Saving For a Space Ship

‘It’s ridiculous’: shock as some UK grocery prices rise by more than 20% Which? analysis finds cereal, mushrooms and cheese among the items to have risen the most https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/21/uk-grocery-prices-rise-which

The Secret behind China's Ghost Cities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ8JBTIVUVw

Google's Russian subsidiary to file for bankruptcy https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-google-russian-subsidiary-bankruptcy.html

on the Us front ... Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Mortgage Applications Plunge amid Holy-Moly Mortgage Rates, Croaking Stocks, Ridiculous Home Prices https://wolfstreet.com/2022/05/18/this-housing-bubble-is-cooked-mortgage-applications-plunge-amid-holy-moly-mortgage-rates-croaking-stocks-and-ridiculous-home-prices/ Bad Breath of Inflation Sinks Target, Walmart, Other Retailers on Surging Costs of Products, Labor, and Transportation https://wolfstreet.com/2022/05/18/bad-breath-of-inflation-sinks-target-walmart-other-retailers-on-surging-costs-of-products-labor-and-transportation/

A view from the checkout: ‘now it’s people stealing everyday things’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/18/a-view-from-the-checkout-now-its-people-stealing-everyday-things

Food Bank usage up from 40 thousand to 2.2 million over 12 years Number of people receiving three days' worth of emergency food by Trussell Trust foodbanks in the United Kingdom from 2008/09 to 2021/22 https://www.statista.com/statistics/382695/uk-foodbank-users/

https://jnews.uk/markets-brace-for-chaotic-trading-after-india-bans-wheat-exports/ Here are the 10 countries with the most wheat production: China (134,254,710 tons) India (107,590,000 tons) Russia (85,896,326 tons) United States (49,690,680 tons) Canada (35,183,000 tons) France (30,144,110 tons) Pakistan (25,247,511 tons) Ukraine (24,912,350 tons)

Golden era’ of cheap food over as two in five Britons buy less to eat ONS survey reveals worsening effects of cost of living crisis, with food prices forecast to have risen by 9% in April https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/13/cost-of-living-golden-era-of-cheap-food-over

Jane, an irate second-homer from Surrey, vows to wreak havoc on the local Gwynedd economy by not buying her annual bag of chips and her cheap bottle of plonk. She'll buy all her groceries in England and take them with her. 🙄 Catch up on today's Jeremy Vine phone-in. ☺️ https://twitter.com/CleddauGwaun/status/1524417113397542912

Even outside America, inflation is starting to look entrenched Five indicators suggest Anglophone countries are suffering the most https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/even-outside-america-inflation-is-starting-to-look-entrenched/21809225

I hear from a good source that August this year is when many firms will be going, either voluntarily or having the rug pulled...and not the one on their head

Gift letter from parents for inheritance

Rising bills causing hazardous home heating, says fire service https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61352804

Things are getting really bad out there.... Trying to steal the meat from the Kebab restaurant https://www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidPrizes/comments/ukcced/trying_to_steal_the_meat_from_the_kebab_restaurant/