It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

Albermarle

bluenose1 said:

Sea_Shell said:

Prepping for winter entertainment 😉

Pile of Jigsaw puzzles - ✔️
Puzzle books and pens - ✔️
Draughts/Backgammon set - ✔️
Pile of books - ✔️
Scrabble - ✔️
Pack of cards - ✔️

Some good ideas while I am sat with my heated throw in winter.
We regularly play cards, we all love Canasta. Nothing like a nice family fall out  to end the evening. 
Though would be happy if I never saw another jigsaw puzzle in my life.
We don’t play scrabble as my oh is far too good for me at it, he plays the app Words With Friends every night and has multiple games on the go.

The way things are going we may be doing some of these things by candle light….

At least with these traditional pastimes you can always burn them if it gets too cold, or the candles run out.

Sea_Shell

We'll all be going round the house looking like "Wee Willlie Winkie" at this rate!!! 😉

Long nightgown ✔️
Nightcap ✔️
Candle-lamp✔️

🤣🤣🤣

LHW99

Sea_Shell said:

We'll all be going round the house looking like "Wee Willlie Winkie" at this rate!!! 😉

Long nightgown ✔️
Nightcap ✔️
Candle-lamp✔️

🤣🤣🤣

And into bed at 8 with a nice hot water bottle!

pensionpawn

Sea_Shell said:

Prepping for winter entertainment 😉

Pile of Jigsaw puzzles - ✔️
Puzzle books and pens - ✔️
Draughts/Backgammon set - ✔️
Pile of books - ✔️
Scrabble - ✔️
Pack of cards - ✔️

Sky World, Netflix, Amazon Prime (video & HD music), Disney+, good books, chess / backgammon, electronics projects, walking my daughter's dog and researching summer holidays!

westv

Surely all one needs to keep one occupied is MSE forums? 

  

Sea_Shell

westv said:

Surely all one needs to keep one occupied is MSE forums? 

  

Of course!! 😉

But the idea was for things that don't use electricity, other than to see by.

Not necessarily, in a power cut, but generally.

But if your phone's charged and the router's on anyway....

Sea_Shell

It appears we may be entering a period of "wealth shaming", having read some posts here and elsewhere ☹️

Although I can hand on heart say we not extravagant spenders.

pensionpawn

Sea_Shell said:

westv said:

Surely all one needs to keep one occupied is MSE forums? 

  

Of course!! 😉

But the idea was for things that don't use electricity, other than to see by.

Not necessarily, in a power cut, but generally.

But if your phone's charged and the router's on anyway....

I did wonder! Ours include electrical due to our solar panels.

atush

eastcorkram said:

atush said:

NedS said:

I think a lot of businesses will go bust over the next couple years. Many businesses have emerged from Covid with large debt (corporate debt for larger businesses, bounce back loans for smaller businesses), and interest rate rises combined with a recession and massively increasing input costs make for a perfect storm on the back of what has already been a horrible 2 and a half years for many businesses. Cineworld is just the start - I'm expecting to see many more tumble in the next 2-3 years

2 of our local restaurants that are on our frequent flyer list have closed due to increased costs. Another has stopped serving lunch due to not enough staff.  We ony go put for lunch as we live in a rural area and taxis are too expensive (no uber here).

We go out to lunch on 2 or 3 fridays a month at the moment at least until the OH fully retires.

Trying to figure out if that means, once OH is fully retired , you'll be out for lunch more often than that, or less. 

I've really not helped on the Chip shop issue. I think it's about 48 years since the last time I used one !

Looks like any business relying on discretionary spending, is going to struggle. As if they haven't already done so for a few years.

Same or less, not more

atush

"Personally I'd rather spend £15-20 in Weatherspoon's, Harvester etc and I know it does not pretend to be something it isn't. If I go out for £60/head I like dishes I can't easily do at home/don't do at home  eg deep fried whitebait, whole grilled fish on the bone, Chinese with lots of different dishes, sizzling dishes that need hot hot gas burners...and so forth. dont see the point to paying to eat steak out which I can do at home easily.

"

I dont spend 14-20 at weatherspoons unless stuck in an airport.  I do spend that much on a meal for 2 or 3 courses locally or in france, and i research options beforehand.

i dp agree their drink prices are good value comapared with elsewhere