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Post by Frog on Mar 23, 2022 18:45:36 GMT
Backs out of hoodie conversation after buying myself a very nice one for my birthday.
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Post by stuz359 on Mar 23, 2022 18:48:25 GMT
The NI increase sticks, though its threshold increases; income tax (basic rate) will drop by 1p in 2024. Hmm. I maybe stupid, but it seems to me, that an income tax cut benefits people who have income from unearned wealth, dividends and property basically, but the NI increase targets salaried workers specifically. However, it does seem that I and about 70% of workers will actually have more money a month than they previously had. Except their money won't go as far because of inflation. As I say, I'm stupid. |
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Post by Frog on Mar 23, 2022 18:51:02 GMT
Won't even cover your electricity increase that's coming in April.
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Post by anephric on Mar 23, 2022 19:05:37 GMT
I'm basing this on the Uni-Qlo price index but £35 is the most I'd pay for a hoodie. Even £70 seems silly. I guess you haven't seen how much the Jil Sander Uniqlo stuff costs... |
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Post by stuz359 on Mar 26, 2022 20:07:59 GMT
A long twitter thread, but an interesting read nonetheless:
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Post by technoish on Mar 26, 2022 20:31:58 GMT
A long twitter thread, but an interesting read nonetheless: Lost me at globalization is dead / failed during the pandemic. If anything was shown, it was that global supply chains held up fairly well in the face of the biggest upheaval since WW2. Sure we had runs on toilet paper in a retail setting, but things did actually keep moving without major state intervention. |
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Post by stuz359 on Mar 26, 2022 21:32:32 GMT
The idea of neoliberalism is a ruthless cut on waste so things are as cheap as possible. Globalisation allows this philosophy to a certain extent, to get products as cheap as possible.
The pandemic has exposed this as complete bullshit. We need resilience built into all of our systems.
The NHS for example, cannot be cut to the bone in the name of efficiency, because as soon as a crisis occurs, it has no flexibility in it's approach.
If anything, the limitations of our global supply chains are showing up now, now that everyone is trying to turn the supply chains back on again.
Globalisation is not dead per se, but we have to look at localising our supply chains to ensure resilience and protect ourselves from shocks.
Especially important regarding energy.
Regarding toilet paper, there was never a shortage, just idiots buying the stock off the shelves. The stock was always in the supply chain, it was just delivery that was the issue.
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Post by spacein_vader on Mar 27, 2022 6:20:17 GMT
The NHS (and others I'm sure,) are very much looking at reestablishing, broadening and hardening it's supply chains.
No idea if it'll succeed of course.
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 7:49:11 GMT
Just had the dreaded "your tariff ends in three days, spread your cheeks boy" email from E.On. Was paying £235pm, now it'll be £390 variable. I could fix it for a year on £650, which is awfully tempting
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Post by Reviewer on Mar 29, 2022 8:01:06 GMT
£235? You got a very big house/have it very warm all the time?
Ours is a 4 bed detached and we average about £130 on a tariff that increased in December.
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Post by Reviewer on Mar 29, 2022 8:03:36 GMT
The NHS (and others I'm sure,) are very much looking at reestablishing, broadening and hardening it's supply chains. No idea if it'll succeed of course. Hopefully NHS procurement is better than MOD where they’ll but something through a 3rd party at about 50% more so they don’t have to do the buying themselves. That’s after 18 months delaying over something pretty cheap and off the shelf. |
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 8:21:18 GMT
I just give a big tip on top of the bill to the gas man every month, make sure I get the best gas
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Post by dfunked on Mar 29, 2022 8:27:52 GMT
toof must be filling the bath every night by boiling multiple kettles. That's a mental amount even beforehand.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2022 8:31:28 GMT
He has a moccasin sweatshop housing 46 Vietnamese orphans in his cellar.
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 8:32:00 GMT
That’s just the cost of a fuelling big house in London. Thermostat never above 19, hot water on a timer, log fire during winter etc
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 8:32:37 GMT
He has a moccasin sweatshop housing 46 Vietnamese orphans in his cellar. They like it hot, bless em |
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Post by dfunked on Mar 29, 2022 8:34:11 GMT
The key is to pack them in tight - the body heat they generate should be more than enough to warm the house on its own.
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Post by sport✅ on Mar 29, 2022 8:37:31 GMT
The key is to pack them in tight - the body heat they generate should be more than enough to warm the house on its own. Feed it back to the grid. |
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 8:49:08 GMT
What’s the cost per kWh where you bumpkins are then? It’s 21p for electric and 4p for gas here
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Post by technoish on Mar 29, 2022 8:50:01 GMT
That’s just the cost of a fuelling big house in London. Thermostat never above 19, hot water on a timer, log fire during winter etc My big house in London has gone up to £290 from £170. We have thermostat at 21 all day, 18 at night, log fire sometimes  |
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Post by geefe on Mar 29, 2022 9:23:15 GMT
JUST PUT ON A COAT, PEASANTS
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Mar 29, 2022 9:33:42 GMT
Ooh. Big house in London. Get you..
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Post by sport✅ on Mar 29, 2022 9:34:10 GMT
I do quite like how the priceaggeddon on the 1st Apr coincides with an Arctic snowbomb.
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 10:43:30 GMT
That’s just the cost of a fuelling big house in London. Thermostat never above 19, hot water on a timer, log fire during winter etc My big house in London has gone up to £290 from £170. We have thermostat at 21 all day, 18 at night, log fire sometimes  Our previous house, which we moved from 5 years ago and is about half the sq ft, was around £200pm for the 5 years we lived there. I thought that £235 was very reasonable indeed |
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Post by technoish on Mar 29, 2022 11:00:11 GMT
We are 200 sq m, so not small. Maybe my neigbours have heating on high  . I think the loft extension being proper modern specs makes a big difference. |
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Post by Dougs on Mar 29, 2022 11:07:17 GMT
Just had the dreaded "your tariff ends in three days, spread your cheeks boy" email from E.On. Was paying £235pm, now it'll be £390 variable. I could fix it for a year on £650, which is awfully tempting £280 for a 3/4 bed Victorian semi-detached here. It's brutal. |
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Post by dfunked on Mar 29, 2022 11:08:08 GMT
Blimey... Not even room for a full bed?
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Post by Dougs on Mar 29, 2022 11:16:31 GMT
Nope. It's a bit of a squash and a squeeze.
(4th bed is an office, but could be a single room).
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Post by elstoof on Mar 29, 2022 11:22:30 GMT
Then take in your hen! Says the wise old man..
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Post by sport✅ on Mar 29, 2022 11:31:20 GMT
Nope. It's a bit of a squash and a squeeze. (4th bed is an office, but could be a single room). Bedroom is the office? I see... |
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. I think the loft extension being proper modern specs makes a big difference. 