PANIC BUY!

[Rockburner]

Got some last night so wasn't really on the lookout. That said, a few garages on the way in seemed to have people filling up without the long queues, so maybe normality is being restored.

We walked down to the local BP last night (it's an M&S as well, we were hoping to buy some tasty treats), the place was shut up almost as if it was closing down. There was even metal fencing across the entire frontage to prevent people driving onto the forecourt.

I've not been out looking for fuel yet, luckily my current travel needs are minimal, although I was hoping to go to Stafford on Sunday to watch Dad's bikes going under the hammer, that's going to be a last minute decision now, .

Wow! That's a pretty big shop for a service station IIRC. To keep that shut must be losing them £££s. Maybe the staff were getting too much aggro? (Maybe they plan to redevelop it).

I've a funny feeling it was redeveloped only recently (as in a year or two ago), so I can only assume they've 'shut down' temporarily.

[gremlin]

I've seen shops attached to garages closed recently. Probably isn't worth their bother of opening. My local BP has an M&S franchise (?) and it was stocked to the gunwales the other morning, but bugger all petrol. Might be supply problems, might be the lack of trade causing them to close.

[gremlin]

Stupidly offered to make the mother-in-law a lamb casserole last night...

You'll be pleased to know the casserole got made, plenty for the in-law's freezer and a reasonable plateful got eaten last night when we went around there, which is always good as the m-i-l doesn't eat much, a result of the dementia.

I made the mistake of asking how the casserole was, to which I got he reply, 'It's OK, now stop fucking going on about it!'.

Beats being called a 'cunt', I suppose.

[Count Steer]

Stupidly offered to make the mother-in-law a lamb casserole last night...

You'll be pleased to know the casserole got made, plenty for the in-law's freezer and a reasonable plateful got eaten last night when we went around there, which is always good as the m-i-l doesn't eat much, a result of the dementia.

I made the mistake of asking how the casserole was, to which I got he reply, 'It's OK, now stop fucking going on about it!'.

Beats being called a 'cunt', I suppose.

Those were two of her lucid moments.

[gremlin]

Stupidly offered to make the mother-in-law a lamb casserole last night...

You'll be pleased to know the casserole got made, plenty for the in-law's freezer and a reasonable plateful got eaten last night when we went around there, which is always good as the m-i-l doesn't eat much, a result of the dementia.

I made the mistake of asking how the casserole was, to which I got he reply, 'It's OK, now stop fucking going on about it!'.

Beats being called a 'cunt', I suppose.

Those were two of her lucid moments.

They do say that dementia simple erodes the filter, so I suppose she's always thought I was cunt, but had managed to bite her tongue for years.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I've seen shops attached to garages closed recently. Probably isn't worth their bother of opening. My local BP has an M&S franchise (?) and it was stocked to the gunwales the other morning, but bugger all petrol. Might be supply problems, might be the lack of trade causing them to close.

There's an old petrol station at Witham on the A12 has an S&M franchise in the old Little Chef

[Yorick]

You'll be pleased to know the casserole got made, plenty for the in-law's freezer and a reasonable plateful got eaten last night when we went around there, which is always good as the m-i-l doesn't eat much, a result of the dementia.

I made the mistake of asking how the casserole was, to which I got he reply, 'It's OK, now stop fucking going on about it!'.

Beats being called a 'cunt', I suppose.

Those were two of her lucid moments.

They do say that dementia simple erodes the filter, so I suppose she's always thought I was cunt, but had managed to bite her tongue for years.

I'm still biting my tongue.

[Count Steer]

Those were two of her lucid moments.

They do say that dementia simple erodes the filter, so I suppose she's always thought I was cunt, but had managed to bite her tongue for years.

I'm still buying my tongue.

You have your tongue on a PCP?

[Jody]

Seemed to be plenty in Plymouth when I came through earlier.

[Potter]

What's next then?

Thread opened on the 24th and it's all done bar the navel gazing less than two weeks later.

So what's next on the panic buying agenda and are we having a sweepstake to see how long it lasts in the face of "This will last forever and we're all doomed" predictions?

I'm tempted to go with something big like bottled water, rumours about the water supply being cut off and fighting in the aisles over the Volvic, but history has shown it's likely to be over bog roll or toothpaste.

[weeksy]

Thread opened on the 24th and it's all done bar the navel gazing less than two weeks later.

All done ? Where ? It's still pretty crap in the south. Mrs Weeksy went out on Tues arvo, still no diesel.

I'm slightly concerned that my new bike arrives with not a lot of fuel so i end up trying to get some and failing... either that or i take a jerry can out today and look like a complete spanner filling up a 20L can.

[Potter]

All done ? Where ? It's still pretty crap in the south. Mrs Weeksy went out on Tues arvo, still no diesel.

I'm slightly concerned that my new bike arrives with not a lot of fuel so i end up trying to get some and failing... either that or i take a jerry can out today and look like a complete spanner filling up a 20L can.

There are still small pockets that are trying to catch up, not helped by people still panic buying in case it runs out again.
Now it's shown to be particularly vulnerable I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen again once the media have got nothing better to run with.

[Horse]

Thread opened on the 24th and it's all done

All done ? Where ?

UAE. Oil grows on trees out there.

[wheelnut]

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Now it's shown to be particularly vulnerable I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen again once the media have got nothing better to run with.

It could be anything next. Supply and demand of most things is finely balanced. If that balance gets upset then problems occur.

As the economy reopens and ramps up all sorts of bottlenecks will probably appear.

[Rockburner]

Thread opened on the 24th and it's all done bar the navel gazing less than two weeks later.

All done ? Where ? It's still pretty crap in the south. Mrs Weeksy went out on Tues arvo, still no diesel.

I'm slightly concerned that my new bike arrives with not a lot of fuel so i end up trying to get some and failing... either that or i take a jerry can out today and look like a complete spanner filling up a 20L can.

Good luck, apparently some sites are refusing to allow cans

[Mussels]

Thread opened on the 24th and it's all done bar the navel gazing less than two weeks later.

All done ? Where ? It's still pretty crap in the south. Mrs Weeksy went out on Tues arvo, still no diesel.

I'm slightly concerned that my new bike arrives with not a lot of fuel so i end up trying to get some and failing... either that or i take a jerry can out today and look like a complete spanner filling up a 20L can.

Good luck, apparently some sites are refusing to allow cans

I wish the one I used yesterday did, I was stood in a puddle of diesel putting my rationed £35 in.

[weeksy]

Still no diesel here... Happily i only needed petrol though today.

[McNab]

What's next then?

Thread opened on the 24th and it's all done bar the navel gazing less than two weeks later.

So what's next on the panic buying agenda and are we having a sweepstake to see how long it lasts in the face of "This will last forever and we're all doomed" predictions?

I'm tempted to go with something big like bottled water, rumours about the water supply being cut off and fighting in the aisles over the Volvic, but history has shown it's likely to be over bog roll or toothpaste.

Turkeys

[slowsider]

All done ? Where ? It's still pretty crap in the south. Mrs Weeksy went out on Tues arvo, still no diesel.

I'm slightly concerned that my new bike arrives with not a lot of fuel so i end up trying to get some and failing... either that or i take a jerry can out today and look like a complete spanner filling up a 20L can.

Good luck, apparently some sites are refusing to allow cans

I wish the one I used yesterday did, I was stood in a puddle of diesel putting my rationed £35 in.

You couldve mopped it up and sold it on.

[Count Steer]

The local station is closed again. That's £35s worth in one car since it all kicked off and £0 in the other. Ho hum.