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heero_yuy 28-09-2021 10:24
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36094920)

Isn't illegal to store over a certain amount of petrol at home?
Quote:
Quote from HSE: You can store up to 30 litres of petrol at home or at non-workplace premises without informing your local Petroleum Enforcement Authority (PEA).

You can store it in:

suitable portable metal or plastic containers
one demountable fuel tank
a combination of the above as long as no more than 30 litres is kept

For these purposes 'premises' are as defined in the Health and Safety Work Act, etc. 1974 and includes, for example, motor vehicles, boats and aircraft.

spiderplant 28-09-2021 10:34
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36094976)
I'd definitely ban filling up anything which isn't a vehicle (potentially without some sort of permit which shows you have something to fill up if you can't take it to the garage) and the only exception should be like for example if you've ran out and need a can to get you to a station where you could say provide an emergency code to permit it which is issued by the AA or whatever.
So you think I should lug my lawnmower down to Tescos to fill up with a pint of unleaded?

papa smurf 28-09-2021 10:34
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36094995)
So you think I should lug my lawnmower down to Tescos to fill up with a pint of unleaded?
get a ride on they do 100 mpg:)

Sephiroth 28-09-2021 10:53
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
The Act defines "premises" thus on p128:

Quote:
“premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes—

(a) any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft,

(b) any installation on land (including the foreshore and other land intermittently covered by water), any offshore installation, and any other installation (whether floating, or resting on the seabed or the subsoil thereof, or resting on other land covered with water or the subsoil thereof), and

(c) any tent or moveable structure;


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Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36094995)
So you think I should lug my lawnmower down to Tescos to fill up with a pint of unleaded?
A minor and useless observation:

We say "Tescos" and "Sainsburys" but we don't say "Asdas" or "Waitroses", for example.

Maggy 28-09-2021 11:32
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Did anyone notice how Channel 5 changed it's programming to have an hour long show about the Petrol Crisis last night. Ridiculous!

1andrew1 28-09-2021 11:34
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36094997)
The Act defines "premises" thus on p128:



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A minor and useless observation:

We say "Tescos" and "Sainsburys" but we don't say "Asdas" or "Waitroses", for example.
Or The Asda, as it's known in Merseyside :)

jfman 28-09-2021 12:15
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36095000)
Did anyone notice how Channel 5 changed it's programming to have an hour long show about the Petrol Crisis last night. Ridiculous!
Responding to customer demand, unlike the petrol companies ironically.

nashville 28-09-2021 12:27
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
People cause their own problems,

BenMcr 28-09-2021 12:35
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36094997)
A minor and useless observation:

We say "Tescos" and "Sainsburys" but we don't say "Asdas" or "Waitroses", for example.
"Sainsbury's" is right though as that's what they call themselves ;)

1andrew1 28-09-2021 13:24
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36095009)
"Sainsbury's" is right though as that's what they call themselves ;)
It was called J Saisnbury for a long time but everyone called it Sainsbury's so they fell in line! https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.u...-years-4504010

Hugh 28-09-2021 13:33
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36095012)
It was called J Saisnbury for a long time but everyone called it Sainsbury's so they fell in line! https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.u...-years-4504010
I think both names were used, even in the 19th Century…

https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/timeline/150

From 1884

https://d1nvj7b44vmgv4.cloudfront.ne...103cropped.jpg

1890

https://d1nvj7b44vmgv4.cloudfront.net/w800/5.jpg

1andrew1 28-09-2021 13:38
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Not sure how this distribution issue is going to resolve itself. I'm sure fuel will be prioritised and resolved but what about everything else?
Quote:
08.34am European drivers say they won't come to the UK on temporary visas

The government is hoping that issuing thousands of three-month visas to foreign lorry drivers could help stem the fuel crisis.

But the drivers themselves don't seem overly keen on the visas on offer.

Polish lorry driver Jakub Borzykowski told ITV: "I don't want to work on a temporary visa because I think of the future.

"If the government offers a 12-month visa, I could plan for my life, but three months is not an option.

"I'd collect about £12,000 for three months. What next?"

Meanwhile, Netherlands-based trade unionist Edwin Atema put it a lot more bluntly on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The EU workers we speak to will not go to the UK for a short-term visa to help the UK. out of the s*** they created themselves."
https://news.sky.com/story/fuel-supp...pumps-12419438

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36095016)
I think both names were used, even in the 19th Century…
Interesting, thanks.
As a nation, we're never quite sure whether to add an S. Hence BT Sport and Sky Sports taking different approaches.

Halcyon 28-09-2021 14:06
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Two of my friends, Jerry Cann and Sue Perun Leaded filled up no problem at my local Tesco's.

nffc 28-09-2021 15:03
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36094995)
So you think I should lug my lawnmower down to Tescos to fill up with a pint of unleaded?
Depends how big it is, if it fits in a boot of a car then yes.


If not, then it could long-term come under some form of permit scheme where using a can as temporary storage is allowed. But I would probably say at the moment filling up a petrol lawn mower for most people is way down on the list of priorities for people needing fuel.

papa smurf 28-09-2021 15:11
Re: Panic at the Pumps
 
no queue at my local garage no fuel either.
i drove past and thought ah the panic is over then i saw the no fuel sign.


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