As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

paidinchickens

GreyQueen wrote: »

Many moons ago, in the recession before the one before last, I spotted a tee shirt on a market stall;


THE COST OF LIVING IS KILLING ME!


Many a true word is spoken in jest, and sometimes you have to laugh (albeit grimly) or you'd cry.

All the best with bargain hunting, preserving and generally making do, ladies. If it gets too tough we could always EAT the RICH.

NB, for those who don't get my humour, this is a joke not a serious dietary position. Although that Eric Pickles is well-padded and it's not like anyone would miss him.....:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

rachbc

kittie wrote: »

I have been doing a bit of financial stuff this morning, well I look after my dh`s pension pot and I have been looking at charts and getting a feel of the market etc. That is my other hat, besides jam making and cooking cabbage. The pension pot is very much holding its own but I decided to sell all his shares this morning. They were about 1/3 of his pot and I am getting `that` intuitive feeling again where it is ok to hold cash but risky to hold shares. I might be wrong but I cannot see any positives in the foreseeable future :undecided I haven`t done any trading for quite some months as I think we have been pretty stable to now. I think the pot is coming to the boil again

Surely with inflation so high and savings interest so low cash is not a great thing to hold?

welshcamper

kidcat wrote: »

Its major jobs day here again as Dad is fitting cupboards into the utility room which will free up some much needed kitchen storage:j:j so am manically busy again. Have crossed a few other smaller jobs off list and am hoping to get a load more done before Tues.

Sending huge hugs welshcamper you are having such a tough time this year - heres hoping your camping trip helps.

Thanks kidcat, just trying to get on with things now, ex caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to my car and house and i was black and blue but got over that now, thought things were looking up again, middle son (the one that lost the baby) split with partner i think it was the pressure, but actually found work two months ago, long hours but that is what he needed but was laid off last friday! so job hunting again! but things could be worse, we got a home, warmth and food ( well a bit of food and i only have 3 tins of tomatoes lol)


Picked my daughter up a peter storm fleece in cs today, lovely,£2

going to finish mug cozys for 4 teachers today.

didnt think blackberrys were out yet, better check my secret place...

can anyone help, got curtains 66x90, need to wash them but they are in three big stripes, cream, red, brown i am a bit worried about the red running into the cream, was thinking of putting them on a 30 degree 30 minute was seperatly, do you think this will be ok? thanks in advance.

oh and ive got out of date pectin, dated march, can i use?

have a good one x

anguk

SDG31000 wrote: »

I'm a serial lurker for the most part, but felt I had to post in defence of "Wally Trollies". I have a Typhoon shopping trolley and it's very modern and funky looking. I resisted getting one for ages, but after yet another shopping trip where my arms felt 3 inches longer by the time I got home, I gave in and brought one. DH made a noise about my getting one saying that I would look like a granny and that he wouldn't be seen in public with me when I was using it. I soon shut him up by telling him that when he carried shopping home, instead of just lifting it in and out of the car, then he could complain about it.
I've had mine a couple of years now and when it dies it will be replaced the same day.

I love my "wally trolly" too, I don't use it if we go to the supermarket because the shopping goes straight in the car but it's great for wandering around town, especially the market because I can get loads of heavy fruit and veg in it. I can't understand why people don't get one, it's so much easier and better for the back and shoulders. They're not "old lady" any more, you can get some lovely modern ones, mines black & white with big flowers.

Plus they're very popular on the continent among sophisticated ladies they all use them, not that I'm very sophisticated though.

JIL

Tools for foraging,
I was watching TV and a man had a cut off pop bottle the one litre size. He had the cut it a little more than halfway down, and somehow fixed what looked like a long broom handle through the spout. He then was able to reach the apples at the top of the tree, he cupped them inside the bottle, gave it a gentle shake to and fro to dislodge and the apple was collected in his bottle.

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rachbc wrote: »

Surely with inflation so high and savings interest so low cash is not a great thing to hold?

ahhh, that is the thing re asset balancing. I have increased his pension portfolio by almost 50% since I took it over and persuaded dh to sack the financial adviser. Sometimes in cash and mostly not, in and out of shares and other assets. Cash to buy shares and gilts etc and then sell to wrap up profits. It is fluid and we aren`t talking savings accounts here in his sipp. I have a duty to be as risk free as possible as he is now drawing down his pension

Rachb, normal savings yes I agree but the pension is a different ball game

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anguk wrote: »

I love my "wally trolly" too, I don't use it if we go to the supermarket because the shopping goes straight in the car but it's great for wandering around town, especially the market because I can get loads of heavy fruit and veg in it. I can't understand why people don't get one, it's so much easier and better for the back and shoulders. They're not "old lady" any more, you can get some lovely modern ones, mines black & white with big flowers.

Plus they're very popular on the continent among sophisticated ladies they all use them, not that I'm very sophisticated though.

I have one, a black and white cow patterned rolser and I hardly use it because I mostly do internet shopping due to where I live. I hate it when some people who have one bang theirs into my ankles

culpepper

It feels like Autumn here today!

We had a bit of a noisy night on Saturday. Our neighbour had been out with several friends and they were chatting (complete with F words)at the tops of their voices while standing at her front door which is almost under our bedroom window. OH had to go down and ask them to keep it down and luckily they were quite apologetic (It was 2.30am). There was a bit of giggling and lots of key missing the lock noises and then peace.

I gave the baked spuds a go in the breadmaker today.
4 medium potatoes and an hour on the bake only setting.
They aren't thick skinned but are more 'baked spud' looking than when we microwave them only and were mashable.

When we have done them in the microwave they are more like steamed and I find the slow cooker does a similar job.
What I was thinking was, microwave them first, then while meat etc is cooking in the micro on the convection setting ,bake them in the breadmaker to crisp them up some more.

OH and DS dont like potato much but will eat baked if I can get them crispier. (I used to do them in the oven after the micro but convection/micro is a bit small when cooking other things too).

mardatha

Well things aren't getting any more stable are they Kittie? quite the opposite.

Molly41

welshcamper wrote: »

Thanks kidcat, just trying to get on with things now, ex caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to my car and house and i was black and blue

:eek::eek::eek: Well done for being so positive and I hope you got the police involved. Words cant describe how despicable he is.