Whufc06 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:06 pm
Given the control the government have taken over people in the past couple of years then too right they should. You basically want total control over peoples lives then that comes at a cost.
Is now a good time to point out who bears that cost?
I’m a small government kind of guy, but these are exceptional circumstances. Yes ultimately the country would survive if nothing was done, but the human cost would be felt for generations. Just unfortunate that we’ve gone from one crisis to another. At least there was a decade and a half between the two in the early 20th century.
Monkeybubbles, smuts very best wishes. DL go for it bud,
Not important in the great scheme of things but as I wait for my business premises sale to go through I obviously still get the bills and I can't quote exactly as I'm away but the standing charges have increased more than the unit rate which is in my opinion very unfair.
're the sale, its Not a lot of money but its pretty much our pension scheme although CGTax will take a chunk which is fair enough. Due home tomorrow with papers ready to sign...fingers crossed.
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We are competing with 9bn other people for finite resources.
Which is why I was utterly dismayed to hear Liz, at pmq's today, state that she intends to invest in building nuclear power plants and draining all the gas from the North sea that she can.
She did not seem at all concerned about finite resources.
Nuclear isn’t particularly resource intensive. It’s main concerns are safety and waste product management, but it doesn’t need anywhere near the volume of fuel required by fossil powered generators.
Global food price inflation is down from 24% in February to 7% now.
The oil indices for Brent/WTI are now showing lower prices than they were in October 2021.
So, nominally speaking , some of these prices should fall or ease.
Problem is, many things are priced in dollars, and most major currencies are taking a bit of a caning and losing purchasing power.
bubbles1966 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:00 am
Global food price inflation is down from 24% in February to 7% now.
The oil indices for Brent/WTI are now showing lower prices than they were in October 2021.
So, nominally speaking , some of these prices should fall or ease.
Problem is, many things are priced in dollars, and most major currencies are taking a bit of a caning and losing purchasing power.
In terms of food doesn't that just mean prices are going up more slowly?
Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:09 am
what is a viable alternative to the dollar at the moment? Just wondered as I have no idea.
The idea is that you break the dollar hegemony. If that happened it is likely that you’d have a variety of currencies used in its place. The dollar would be likely to remain as one of those.
Saw petrol at £1.59 at Harvest fuel station near Hastingswood Roundabout between Epping and Harlow on Monday.
Been that (if you look) for a couple of weeks around outer Manchester. There is a 1.55 on my way to work. Slowly coming down. Supermarkets still don’t seem keen to follow as fast though (mid 160s)
alf git wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:09 pm
You can't talk about finite resources without talking about over population and that's a conversation nobody seems keen on.
Do you think that's because most people will instantly scream either 'eugenics' or 'agenda 2030' in a reactionary twitteresque way without giving due process to actually sitting down and thinking about it?
On the motoring front, I think my car's MOT was cheaper yesterday than it was last year and I've been quoted about 25% lower on car insurance.
Meanwhile my Sky deal is coming to an end and they must have put Todd Boehly in charge of bright ideas as they seem to think I might give them an extra £50-£60 a month - and at a time when all the football will be on terrestrial :lol:
£150-£160 a month to renew. Meanwhile Virgin are offering £65 for virtually the same thing but with BT Sport thrown in. Not the hardest decision I will ever face.
Maybe I haven't looked at the detail properly, but it seems much cheaper to just get a new deal from a new provider than stick with the current one. I was going to dump Sky Sports and Cinema anyway but Virgin seem to be offering a way to keep the Sports at least and for a much lower price. BT Sport would get watched more than Sky Cinema as well - something else that get's paid for but hardly ever used. i did get rid of BT Sport after Frankfurt.
I pay 85 a month for Virgin's full package - I got that by threatening to leave them as I'd been with them for 7 years, and I wasn't going to be penalised for being an existing customer, and that's the price they were offering new contracts. It worked out cheaper than downgrading the package - and it also gets an unlimited SIM that I plop in to my sons phone, and I also get Netflix thrown in too.
It was a ridiculous deal - all the sports, all the cinema, and it's fixed for 18 months. Granted, I had to sign a new 18 month contract, but that was fine by me.
