#1 daughter is a Produce Manager in Coles on the Atherton Tableland. Related how the recent cyclone had the shelves near empty in a matter of hours, and Coles has a well established replenishment program that loads them all up again in a matter of less than a day, EXCEPT if the drivers may be at risk, and then they stop the entire supply chain until it is OK. Imagine if all of a sudden they could not fuel up the trucks. Maybe for weeks or even months! OC
I wouldn't want to be living in Sydney when McDonalds, KFC and PizzaHut run out of crap. That's when the real riots will start.
Yes Reality does not even come into it That is how I became King of the Moon, the earth and seven kingdoms
Ok than I'll tell you how I lost mine in 1989 For dowing a burnout in front of 3 undercover dics :lol:
I once gave a uniformed off-duty officer the finger for trying to cut me off. He started waiving his police hat and signalling that I pull over, so I did. He was the angriest little (about 5' 5" tall) police man I've ever encountered. But for some strange reason he calmed down when I gave him the reason for the finger - "because you nearly ran me off the road, and I had right of way when merging". Never got a ticket.
Had the pleasure of leading them up the garden path 1 night. Unmarked car followed me for a bit then flashed me just before I pulled into my drive. Instead of going into my drive I drove into the paddock where I had a heap of dirt piles. After about 6 laps of the paddock and piles in my shit box 83 mazda which was owning them, I pulled up over the gate and blocked them into the field. Caught the buggers. The cops got out saying I was under arrest, with a big smile I told him I wasn't and asked him why he was doing dohies in my paddocks While they were cuffing me I managed to throw the keys to the missus and she of cause put them straight down the bra, hehe what a girl. They got sick of us laughing and taunting them and eventually let me out of the cuffs. We proceeded to walk up the drive and leave them right where we had them, after a bit more of a stirring we let them free to go and annoy some other citizen doing nothing wrong. Not sure if the told their mates down the station how they were caught or not, bloody bully idiots.
I was at a pedestrian crossing and this Landcruiser didnt stop for me So I kicked his rear panel in So the nob stops and tells me his a cop and asks why i kicked the car Because you didnt stop and he was on the phone, he wasnt a cop but his mrs was After a lot of swearing I did give him my name BUT when he asked for my address I said your a cop detect and turned my back and walked away
Actually came close to that in the seventies. Fuel rationing for the plebs - odd numberplate days etc. Actually I'd be more concerned with some sort of plague and the impact of that upon society. The number of resistant bacteria these days is very scary.
Gympie was nearly cut-off during the 2011 floods. Just one dodgey backroad up a tightly winding range.. no semi-trailers...no fuel, no bulk food deliveries. Supermarket shelves were bare. Pumping station was flooded, so no fresh water in nor sewage out.
Heard somewhere a little while back that Australia has only 4 weeks of fuel storage and is in violation of some of our treaty's.
The village next to us used to get cut off everytime there was a heavy snow, usually only for a couple of days and not every year but the locals were prepared for it, that and power cuts. They didn't have a supermarket, just a local shop. I guess they shoped up big once a month in the local Tescopoly.
Thanks for the replies fella's and support from some......Us stackers have got to stick together and stay strong and prepare for when SHTF day.
