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On the subject of money, I've seen it reported that the Greeks have been withdrawing cash like crazy (IIRC 1 billion Euros in one day), in anticipation of the banks failing to open.
The problem I can with stashing cash is, if there's a Grexit, Euros will become worthless in Greece.0 -
Good to 'see' you back BOB
Finger on the world pulse There has been an outbreak of H7N9 Avian Flu in China notified to the WHO 15 cases and 3 deaths.0 -
Re-useable canning lids do now exist. These are gaining in popularity in America.
Old beans etc cook very well when pressure canned and some people have used the small camping gas rings. One lady who was canning during an electricity outage said the gas lasted about an hour and she had another ready for when it ran out. Not too bad considering I can do 7 quarts or 21 pints in one go.0 -
Somebody has been missing you..oo...oo. Bedsit Bob.
No names no packdrill - but she might just be a tall red-headed person living in Shoebox Towers;)0 -
moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »Somebody has been missing you..oo...oo. Bedsit Bob.
No names no packdrill - but she might just be a tall red-headed person living in Shoebox Towers;)
Ner, I saw that, just because I was offline for 24 hours doesn't mean you can tease me.
Bygorry, if I hired a car I could be in West Wales in........ um, 4-5 hours? And then there'd be trouble. Actually, you're pretty safe, the last time me and the gang were over there we ended up in Aberystwyth at 1 in the morning desperately seeking petrol and mars bars. It was one of those holidays...............Aber is 'interesting' in the small hours of a Saturday morning, isn't it? :rotfl:
Today, with some ceremony, I ate a lot of strawberries and quite a bit of vanilla ice-cream. Ice-cream, as I am sure my fellow gardeners are aware, is a bit of a beggar to grow at these latitudes. One really needs a re-purposed solar-powered allotment freezer/ very cold frame to do it properly. I decided against planting the vanilla ice-cream variety this year and resorted to a Liddly as I needed to get milk anyway.Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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Bedsit_Bob wrote: »BTW. You left your purse on my coffee table.
I've Fed Ex'd it to you.
Ooops. What about my Maid Marian outfit? I know I said you looked kinda cute in it, but I've changed my mind and would like it back, please. Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »It does make logical sense that Governments would want us all being "cashless" - so our money was just figures on a computer screen. That way - we couldn't draw out crisp fivers and stash them under the mattress and the Government cant get at them (though inflation obviously still could).
I'd thought as far as the Government would be better able to police people paying their taxes if everything is cashless - and that is a good thing. Hadnt quite thought on further to not being able to physically get hands on those fivers. It sounds feasible.
Mind you - even Stage 1 of a cashless society just from the pov of everyone paying their taxes would have more impact in some places than others. Think that would be half the economy of West Wales teetering straight off;). Its not exactly considered the norm in many contexts to pay things all "officially"....
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That was a factor I had barely even heard of until recent move...
Actually it would destroy many industries. Vending machines could disappear. Amusement arcades on the beach are also vulnerable. Also what about recovering bankrupts, not having to live within their budget weekly could cause them to break through spending limits and start incurring bank charges again. What about language schools? If their parents have to give them a debit card how will that work out if they misunderstand the prices? At least with cash as they try to pay they will see immediately how much it is and can stop the transaction.
The taxation route is a red herring as most transactions are already covered, secondly if people start to try and work around such sales taxes then the limits of transferring the tax burden onto the poor will have been reached.It's really easy to default to cynicism these days, since you are almost always certain to be right.0 -
I'm pretty fond of the unofficial economy. I remember fruit picking as a teen about the time when they instigated a rule that the farm had to take pickers' names and addresses. The motley crew of kids, housewives and a very discombobulated-looking displaced office type in his fifties, didn't like the sound of that. Not a bundle of laffs breaking your back for a pittance and then lose some to the taxman.
Look, said the anxious foreman, seeing his workforce about to leave, I need names and addresses, they don't have to be your names and addresses, for f***'s sake!
M. Mouse was quite busy that day. I sure as hell wasn't making a 20 mile round trip on the pushbike to sweat for 8 hours picking strawbs and getting bitten by horseflies to give the tax man a cut; would've stayed at home first. I've never forgotten that office guy; he obviously was so unused to roughing it that he didn't even own a teeshirt, was working in a dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Wonder what redundancy or other catastrophe reduced his circumstances to scrabbing for a few quid with the manual labourers?
In the light of events in the eurozone, I have been running some calculations for the next 7 days about when my money is going in, when it is going out on bills, and when I can pull out cash to minimize my balance. I'm a woman with a plan.
:cool: And a well-stuffed mattress. Bank of Slumberdown, anybody? Just as much interest as any mainstream bank, but withdrawals are oh-so-convenient.Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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