off.

I do house clearances for a living and have cleared many actual no doubt about it Covid fatality houses.

I would like these ****wits to meet a one time client of mine. I've posted it before on the deleted thread but ......

She was a primary school teacher and her 2 elderly parents were both housebound. She was their only contact with the outside world. She unwittingly gave them Covid. Bish bash both dead. How the **** do you live with yourself after that ?

FB brain dead twats.

That's awful.

How do they explain the 1 million SARS-CoV-2 sequences?

COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium

www.cogconsortium.uk

Oh yes, that's just because scientists are in on it too. I really am amazed that all these millions of people across the world manged to be part of the same conspiracy and keep it a secret so long.

 

[Dryce]

The margin on fuel is tiny ... forecourts rely on their shops/cafes/etc. to make a profit nowadays, and across the UK the number of sites has dropped by 35% in the last 20 years. In London you'd have limited space and bigger overheads (higher rent, rates, wages, etc.), so I can see it would be very hard to make a filling station pay for itself.

Oddly I have been caught out driving to London recently (some months ago)- filling up at supermarkets in Buckinghamshire or Northamptonshire en-route in the expectation that prices around the North / South circular region would be higher - when in fact they ended up being lower at regular filling stations once I got there.

That had me scratching my head.

As regards petrol profit - the actual margins if you exclude duty/VAT are not so bad. The change I have notice in recent years is that more people tend to fiull up completely rather taht sticking in a small fixed quantity ('a tenner').

The drop in the number of sites presumably increases the volume of business at those that remain?

 

[Deleted member 113659]

…..brain dead twats.

Firm but fair.

 

[poormansporsche]

FFS.

"Ooooo one of the mums down the school had a engine management light come on after filling up today, it's a conspiracy to get rid of the old shit petrol, it's all over FB innit"


Conveniently not mentioning that it's been going on for weeks with the swap to E10

I should imagine that the massive surge in demand has used all the old petrol and now E10 is in full swing ?

 

[Deleted member 113659]

FFS.

"Ooooo one of the mums down the school had a engine management light come on after filling up today, it's a conspiracy to get rid of the old shit petrol, it's all over FB innit"


Conveniently not mentioning that it's been going on for weeks with the swap to E10

I should imagine that the massive surge in demand has used all the old petrol and now E10 is in full swing ?

I’m worried about your stress levels Brett. Take a chill pill dude.

 

[poormansporsche]

I’m worried about your stress levels Brett. Take a chill pill dude.

No it's all good. Least with her indoors I can just say shut it bint and move on

I was actually quite relaxed today as I was queuing for diesel for the van. I purposely chose Bow Tesco as there is only a single one way lane in so no chance of pushing in confrontations !!!!

 

[st13phil]

Scratch beneath the surface and one often finds the dead hand of government bureaucracy has had a part to play in a crisis. According to the DVLA, there are more than 54,000 applications for HGV licences awaiting processing...

So it appears that effectively shutting down the DVLA/DVSA for a year and a half has caused a backlog. Who'd have thought it?

 

[Fastcar155]

Hi , are we talking about the walking dead ?

 

[merc estate]

Watching the bbc news this morning (why the f did i do that its propaganda s***) they was saying there is a bus driver shortage. Quick i'm off to the bus stop before a queue starts.

 

[jc651]

People in my area are either skint or using there heads because the two petrol stations have plenty of fuel and no waiting time.

 

[190]

So it appears that effectively shutting down the DVLA/DVSA for a year and a half has caused a backlog. Who'd have thought it?

Doesn't surprise me at all. One of the more unhelpful government organisations that probably made very little attempt to work around covid.

 

[Deleted member 159894]

Scratch beneath the surface and one often finds the dead hand of government bureaucracy has had a part to play in a crisis. According to the DVLA, there are more than 54,000 applications for HGV licences awaiting processing...

So it appears that effectively shutting down the DVLA/DVSA for a year and a half has caused a backlog. Who'd have thought it?

DVLA were no different to then rest of the UK office workers though?

 

[T5R+]

Twice this week have simply driven onto a pump at whichever petrol station I choose en route.

Wife separately refuelled with zero headache.

Guess Northerners are a little more restrained (and sensible).

 

[st13phil]

DVLA were no different to then rest of the UK office workers though?

I'm not sure: in respect of WFH maybe, maybe not. However, many other organisations have managed to service their customer base - perhaps with some element of delay - without generating a massive backlog. It also appears that WFH remains the default for many (most?) of the DVLA workforce, while others have been back at their desks for weeks.

One seemingly perverse example regarding the DVSA that I heard this morning was that Motorcycle Driving Tests were suspended throughout the pandemic, yet the examiner and the candidate don't actually have contact for the test.