Quote from: class37025 on March 29, 2022, 04:36:45 PM
remember the discussion on Porridge ? 

Whats Ronnie Barker got to do with it?? 

Quote from: PLD on March 29, 2022, 07:55:46 PM

Quote from: class37025 on March 29, 2022, 04:36:45 PM
remember the discussion on Porridge ? 

Whats Ronnie Barker got to do with it?? 

Well I don't know about you but I've got a filling station near me that's 'Open All Hours'. Is that it?

Don't know if this is indicative of the future or not but nearly half the diesel pumps were off at our local Sainsbury FS last night.

Quote from: PLD on March 29, 2022, 07:55:46 PM

Quote from: class37025 on March 29, 2022, 04:36:45 PM
remember the discussion on Porridge ? 

Whats Ronnie Barker got to do with it?? 

I nearly asked whether Tina Turner sang that but stopped myself just in time

Quote from: class37025 on March 29, 2022, 04:36:45 PM
back on course I'd say, obviously referring to 'Scottish Oil', or has that all run out now ?

Geologists baffled as to why North Sea oil reserves shrink and expand in direct correlation with imminence, or not, of Scottish independence. 

But, Renewables met 97% of Scotland's electricity demand in 2020 so that good ehh.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56530424
Sorry i feel dirty linking a post from the BBC   

Quote from: PLD on March 29, 2022, 07:55:46 PM

Quote from: class37025 on March 29, 2022, 04:36:45 PM
remember the discussion on Porridge ? 

Whats Ronnie Barker got to do with it?? 

in the episode where Napper Wainright replaces mr Mackay, IIRC, Fletch gets in a discussion with the others about North Sea 'scottish oil'with McLaren

Quote from: class37025 on March 30, 2022, 09:57:16 AM

Quote from: PLD on March 29, 2022, 07:55:46 PM

Quote from: class37025 on March 29, 2022, 04:36:45 PM
remember the discussion on Porridge ? 

Whats Ronnie Barker got to do with it?? 

in the episode where Napper Wainright replaces mr Mackay, IIRC, Fletch gets in a discussion with the others about North Sea 'scottish oil'with McLaren

Is this the era of bless this house and alf garnett and all that other racist  ?

Did they do one with Morris Dancing in it or was it just all about haggis, whisky and poor people possibly from another country ? 

[gmod]Citing the outdated perceptions of bygone 'sitcoms' is not really helpful and not really relevant. Can we just go back to Fuel Prices please?[/gmod]

Tesco Burgess Hill, £1.62.9p for petrol, £1.73.9p for diesel, but several diesel pumps have signs on saying out of order.

so diesel shortage heading this way ?

and not long ago governments of different parties were promoting diesel against petrol, before they got the 'leccie' bug.

amazing how quickly they can change their minds, but where is the sparkie stuff coming from ?

Quote from: class37025 on March 30, 2022, 03:53:55 PM
Tesco Burgess Hill, £1.62.9p for petrol, £1.73.9p for diesel, but several diesel pumps have signs on saying out of order.

so diesel shortage heading this way ?

and not long ago governments of different parties were promoting diesel against petrol, before they got the 'leccie' bug.

amazing how quickly they can change their minds, but where is the sparkie stuff coming from ?

ISTR it being said, at the start of the Ukraine situation, that a significant proportion of our diesel comes (came, now) from Russia, ready refined. Whereas, I presume, most if not all of our petrol is refined in the UK.
Whether that is because of pricing/availability or due to the type(s) of crude oil (*) I don't know.

(*) Not all crude oils are the same, what can be got out of them varies with source. ISTR that we never have been and never would be fully self-sufficient in oil, despite all the North Sea oil, because that is great for lubricants, plastics, etc. but less good for fuels so we've had to sell a lot of the North Sea  stuff to other countries who want lubricants, etc. and buy in other sources for fuels.

 

Good to see you back... I think 

how can diesel go up by 2p a litre when they haven't got any, and haven't had any for days 

The activities of the Eco fraternity are causing significant shortages in parts of london

Especially around.Chiswick roundabout!

http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=community&link=http://neighbournet.com/server/common/congunnersburyave029.htm

Quote from: Railwaygun on April 15, 2022, 05:53:54 PM
The activities of the Eco fraternity are causing significant shortages in parts of london

Especially around.Chiswick roundabout!

http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=community&link=http://neighbournet.com/server/common/congunnersburyave029.htm

Dunno why Old Bill piddled around getting a crane to remove the idiots. They'd apparently glued themselves to the tanker so it could have easily continued its deliveries with no chance of the idiots falling off.