Couperwife Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I've just been to the petrol station to fill up my car. I dont work far from home, so I dont use much. but, it's 104.9p a litre WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?????? last time I got petrol it was less than a pound I need a bike that I can get 3 boxes full of folders on the back of. ho hum cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 It's 101.9p here and even that's too much! Surely it's got to come down soon. I heard today that someone is calling on the Government to forego the 2p or 3p budget rise when it comes in in April. It's getting ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 well I refuse to pay any more! This country is getting ridiculous, putting this and that up - how do they expect us to live. Diesel here is 109.9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 No you are supposed to use public transport Cathy. Having to carry 3 boxes is just making excuses now, isn't it? To be honest we might just as well hand over all our earnings every month, lets face it they won't be happy until we do will they? *grumble grumble* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 110.9p for deisel here. Being a Community Children's Nurse I do need the car to get between the school that I'm allocated and for home visits. It's crept up before our very eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I pay £105.9 a litre for unleaded and OH pays 110.9 a litre for diesel. It is disgusting! We have to have cars for work as there is no way to get to Heathrow from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) I pay £105.9 a litre for unleaded. one Hundred and five Pounds (and nine pence)! For one litre! Edited January 21, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Why is everyone picking on me today?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 103.9 here Oddly the one bus that passes through my village goes within walking distance of my school. Now all I need to do is lug my 3 boxes of folders on and off it, then 1/4 mile up the road to school at the other end. Oh and enjoy the abuse I'll get from the half witted kids who get on the bus nearer school. (errm I KNOW WHO YOU ARE therefore to hurl abuse at me shows you are half witted!) Then get soaked whenever it rains as I can't carry 3 boxes of folders, a laptop bag and an umberella. Oh yes, as if the above wasn't a good enough excuse. I DON'T DO PUBLIC TRANSPORT! Sorry but I don't! The government must love me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 im not sure how much it costs per Litre. but it cost £59 to fill our Astra up!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to get a Diesel and have it converted to Sunflower Oil. Love L x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Why is everyone picking on me today?? The worrying thing is Christian........ it made perfect sense to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Now all I need to do is lug my 3 boxes of folders on and off it, then 1/4 mile up the road to school at the other end. Oh and enjoy the abuse I'll get from the half witted kids who get on the bus nearer school. (errm I KNOW WHO YOU ARE therefore to hurl abuse at me shows you are half witted!) Then get soaked whenever it rains as I can't carry 3 boxes of folders, a laptop bag and an umberella. Oh yes, as if the above wasn't a good enough excuse. I DON'T DO PUBLIC TRANSPORT! Sorry but I don't! You sound like a woman that needs a shopping trolley I love public transport Although, I agree, the buses can be a bit scary when there are a lot of school kids on it I just like sitting on a bus of train reading a book, or gazing out of the window. Sometimes I get on a bus for no particular reason, just for the ride I do have a free travel pass though Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 A lot of teachers have those little plastic crate trolley thingys. I think I have one somewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 £1.09 here. I remember when I first passed my test, getting in strop as petrol hit the 60p a litre mark, and it cost me £20 to fill up my Ford Escort!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I can also remember when i was about 18 and i would go in the garage and put £2 or £3 worth of petrol in my little mini!! wouldnt buy a bloomin sandwich in a garage now let alone petrol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Suddenly I like walking in the rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 My Mini used to take £9 to fill it!!!! That wasn't before the war before you all ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Last week was the first time in my life I have ever paid more than 99.9p for a litre of unleaded, it is now 102.9 and that's the cheapest round here The annoying thing for me is the 2p rise is just another tax, like Joojoo said it is nothing to do with the actual petrol costs. The government need to be careful, they need workers to keep the country going, but more and more people are opting out of mainstream society in any small way they can. A brother of a friend has just emigrated to Australia, and how many people do we all know who are growing their own food - that isn't good for the government, it doesn't pay a wage or require a truck to carry it for miles and use lots of petrol etc etc I'd better stop now or I'll go on forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 go charlotte go!!! i totally totally agree!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 I am going to stop using my car for shopping visits. I need a trolley like the old ladies use down town I have seen one with 4 wheels that I can fill up to the top. I cant believe that petrol is this expensive anyway, whinge over cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I don't have a shop within walking distance. I could buy meat from a farm around the corner but I'm a veggie (and I'm still abstinent!). I'm growing all my own salad and veggies this year (but not cucumber as I couldn't find an outdoor variety that wasn't spikey - James doesn't like spikey!). We can't even walk James to school as it's a mile away - too far for Mum to walk even if there was pavement all the way. Most of the way is a nice concrete bridle path but along by "the boot sale" there is nothing at all. Even the once an hour bus doesn't have the right times for the school run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 That wasn't before the war before you all ask! would that be the first oil war (91) or the second oil war (2003 to present)? Sorry am I being cynical Petrol here is 105.9 at its cheapest. I really think twice about using the car now and have been limiting myself to £20 petrol a week for the moment - enough to get to work and back each day. the sad thing is I live opposite the bus stop, but it costs £4.50 to get into Cambridge and then another £2.50 to get the bus out to school so £7 a day - it really is not a viable alternative financially or in terms of time (and the 7 mile journey would take well over an hour). Roll on the Cambridge guided busway and the hope that I will be able to bike along its service road as a direct route to work without the A14. How good would that be fore my health!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lailapet Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Petrol is just as expensive here... When William starts school in August and can go by school bus with Sophia I am seriously considering investing in a good quality bicycle and cycle to work. It's 22km each way up and down a lot of hills, but just think how fit I'll be by next winter... I cycle to the shops occasionally but it's just so much quicker by car and easier to carry it al home. When I worked 3km away I had a trailer to attach to the old bike and where William could sit on his way to and from Kindergarten but then I got the car and sold the trailer - oh well... Not very environmentally friendly I suppose. Laila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 We can't even walk James to school as it's a mile away - too far for Mum to walk even if there was pavement all the way. Most of the way is a nice concrete bridle path but along by "the boot sale" there is nothing at all. Even the once an hour bus doesn't have the right times for the school run! That is bad, the bus company should get their act together. I don't know why we don't adopt the US idea of the yellow school bus. driven by individuals, only running during school drop off and pick up times. They have them in the most rural areas as well as in towns and cities, they are brilliant and must save massively on petrol and the traffic jams you get in cities during the school run Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I pay £105.9 a litre for unleaded. one Hundred and five Pounds (and nine pence)! For one litre! No, it's even more shocking; £105 and ninety pence. Sorry! Whatever you hear about "green" policies; governments wish for low inflation but also need high consumer spending (I'm lost already) which means that using less stuff is bad for the economy! As for high price fuel...up go all the distribution costs, higher prices for everything. Yours, pedantic oldie with shopping trolley.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
