redzebra
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 7:48:17 GMT
Although I know its a long way off, had a mail from the organisers for the Modelkraft show at Milton Keynes, planned for Sunday 8th May 2022.
Hopefully next year we can get back to what normal used to be like :-)
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 11:05:29 GMT
Thats good news Paul...........lets hope there is some fuel left so we can get there  |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 11:12:29 GMT
The way its going at the minute, does make you wonder. My neighbour is a nurse, she went out this morning around 0630hrs for fuel otherwise she wouldnt be able to get to work next week..
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 11:22:28 GMT
I have a local ASDA near me and it was queing for over a mile...........WTF!!!!!!!!, i have half a tank of Derv left which i`m saving just for work and hopefully if i can sneak into a garage and maybe top up i`ll be ok, my sons in the same boat!!, don`t understand why people are being allowed to fill up jerry cans as well...........it`s like armaggedon is on it`s way or somat!!...........there`s a guy on one of the media sites who has filled up a load of 5ltr cans and selling them for £50 each  |
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Post by tommygunn on Sept 25, 2021 11:53:57 GMT
God!!! Glad I’m in Japan.
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 12:47:55 GMT
I was going to wait till this morning to fill the truck up, pleased I did it Thursday morning now after collecting a few groceries, I only had a range of 50 miles left...The St Ives show is about 40 miles, may have got there but not back :-( Someone on FB was selling plastic bags with a small amount of fuel for £30... what a total idiot.
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 12:59:35 GMT
Maybe i should re-instate my HGV licence and go onto tanker work |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 13:03:29 GMT
Talking to my neighbour, he'd seen an advert on an agency website, paying around £60,000 a year for HGV (LGV) drivers...My HGV expired a long time ago :-(
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 13:08:14 GMT
Crickey.........i`d be happy to do it for just 2 years then ...........yeah mine ran out about 13 years ago, you`d think they`d contact people with out-dated lorry licences.........at the end of the day you wouldn`t need to sit a retest coz you don`t just forget how to drive........even if you just did the CPC part, i bet there is a lot of qualified drivers out there that could cover the short fall even if just for now  |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 13:13:44 GMT
Trouble is all those idiots queuing to get into the petrol stations blocking the road :-)
Yes would make sence to contact people that had previously held HGVs... the GVT wont think of that one, too easy route for them :-)
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Post by Robbo on Sept 25, 2021 13:20:50 GMT
The Army will be called on
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 13:30:31 GMT
The Army will be called on Yeah...........to shoot the idiots |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 13:54:34 GMT
what about the insulate Britain mob, maybe them for blocking the roads, so the tankers cannot get through :-)
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 14:03:07 GMT
Don`t get me started on that lot  |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 25, 2021 15:50:04 GMT
Know what you mean mate, Im the same, should remove them ... with a snow plough :-)
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Post by wouter on Sept 25, 2021 16:25:58 GMT
wow, seems you guys are having some petrol issues over there ey. I had to Google it because not too much info was shared about it over here  . Guess Mister B made a good call living in Germany at the moment in stead of the UK  |
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2021 17:04:05 GMT
Yeah.all down to idiots Wout`s..........we`re not short of fuel......just drivers to deliver it, trouble is everyone has gone mad and buying it up in bulk or simply being greedy..........if they just carried on as normal there wouldn`t be a problem |
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Post by wouter on Sept 25, 2021 17:09:49 GMT
yeah, it's all over 'rush for toilet paper at beginning of the covid crisis' again fekkin' morons |
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Post by redzebra on Sept 26, 2021 4:49:38 GMT
Forgot about the people panic buying loo rolls :-)
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. Guess Mister B made a good call living in Germany at the moment in stead of the UK 