KerryS Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I have been told petrol price has gone up in Qatar.... .....to 17p a litre. Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 we will be getting books stamps again.......... just like the war..... I still have some of those issued in the Sheik Yamani oil crisis of the seventies, and they were old Ministry of Power coupons left over from WW2 that they found in an old filing cabinet somewhere in Whitehall. They're even older than I am, and possibly than Norman is! Quote
Norman Verona Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Yes, they were stored at the end of rationing. I was running a petrol station in the West End in the 70s but don't remember dealing with cioupons. Wernt't they used during the Suez crisis*. *I remember Suez but a a post war bulge, not the war. However I do remember the coupons for sweets. Quote
nikpro Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 So America has a licence to print it's own money and stopping their economy crashing. The American president wasn't very happy at a chap called saddam Hussain who decided he was going to trade his oil in Euro's. His country was invaded three weeks later looking for weapons of mass destruction Yep! big mistakes. my fix for our fuel shortage: get out of the gulf, close the UN (foreign ambasadors must pay their parking ticket due ), seize the NATO except Norad, abolish Nafta, stop foreign aids except Ameri-cares, drill in alaska, expand nuclear, more ethanols & hydro, stay within N. America, no more policing the world & every man for himself! If you read this you will see why America 'has to police the world' or become a 3rd world nation very quickly! Why America Causes Global Problems! Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Yes, they were stored at the end of rationing. I was running a petrol station in the West End in the 70s but don't remember dealing with cioupons. Wernt't they used during the Suez crisis*. *I remember Suez but a a post war bulge, not the war. However I do remember the coupons for sweets. Norman, you wouldn't have had to deal with them but they were issued 'just in case'. Likewise, I have kept them just in case. Woman on the Clapham omnibus had a 1965 Singer Chamois at the time (C.1974) and I commandeered it for my trip to NW9 from Sunny Bucks 'cos of its fuel economy. My 1970 Midget not only used more petrol but had a silly little fuel tank that meant queueing too often. I don't remember more of the Suez crisis than my dad deciding that Nile Green for the exterior house woodwork showed a tad too much favour to Nasser. Quote
sailing Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Oh yes the fuel crisis. I had my coupons but they were never used. However I did get done for speeding on the motor way at 60mph. During the crisis they reduced the speed limit to 50mph, so I was done. The points on the licence annoyed me most. Looks like were are doing the full circle again. My 2,500 mile trip around France this year could get expensive or my coupon rations will not cover the distance.? The annoying thing is we are no shorter of fuel than last year it just the profit makers cashing in on our misery and banging the prices up. Oh well at the least the Stock Brokers and Bankers will get their bigger cut. God Bless their little cotton socks. Quote
Norman Verona Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 We never had a car in the family at the time of Suez. But my "rich" uncle had a Vauxhall Velox and bought petrol on the black market. I can remember wondering what a black market was. I remember quite well the restricted suppilies and long queues for petrol in the 70s. One of our customers was Robert Maxwell of Pergamon Press. I had the great pleasure in telling him he wasn't a special customer and to oops, i said a naughty word! off. Quote
dombanks Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 so are we going to be back to low speed limits etc? i'd like to see them try no one in liverpool can keep to the normal ones Quote
pistonbroke Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 News tonight , blanket 20mph restrictions to be enforced by 2013 Quote
Barry Ashcroft Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 ‘Community road watch’ volunteers will also be sought to use speed guns, with those caught-out receiving a letter from the community warning them about their speed. Quote
echoz Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 eggs and roten fruit at the ready gentlemen? Quote
jeff oakley Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I cannot see this happening unless we have insufficent fuel to go around everyone and as Norman says the price will do that. Smaller cars, more electric hybrids will be on the way. The events in the Gulf of Mexico and the little local difficulties with sand dwellers add in that Russia (not the most stable place) also has lots of it but have shown a willingness to resort to extortion with the Ukrain. And finally add in that China is buying up Africas resources you can see why there is this mad rush to scare the bejesus out of us all to stop us driving. The 20mph limit is the result of lazy journelists digging up some halfwit to interview, but the biggest bunch of halfwits are the all party commitee who have suggested this. No fortunatly those on commitees are usually none descript Mps who want to get on telly, they have no power but the more bizzare the idea marks them as thinkers who can be used to good effect when needed. If we take this example, now instead of us talking about reducing the fuel duty we are talking about rationing and reducing speed limits, clever when you think about it. Our economy is dependant upon the car and the truck, we cannot function without them, these are facts that no goverment can ignore, they will push prices as far as they can but step back from crashing our economy. I say stay calm and carry on Quote
dombanks Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 i thought that was mainly in residential areas, past schools etc. Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 We never had a car in the family at the time of Suez. But my "rich" uncle had a Vauxhall Velox and bought petrol on the black market. I can remember wondering what a black market was. I remember quite well the restricted suppilies and long queues for petrol in the 70s. One of our customers was Robert Maxwell of Pergamon Press. I had the great pleasure in telling him he wasn't a special customer and to oops, i said a naughty word! off. So depressed was he at this slight, that even after extensive counselling by his bank manager and the Mirror Group pension trustees over many years, he couldn't see any point in going on. The Lady Ghislaine sorted him, luckily. Quote
slater Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 S QUOTE o depressed was he at this slight, that even after extensive counselling by his bank manager and the Mirror Group pension trustees over many years, he couldn't see any point in going on. The Lady Ghislaine sorted him, luckily. Or Mosad lewis Quote
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