A bit council (Vol 3)

[S11Steve]

Gary29 said:

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yor...

I know she's been discussed numerous times, but apparently she is 'desperate' to know what is going on in Corrie, all whilst being banged up in a jail in Egypt for drug smuggling, you'd think she'd have bigger things to worry about than who Curly Watts is having an affair with.

How is this woman getting so much press coverage? Is there a PR company behind her, waiting for her release and subsequent launch into the world of "celebrity" TV slots?

[john2443]

motco said:

Holding up a queue of waiting customers while you slowly put exactly £10 worth of petrol in you poxy fifteen year old Toyota. Come to that putting less than a tankful in anything you drive. Would you half charge a battery?

Is putting £100 in quickly faster than £10 slowly

[Martin350]

I like the fact that rounding up petrol purchase to a round number is council!

[anonymous-user]

motco said:

Thank you Hyphen, that's the sort. I queued behind the aforementioned Toyota whilst I was in a hired van in a Devon service station on Monday and she was squirting a few pence worth in and stopping for whole ten pounds worth. I had two hundred miles to drive and was short of time anyway. MartG, you go for your gun so readily you'll shoot yourself in the foot one day. I, too, have had little money to spare and had to be careful, but being inconsiderate in the process is impolite.

Perhaps if you had better time management little things wouldn't irritate you so much.

Perhaps she had a tenner on her and only realised as she was driving she needed fuel.

Ridiculous post and certainly not council

[SunsetZed]

hyphen said:

Add to this those who choose not to 'pay at pump' when it is busy. There are queues you idiot, get your cigs elsewhere

Edited by hyphen on Thursday 8th March 11:14

Guilty of this recently, although not because of cigs but because Tesco won't take their own gift cards at the pump.

[schmunk]

anonymous said:

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Paying for stuff with cash is a bit council.

[Wildcat45]

Dog Star said:

She's a bit thin and not really rough enough for my tastes. My latest "thing" is "Natalie in the city" on FB. She's not remotely council though, however she's quite bouncy,

Lovely!

[Jonno02]

Still having your Christmas lights up.

Or having pulled them all down, left them in a pile in your garden.

[anonymous-user]

Wildcat45 said:

Dog Star said:

She's a bit thin and not really rough enough for my tastes. My latest "thing" is "Natalie in the city" on FB. She's not remotely council though, however she's quite bouncy,

Lovely!

Yep. That's ideal.

[jamoor]

Martin350 said:

I like the fact that rounding up petrol purchase to a round number is council!

why would you need to round up anyway?

[Wildcat45]

motco said:

Holding up a queue of waiting customers while you slowly put exactly £10 worth of petrol in you poxy fifteen year old Toyota. Come to that putting less than a tankful in anything you drive. Would you half charge a battery?

Why burn fuel to carry the weight of fuel? Do you think your holiday jet (In my case a Learjet 45 natch) leaves the airport with the tanks brimming?

Its good practice to carry what you need to get where you want, plus some for diverts and a bit in reserve "from the wife and kids"

So, not brimming the tank may indicate the driver is:

Poor. Not necessarily council.

In a rush. Not necessarily council.

Returning a courtesy of hire car. Not necessarily council.

Careful with cash. Not necessarily council.

Understands that burning fuel to carry fuel isn't the most efficient thing to do. Not necessarily council.

[Martin350]

jamoor said:

why would you need to round up anyway?

You don't need to, but I don't see how it's council.

[DRFC1879]

Dog Star,

If you haven't already done so, look up yazminthefox on Instagram. You're welcome.

[Ari]

Wildcat45 said:

Why burn fuel to carry the weight of fuel? Do you think your holiday jet (In my case a Learjet 45 natch) leaves the airport with the tanks brimming?

Do you seriously believe that you're saving money by only putting in a third of a tank in at a time, thus having to drive to a petrol station three times as often (not to mention the time you waste having to stand there adding your third, then going and paying for it)?

How much do you reckon you're saving?

What other top tips for saving fuel do you have? Using an iPod rather than switching the car radio on?

[S11Steve]

Ari said:

Wildcat45 said:

Why burn fuel to carry the weight of fuel? Do you think your holiday jet (In my case a Learjet 45 natch) leaves the airport with the tanks brimming?

Do you seriously believe that you're saving money by only putting in a third of a tank in at a time, thus having to drive to a petrol station three times as often (not to mention the time you waste having to stand there adding your third, then going and paying for it)?

How much do you reckon you're saving?

What other top tips for saving fuel do you have? Using an iPod rather than switching the car radio on?

Martin Lewis from MoneyGrabbingExpert once published an article about saving fuel - doing this will save 5%, this other thing will save 10%, that could save 5% etc.... When it was pointed out that doing all of the suggested techniques could generate 20% more fuel than was in the car to start with, and the article was pulled down.

Taking financial advice from an affiliate marketeer - council....

[captain_cynic]

Wildcat45 said:

Why burn fuel to carry the weight of fuel? Do you think your holiday jet (In my case a Learjet 45 natch) leaves the airport with the tanks brimming?

Sigh, a passenger jet has complex fuel calculations based on expected weight, throttle positions, weather patterns and a margin for error... you don't think that a jet lands with empty tanks.

This is completely useless for car journies because I dont want to file a pre-trip plan with the controlling roads authority, I don't know what the traffic will be like and I don't want to have to visit a filling station every time I nip down to Morrisons for some ale, brie and crackers. So I simply fill up each week on the same day, full to full. Usually costs about £30-40, I'm not going to use any less fuel by filling up £10 at a time am I?

The council part about putting in exactly £10 is the faffing about to do it. If you want to put in £10, most people don't care if its £9.92 or £10.14 because they don't want to waste their time (and other people's time) getting the pump to read exactly £10.00.

[Martin350]

Ari said:

Do you seriously believe that you're saving money by only putting in a third of a tank in at a time, thus having to drive to a petrol station three times as often

And there's three times the risk of getting seriously delayed by someone taking hours and hours putting exactly £10 in!

[lord trumpton]

Some council points awarded here....

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/great...

TLDR: Mum outraged her kid is obese. Kid has council name too.

[Frank7]

davhill said:

I would if charging made it heavier but why give fuel a free ride if it isn't needed for the trip? Just odding around, I run my car 1/3 full.

My first thought at reading this was an incredulous, “is this guy for real?”
Then inevitably, I thought, “fair enough, to each his own and all that.”
Personally, the only car that I ever drive is my wife’s, if the gauge is below one quarter, I’ll fill it up, she’s the same, but she’ll wait until the low fuel light comes on, then fill it up too.
It doesn’t matter if I, or she, is visiting her brother, 1.5 km away, or driving to see her dad in Canterbury, Kent, 98 km, we’re going to use the petrol somewhere anyway.
Giving the fuel a free ride?!!, I can’t stop cracking up at that!

[Dog Star]

DRFC1879 said:

Dog Star,

If you haven't already done so, look up yazminthefox on Instagram. You're welcome.

st the bed!