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Discounts fail to lift July sales
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Oh boy, if this spells the end for male moisturisers and metrosexual grooming then something positive may come out of this depression after all. Some men spend far too long admiring themselves in a mirror.Money spent of clothing, accessories and jewellery plunged by more than 50 percent in the 1930s. Personal spending today for clothes is many times higher in 1929. Spending on personal care items fell by 40 percent in the 1930s - another area which is hugely multiplied in today's terms. Same for gadget and gift items - which won't be a good business to be in.
As for gadgets... hopefully wasteful "specialists" will also have to find something useful to do. There's a guy I've seen on the Wright Stuff (hey, hey - don't judge me! I want to slap him too!) who is a specialist "juicer" or something. His job is to put fruit into a blender, blend it, and then pour it for people to drink. And he makes himself sound like he discovered fruit and electricity or something.
"You feel tired but you're not sleeping well? You want to 'juice up' a pear and a nectarine! Constipated? Prunes and a strawberry!" :rolleyes:
And those cretins off "The Gadget Show"...
"This week I've been testing out a motorised toe nail clipper and an electric toilet paper folder... (I invented them don't you know! Umm... ok I just opened a box and plugged them in...)"
Useless things demonstrated by useless people. Two birds, one stone.
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On our recent holiday (2 weeks in a private free let caravan in Yarmouth) we didn't visit anywhere that required an entrance fee, our time was spent on the beach and by the swimming pool...and you know what, the kids loved it!
Glad you had a good time! English seaside holidays are great fun, I have fantastic memories of holidays in Devon and Somerset from when I was a child.
We went to Cornwall recently, and didn't go to anything with an entry fee, just spent our time getting whacked on the head by lumps of Atlantic, and had a fantastic time (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Mind you, it will be higher this year as middle son's school tells me I can only buy from their specific shop for exhorbitant prices....remains to be seen if I actually do.
Don't they have a second-hand sale?
I went to a south London private girls' school, with a uniform shop, but the school held uniform sales (second-hand) twice a term as well....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
You forget that we're competing for food and energy on a global scale now.
Doesn't matter if we can't afford asking prices - if some other country can, then we go without or figure out some way to pay more. Simple as.
I don't forget that. The UK can afford to outbid most of the rest of the world for food. Beijing, that economic symbol of modernity, has a GDP approximately the same as Manchester (source: The Bedlam Asset Mgmt newsletter last week).
Also, it's incredibly rare for food prices to remain high for more than a year due to the ease of opening up more land for farming. The UK may be a pretty busy place but there are large parts of the world that are pretty empty.
Your comment about if inflation drops to zero then this year's price rises are 'baked in' (good phrase IMO) is true but then I thought we were talking about inflation rather than the price level.0 -
I can't help but think that some of the domestic food inflation is down to the dreadful summer (i.e. floods) we had last year as well as the speculative investment in food as a commodity following the collapse of property.
This summer, well, it's wet... but the crops like that in moderation. It might eventually become more expensive to import peppers and olives from abroad, for example, which explains why I never ate any as a kid - parents probably just couldn't afford them, but there was no shortage of potatoes and carrots on our plates.
The UK will survive the food inflation, we'll just have to get used to simpler, more local ingredients.0 -
Your comment about if inflation drops to zero then this year's price rises are 'baked in' (good phrase IMO) is true but then I thought we were talking about inflation rather than the price level.
Yes - and if incomes didn't rise to compensate then we are de-factor 'poorer' even if inflation slows next year.
This is why I don't fall for the BS about not demanding higher wages. People are being conned into accepting a lower standard of living. You should always get the best possible deal out of your employer. They wouldn't sell their product short, why should you sell your labour short?--
Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.0 -
The UK will survive the food inflation, we'll just have to get used to simpler, more local ingredients.
We've possibly got Russia coming on-line as a major food exporter as well, or if not exporting, then reducing demand from other countries.
BBC NewsFriday, 1 August 2008
There are almost 100 million acres of farm land lying deserted and unfarmed in one of the world's most fertile areas - land that could feed millions of people.
This is not a doomsday scenario, it is a Russian reality.0 -
This is why I don't fall for the BS about not demanding higher wages. People are being conned into accepting a lower standard of living. You should always get the best possible deal out of your employer. They wouldn't sell their product short, why should you sell your labour short?
Because they aren't making enough profit to keep paying your wages perhaps?
They aren't forcing you to work there. You are free to move to another employer if you think your skills command higher value.0 -
This is why I don't fall for the BS about not demanding higher wages. People are being conned into accepting a lower standard of living. You should always get the best possible deal out of your employer. They wouldn't sell their product short, why should you sell your labour short?
Also I have to admit to feeling a bit of relief at finding I have not just lost £120 to an online DIY store this past week. It seems my order for a new Jigsaw and some associated tools came in just after the company folded and my card hasn't been charged. They'd always gotten tools out to me no problem in the past and I thought them a pretty big online retailer.
Back in 2002 I lost £25 to a company trading Video Games/CD/DVDs to find next day a notice on their site saying they'd ceased trading and with details of their receiver, and, well who likes to lose money like that. So maybe just be careful who you place orders with at the moment.
And yes, I'm sure some of their staff felt they deserved a payrise before the company folded.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Don't they have a second-hand sale?
I went to a south London private girls' school, with a uniform shop, but the school held uniform sales (second-hand) twice a term as well.
Unfortunately not, I did ask the question but got a rather snooty reply and we are not talking about a fee paying school here, just one of the 2 local comprehensives!
Part of me thinks I should have sent him to the other high school (which my eldest goes to), where they have introduced uniform which can be bought anywhere and chucked out the requirement to wear crested items but they just didn't have the special needs facilities needed.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0
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