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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: ®i©ardo
Date: Jun 16, 2008 09:29

Trev wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:22:19 +0100, ®i©ardo nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> ffs - can you not read or follow attributions - please try again - or
> was it just too subtle for you

My apologies. I hit the wrong target.

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