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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:25 am 
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And a penny of fuel.

Whoopee fecking doo.

Most of the garages around here put their prices up by a penny two days ago.

Next week they'll do the same.

The week after that they'll do the same.

The week af......


And cancelling the last Governments 6p a litre rise next week.



Wow, that's about three weeks until it goes up again then, what will I do with all that cash?


Down payment on a lottery ticket? :lol:

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And a couple of weeks later . . .?

As predicted, that pennys long gone, and another four added on since.

So that was a great gift from Osbourne, wasn't it? :roll:


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GBC wrote:
And a couple of weeks later . . .?

As predicted, that pennys long gone, and another four added on since.

So that was a great gift from Osbourne, wasn't it? :roll:


Mr GBC, was that your cab parked on the Warwick Ave rest rank, with the "London Twitter" logo on the other day?


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Not I.

There's 3 vito's with TLC door signs now.

Are you on there?


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Not I.

There's 3 vito's with TLC door signs now.

Are you on there?


Not yet mate.

Once i get my upgrade soon i will join the twitter revolution.

Know a few chaps on there, all speak highly of it. :D


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It's on the way up again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12998807

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Oh dear looks like BP have been told to eff off.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011 ... y-medvedev

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GBC wrote:
And a couple of weeks later . . .?

As predicted, that pennys long gone, and another four added on since.

So that was a great gift from Osbourne, wasn't it? :roll:


Round here the penny came off a couple of days after the budget and this week the local tesco has gone down another penny. No rise at any of the other outlets since the budget.................YET

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Asda here 136.9 is closed until next Sat to do forecourt repairs, they laid the concrete while it was around 9 below and its breaking up so they are relaying it.
Esso have not put there's up or down yet 140.9
Shell has had 3 rises in 3 days its now 142.9, yet they own a station 18 miles away and its still 136.9 so they are milking it


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skippy41 wrote:
they laid the concrete while it was around 9 below

During one of your summer heat waves then.

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skippy41 wrote:
Asda here 136.9 is closed until next Sat to do forecourt repairs, they laid the concrete while it was around 9 below and its breaking up so they are relaying it.
Esso have not put there's up or down yet 140.9
Shell has had 3 rises in 3 days its now 142.9, yet they own a station 18 miles away and its still 136.9 so they are milking it

The concrete Skippy?

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