General Chat

saw a roadside pole with a sign for morrisons.........

6p per litre OFF if you spend £40 or more, in store.......

Bob

Now folks, just think relatively,in 1974 ish I was paid around 96 p per hour.....which believe it or not was just after metrication...
(but when I changed jobs in1975,I got £1:18 per hour)

..and i recall petrol...


"pounds going up quicker than the gallons, on the petrol pump clock"

so thats about just over an hours' money for a gallon of petrol.......

at £1.33 per litre(*4.54 per gallon)=aprox £6.4p per gallon........

roundabout the minimum hourly rate?? but of course some peeps get paid more than that per hour.....and some (I guess,)a lot less.........
and of course many folks might not work 40 hours or more a week........


Bob

lucky you, its £1.48.9 up here and my car is a necessity and no luxury. i have to work, but half my wages go in the tank!!
florence

merlin just paid £1.40 for a litre of diesel in a supermarket.

Don't be silly. The Government can't fix the price of petrol, they are only responsible for the tax element of it, though each time it goes up they get a bit more in VAT.

Remember, though, Gordon Brown was responsible for pushing up the price of motoring. And, where does all the money go? No, not much of it on roads at all, it goes towards paying off the debt that the said Gordon saddled the country with.

Just paid £1.33.9 PER LITRE. used to always fill up, now onl;y £40 a time.Its rediculous the motorist i/e virtually everybody is being taken for a patsy every time,there,s no let up. just had to pay yet another road tax increase of £10.00.making it now £215 per year. where does all this money go to? not on the roads thatsa a fact.**M**.:o((((>

as a diabled person i need a car but the way things are going i wont be able to afford to run it it ,s bout time this goverment stopped this rip off i/e all the differant prices charged in differant parts of the country should be one price for all. just cost me £90 pound,s to fill the car as we are off on holiday thursday.

I never used to think too much about the price of petrol, but i do now!!

petrol etc has gone up for the 4th time in a month when will it end?.