If you spend over a certain amount at Tesco, they'll give you a money-off 
coupon printed at the till, for some item or other. I got one the other 
night at the Workington branch. "I wonder what I can save money on?" thought 
I, shivering with anticipation as I put my reading glasses on. "Oh. That's 
nice. So many pence off per gallon of petrol or diesel. Lovely."

Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have had to 
drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.

Grrr..

ally

a l l y wrote:

> If you spend over a certain amount at Tesco, they'll give you a money-off 
> coupon printed at the till, for some item or other. I got one the other 
> night at the Workington branch. "I wonder what I can save money on?" thought 
> I, shivering with anticipation as I put my reading glasses on. "Oh. That's 
> nice. So many pence off per gallon of petrol or diesel. Lovely."
> 
> Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have had to 
> drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.
> 
> Grrr..
> 
> ally 
> 
> 

Their Store General Manager needs to be told. Ask to speak to him and 
point out that if you have to drive to the Whitehaven Branch, you will 
do your weekly grocery shopping while there and it will put his takings 
down, and most branches within large chains are fairly competitive. He 
maybe doesn't realise that he's sending trade away!

Jp

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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> If you spend over a certain amount at Tesco, they'll give you a money-off 
> coupon printed at the till, for some item or other. I got one the other 
> night at the Workington branch. "I wonder what I can save money on?" thought 
> I, shivering with anticipation as I put my reading glasses on. "Oh. That's 
> nice. So many pence off per gallon of petrol or diesel. Lovely."
> 
> Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have had to 
> drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.
> 
> Grrr..
> 
> ally


Well, when Tesco eventually take over the Cloffocks, or the Laundry-
Field, or whichever other bit of public recreational land they intend
to use for their megastore, they might include a filling station.
--

Regds,

Russell W. B.
http://www.huttonrow.co.uk




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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:37:43 퍝, a l l y wrote:


> Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have 
> had to drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.


What are the relative distances? Just go to Whitehaven on your next 
shop, always assuming that your fuel tank will be almost empty when 
you get there... 5p/l is worth having but not if you make a special 
journey or any extra distance is more than 10 to 15 miles.

5p/l on 60l is only £3.00...

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Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

"Russell W. Barnes"  wrote in message
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> "a l l y"  wrote in message
> news:3gtcc6Fe8832U1@individual.net
>
> > If you spend over a certain amount at Tesco, they'll give you a
money-off
> > coupon printed at the till, for some item or other. I got one the other
> > night at the Workington branch. "I wonder what I can save money on?"
thought
> > I, shivering with anticipation as I put my reading glasses on. "Oh.
That's
> > nice. So many pence off per gallon of petrol or diesel. Lovely."
> >
> > Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have had
to
> > drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.
> >
> > Grrr..
> >
> > ally
>
> Well, when Tesco eventually take over the Cloffocks, or the Laundry-
> Field, or whichever other bit of public recreational land they intend
> to use for their megastore, they might include a filling station.
> --
>
> Regds,
>
> Russell W. B.
> http://www.huttonrow.co.uk


If they take the cloffics I'll shootem.

Edith Fairground Convention

"Jpinny"  wrote in message
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> a l l y wrote:
> > If you spend over a certain amount at Tesco, they'll give you a
money-off
> > coupon printed at the till, for some item or other. I got one the other
> > night at the Workington branch. "I wonder what I can save money on?"
thought
> > I, shivering with anticipation as I put my reading glasses on. "Oh.
That's
> > nice. So many pence off per gallon of petrol or diesel. Lovely."
> >
> > Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have had
to
> > drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.
> >
> > Grrr..
> >
> > ally
> >
> >
> Their Store General Manager needs to be told. Ask to speak to him and
> point out that if you have to drive to the Whitehaven Branch, you will
> do your weekly grocery shopping while there and it will put his takings
> down, and most branches within large chains are fairly competitive. He
> maybe doesn't realise that he's sending trade away!
>
> Jp


If you are talking about the end of Victoria Road and down onto shore, you
can just drill a hole in the ground and fill your gas cylinders then put a
tiger on the tank. Just don't strike a match.

Singed Edith.

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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> If you spend over a certain amount at Tesco, they'll give you a money-off
> coupon printed at the till, for some item or other. I got one the other
> night at the Workington branch. "I wonder what I can save money on?"
thought
> I, shivering with anticipation as I put my reading glasses on. "Oh. That's
> nice. So many pence off per gallon of petrol or diesel. Lovely."
>
> Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have had to
> drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.
>
> Grrr..
>
> ally


Diesel will disappear from the market sooner or later, don't you think?

Edith.

"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message 
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:37:43 +0100, a l l y wrote:


>> Shame the Workington Tesco doesn't have a petrol station. I'd have
>> had to drive to Whitehaven to use the thing.

>What are the relative distances? Just go to Whitehaven on your next
>shop, always assuming that your fuel tank will be almost empty when
>you get there... 5p/l is worth having but not if you make a special
>journey or any extra distance is more than 10 to 15 miles.
>
>5p/l on 60l is only 3.00...


It takes me another 20 - 25 minutes to get to Whitehaven. I only go there if 
I have to visit someone in hospital, or possibly for the Martime Festival 
(well, Belfagan will be performing there, so I guess I'll have to). It's not 
worth the extra milage or time just for a wee bit of shoppping, most of 
which I could get at my local Co-Op in Maryport anyway. Tesco irritates the 
hell out of me for many many reasons - don't get me started! - but it's big 
advantage is it's open all night (at least on week nights).

ally

"Jpinny"  wrote in message 
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>>
>>
> Their Store General Manager needs to be told. Ask to speak to him and 
> point out that if you have to drive to the Whitehaven Branch, you will do 
> your weekly grocery shopping while there and it will put his takings down, 
> and most branches within large chains are fairly competitive. He maybe 
> doesn't realise that he's sending trade away!
>

Yes, you're right. No good moaning here about it. If I can't be bothered 
going there while the manager's about then I can't very well go around 
complaining. (I do tend to shop at midnight....)

ally

"Russell W. Barnes"  wrote in message >

> Well, when Tesco eventually take over the Cloffocks, or the Laundry-
> Field, or whichever other bit of public recreational land they intend
> to use for their megastore, they might include a filling station.
> --

I'm not happy about that, you know.

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> If they take the cloffics I'll shootem.
>

They will. Can I bring my camera to your shootout?

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> Diesel will disappear from the market sooner or later, don't you think?
>

Along with all the other fossil fuels, I suppose. We'd better make the most 
of being able to drive while we can....

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> news:Akmqe.54196$Fe7.165601@news000.worldonline.dk...
> >
> > If they take the cloffics I'll shootem.
> >
> They will. Can I bring my camera to your shootout?
>
> ally


Shure. Bring some extra caps.

Edith.

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:14:48 +0100, a l l y wrote:


> It takes me another 20 - 25 minutes to get to Whitehaven. 


Definately not worth it for the couple of quid off a tankful. 

Definately worth harrasing the manager though.

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Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:53:57 +0200, The Traveller wrote:



> If you are talking about the end of Victoria Road and down onto shore, you
> can just drill a hole in the ground and fill your gas cylinders then put a
> tiger on the tank. Just don't strike a match.
> 
> Singed Edith.


I thought that was one of your famous typos, Edith.

(I posted this using the laptop for the first time! New newsreader 'Pan'.
Anyone else using this?

Jp

On Saturday 11 June 2005 14:46 Jpinny wrote:

8><-----

> (I posted this using the laptop for the first time! New newsreader 'Pan'.
> Anyone else using this?
> 
> Jp


I tried Pan some years ago but prefer KNode. I had no problems with either
of them. Maybe I should try Pan again as it's bound to have improved since
then.

Edgar