Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Simon Cawkwell know's his pasty's

And his Patsy!

Wait till the Sun hears that the EU won't let George Osborne reverse the pasty tax

Now that there is not going to be a Unite strike at least until after Easter, will Georgie Boy, Dithering Dave and Maudica reimburse the "gormless" for their purchasing of Jerry cans.

(Perhaps the cabinet could use them, to get rid of another form of fluid they seem full of.)

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Have a sneaking admiration for some of Galloway's stances.

However, even if you disagree he points to a public dissatisfaction by the public of the main parties and stimulates some political interest.

I think the total turnout was higher.

Would be interesting, if we had an election now.

A few more U-turns first, please.

An interesting question - Which shows the greatest lack of 'common' sense; Fred's posts or reading Fred's posts?

In your case, probably you reading them.

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It will take me untill Oct. to recover from having to get up an hour earlier every day. It was a real struggle to stay awake to read the 7:00 RNS this morning.

TIM

They told me that will separate the AIM news from the other RNS's, like it use to be .That was over two months ago.
Have to have a word with Ian about it.

THE GOVERNMENT has issued dictate

"Don't fill up your fuel tank.

Do like we do.


Run on Hot Air."

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Hear that the Media is trying to get a minister to answer questions, but can't find anyone.

All said to be hiding in the "shires".

I think they said shires.


8-)

The crisis was manufactured by the current government to get people to fill up regularly before a strike. That puts a lot of pressure on the union as people are already prepared and don't have empty tanks if there is a strike. Add to that the troops training as tanker drivers and you have a good government strategy. It has resulted in the union calling off a strike at present. If there is a strike now, the public will start filling up more regularly.

Government 1 Unite union 0.

If you remember Maggie Thatcher built up coal stocks for a couple of years prior to the miners strike. That worked as well.

We didn't fill up at all during the panic period as it seemed clear what was happening.

I know this has been covered on the previous page, but the Press are now clamouring for a ministerial resignation because a woman decided to decant some petrol from one container to another in her kitchen whilst cooking the dinner on a gas hob. Is anyone really that stupid? Sadly it seems as though they are and a someone's career may end because of it.
I'm with you Haystack. Cameron's comment was not 'off the cuff' but a strategy remark which worked well.

But at what cost to the perceived opinion that the government gave wrong advice in a forth coming emergency. The advice to store petrol at home was totally wrong and condemned by the motoring association's .

Everyone who has a motorbike, lawnmower or outboard engine stores petrol 'at home', it's just that they have the sense to store it in the shed or garage in a proper container. It's called common sense!

It wasn't 'store it at home'. It was a jerry can in the garage.

Interesting read about storing petrol. Just wonder if your household insurance would be invalid ? The way the above reads not legal to put 20 LTRS of petrol in one can, must be split into two cans.


http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/kent/factsheets/FS40NEW%20nov07%20petrolhome.pdf

While on the subject of petrol. Read an interesting article stating do not fill a petrol can while it sits in the back of a pick up truck, place it on the forecourt floor.
The can can pick up a static charge/ spark. Say no more.

It is instructive to note the principles of Darwin at work when we see a woman pouring petrol into a jug in her kitchen whilst cooking on a gas stove. In a few million years we may see that particular species is extinct. Scientists in the future will only speculate that such a doomed species ever existed.

Brave man Haystack! I have a feeling that you might get some return fire from that one!

As a government you can't assume that everyone as common sense when you issue advice to the public. How many people have died and been injured letting off fire works , lighting Bar B Q's and fires with petrol