The_DADDY   3,468 #109 Posted September 25, 2021 Just now, RollingJ said: I've stopped reading most of 'the media' - they seem to have a collective death wish. I don't blame you. It's stuff like this that is part of the reason I have absolutely zero trust in mainstream media  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat   11 #110 Posted September 25, 2021 1 hour ago, ab6262 said: nothing to do with Boris or brexit this has been a long time coming, crap conditions crap pay and crap hours nobody want s to do the job, i know i did it 35 years ago and it was bad then. as for visas that wont solve it, bring in the Army class one driver that are stood about.  They aren't stood about. 1 hour ago, ab6262 said: nothing to do with Boris or brexit this has been a long time coming, crap conditions crap pay and crap hours nobody want s to do the job, i know i did it 35 years ago and it was bad then. as for visas that wont solve it, bring in the Army class one driver that are stood about.  They aren't stood about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Carbuncle   0 #111 Posted September 25, 2021 1 hour ago, ab6262 said: nothing to do with Boris or brexit this has been a long time coming, And yet the EU does not seem to have a problem with petrol or food being in the wrong place and we did not have a problem before Brexit occurred. If it isn't Brexit what is it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RollingJ Â Â 2,034 #112 Posted September 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Carbuncle said: And yet the EU does not seem to have a problem with petrol or food being in the wrong place and we did not have a problem before Brexit occurred. If it isn't Brexit what is it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58685889 Â Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
PRESLEY   1,228 #113 Posted September 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, tinfoilhat said: They aren't stood about. They aren't stood about. Ì think The Army  have helped before, several years ago during the Tanker drivers strike plus driving the Green Godess's during the Firemans strike in 78 and loads of other stuff like floods ect. Our Armed Forces  are always on hand to help. UNSUNG HEROES. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ProperBrew   10 #114 Posted September 25, 2021 28 minutes ago, RollingJ said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58685889   I love a good Nike Sunday Roast, I save the shoelaces to have with some sauce and mince. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RollingJ Â Â 2,034 #115 Posted September 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, ProperBrew said: I love a good Nike Sunday Roast, I save the shoelaces to have with some sauce and mince. You been drinking some very strange brew for the past few years? Incoherent post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ProperBrew   10 #116 Posted September 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, RollingJ said: You been drinking some very strange brew for the past few years? Incoherent post. Sorry, I guess you didn't spot the joke, the article you linked says "Nike and Costco warn of product shortages and delays" so I was making a joke about eating Nike products, sorry it went over your head Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RollingJ Â Â 2,034 #117 Posted September 25, 2021 1 minute ago, ProperBrew said: Sorry, I guess you didn't spot the joke, the article you linked says "Nike and Costco warn of product shortages and delays" so I was making a joke about eating Nike products, sorry it went over your head Didn't 'go over my head', it merely made no sense. My post was a serious one to point out that the current supply-chain problems are not unique to the UK - or even Europe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HumbleNarrator   286 #118 Posted September 25, 2021 On 24/09/2021 at 14:43, crookesey said: Is anything else happening today, other than the ‘panic buying’ of motor fuel? Of course, but ideally they are for other threads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   600 #119 Posted September 25, 2021 1 minute ago, RollingJ said: Didn't 'go over my head', it merely made no sense. My post was a serious one to point out that the current supply-chain problems are not unique to the UK - or even Europe. Don't seem to be any supply chain problems in this part of rural France, a good 40 minutes from a motorway, over an hour to something the size of Worksop and over two hours to a city - and we have 4 decent size supermakets (all selling petrol / diesel) within 20 minutes drive, plus 2 Lidls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RollingJ   2,034 #120 Posted September 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Longcol said: Don't seem to be any supply chain problems in this part of rural France, a good 40 minutes from a motorway, over an hour to something the size of Worksop and over two hours to a city - and we have 4 decent size supermakets (all selling petrol / diesel) within 20 minutes drive, plus 2 Lidls Have you read the linked article - which I think I have now posted three times - and understood that the problems are not just in the UK? - as a certain number of posters on this forum would like us all to believe.  Personally, I'm amazed the BBC are finally getting their heads out of the 'EU-good/UK-bad' sand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...