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RootedNomad

David. wrote: »

An interesting read, just reminds me of childhood :eek: and that seemed to be the norm then or it was where we lived and that was with all the men working as they were railway houses.

In those days people did not expect as much and I am in no way having a pop at you or the author. Plus I am sure if you go back another generation they lived with even less :eek:

Or if you take 3dogs dog as an example there would be many people from other countries would see that as living in luxury roof over your head/food/gas/electric/free healthcare the list goes on
and don't take it the wrong way :cool:

Might make a few think how well we actually have it when moaning about a late apg result etc or lost 25p on that item :rotfl: but probably not

Although the headline focus was about poverty, and I agree about many of us being blessed with what we have and about the benchmark being what is our normal, but everyones " norm" is so very different. Is it possible to draw any meaningful comparisons? I read grief and heartbreak and mourning for things lost. Health, mobility, ability to raise her family in the way she had hoped for, overwhelming helplessness and difficulty coping with being unexpectedly out of control. It takes time to grieve, to make the necessary adjustments, time to haul things together and turn things around. And time to let go and move on. It is very hard not to feel resentment, not to have occasional moments of feeling sorry for yourself during that process, no matter how strong a person you are.

Touched a chord here, and I know it would for others.

midwinter

Good morning all, lovely day forecast today, so off for a walk.

Walking keeps me warmer than sitting at home, and such enjoyment out on the moors. Going to Haworth area today

Have a good February everyone!

Bananababe

mrsmac10 wrote: »

Loved this post plus the one linked in by Emma Just different era's

I remember making do and mending, darning tights when they first came into fashion,:rotfl::rotfl: and getting lots of second hand stuff up to set up our first home. We are married 40 years and I still have stuff in use that is from our early days :T (nice memories)

I also think that it was the electrics that were the most expensive TV's were rented and we had to pay up things like washing machines

Off to make tablet for some friends plus catch up on housework then a spot of minor retail therapy with some APG's

Enjoy your day

You too I'm bugging out to that essay aint writing itself xxxx

Anon

Some of my M&M points have converted (£50) but still 10000 remaining as points. Is there a £50 voucher limit at any one time or just a delay with them coming through? I may venture in this afternoon to get them printed in case they decide to remove from accounts (though I would think they would have taken action by now if they were planning to?). I will go to self scan and be trigger ready for the vouchers in case of issues though .

Just golden crunch creams showing on my app today but then not all were showing yesterday either but other flavours instore? If it is now only this flavour in the offer you would be limited to 10 packets, so will have to find something else to make up the other £5.10 to trigger your voucher/meet the £15 requirement.

£100 account limit should be reset today according to their programme terms.

Anon

wackynut

never_too_old

RootedNomad wrote: »

Although the headline focus was about poverty, and I agree about many of us being blessed with what we have and about the benchmark being what is our normal, but everyones " norm" is so very different. Is it possible to draw any meaningful comparisons? I read grief and heartbreak and mourning for things lost. Health, mobility, ability to raise her family in the way she had hoped for, overwhelming helplessness and difficulty coping with being unexpectedly out of control. It takes time to grieve, to make the necessary adjustments, time to haul things together and turn things around. And time to let go and move on. It is very hard not to feel resentment, not to have occasional moments of feeling sorry for yourself during that process, no matter how strong a person you are.

Touched a chord here, and I know it would for others.

Def touched me, I have bought one of her books so she gets the royalties . I give to food banks on a regular basis as I hate to think of people being in food poverty . Then I watch the programmes on benifits and see people who's whole extended families who don't work through choice and they march down to the foodbank I think why do I bother. I know that's prob the minority but it frustrates me.
I still do give and the majority of my glitch ing is for others.:)

Busylizzie

David. wrote: »

I remember my gran having one with a coin box thing on the back payg tv :eek:
:rotfl:

We had one of those when I was small. If your money ran out and you had no change you missed the end of the programme! :eek:

aau1

I just went to clubcard boost page and there is a banner for a Flash Sale on the 12th

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals

I don't know what the deals will be but it shows that Odeon, Cineworld, Ticketmaster, Spafinder, etc are taking part.

If you are thinking of exchanging vouchers anytime soon you might want to wait to see what the deal is on the 12th

76rosie

Thanks Emmap for showing us the extract.

I was really surprised that people are forced to live like this.

I work with a lot of people on low wages in London.

Also came from a single parent family on benefits. Mum used to put 50ps in the meter. The house had no heating and I had severe asthma.

Mum used to walk everywhere scouring the shops for bargains. She bought out of date food and we wore charity shop clothes. She even used coupons.

Probably why I'm not afraid to be frugal.

The lesson i can see is not to take things for granted when they are good. Do your best to save any penny you can.

Sunshinemummy

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I've just come in. I've been to a ball with expensive wines on the table that I couldn't drink:rotfl:

Off to disturb mr TM:rotfl:

By heck... not sure if I am shocked or impressed! Well done, I bet your head is feeling better for not drinking last night x

EMMAP wrote: »

I really ought to go to bed now.

Just gonna leave this interesting article here. It's an account of one family's experience of modern day poverty. A real eye opener and I see echoes of it in my close friend's life

http://kathleenkerridge.com/2015/01/28/the-upsetting-reality-of-modern-day-poverty/

David. wrote: »

An interesting read, just reminds me of childhood :eek: and that seemed to be the norm then or it was where we lived and that was with all the men working as they were railway houses.

In those days people did not expect as much and I am in no way having a pop at you or the author. Plus I am sure if you go back another generation they lived with even less :eek:

Or if you take 3dogs dog as an example there would be many people from other countries would see that as living in luxury roof over your head/food/gas/electric/free healthcare the list goes on
and don't take it the wrong way :cool:

Might make a few think how well we actually have it when moaning about a late apg result etc or lost 25p on that item :rotfl: but probably not

The blog was interesting, especially when considering how people prioritise the limited money they have to ensure that they are able to meet all the needs of their family. From being 0-10, we lived in a deprived area, but was quiet well off as my parents had several holidays to Spain each year, the first time that they took us on holiday the school sent us home several weeks early as they were worried that we would catch a bug and not be able to go. Mum used to buy us sets of clothes in spring and autumn, which were then distributed to other families on the street. I was very upset when mum gave my orange and white checked dress away, and another kid was wearing it! At meal times, our house always was full of the neighbouring kids. But the down side was that dad did a very dangerous job, where people dying was accepted as part of the job. The ones the survived working, all had the same health problems and died very young......... so everything has a price. Enjoy life to the full, no matter what your budget x