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What meal can you cook for 30p?
Longtermrenter replied to Dweller's topic in House prices and the economy
I agree with most of this. Fact is, successive Tory and Labour governments seem to think education is more about the number of exams and the highest grades you have. Cooking is hardly taught, or budgeting, or skills like understanding loans. If anything about food is taught it's more likely to be food science where you'll probably spemd more time trying to design a product than a meal, including the design of packaging, adverts etc. All of this makes people dependent on giving their money to large corporations rather than being independent and thrifty (read as sensible perhaps?). It's why you won't see a large push to educate people how to do simple maintenance on their cars, or be satisfied with a 3 to 5 year old phone that you only use for browsing. -
What meal can you cook for 30p?
Longtermrenter replied to Dweller's topic in House prices and the economy
For 3 meals a day that still suggests roughly 55p a meal, almost double that suggested in the subject of this thread. At 30p a meal you are talking £27-£28 per person per month -
Student loan interest rates hit 12% this year
Longtermrenter replied to coypondboy's topic in House prices and the economy
That hits the nail on the head. Those lucky to have it paid have 9% less tax for the rest of their working lives. -
I had my The Big Short moment this weekend
Longtermrenter replied to NoHPCinTheUK's topic in House prices and the economy
I think some people don't buy shiny new cars because they don't want to waste the money. So many new vehicles are on lease deals that I don't think it's necessarily a good indicator of wealth. -
Solar Home Charging Advice
Longtermrenter replied to hotblack42's topic in House prices and the economy
The power of a windmill is proportional to the area of the blades sdo the small ones are not very efficient. Also, the wind is not very fast near the ground and especially not near buildings. Brixton used to have windmills until too many buildings robbed them of wind. Having worked in the acoustic industry I can also guarantee that the cost of the acoustic survey necessary for planning would be eye watering and would probably say it was too loud as well. -
Queen has Covid
Longtermrenter replied to Mikhail Liebenstein's topic in House prices and the economy
But, but....she works so hard..... -
Abolish The.....Establishment
Longtermrenter replied to TheCountOfNowhere's topic in House prices and the economy
Baroness Harding, honoured by our dishonourable monarchy. -
David Attenborough if he were younger. We can have whoever we want and anyone can become president. Elizabeth (or Brenda to those in the know) requests exemptions and receives them because the whole parliamentary edifice defers to her, especially the aristocracy who are emboldened and enabled by the connection to stay in power. The hereditary peer system is intricately interwoven. Brenda requested and received exemption from racial, ethnic and sexual equality laws. She is exempt from a legal requirement to pay tax. Shevmaybpay some voluntarily but with heaven knows what stashed away that's open for abuse. I don't suppose there was an inheritance tax paid on Phillips estate, the value of which has been conveniently hidden away for a few generations. She's also conveniently exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. It's all inexcusable.