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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: ®i©ardo
Date: Jun 16, 2008 01:22

Trev wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:30:54 +0100, Splat tiscali.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Juan Kerr wrote:
>>> On Jun 14, 4:36 pm, Dom Robinson sig.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <9e92389d-cd4d-4261-ab84-bafe122b6b50
>>>> @z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, thunderbird57...@hotmail.com says...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Need a full tank for next week urgently so only being half full I
>>>>> decided to join in the petrol panic something I hate doing.
>>>>> I decided if I saw one open and no queue I would take the opportunity
>>>>> to fill up.
>>>>> Well first BP place they were queuing out down the road then
>>>>> Sainsburys was chaos as was Morrisons. I thought stuff it not joning
>>>>> in that I'd rather go without.
>>>>> Then guess what on my way home local Shell garage open and with petrol
>>>>> and every pump empty.
>>>>> Good old Shell they should have these strikes more often.
>>>> Best time to go will be around 7pm if you don't want to get caught in a queue
>>>> and presuming there's still some petrol around. That way, everyone will be in
>>>> having dinner (usually) and there's a lot less chance of a queue than the
>>>> afternoon.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
>>>> /*http://DVDfever.co.uk(editor)
>>>> /* 1174 DVDs, 374 games, 451 CDs, 114 cinema films, 54 concerts, music & news
>>>> /* waz, sweeney todd, interstate 60, indiana jones, avp2, god of war psp
>>>> New music charts -http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml
>>>> Youtube -http://uk.youtube.com/user/DieHardDom- Hide quoted text -
>>>>
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> Any time after 5pm will do, the chavs will all be Stella'd up and
>>> prepping their bbq's for the evening football-fest.
>>>
>>> And then the combination of sunshine, lager, undercooked sausages and
>>> the absence of the national side in Euro 2008 will lead to mucho
>>> criminal damage to motor vehicles parked on public highways.
>>>
>>> Yep, my company car had the (electrically heated and operated) colour
>>> coded wing mirror whacked off last weekend; £220+VAT to replace.
>> If you are stupid enough to pay £257 for a wing mirror then you
>> have more money than sense and deserve to be turned over.
>
>
> Alternatively:
>
> If you can afford to spend £257 for a wing mirror (as I have missed
> the bit which says it is a company car) - then I am extremely envious
> as I could not afford that and I must say that you deserve to be
> turned over.
>

Ah, the politics of envy. You must be really content under this government.

If you had car keys I bet your only use for them would be to scrape the
panels of "expensive" cars.

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