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Better-off Pensioners 'encouraged' to give fuel allowance to charity
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GeorgeHowell wrote: »Nor can I (and I'm not from Africa as it happens). But it's not just the public sector that wastes large amounts of food. Many families and households throw away scandalous quantities. This is probably due to a combination of impulse buying, poor household management, greedy portion allocation, and a perverse notion that being able to afford to throw away food is somehow status-enhancing. It's a national disgrace.
I cannot remember so much wastage of food when I was younger, in those days I think that we may have 'managed' our shopping requirements better than we do nowadays.
Come to think of it this was the time before Supermarkets came to be. Could this be a bearing where we are tempted with Buy two get and get one free?0 -
I cannot remember so much wastage of food when I was younger, in those days I think that we may have 'managed' our shopping requirements better than we do nowadays.
Come to think of it this was the time before Supermarkets came to be. Could this be a bearing where we are tempted with Buy two get and get one free?
Nor can I. For a start it was less affordable to do so. Food has actually got cheaper I believe and certainly comprises a smaller proportion of the average household budget. I am sure you are right in that the emergence of supermarkets has made a big difference too.
I suspect that many of the people who buy too much food and throw loads of it away also have all the lights in their home on all evening, turn the central heating up to about 80 degrees so they can walk about in t-shirts and bare feet all winter long, leave every appliance on standby, run gym subscriptions that they seldom if ever use, put their foot down & brake hard and have the aircon on every time they use the car, and routinely discard clothes long before they're anywhere close to being shabby or worn out. No doubt such types are also the biggest moaners about the recession, and austerity, and the cost of living, and how difficult it is to manage. I wonder why ?No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »Nor can I. For a start it was less affordable to do so. Food has actually got cheaper I believe and certainly comprises a smaller proportion of the average household budget. I am sure you are right in that the emergence of supermarkets has made a big difference too.
I suspect that many of the people who buy too much food and throw loads of it away also have all the lights in their home on all evening, turn the central heating up to about 80 degrees so they can walk about in t-shirts and bare feet all winter long, leave every appliance on standby, run gym subscriptions that they seldom if ever use, put their foot down & brake hard and have the aircon on every time they use the car, and routinely discard clothes long before they're anywhere close to being shabby or worn out. No doubt such types are also the biggest moaners about the recession, and austerity, and the cost of living, and how difficult it is to manage. I wonder why ?
Sounds like the baby boomer creed.0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »Nor can I. For a start it was less affordable to do so. Food has actually got cheaper I believe and certainly comprises a smaller proportion of the average household budget. I am sure you are right in that the emergence of supermarkets has made a big difference too.
I suspect that many of the people who buy too much food and throw loads of it away also have all the lights in their home on all evening, turn the central heating up to about 80 degrees so they can walk about in t-shirts and bare feet all winter long, leave every appliance on standby, run gym subscriptions that they seldom if ever use, put their foot down & brake hard and have the aircon on every time they use the car, and routinely discard clothes long before they're anywhere close to being shabby or worn out. No doubt such types are also the biggest moaners about the recession, and austerity, and the cost of living, and how difficult it is to manage. I wonder why ?
I'd suggest some will be moaning about the recession and some won't. Think it's spread across the board tbh.
One family member (who will get the £250) rattles around in a warm, 4 bed house. Heating 2 bedrooms and a spare bathroom simply to keep the mould at bay. (he uses a second bedroom as a computer oom, but certainly doesn't need to do so, has a big enough lounge). The large double garage houses a bike, a spare old fridge / freezer....and some of my stuff! The consevatory is heated for an hour n the morning and an hour at night to combat condensation.
He does walk around in a t-shirt and bottoms. He does moan about the recession...but not from an angle of not being able to afford stuff, more from the angle of his children can't get mortgages.0 -
Sounds like the baby boomer creed.
Actually I resisted making an ageist comment by pointing out that I meant predominantly the younger generations, but as you have characteristically introduced infantembutiophobia to this discussion, then so be it.
To be honest I don't know any baby boomers who routinely overbuy and throw away food, who are not aware of and careful to keep their utility bills under reasonable control, who dress unsuitably indoors in winter, who drive with no concern for fuel economy, who run gym subs that they never use, or who buy a whole new wardrobe every year. They also don't binge drink, buy every new Apple gadget as soon as it hits the deck, go on stag or hen weeks, nor run up huge mobile phone bills. Their only "crime" is living in comfortable homes, bought and paid for, and not voluntarily entering into the Liverpool Care Pathway at the age of 65 so that the next generation can have it all now.
I know you only meant the one-liner as a wind-up, but I couldn't resist posting up the old mantra again.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
That's funny, because I know no similarly aged individuals i associate with who do any of the above.
Must be those in lower decks then.0 -
That's funny, because I know no similarly aged individuals i associate with who do any of the above.
Must be those in lower decks then.
Perhaps it is related to social class rather than age.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »Nor can I. For a start it was less affordable to do so. Food has actually got cheaper I believe and certainly comprises a smaller proportion of the average household budget. I am sure you are right in that the emergence of supermarkets has made a big difference too.
I suspect that many of the people who buy too much food and throw loads of it away also have all the lights in their home on all evening, turn the central heating up to about 80 degrees so they can walk about in t-shirts and bare feet all winter long, leave every appliance on standby, run gym subscriptions that they seldom if ever use, put their foot down & brake hard and have the aircon on every time they use the car, and routinely discard clothes long before they're anywhere close to being shabby or worn out. No doubt such types are also the biggest moaners about the recession, and austerity, and the cost of living, and how difficult it is to manage. I wonder why ?
I think that with your, as always, eloquent analogy of issues on this Forum, there will be many who will recognise themselves and maybe do some thinking about their lifestyle and you just may have reduced their expenditure for the next year.
And you are so correct in that food nowadays is much cheaper that it is in many instances today.
We had a chicken once a month as a family treat. Hard to believe now.0 -
We had a chicken once a month as a family treat. Hard to believe now.
We usually have a chicken about once a week, as much as I enjoy it myself I get the greatest pleasure from giving my dog the (ample) scraps from it (he adores eating them).
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
chucknorris wrote: »We usually have a chicken about once a week, as much as I enjoy it myself I get the greatest pleasure from giving my dog the (ample) scraps from it (he adores eating them).
very bad for dogs0
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