Struggling With The Cost Of Living?

[ECCOnoob]

2 hours ago, Anna B said:

Or maybe just better informed....

The cost of living struggle is no conspiracy theory.

Ooh nice dodge there. Some proper fancy footwork. You ought to be on the pitch.

 

Actually, in the context of the media conspiracy I was referring directly to your suggestion clearly set out in post #132 that somehow the 'tory controlled' mainstream media are not covering the civil disobedience, protests, riots....

 

They clearly are covering it as we are all aware of them and been frequently talking about it.  

Edited July 30, 2022 by ECCOnoob

[crookesey]

5 minutes ago, Mister M said:

Well you're a better person than some. 

I think many people of the generation before me were in a fortunate position to have been able to see reward for their hard work; have decent work pensions schemes; were able to buy their homes; and if they were lucky enough to go to Uni not pay a fortune for the privilege. I genuinely don't begrudge people being born to that generation.

I do worry that when I'm older we'll be at the mercy of the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg, who thinks food banks are 'uplifting' 

I think you're right Anna. And although it's hard, people have to remember that it's those awful people who are the noisiest, dominate the public space with their repugnant views, and turn the national debate sour.

I’m 22 years older than you and understand your comments, however I can only speak from my own experiences of life, my son is 10 years younger than you and feels very similar to you about the state of 21st century life.

[Mister Gee]

35 minutes ago, fools said:

Socialists didn't like the poll tax because they had to pay their fair share for once, it was a much fairer system, but thuggery won out. It's always the same side proposing thuggery isn't it.

 

As for those proposing going on a payment strike, do let us know how you get on with no electricity, and a default on your credit rating.

 

There's probably a few million single pensioners who'd quite like to have poll tax back, because they have had their savings depleted and devalued by inept banking oversight and government socialist spendthrifts, and are about to shiver because all their income is swallowed up by utility costs and council tax, neither of which are related to ability to pay.

 

I recently saw yet another media/politician type tell the nation that all we plebs have to do to save £100s on our utility bill. is to put in some loft insulation and install a smart (read intrusive) thermostat - these people seem to think we are all still living in wattle and daub huts, so divorced are they from the real world.

 

Worshipping a bloke on the telly who tells you endlessly to switch broadband/power providers and eat value baked beans is rather strange. A Conservative politician said much the same thing a few weeks ago and got widely vilified by the lefties.

 

Weren't we told by 'experts' to do nothing a few months ago when our fixed price energy deals ran out ... hows that working out for everyone, your prices are about to go through the roof and you didn't lock to a cheap deal when you had the chance. How did ofgem's price predictions work out. How did the MPC's inflation predictions work out.

 

Ever noticed how life is a lot more complicated and expensive and generally unpleasant nowadays, since anyone with a website or an app can make a little cut from your never ending provider churn.

 

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Back in the real world, for the people who already have loft insulation and a thermostat (that's everyone dear patronising politicians/green lobbyists,talk panel nobodies), and are still wondering how they can cut a few quid off their bill:

 

Your lovely 55" TV may be using far more electricity than you think, and far more than the misleading power sticker on the back claims. All those unnecessary tweaks you can do in the settings affect the power used by the appliance.

 

One thing you can do about this is to dim the backlight or brightness a few notches (be aware that on some models, just touching the backlight setting disables other power saving features, so go back in the power saving settings and check afterwards). Monitor changes with a power meter or smart meter if you have one.

 

And, do turn it off at the wall at night (take all those minimal standby currents we keep getting quoted with a pinch of salt, they can be apparently off apart from a standby led and still be using 20w)

 

If you are in the habit of using the tv as a radio, turn off the display when doing so, that bright unchanging logo for radio2 could be using 80w. Better still use a normal radio instead. It would be nice if manufacturers and broadcasters and legislators made a dim or blank radio screen the default, perhaps in another 25 years they'll do something useful for once instead of bleating on about loft insulation.

 

Based on a price of 50p/kwh which we will probably reach in the next few weeks, reducing the backlight by 20% could save £100pa, per tv.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No it wasn’t, it was a profoundly unfair tax.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Mister Gee

[fools]

6 minutes ago, Mister Gee said:

No it wasn’t, it was a profoundly unfair tax.

Chuck some facts behind your statement if you want to be taken seriously.

 

Now, a single person with say 15k income, can pay more than the family of four next door with 150k income. Only a fool would think that was a fair system.

Edited July 30, 2022 by fools

[Mister Gee]

1 minute ago, fools said:

Chuck some facts behind your statement if you want to be taken seriously.

Why don’t you? You’re the one who’s telling us it was fair.

[fools]

1 minute ago, Mister Gee said:

Why don’t you? You’re the one who’s telling us it was fair.

Already have, do keep up.

[Mister Gee]

10 minutes ago, fools said:

Already have, do keep up.

Is that what you call that cavalcade of reactionary bobbar?

[fools]

Just now, Mister Gee said:

Is that what you call that cavalcade of reactionary bobbar?

If you're feeling a bit lonely, apparently the councils are providing warm spaces for you to have a chat

[Anna B]

27 minutes ago, fools said:

If you're feeling a bit lonely, apparently the councils are providing warm spaces for you to have a chat

Good. Pity they're needed, but there you are, it's a start....

[fools]

8 minutes ago, Anna B said:

Good. Pity they're needed, but there you are, it's a start....

Socialism always end in poverty.

 

Lefty TV news crews are probably foaming at the mouth in excitement about how many hours they can fill with visits to 'warm places'.