Petrol Stations

Goodluck2me · 07-09-2008 11:15pm #1

Couple of questions...

Does anyone ever turn off their mobile phone when they are putting in petrol or in a get being fuelled? I always see the signs but I just don't believe it would ever be possible.
Secondly, why is petrol still so expensive even though oil has fallen to JAnuarys levels again? i.e. $104 from $146 high?
B@stars.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 07-09-2008 11:18pm

goodluck2me wrote: »

Couple of questions...

Does anyone ever turn off their mobile phone when they are putting in petrol or in a get being fuelled? I always see the signs but I just don't believe it would ever be possible.
Secondly, why is petrol still so expensive even though oil has fallen to JAnuarys levels again? i.e. $104 from $146 high?
B@stars.

1 - it's a myth
2 - i - because the station bout the petrol at the higher prices and so have to charge at the higher prices in order to make a profti
2 - ii - because they're thieving bastards

(Can we make this question a sticky?)

MagicMarker · 08-09-2008 12:30am

If no one bought petrol the prices would come down quick enough.

projectmayhem · 08-09-2008 12:38am

MagicMarker wrote: »

If no one bought petrol the prices would come down quick enough.

Good luck with that. Petrol is like milk, it's a necessity, not a luxury at this stage.

Bob the Builder · 08-09-2008 12:40am

It's a cartel.

Talking to a petrol station owner down the road from me. Sound fella, so I cheekily asked the question and his response was sharp and stupidly true. "Well, fúck it, sher everyone else is still getting their amount for the older stuff, and i'm a penny cheaper, so I'm ahead of the fúckers and still nailing a good profit with the new stuff. It's fúcking brilliant."
he swears a lot.

As for the mobile phone question, well, even I have to be turned off at the pumps. It's because I'm too hot for the shopkeepers. Srsly.

pablomakaveli · 08-09-2008 1:13am

projectmayhem wrote: »

Good luck with that. Petrol is like milk, it's a necessity, not a luxury at this stage.

i reckon i could live without milk. my bones would probably decay without calcium but at least i would have made my point.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-09-2008 7:33am

projectmayhem wrote: »

Good luck with that. Petrol is like milk, it's a necessity, not a luxury at this stage.

Never bought petrol in my life and somehow survived.

Quazzie · 08-09-2008 7:44am

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Never bought petrol in my life and somehow survived.

I suppose you've never been in a taxi or got a bus before either ikky.. oh how easy it must be to travel around without ever being in a vehicle

jaffa20 · 08-09-2008 7:57am

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I suppose you've never been in a taxi or got a bus before either ikky.. oh how easy it must be to travel around without ever being in a vehicle

Well off course we need public transport but that is nothing compared to the amount of cars on the road. There are too many drivers who are just too proud or selfish to take a bus or train to work each day.

Heisenberg. · 08-09-2008 7:58am

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antodeco · 08-09-2008 7:58am

Im paying 120.8 for a litre, so Im getting it for fairly less than other stations.

Quazzie · 08-09-2008 8:09am

jaffa20 wrote: »

Well off course we need public transport but that is nothing compared to the amount of cars on the road. There are too many drivers who are just too proud or selfish to take a bus or train to work each day.

I live in the country where the closest thing we get to public transport is hitchiking. I can honestly say without my car I would have no way to work. I do drive a bit of a gas-guzzler but thats my choice so I know that rules me out about compaining about petrol prices. Any one that chooses to use petrol that isn't neccesary then should automatically be disqualified from complaining.

As for the mobile thing. I am a mechainc, and I was told by a woman that I shouldn't be on my mobile whilst filling my diesel car. what was even funnier was she was smoking filling her petrol car.

Run_to_da_hills · 08-09-2008 8:15am

goodluck2me wrote: »

Couple of questions...

Does anyone ever turn off their mobile phone when they are putting in petrol or in a get being fuelled? .

It probably goes back to the days of the P&T when phone devices were cranked up by a magneto which created a live spark,

whiskeyman · 08-09-2008 8:25am

The Scientist wrote: »

Indeed it is a myth.
Mythbusters tested it out and actually tried to cause an explosion with gas+mobile phone.
Wasn't happening...

I'd imagine it's also just a way to get customers to keep moving and not stalling and yapping away as the queues grow behind them.
There's some people who just feeling the need to operate 10 times slower than normal once on the phone...

Run_to_da_hills · 08-09-2008 8:45am

Anyone who has worked in any of the chemical plants around the country, ie Elan, Roche, Pziser and Schwarz Pharma will know all about mobile phones, you can be sacked on the spot for using one on site unless you are authorised to use a specified approved model which can cost up to e700). I am sure you could use one of these at your local petrol station.

antodeco · 08-09-2008 8:47am

I was thinking of making an Irish version of Dirty Sanchez where Im standing on the forecourt of Esso sending a text.

Im hardcore

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-09-2008 9:10am

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I suppose you've never been in a taxi or got a bus before either ikky.. oh how easy it must be to travel around without ever being in a vehicle

Aha, I KNEW someone would blindly jump on public-transport bandwagon.

I believe I said I never bought petrol, not that I never bought a ticket for a vehicle the required petrol.

The difference? Well, if people bought less petrol and either bussed/walked more, demand would fall, garage owners would start dropping (excesssively high) prices in order to get people back in. Bus tickets and so on tend to stay at the same price compared to petrol.

The majority of people who get screwed in Ireland do so because the politely bend over when requested to.

Quazzie · 08-09-2008 9:14am

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Aha, I KNEW someone would blindly jump on public-transport bandwagon.

Damn you Ikky Poo. I fell for your trap!!

earlyevening · 08-09-2008 10:08am

pablomakaveli wrote: »

i reckon i could live without milk. my bones would probably decay without calcium but at least i would have made my point.

Petrol is dirt cheap. Milk (and water) are rip offs.
Petrol comes from 3000m underground, in an unstable part of the world (Iran/Iraq etc), is transported thousands of miles, refined and then subjected to massive excise duties and taxes. It comes to you for just 1.20 a litre (or so).
Milk comes from a cow, probably about 30 miles from you, is pasteurised for a few seconds, not taxed and is 1.36 a litre. Water is even worse.
Petrol is unbelievably cheap!!

whiskeyman · 08-09-2008 10:21am

earlyevening wrote: »

Petrol is dirt cheap. Milk (and water) are rip offs.
Petrol comes from 3000m underground, in an unstable part of the world (Iran/Iraq etc), is transported thousands of miles, refined and then subjected to massive excise duties and taxes. It comes to you for just 1.20 a litre (or so).
Milk comes from a cow, probably about 30 miles from you, is pasteurised for a few seconds, not taxed and is 1.36 a litre. Water is even worse.
Petrol is unbelievably cheap!!

Unleaded on me Cornflakes tomorrow so...

Femelade · 08-09-2008 10:34am

My friends dad who owns a petrol station got badly burnt when unloading some kind of gas or petrol thingies from the back of a lorry and his mobile went off in his pocket.

Honey-ec · 08-09-2008 10:36am

Femmy wrote: »

My friends dad who owns a petrol station got badly burnt when unloading some kind of gas or petrol thingies from the back of a lorry and his mobile went off in his pocket.

Well that really narrows down the possible scenarios...

whiskeyman · 08-09-2008 10:44am

Femmy wrote: »

My friends dad who owns a petrol station got badly burnt when unloading some kind of gas or petrol thingies from the back of a lorry and his mobile went off in his pocket.

It's not just at petrol stations ya know.

I badly burnt the side of my head while I was doing the ironing and my mobile went off...

Femelade · 08-09-2008 10:45am

era ye know what i mean, they were barrels of gas/oil/petrol, i'm not too sure but his phone going off was dangerous anyway.

ejmaztec · 08-09-2008 10:54am

Wasn't there some other "Myth?" about mobiles or CB radios interfering with the pump readings, so that you could fill your tank up and only register a couple of litres on the pump?

antodeco · 08-09-2008 11:35am

whiskeyman wrote: »

It's not just at petrol stations ya know.

I badly burnt the side of my head while I was doing the ironing and my mobile went off...

lol! Not the first time your ears were burning from someone talking about you :pac:

_feedback_ · 08-09-2008 12:39pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

It's not just at petrol stations ya know.

I badly burnt the side of my head while I was doing the ironing and my mobile went off...

That's one of those old Kerryman jokes ... How do you get a Kerrywoman to burn the side of her face ... Ring her when she's doing the ironing...

Did you hear about the Kerrywoman that fell out the window?!

Dardania · 08-09-2008 12:40pm

earlyevening wrote: »

Petrol is dirt cheap. Milk (and water) are rip offs.
Petrol comes from 3000m underground, in an unstable part of the world (Iran/Iraq etc), is transported thousands of miles, refined and then subjected to massive excise duties and taxes. It comes to you for just 1.20 a litre (or so).
Milk comes from a cow, probably about 30 miles from you, is pasteurised for a few seconds, not taxed and is 1.36 a litre. Water is even worse.
Petrol is unbelievably cheap!!

Absolutely correct - at the moment petrol is subject to a scale of economies making it relatively cheap compared to milk. Thank the USA for that...

Whilst we (mankind) is currently investigating alternate fuel sources for vehicles (land, sea & air) the real worry I have is when the petrol dries up like a granny, how will we make plastics?

ejmaztec · 08-09-2008 12:42pm

elviscostello wrote: »

That's one of those old Kerryman jokes ... How do you get a Kerrywoman to burn the side of her face ... Ring her when she's doing the ironing...

Did you hear about the Kerrywoman that fell out the window?!

You're wrong - it's a very old Cork joke :P

TheVan · 08-09-2008 12:44pm

Red Diesel ftw

_feedback_ · 08-09-2008 12:51pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

You're wrong - it's a very old Cork joke :P

Twas a Kerryman joke in my day ...

Goodluck2me · 09-09-2008 3:01pm

earlyevening wrote: »

Petrol is dirt cheap. Milk (and water) are rip offs.
Petrol comes from 3000m underground, in an unstable part of the world (Iran/Iraq etc), is transported thousands of miles, refined and then subjected to massive excise duties and taxes. It comes to you for just 1.20 a litre (or so).
Milk comes from a cow, probably about 30 miles from you, is pasteurised for a few seconds, not taxed and is 1.36 a litre. Water is even worse.
Petrol is unbelievably cheap!!

bottled water even worse than that!

pickarooney · 09-09-2008 3:45pm

Femmy wrote: »

My friends dad who owns a petrol station got badly burnt when unloading some kind of gas or petrol thingies from the back of a lorry and his mobile went off in his pocket.

Because he answered it and dropped the container?

pickarooney · 09-09-2008 3:46pm

How much is bottled water in Ireland, out of interest?

javaboy · 09-09-2008 3:48pm

pickarooney wrote: »

How much is bottled water in Ireland, out of interest?

A bottle of Bling H2O will set you back about €45 in Superquinn. I don't know much about the price of other brands.

pickarooney · 09-09-2008 3:49pm

I just mean yellow-pak bog-standard bottled water.

Shelflife · 09-09-2008 3:59pm

Its not a myth, it is possible to ignite the petrol fumes with a mobile and it is even possible to do so with a static charge as well, ive seen the videos.

the oil price and the petrol price are clearly related but there is a time lag between the oil price coming down and that oil being refined and hitting the pumps -- thats the theory anyway. you also have to factor in exchange rate variations as well.

the smaller retailers make shag all out of petrol even with their higher prices with many of them operating on a margin of under 5% out of which all of their costs must be paid.

tesco are selling petrol cheaper in places than many retaliers can buy it thus forcing them out of business, thats fine in the short term but in the long term many smaller towns will have no filling stations and will have a 20 mile round trip just to get petrol.

Of course once the competition is gone tesco are free to take whatever margin they want and theres nothing anyone can do

just like they did in the uk.

jhegarty · 09-09-2008 4:03pm

Shelflife wrote: »

the oil price and the petrol price are clearly related but there is a time lag between the oil price coming down and that oil being refined and hitting the pumps --

Funny how there is no delay on the way up

javaboy · 09-09-2008 4:30pm

pickarooney wrote: »

I just mean yellow-pak bog-standard bottled water.

I wouldn't know. Sorry.

Jigsaw · 09-09-2008 4:37pm

If you drank a cupful of petrol would you die, and if so, how long would it take?

javaboy · 09-09-2008 4:46pm

Jigsaw wrote: »

If you drank a cupful of petrol would you die, and if so, how long would it take?

Ah I see you've stepped up to murder now Jigsaw.

ejmaztec · 09-09-2008 4:50pm

Jigsaw wrote: »

If you drank a cupful of petrol would you die, and if so, how long would it take?

Smoker or non-smoker?

Bros123 · 09-09-2008 4:52pm

Jigsaw wrote: »

If you drank a cupful of petrol would you die, and if so, how long would it take?

Well when I made my ex drink it,it took about 20 minutes.

Ahhh the memories.................

javaboy · 09-09-2008 5:04pm

Bros123 wrote: »

Well when I made my ex drink it,it took about 20 minutes.

Doesn't sound like you got great mileage out of her.

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