Preparedness for when

moneyistooshorttomention

So this guy does sometimes go off on one a bit....but there are nuggets in there that make you think and I guess this is one of them:

www.naturalnews.com/050344_New_York_Stock_Exchange_cyber_attack_anonymous.html

1Tonsil

There is no truth in the article about Greek banks taking deposits. There are also no shortages at the moment. This uses stock images of the supermarket. In the market in Athens they are complaining of having to cut the cost of food as they do not have enough customers to buy fresh food.

We will have to see what happens with the banks. They were not closed by the government, but by the IMF and ECB.

Butterfly_Brain

Thanks 1Tonsil, a lot of people are speculating because no truthful news is being reported.

Butterfly_Brain

Morrisons are doing a 10 kg bag of basmati rice (21lbs for us oldies brought up on real money ) for £8.49.
A 3kg bag of lentils, blackeye beans, kidney beans, chick peas and others are currently £3 normally £3.49
They also do cornmeal, ground rice and semolina

sb44

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Just had a farmfood leaflet through the door,

Their sugar is now down to 39p a bag.. Need to stock up on loo rolls, ( down shifted to Nicky loo rolls)

So will make the most of their £2.50 off £25 spend..

Nicky loo rolls are far superior to Andrex, they are selling 2 x 18 roll packs for £7.50 in Farmfoods at the min.

sb44

GreHavyQueen wrote: »

I'm keeping not-a-lot cash in the bank, and regarding that as potentially lost in an emergency, or at least temporarily inaccessible.

We have taken cash out too and put it in various places around the house.

I just need to remember where the hell I have put it.

I think the insurance covers us for some amount of cash, can't remember how much though but we haven't got a lot so we will be well within the criteria if it got nicked!

I must change some of the twenties for five or tenners though and perhaps some coins.

sb44

Re the budget, here is a calculator to show how much you will lose next year,(maybe gain if you are lucky) not sure how accurate it is though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442946


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Doveling

Trivial thing this am and don't know whether it should go here, on MMM or the gardening thread.:)

I found a small wooden stepladder in the shed when we moved into this house. Not safe to stand on but thought I might chop it up for kindling at some point.

Anyway, got it out thought, hmm, and have painted it pale green, screwed the flippy bit into place so that it can't fold down and am going to screw small planting troughs onto the steps.
This will be perfect for small pots of herbs.

Pretty and practical.:D

A millimetre step forward to growing my own and self-sufficiency:rotfl:
I would try to post photos but then we'd hear the next moon landing has had to be cancelled because of parsley related interference.:eek:

Hope none of you are worrying too much about the budget contents - hard not to if you get any benefits though.

Nuatha - is MIL ok and have you made any decisions on location?

Karmacat

Doveling wrote: »

Trivial thing this am and don't know whether it should go here, on MMM or the gardening thread.:)

I found a small wooden stepladder in the shed when we moved into this house. Not safe to stand on but thought I might chop it up for kindling at some point.

Anyway, got it out thought, hmm, and have painted it pale green, screwed the flippy bit into place so that it can't fold down and am going to screw small planting troughs onto the steps.
This will be perfect for small pots of herbs.

Pretty and practical.:D

A millimetre step forward to growing my own and self-sufficiency:rotfl:

Thats a good idea :j I have a small one thats spare - its just above waist height, quite old, doesn't really achieve anything I do wonder about it needing to be weighted down tho - even tho the sun shone hard yesterday, it was very, very blowy.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Doveling, I bought a old fashioned wooden step ladder from a farm auction for a few quid.. With the plan of painting g it, and putting it in the bathroom with our towells on it,but at no, it doing what it was built for, lol being a stepladder

By the way, they can fetch alot of money