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Forum: General Chat 3 Oct 21, 06:09 PM
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Posted By Nimbus
BBC are now reporting that the recent problems...

BBC are now reporting that the recent problems have mostly ended in Scotland, Wales, North England and Midlands. It only seems to be the South East that’s still having problems. Having said that, the...
Forum: General Chat 1 Oct 21, 01:27 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Although I am sure lots of people aren't panic...

Although I am sure lots of people aren't panic buying, lots of other people are panic buying. That's the cause of the problem. Nothing else.

As I said, there isn't a problem with fuel - it's...
Forum: General Chat 1 Oct 21, 12:30 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
There are no "low supplies" as such. It's...

There are no "low supplies" as such.

It's not like we've suddenly lost a load of HGV drivers in the last 2 weeks. Plus we know there's not a lack of fuel. There were a reduced number of HGV...
Forum: General Chat 1 Oct 21, 12:16 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Went to fill up my DD's car yesterday (it was...

Went to fill up my DD's car yesterday (it was almost empty and she is heading back to Uni tomorrow). Tesco was out of unleaded so went to Morrisons instead. Got in there, no queue, plenty of petrol...
Forum: General Chat 28 Sep 21, 01:52 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Petrol companies have fuel supply issues all the...

Petrol companies have fuel supply issues all the time. Every week, the likes of BP, Esso (etc) experience several "stock outs" at some of the sites it supplies. When this happens forecourts are coned...
Forum: General Chat 28 Sep 21, 01:17 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
I don't think the fuel companies were originally...

I don't think the fuel companies were originally making out that they had supply issues? There was one (or two) who said they had had to temporarily close a very small number of petrol stations but...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 21, 03:09 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Personally, no, I would guess that if we had...

Personally, no, I would guess that if we had sufficient trained, employed, well-paid UK staff who were willing to do the job then we wouldn't have needed to employ EU drivers in the first place.
...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 21, 02:57 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
We haven't got a petrol shortage but we do have a...

We haven't got a petrol shortage but we do have a HGV driver shortage, which is what kicked off the whole news story about a few petrol stations having to close because of a lack of supply.

Yes,...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 21, 02:51 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
The Road Haulage Association says there are 5 key...

The Road Haulage Association says there are 5 key reasons for the driver shortage - Covid, Brexit, retirement, test shortage, and IR35. It estimates that around 30,000 drivers have stopped operating...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 21, 02:23 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Maybe they should say that there looks to be a...

Maybe they should say that there looks to be a lack of supply of vaccines and a few vaccination centres have had to close because of this, but don't worry because there's plenty of vaccines back at...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 21, 02:20 PM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Well, this just goes to show how much influence...

Well, this just goes to show how much influence the media has on us (and by "us" I mean the general public, not specifically DIBBers, although we are part of the general public as a whole, albeit...
Forum: General Chat 24 Sep 21, 11:22 AM
Replies: 576
Views: 53,585
Posted By Nimbus
Filled up with petrol the other day and saw a...

Filled up with petrol the other day and saw a tanker refilling the tanks at our local petrol station. So, we should be ok here. :)

If it's not a pandemic or a pingdemic then it's a petroldemic...
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