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Title: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Mrs Warbouys on September 26, 2021, 09:09:45 PM
Bognor v leatherhead and Ashfield v Hastings both OFF due to fuel shortages. What a load of rubbish
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: distancetraveller on September 26, 2021, 10:39:00 PM

This fuel crisis bollocks is totally media driven by the likes of the BBC news outlets and gutter press like the Sun.

In analysis,  it proves what a Selfish bunch of people live in this country nowadays, which is a sad indictment of the UK today.

Thank God I am a product of the 50s..
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: One Foot in the Grave on September 26, 2021, 11:38:40 PM
Bognor v leatherhead and Ashfield v Hastings both OFF due to fuel shortages. What a load of rubbish

I see a bandwagon for Kings Lynn to  jump on....
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: CRT Butty on September 27, 2021, 05:37:47 AM

This fuel crisis bollocks is totally media driven by the likes of the BBC news outlets and gutter press like the Sun.

In analysis,  it proves what a Selfish bunch of people live in this country nowadays, which is a sad indictment of the UK today.

Thank God I am a product of the 50s..

Something happens, BBC / Sun / media reports on it and suddenly it's their fault. It's more likely to be social media driven.
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: HashtagAlty on September 27, 2021, 07:14:36 AM

This fuel crisis bollocks is totally media driven by the likes of the BBC news outlets and gutter press like the Sun.

In analysis,  it proves what a Selfish bunch of people live in this country nowadays, which is a sad indictment of the UK today.

Thank God I am a product of the 50s..

Bet you are with houses under 5k 😉
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Silent but Ledley on September 27, 2021, 07:34:07 AM
Well, when the Transport Minister says there no need for fuel panic buying, what do you expect!!!!!!!!!!!! SBL
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: rorysgrandad on September 27, 2021, 07:54:17 AM
Bognor v leatherhead and Ashfield v Hastings both OFF due to fuel shortages. What a load of rubbish

I see a bandwagon for Kings Lynn to  jump on....
And I was just thinking our pitch would be ready for hell or high water no matter what the weather throws at it before 7.45 tomorrow. Will I live long enough to see KLT at the JDS?
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: distancetraveller on September 27, 2021, 09:29:04 AM

This fuel crisis bollocks is totally media driven by the likes of the BBC news outlets and gutter press like the Sun.

In analysis,  it proves what a Selfish bunch of people live in this country nowadays, which is a sad indictment of the UK today.

Thank God I am a product of the 50s..

Bet you are with houses under 5k 😉

Don’t understand that one Jack, explain please

Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Saughall Robin on September 27, 2021, 09:56:56 AM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: MarpleAlty on September 27, 2021, 10:39:07 AM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

He is.

One thing the media (and the Government) love to do is create division between social classes and age groups (the 'culture wars') to distract from their own ineptitude.

Young people take an absolute battering but find themselves in lots of debt and unable to get on the housing market, it's really tough for them.

With regard to the fuel crisis - well, the sooner the media give in and actually mention the 'B' word, the better.  It's been an utter disaster.
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: HashtagAlty on September 27, 2021, 11:27:26 AM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

It was a tongue in cheeky reference to house prices. 😁

5k was the average price in the UK in 1975 😊
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Alty Bri on September 27, 2021, 11:59:10 AM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

He is.

One thing the media (and the Government) love to do is create division between social classes and age groups (the 'culture wars') to distract from their own ineptitude.

Young people take an absolute battering but find themselves in lots of debt and unable to get on the housing market, it's really tough for them.

With regard to the fuel crisis - well, the sooner the media give in and actually mention the 'B' word, the better.  It's been an utter disaster.

Well said Marple Alty!
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Saughall Robin on September 27, 2021, 12:24:02 PM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

It was a tongue in cheeky reference to house prices. 😁

5k was the average price in the UK in 1975 😊

I bought my first house, a two bedroom terraced in Denton, Tameside, for £2400 (knocked em down from £2500) in 1974.
Must have been a bargain! 😂😂

PS. I was working 4 on 4 off, 12 hour shifts for £42 a week. Happy days? I think not!
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: distancetraveller on September 27, 2021, 12:44:43 PM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

It was a tongue in cheeky reference to house prices. 😁

5k was the average price in the UK in 1975 😊

No probs …
I didn’t buy mine until 1991 as I was away in the Army for 20 odd years..

Cheers
Ray.

Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: JD on September 27, 2021, 05:44:54 PM
The original leak about fuel shortages (due to driver shortages) was from the haulier's association who want the return of cheap foreign drivers to keep the wages down.
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: CRT Butty on September 27, 2021, 06:48:34 PM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

He is.

One thing the media (and the Government) love to do is create division between social classes and age groups (the 'culture wars') to distract from their own ineptitude.

Young people take an absolute battering but find themselves in lots of debt and unable to get on the housing market, it's really tough for them.

With regard to the fuel crisis - well, the sooner the media give in and actually mention the 'B' word, the better.  It's been an utter disaster.

Well said Marple Alty!

Yup.
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Amsterdam Alty on September 27, 2021, 07:10:36 PM
The original leak about fuel shortages (due to driver shortages) was from the haulier's association who want the return of cheap foreign drivers to keep the wages down.
Kind of true, kind of not. Drivers have been short for a great number of years, people like Gregory distribution started apprenticeship schemes due to the fears over the ageing workforce. It's been quite well paid for a number of years because of this. So yeah the foreign labour is cheaper, but they also charge a big premium to drive for companies over in the UK.

It's also not the greatest job, you do a lot of living and working in a small cab and away from home, long gone are the days where you could do a couple of extra hours to get home, if you run out of hours you are done working for at least 8 I think. Digital tachometers put paid to that.

The RHA have been looking for ways to highlight this issue for nearly 10 years, it just turns out that other external influences have allowed for it to become an issue now.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my ted talk


Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: JD on September 27, 2021, 07:39:21 PM
The original leak about fuel shortages (due to driver shortages) was from the haulier's association who want the return of cheap foreign drivers to keep the wages down.
Kind of true, kind of not. Drivers have been short for a great number of years, people like Gregory distribution started apprenticeship schemes due to the fears over the ageing workforce. It's been quite well paid for a number of years because of this. So yeah the foreign labour is cheaper, but they also charge a big premium to drive for companies over in the UK.

It's also not the greatest job, you do a lot of living and working in a small cab and away from home, long gone are the days where you could do a couple of extra hours to get home, if you run out of hours you are done working for at least 8 I think. Digital tachometers put paid to that.

The RHA have been looking for ways to highlight this issue for nearly 10 years, it just turns out that other external influences have allowed for it to become an issue now.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my ted talk

Aye, if they looked after the drivers better they might keep them and tempt some more.

Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: CRT Butty on September 27, 2021, 08:29:33 PM
Bognor v leatherhead and Ashfield v Hastings both OFF due to fuel shortages. What a load of rubbish

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58712719

All because of nonsense.
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: wayno on September 27, 2021, 09:36:22 PM
Can we have a separate panic buying page along with the covid one please ?? 😂😂
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: wayno on September 27, 2021, 09:36:50 PM
Think he's referring to people of our age group either having no mortgage or having bought their home for £5k.
Could be wrong though?

He is.

One thing the media (and the Government) love to do is create division between social classes and age groups (the 'culture wars') to distract from their own ineptitude.

Young people take an absolute battering but find themselves in lots of debt and unable to get on the housing market, it's really tough for them.

With regard to the fuel crisis - well, the sooner the media give in and actually mention the 'B' word, the better.  It's been an utter disaster.
Brighton and Hove Albion ?
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Hugh on September 28, 2021, 02:27:14 AM
I think I know which word he means... and it's not Belarus!

We haven't had the best of luck with KL have we? Even if it goes ahead,  this,  or the weather, could hit the crowd - and we're up against the CL again. I'll be very surprised if we get over 1,000 - I'll be happy with 800, to be honest.

As for houses - I remember once at a pub in Nailsworth (we were refusing to use Green Grass's social at the time), a local yokel was "playing" on the fruit machine, just tapping the buttons without putting any money in. Ecky (God  rest him) joked that if he played the fruit machine like that, he could afford a house in Hale!
Title: Re: Fuel nonsense
Post by: Hugh on September 28, 2021, 05:59:41 AM
Can we have a separate panic buying page along with the covid one please ?? 😂😂

Good old politics - it always finds its way back onto here sooner or later doesn't it, despite my best efforts! Chester "City" seem to have a properly functioning OT section on their forum, but nobody bothers here, at least not since June.

Now then,  tell me the story about Jim and Don watching on a roof at the Drill Field. I'll be impressed if you can tell me the score that day...