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    #9422
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,363 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    I says wrote: »
    No don’t use him, jones or Texaco.
    Miles per gallon all depends on the heavy foot driving the car.

    Well I drive the same way and same distances most weeks to the same locations and I can tell ya that the diesel there gives the best mileage for me anyways


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    #9423
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,078 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    The locals there are buying in the South!

    You'd wonder how they stay open at all.


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    #9424
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Well I drive the same way and same distances most weeks to the same locations and I can tell ya that the diesel there gives the best mileage for me anyways

    Got diesel in our local place here in Cavan about 3 years ago.
    Car almost didn't make it home the three miles.
    Stopped itself at the house and wouldnt start again
    PD engined Passat.
    Stupidly didnt connect the filling with the stopping, so got 25 euro in the jeep the next day.
    After about 15 miles, it wouldn't rev over 1000rpm.
    Local garage got the passat going again, but the jeep needed a new injector pump.
    Went to the filling station to complain. They wouldn't listen tto my complaint at all.
    Dismissed me completely.
    Garage had drained the tank of the passat, and it was like brown varnish in colour and smell.
    Reported them to Customs and Excise, they mysteriously closed about two days later.
    Washed shyte from up along the Monaghan/Armagh border.


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    #9425
    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭Odelay


    It’s all from the same source, the same refinery, produced to one standard. Mickey joe can’t phone up and ask for a half
    Load of “good stuff” or some else ask for the “cheape stuff”. Not the way it works. Larger brands definitely aren’t going to be interfering with the fuel. They make no money on the fuel but make their money on what is spent in the shop. Imagine if one of the big retailers were messing with the fuel and were caught at it? They’d be closed overnight.

    Only difference is the stuff in cowboy country near the border, that stuff I wouldn’t touch.


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    #9426
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,047 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Odelay wrote: »
    It’s all from the same source, the same refinery, produced to one standard. Mickey joe can’t phone up and ask for a half
    Load of “good stuff” or some else ask for the “cheape stuff”. Not the way it works. Larger brands definitely aren’t going to be interfering with the fuel. They make no money on the fuel but make their money on what is spent in the shop. Imagine if one of the big retailers were messing with the fuel and were caught at it? They’d be closed overnight.

    Only difference is the stuff in cowboy country near the border, that stuff I wouldn’t touch.

    Circle K is a fairly big player in the world.
    With their own depots and tanks in Ireland only serving circle K.

    https://www.southcoast.ie/case-studies/circlek/

    Circle K and Irving oil are basically the one and own Whitegate refinery.


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    #9427
    I says
    Registered Users Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭I says


    Odelay wrote: »
    It’s all from the same source, the same refinery, produced to one standard. Mickey joe can’t phone up and ask for a half
    Load of “good stuff” or some else ask for the “cheape stuff”. Not the way it works. Larger brands definitely aren’t going to be interfering with the fuel. They make no money on the fuel but make their money on what is spent in the shop. Imagine if one of the big retailers were messing with the fuel and were caught at it? They’d be closed overnight.

    Only difference is the stuff in cowboy country near the border, that stuff I wouldn’t touch.

    The diesel particle filters in cars was causing a lot of grief too sensitive to any bit of impurity’s in the diesel all fuel is the same unless some ahem cat litter finds its way into it


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    #9428
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,078 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Dundalk game going to penalties....


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    #9429
    Attie Ross
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Attie Ross


    Filled jeep with diesel today in Dundalk,on jeep computer says 28 odd mpg calculator says 26 odd.
    80 lts @ €63 LTD company so cannot afford to mess with it.
    Doing business a very long time with him good guy.


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    #9430
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Dundalk game going to penalties....

    Good win for them, nice few bob on the way for getting into the next round.


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    #9431
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,078 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Watching a Brendan Grace DVD. He was brilliant.


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    #9432
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Watching a Brendan Grace DVD. He was brilliant.

    Listening to him on spotify, he was unreal and therell never be one like him again. My grandparents would hsve been fairly old fashioned and hated dirty jokes and bad language but Brendan was the only comedisn where we could all watch it together and hsve a laugh at him.

    Better living everyone



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    #9433
    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,174 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Watching a Brendan Grace DVD. He was brilliant.

    a bunch of us were at one of his gigs back in the late '70s , let's say we wern't thirsty and were a tad on the noisy side

    he said "will ye shut up over there and quit acting the fool, I'm doing that up here and getting paid for it, youz aren't "

    bumped into him years later after he bought the pub in clare and told him about that night , he stayed chatting for ages about all the showbands & artists, etc that were doing cabaret in those years

    truly talented and an utter gentleman. rip


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    #9434
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    A lot of love in here for Mr. Grace. My parents were the same and were big fans and have all the DVDs, etc. So I seen them all too, and some are pretty good to be fair.

    However, I must recount the one and only dealing I had with him as part of a committee who organised him to come to the local parish to entertain for a charity event. He was the main attraction. We sold all the tickets, out of which he was getting a sizeable chunk for his time. On the night, he turned up 1hr 45min late, was drunk, told a few jokes, walked off and his management then demanded the full payment. He was only there for max 45 mins, and was a disgrace.

    Personally, didn't think much of him after that.


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    #9435
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,057 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    A lot of love in here for Mr. Grace. My parents were the same and were big fans and have all the DVDs, etc. So I seen them all too, and some are pretty good to be fair.

    However, I must recount the one and only dealing I had with him as part of a committee who organised him to come to the local parish to entertain for a charity event. He was the main attraction. We sold all the tickets, out of which he was getting a sizeable chunk for his time. On the night, he turned up 1hr 45min late, was drunk, told a few jokes, walked off and his management then demanded the full payment. He was only there for max 45 mins, and was a disgrace.

    Personally, didn't think much of him after that.

    Yea, I lost interest too when he cut his act to about half an hour, 30yrs ago you'd get the full show from him alone and he was brilliant.Latterly half an hour of him with the other hour and a half filled in with poor musicians didn't just cut it.
    He did a parish gig here too and wasn't great even though his son in law was from this parish


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    #9436
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,078 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Theres 2 I think the one at the waterfront - mc Donalds is 115cpl. There's another in newfoundwell in Drogheda is now 114cpl

    Down to 110 cpl now in applegreen and 112 in circle k on the north road!


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    #9437
    lakill Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    Off to the people’s republic for the weekend to a stag. Haven’t been on a session session in almost 2 years let alone 2 night and 2 days on it

    could end up on Rip.ie after this


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    #9438
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,113 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Ok, I'll warn the Guards you're coming.


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    #9439
    ganmo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Water John wrote: »
    Ok, I'll warn the Guards you're coming.

    Dont forget the a&e


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    #9440
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,113 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Have family there, will tell them to watch out for him.


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    #9441
    lakill Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    Water John wrote: »
    Have family there, will tell them to watch out for him.


    The auld lad and sister have the undertaker priced they even cut a large H in the front lawn so the air ambulance can land there. Lucky I’m easi going


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    #9442
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Off to the people’s republic for the weekend to a stag. Haven’t been on a session session in almost 2 years let alone 2 night and 2 days on it

    could end up on Rip.ie after this

    I hope for your own sake you've the training in the few weeks!


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    #9443
    lakill Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    Muckit wrote: »
    I hope for your own sake you've the training in the few weeks!

    1 bottle of Heineken after I baled hay in May


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    #9444
    MickeyShtyles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭MickeyShtyles


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Off to the people’s republic for the weekend to a stag. Haven’t been on a session session in almost 2 years let alone 2 night and 2 days on it

    could end up on Rip.ie after this

    Family flowers only... :P


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    #9445
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,047 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    I think Die Hard 2 is on e4 in a few minutes if ye want to get in the Christmas spirit.


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    #9446
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    1 bottle of Heineken after I baled hay in May

    You are fooked lad!!!


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    #9447
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,078 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Reggie will have to bring the landini down and bring him home on the loader


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    #9448
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,363 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Reggie will have to bring the landini down and bring him home on the loader

    I'd only drag him by the ankle


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    #9449
    Keep Sluicing
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Keep Sluicing


    Reggie. wrote: »
    I'd only drag him by the ankle

    You'd want all the weights on the front. Serious load to drag.


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    #9450
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,363 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Keep Sluicing wrote: »
    You'd want all the weights on the front. Serious load to drag.

    And a full tank of diesel


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    #9451
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    Just off the phone to friend in New Zealand, by any chance does anyone know anyone thinking of heading out drop me a PM hes looking for someone on the farm. Good farm and good conditions thanks

    Better living everyone



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