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Title: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: VC on October 29, 2009, 03:34:27 pm
My local Shell have finally decided maybe its time for my own refinery  :chicken:

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:signLOL:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: RedRobin on October 29, 2009, 03:40:28 pm
^^^^
Is that at the bottom of your garden, VC? - Coooooooool !! :happy2: 8) :happy2:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: VC on October 29, 2009, 03:44:13 pm
it might as well be  :grin: its minutes in the car....although now i have over an hours round trip and 1/4 of a tank to get to the next closest..

..they'll miss my business  :grin:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: Moschops on October 29, 2009, 05:23:40 pm
it might as well be  :grin: its minutes in the car....although now i have over an hours round trip and 1/4 of a tank to get to the next closest..

..they'll miss my business  :grin:

Playing Place, Truro by chance.... :happy2:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: cuprak1 on October 29, 2009, 05:25:49 pm
Love how i have 2 shells less than 1.5 miles from my house :) whoo yeah
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: WhiteGTI on October 29, 2009, 05:39:51 pm
Two Shell's within 1 mile for meeeee  :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: JPC on October 29, 2009, 06:05:12 pm
there digging up every bloody shell at the moment!
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: RedRobin on October 29, 2009, 06:16:04 pm

there digging up every bloody shell at the moment!


....Does anyone know why?
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: JPC on October 29, 2009, 06:17:36 pm
well...they seem to do it a lot around me.

the first time they did it, there was a logical explanation, they changed the rest of the pumps so they all dispensed all four fuels.

this time...god knows why!
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: RedRobin on October 29, 2009, 06:21:20 pm
^^^^
It must be for a strong reason - Afterall, they are losing business and possibly longer term loss of those less discerning customers than ourselves who get used to buying fuel from somewhere else meanwhile.
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: JPC on October 29, 2009, 06:22:36 pm
i just run along to the next shell!

it is frustrating though. it seemed to take forever first time round. then the second time about a week.

might have been a pipe or tank that had ruptured, if so...they would dig it up straight away, hopefully without explosion!
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: stealthwolf on October 29, 2009, 06:50:01 pm
My nearest shell garages are 3 miles in one direction and 6 miles in the opposite direction. The closest one is sometimes randomly closed which is a complete PITA. The other one's open all the time but is far, far busier.
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: Hurdy on October 29, 2009, 07:18:03 pm
My local Shell garage has just re-opened after having everything including the tanks re-done. Maybe the tanks are only allowed to be used for so long?
Now mine is an all singing and dancing station it takes less time for me to fill up and the pumps with V-power now all proudly display 99ron :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: RedRobin on October 29, 2009, 07:35:38 pm
^^^^
I hope all these new 'modernisations' will still allow payment at the counter rather than only card at the pumps.
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: NEWEY on October 29, 2009, 08:06:13 pm
^^^^
I hope all these new 'modernisations' will still allow payment at the counter rather than only card at the pumps.

i was just thinking the same... what a faf that is
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: vwrascal on October 29, 2009, 08:11:55 pm
^^^^
I hope all these new 'modernisations' will still allow payment at the counter rather than only card at the pumps.

A couple of blokes from my local shell got done for cloning peoples card details not long ago    :scared:,  luckily I only ever pay with beer tokens   :smiley:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: Top Cat on October 29, 2009, 08:14:25 pm
^^^^
I hope all these new 'modernisations' will still allow payment at the counter rather than only card at the pumps.

So you think they are going to stop you coming into the shop to fleece you of more money.  :chicken:

I think not.  :smiley:

Everyone i go into nowadays, you have to visit every last square inch of the shop.  :grin: There all like a maze with chocolate instead of hedge.  :happy2:
Title: Re: Keep digging love, I've finally drunk it all...
Post by: RedRobin on October 29, 2009, 08:56:51 pm

..There all like a maze with chocolate instead of hedge.  :happy2:


....A chocolate hedge - Now there's a thought! I think I hear a Vulcan approaching.

Quite useful for picking up a pint of fresh vampire blood milk on the way back home or a bottle of Oasis to refresh on a journey.

:happy2: