eLuSiVeMiTe
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Did occur to me as I wrote itPun?
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Mick Annick
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I’m waiting for for mine to arrive in France!
I don’t have a current CPC so not going back to driving anytime soon, though my steel merchant offered me a job driving their truck a few weeks back
Who's Vere of Norbiton and why is she in charge of roads, buses and places?
What places is she the minister for?
I'm sure my Mrs is in charge of our place, but if Vere wants to pop round and assert her authority, I'm sure I can flog a few tickets for the ensuing barney.
And what's lorry driving got to do with her, she's in charge of buses not lorries, it says so at the bottom of the letter.
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I’ve not bought one for over 20 years, ever since I saw the bold screaming headline of the Daily Excess:
HOUSE PRICES DROP:
THOUSANDS TO LOSE HOMES
And it was obvious nobody loses their home just because it’s value goes down, just more sensationalist media bullocks to drag the inept into buying the paper to read up on the impending disaster.
pressbrake1
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Perhaps it could read
House prices drop
Thousands now have slim chance to afford house
DAPPH
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Are you willing to pay the taxes to have them on stand by for the next 40 years or so?
pressbrake1
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I was being sarcastic
There is no cure or antidote for stupidity
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I do not watch the news,
But I wanted to see what all the fuss was about,
One of the headlines on The BBC Wednesday Evening News,
A Health Care Worker, bleating on about being later for their customers, having to queue for an hour, between appointments, to be able to get fuel,
Any normal sane, person, in the present situation, would fill their vehicle with fuel before or after their day started, not bleating for The BBC,
Ok, fair enough, there may have been issues,
But really.
But I wanted to see what all the fuss was about,
One of the headlines on The BBC Wednesday Evening News,
A Health Care Worker, bleating on about being later for their customers, having to queue for an hour, between appointments, to be able to get fuel,
Any normal sane, person, in the present situation, would fill their vehicle with fuel before or after their day started, not bleating for The BBC,
Ok, fair enough, there may have been issues,
But really.
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Morrisman
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When the prices crashed five years later they could have had a go.
I sold my first house house in 1989, having nearly doubled my investment in the 18 months I owned it.
So I pocketed the profits, nearly 2 years salary back then, bought a backpack, and went off to see the world.
6 years later I came back from my travels, and took a nostalgic walk around my old stamping grounds. My old house was for sale again..... for £6k less than I had sold it for.
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Fat load of good that would have done them I went out at 11pm Saturday then again before 6am Sunday and could not get any fuel.
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We left home early Friday morning to drive down to Kent - radio is next to useless in our motorhome - so new nothing about this till we arrived. Then the fun started, had just unhooked the box trailer, when the AdBlue light came on (1st time ever only done 6500 miles) so wanted to get some.
Nearest filling station was Asda Canterbury, whilst queuing the poor guy directing everybody asked if I wanted petrol or diesel, neither I said only need AdBlue, only to be told it's in the supermarket. So had to fight my way into the car park and out again afterwards.
Just think of the fun I could of had, had the AdBlue warning light come on whilst I had the trailer on the back, trying to get in and out of Asda's car park.
Normally I fill up when we get home, so ready to go next time without stopping at a filling station and if we can't do there and back on a full tank, will have clocked prices and locations on the way down.
Nearest filling station was Asda Canterbury, whilst queuing the poor guy directing everybody asked if I wanted petrol or diesel, neither I said only need AdBlue, only to be told it's in the supermarket. So had to fight my way into the car park and out again afterwards.
Just think of the fun I could of had, had the AdBlue warning light come on whilst I had the trailer on the back, trying to get in and out of Asda's car park.
Normally I fill up when we get home, so ready to go next time without stopping at a filling station and if we can't do there and back on a full tank, will have clocked prices and locations on the way down.
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Although I cant know your vehicles specific details but on my car when the add blue light comes on I've got about 1000 miles to refill so no need to worry.
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My local petrol station in the village has been shut with no fuel for a few days now.
Coming back from shopping at the out of town supermarket today, I found that the village was completely gridlocked. I guessed that the garage must have fuel, so worked out a small detour to get past said garage. When I did so, I could see that the garage was still shut, but now had a tanker in the forecourt. So the massive queues were either caused by drivers spotting the tanker in the garage, or had followed it some or all the way there. I still have half a tank in my daily driver, so am hoping that I won't need petrol till this madness has subsided.
Coming back from shopping at the out of town supermarket today, I found that the village was completely gridlocked. I guessed that the garage must have fuel, so worked out a small detour to get past said garage. When I did so, I could see that the garage was still shut, but now had a tanker in the forecourt. So the massive queues were either caused by drivers spotting the tanker in the garage, or had followed it some or all the way there. I still have half a tank in my daily driver, so am hoping that I won't need petrol till this madness has subsided.
Any sane person would fill as and when they need - probably like this travelling health care worker would do normally! But due to all the clowns, all the forecourts around here are completely out of fuel today. Earlier in the week, they were out of fuel first thing until a tanker arrived . . . and then they were out again by afternoon . . . so probably the poor sod just trying to get to work has to queue with all the other clowns!
Visiting health care workers around here do some considerable miles - travelling here, there and back to here again to deal with their patients at the times they are specified to deal with them - not like a parcel delivery round where you might be able to plan a route around that doesn't involve doubling back all the time to get back to another address. Seeing what they do, what they deal with, how much help they provided, I think they have every flippin' right to "bleat"
So did I, and I was fairly livid about the fact that yet another "ivory tower" wonder is telling me how wonderful I am
.Before next week is out Baroness Vere of Nobtown will be receiving a reply from a plain speaking Yorkshireman telling her quite a few home truths about the haulage industry
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That's a real letter, I assumed a spoof ?So did I, and I was fairly livid about the fact that yet another "ivory tower" wonder is telling me how wonderful I am
Before next week is out Baroness Vere of Nobtown will be receiving a reply from a plain speaking Yorkshireman telling her quite a few home truths about the haulage industry
Genuine, here's mine:
The lunatics who are currently in charge of the asylum have realised that after decades of ignoring a fairly vital industry the country is basically in the s**t so they've resorted to making an appeal for anyone who has an HGV licence but doesn't drive a wagon to get back behind the wheel.
I fear it's too little too late and the shortage of drivers is so bad that it will take years to recover from it. This has been coming for decades now and won't be solved by fancy words and sweet promises so my tip is to prepare for a winter of discontent..
