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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:53 pm
by ina
MKG wrote:There, there, Ina. Just done the same thing myself elsewhere. Have a glass of wine.
Can't - I'm on lambing duty until 2am! Otherwise I'd love to...
Just spoken to a colleague/neighbour: his wife's friend works at a local filling station and knows that at least a dozen of them all around us are out of petrol. Probably all bought out by idiots like those ralley drivers (and the spectators), because they MUST HAVE THEIR FUN - it's a basic human right, isn't it? - nevermind that others can't get to work, or might not get the sheep fed out on the hills...
Actually, I feel an article for the local newsletter coming on.
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:23 pm
by MKG
I have to say that I sympathise - especially in the light of a BBC reporter who prefaced her input with the words "We've been driving around here for an hour ..."
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:23 pm
by ina
MKG wrote:I have to say that I sympathise
Who with?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:17 pm
by MKG
Errmm ... people who need the fuel but might be having difficulty getting it? Oh, I see now - no, not the rally drivers - that's why I made the comment about the search of the BBC reporter ...
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:42 pm
by ina
MKG wrote:Errmm ... people who need the fuel but might be having difficulty getting it? Oh, I see now - no, not the rally drivers - that's why I made the comment about the search of the BBC reporter ...
Ahh - right!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:17 pm
by Stonehead
My neighbour was buying fuel at Huntly yesterday and noticed a farmer she knows vaguely was putting fuel into a livestock trailer. She put her £30 of fuel in her car, paid for it and when she came out the the farmer was still pouring fuel. She went around the back to have a peek and he was filling a 1,000-litre IBC!
Okay, he has a big farm with a lot of vehicles used on road for which he can't use red diesel, but buying 1,000 litres is a little extreme.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:25 pm
by ina
Stonehead wrote:My neighbour was buying fuel at Huntly yesterday and noticed a farmer she knows vaguely was putting fuel into a livestock trailer. She put her £30 of fuel in her car, paid for it and when she came out the the farmer was still pouring fuel. She went around the back to have a peek and he was filling a 1,000-litre IBC!
Okay, he has a big farm with a lot of vehicles used on road for which he can't use red diesel, but buying 1,000 litres is a little extreme.
I should say so, too!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:43 pm
by mybarnconversion
Stonehead wrote:My neighbour was buying fuel at Huntly yesterday and noticed a farmer she knows vaguely was putting fuel into a livestock trailer. She put her £30 of fuel in her car, paid for it and when she came out the the farmer was still pouring fuel. She went around the back to have a peek and he was filling a 1,000-litre IBC!
Okay, he has a big farm with a lot of vehicles used on road for which he can't use red diesel, but buying 1,000 litres is a little extreme.
He'll probably be selling it on at £2 a litre to the unfulfilled panic buyers!
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:33 am
by oldfella
Stonehead wrote:My neighbour was buying fuel at Huntly yesterday and noticed a farmer she knows vaguely was putting fuel into a livestock trailer. She put her £30 of fuel in her car, paid for it and when she came out the the farmer was still pouring fuel. She went around the back to have a peek and he was filling a 1,000-litre IBC!
Okay, he has a big farm with a lot of vehicles used on road for which he can't use red diesel, but buying 1,000 litres is a little extreme.
I'm alright Jack, :iroc: brigade