It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

JIL

dreamyd said:

KH is a nasty piece of work - she rightly got banned from Twitter  and lost her  job at LBC for unbridled bigotry.  The last thing I heard about her was that she was facing bankruptcy after losing a libel case (with significant legal costs) to Jack Monroe, the cookery writer and anti-poverty campaigner.  

I've recycled empty cans which have more meaning and purpose than her. 
 
 

I do feel she takes the opportunity to jump on bandwagons. I will never forget her on this morning procrastinating about parents naming their children after places. Failing to remember she was one of those parents. Then out came the excuse  her child named  India wasnt actually named after a place.

When you are in a hole, stop digging.

She could not care less about anyone struggling and in hardship and I really hoped we had heard the last of her.

Florenceem

Our SA food bank wasn't so busy this week. We had crates of stuff outside for people to take from  - tomatoes/potatoes/peppers/spring onions/avocados and bread products.
Been to Ald - super six section was empty.

CKhalvashi

Woolsery said:

elsien said:

She lost me as soon as she got onto the Reset and Covid. Aimed at a certain demographic and I’m not it. 

I wasn't in the 'demographic' that bothered about Ukraine's history last year. Now I consider I need to know much more. There's always more to know.

As I said, Katie used to upset me. I wish there was less 'tarnished' communicator out there asking the right questions. Many people I know feel unrepresented and although she's not really like them, or me, come to that, she's articulate and all there seems to be beyond Martin.

I don't count Alex Belfield. Far too potty-mouthed. I'm obviously not in his demographic!

Do not listen to someone who has never been to Ukraine on Ukraine.

I'm sure the 7 million who have been internally displaced and the further 5 million who have left the country to seek protection agree with her deception. This includes personal friends and suppliers of mine, many of whom have lose decent work, in many cases viable businesses, and all of whom have had to start again from scratch.

There is a lot of money to be made in mistruth, and Katie IVA Hopkins isn't exactly rolling in it now, is she?

euronorris

marycanary said:

There's a brilliant (IMO) exposition of where we are by Katie Hopkins on the Tube entitled  'Not For Everyone....' I'm not linking to it in case I upset the management.

There is a lot of money to be made spreading conspiracy theories and Ms Hopkins likes money.

This, exactly this.

Woolsery

CKhalvashi said:

Woolsery said:

elsien said:

She lost me as soon as she got onto the Reset and Covid. Aimed at a certain demographic and I’m not it. 

I wasn't in the 'demographic' that bothered about Ukraine's history last year. Now I consider I need to know much more. There's always more to know.

As I said, Katie used to upset me. I wish there was less 'tarnished' communicator out there asking the right questions. Many people I know feel unrepresented and although she's not really like them, or me, come to that, she's articulate and all there seems to be beyond Martin.

I don't count Alex Belfield. Far too potty-mouthed. I'm obviously not in his demographic!

Do not listen to someone who has never been to Ukraine on Ukraine.

I wouldn't consider the person you refer to as an authority on Ukraine. Eva Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley are there at present and might be, but I referred specifically to the history of the country. In the context of this thread, the situation there now is a contributor to the shortages. However people who comment on purely economic aspects think the greatest impact of those will fall elsewhere. In other words, although I'm now paying about 30% more for my chicken feed, that's not the worst of it.

CKhalvashi

Woolsery said:

CKhalvashi said:

Woolsery said:

elsien said:

She lost me as soon as she got onto the Reset and Covid. Aimed at a certain demographic and I’m not it. 

I wasn't in the 'demographic' that bothered about Ukraine's history last year. Now I consider I need to know much more. There's always more to know.

As I said, Katie used to upset me. I wish there was less 'tarnished' communicator out there asking the right questions. Many people I know feel unrepresented and although she's not really like them, or me, come to that, she's articulate and all there seems to be beyond Martin.

I don't count Alex Belfield. Far too potty-mouthed. I'm obviously not in his demographic!

Do not listen to someone who has never been to Ukraine on Ukraine.

I wouldn't consider the person you refer to as an authority on Ukraine. Eva Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley are there at present and might be, but I referred specifically to the history of the country. In the context of this thread, the situation there now is a contributor to the shortages. However people who comment on purely economic aspects think the greatest impact of those will fall elsewhere. In other words, although I'm now paying about 30% more for my chicken feed, that's not the worst of it.

I'm going to refrain from replying to that because it really will upset the management.

Have a good weekend

Woolsery

CKhalvashi said:

Woolsery said:

CKhalvashi said:

Woolsery said:

elsien said:

She lost me as soon as she got onto the Reset and Covid. Aimed at a certain demographic and I’m not it. 

I wasn't in the 'demographic' that bothered about Ukraine's history last year. Now I consider I need to know much more. There's always more to know.

As I said, Katie used to upset me. I wish there was less 'tarnished' communicator out there asking the right questions. Many people I know feel unrepresented and although she's not really like them, or me, come to that, she's articulate and all there seems to be beyond Martin.

I don't count Alex Belfield. Far too potty-mouthed. I'm obviously not in his demographic!

Do not listen to someone who has never been to Ukraine on Ukraine.

I wouldn't consider the person you refer to as an authority on Ukraine. Eva Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley are there at present and might be, but I referred specifically to the history of the country. In the context of this thread, the situation there now is a contributor to the shortages. However people who comment on purely economic aspects think the greatest impact of those will fall elsewhere. In other words, although I'm now paying about 30% more for my chicken feed, that's not the worst of it.

I'm going to refrain from replying to that because it really will upset the management.

Have a good weekend

Yes, I'm teasing. Have a good weekend yourself.

London_1

Just been treated to lunch in the local hostelry so no cooking for me tonight ,I had got a couple of sausages out for tonight meal so i will probably save them until tomorrows late breakfast to have with an egg and maybe some beans, feeling pretty full at the moment and one cooked meal is more than enough for me today ,tonight I will have some cheese and crackers and mayby a pear from the fridge veg drawer I shall get it out and it can sit on te window ledge to soften slightly :)Still no food shopping bought so another NSD  

Floss

CKhalvashi said:

I'm going to refrain from replying to that because it really will upset the management.

Have a good weekend

Use the Ignore feature 😉

YorksLass

This morning we tried the cheap 16p tin of spaghetti hoops on some toast for breakfast.  Whilst I wouldn't have this on a regular basis, it's fine for an occasional quick, easy and cheap meal so I'll get a couple more for the pantry stock.  I think next time I'll have to perk it up a bit with something like chilli powder.  A bit of grated cheese or a poached egg on top would make it more substantial too without too much extra expense.  

Another cheap item added to the shopping list is some tins of mushy peas.  We prefer the boxes of dried peas that need to be soaked before cooking but once again the SMs I use (ie can get to) have stopped stocking them.  All apart from the local Ni*a that is, but I refuse to pay £1.20 for a box when I know full well the going rate is around 60p.    

My knitting needles are still churning out winter woollies to keep us warm and the yarn stash is going down as a result.  I'm finding it very hard to not give in to temptation to buy more, especially when my yarn supplier sends emails about their latest reductions.  I should probably not read the emails and just delete them!  

We have plenty of throws but I'm going to try another one to use up all the small bits.  I'm thinking crocheted granny squares but have to admit to not being brilliant at crochet even though I can knit and sew perfectly well.  Ah well, I'm always up for a challenge!