The cheapest nearest diesel was £1.86 a litre last Sunday,. Apparently this is £8.46 a gallon - good grief. (thats's $11.37). I'm so old I can remember when petrol was £1 a gallon - that was in the late 70's. Have to travel, so need fuel - I'm keeping topped up.
Did anyone else watch the 2nd series of 'Capture' on TV over the last 6 Sundays? It ended last Sunday, I have no idea what it was all about.😕
Started on the 10 minute journey to Keep Moving Group only to find after half a mile that the way out of the village was suddenly 'Road Closed' - no warning = 3 point turn = back the way I'd come and then several miles on small back lanes = all jolly good fun! Arrived 20 minutes later = only just in time.
Did you hear about this .....Supermarket Digital Labels? Instant price changes when demand is higher/lower- with electronic shelf edge labels- Oh good grief. For instance strawberries and cream would cost more on a hot Summer Saturday and less on a wet Winter Monday. Thankfully no supermarkets here have plans to introduce these -Yet!
On Thursday morning my phone made an unusual bleepity bleep noise, when I looked it was wishing me Happy Birthday! It wasn't a message or a phone call - just Happy Birthday on the screen. How strange. AI creeping in?
17 days of The World Snooker Championship starts on TV today, it will keep me company while I'm reading and half watching. There are 11 Chinese players in the starting 32 - that must be the most ever.
I see blogger is playing up again - sometimes not updating the "Blogs I Read" when a new blog is posted.
Have a good weekend .
I don't know how old I was when I noticed one day that petrol was 3/4d a gallon, the same price as the butter my mother had just bought in sainsbury for 3/4d a pound. I'd enjoyed watching the server in sainsbury cutting the butter from a large block, and them moulding i into a neat shape before wrapping it in greaseproof paper tied with string. At the garage someone came out to fill the car, and them my mother went in to the office to sign the book. The account would be settled at the end of the month. Must have been early 1960s when I was about 6 or 7 years old.
ReplyDeleteGoodness what a good memory! Even though we had a garage just two houses away all the time I was growing up I don't remember the price of the fuel.
DeleteDoes anyone remember the 50p petrol pump? A local garage closed on Sundays, but had one pump that dispensed petrol to the value of 50p. It was enough to keep me going until I could fill up properly. Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember a 50p pump and even though I started driving in 1973 I can't remember filling the car up with petrol at all back then - perhaps Dad did it at the garage near our home because he had an account there for the builders vans
DeleteThere was one in a village near us. In dire emergencies my dad would buy petrol there, but usually never purchased anything on the Sabbath!
DeleteMy Husband and I watched the first series of Capture and enjoyed it. We started watching this second series but I have up very early in I found it incomprehensible however my Husband watched it all the way through and using the same opinion as you, totally baffling! He is normally very good at getting into thriller/espionage/technology type drama but was completely miffed by this second series. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there will be a 3rd series and if it will make any sense at all. The only bit I understood was at the end when it became obvious that all government was done by an 'old boys network'!
DeleteI can remember petrol being 7/6d a gallon! Also remember my first husband putting just 50p worth of fuel in for a "night out". He always ran the car on nearly empty and I would worry if we were out in the countryside and nowhere near a petrol station.
ReplyDeleteAs for changing digitL prices. Not for me. I still hate using Q codes for anything. Technology is not for me.
I don't like being anywhere near empty for fuel - it's not good - just in case any bits of dirt get in somehow
DeleteBlogger is doing the same to me, hopefully the issue won't last for too long.
ReplyDeleteI think it seems better today
DeleteMy reading list has been playing up too
DeleteIt’s nice to see your array of cards . My nieces & nephews tell me it’s old fashioned now . My friends still keep up the tradition.
ReplyDeleteWendy in York
I still send cards and love to recieve them, they cheer up the room for a while
DeleteFuel is variable prices here and I remember when petrol was priced in shillings and pence per gallon. I have been walking to as many places as I can-just need to leave more time to get there! Happy snooker watching and reading. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI can read and watch snooker at the same time which is useful!
DeleteTwo book sales coming up in the South of the county.
ReplyDeleteSat 25th April Acton Church (starts 10.00)
Sat 9th May Lawshall Church (also 10.00) start.
Seems to be 50p a book for both and both advertise payment by card.
Oh thank you Jan - I'll make a note.
DeleteBelated happy birthday greetings Sue! Lovely cards and flowers you have there.
ReplyDeleteYes, we watched Capture too and found it utterly baffling, much harder to follow than the first series. AI terrifies me and your phone wishing you a happy birthday is scary in itself!
Thank you so much for your comment on my last blog post. It's lovely to know that I have been missed. I'm OK, thanks Sue, just struggling a bit with health/life issues at the moment. I'll be back soon.
Have a lovely weekend,
Angie
Good to hear from you. Yes, come back soon.
DeleteI thought the understanding of Capture wasn't helped by filming so much of it in the dark!
We don't use much fuel, but make sure we're not less than a quarter full. No fuel queues or shortages here, yet.
ReplyDeleteOnly price rises!
DeleteHappy Birthday Sue, I am having problems commenting on Blogger sites at the moment. I remember my dad getting half a fake pound note at shell stations when he filled up and you had to match it with the other half to win a pound.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness yes - the garage two houses from my childhood home was a Shell garage, I remember the 'coins' collected for the World Cup or something similar. My Dad would drive past garages that weren't Shell when we were on holiday - which had Mum watching and worrying about the fuel gauge!
DeleteYour birthday flowers are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteA huge bunch of flowers from my sister - they are lovely
DeleteI remember being with my much older brother in law and petrol had gone up to 5 shillings [25p] per gallon and he predicted hardly any cars on the road as nobody would be able to afford it.
ReplyDeleteInstead we have so many cars and everywhere so busy!
DeleteHappy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteI remember as a child, bread was 4 loaves for a dollar. I also remember in the mid 70's when ground beef went up to .50_centers a pound. Oh and gas prices...we're paying close to $8.00 a gallon here in California. I went grocery shopping yesterday and I was shocked at the prices. I've never seen them so high.
Enjoyed your post and how things are across the pond!
Your fuel is still cheaper than here - the world has gone crazy!
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed Blogger works as well as it does. I doubt Google is investing much in it.
ReplyDeleteI am somewhat insulated from the gas prices because we don't have a car, but of course I'm paying higher costs for all the other stuff I buy.
I can remember buying petrol for 1.34 pre decimalisation. We’ve just paid £1.89 for diesel, but trying to keep topped up
ReplyDeleteWhen I was very young (back in the 60's) I can remember gas being $0.75 a gallon back when we actually measured by gallon instead of liters.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.