BritManToo

I always shop alone!

Nah, more to do with interest rates. US has higher interest rates so all the big boys moved their money to the US. Obviously that isn't so true with the 3rd world.

I can't say I'm that bothered, my shopping isn't that interesting.

Story suggests he fell off a cliff.

I go to bed early and get up at dawn, best time of the day IMHO.

Weird statement, do you feel all white folk are one people? Can't say I pay much attention to what other people are doing, no matter what their racial background.

Power cuts don't affect my mobile phone. Promptpay is widely used and pays their mobile number (not their cash till). The phone towers have backup power supplies.

And a 10.1% state pension rise announced for April.

"Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, said: "Surging global energy prices have made the UK a poorer country." The biggest downturn I can see coming (for all the west) are the potential grid failures this winter. Too many fossil fuel power stations being turned off! And the 'surging global energy prices' are as the story suggested ........ global! "Energy and food bills have shot up due to the war in Ukraine and pandemic, and are squeezing household budgets." This is an EU wide problem, not just the UK. "This is likely to be a relatively shallow recession for the economy as a whole - but for households, it will mean the wipeout of gains in living standards, a return to 2014." Some of the statements are just odd, IMHO living standards in the UK have been dropping since the year 2000, I certainly wouldn't have picked 2014 as the pinnacle of UK living standards. While the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer. What the world needs is a major redistribution of wealth, not another 'austerity' programme for the poor.

You've misunderstood Darwin. It's the most suitable for the current situation that survive which is entirely different to 'the best'. Currently in the west, it'll be those with the highest reproduction rates that will inherit those countries.

I'd like them to name the countries with 6% lower inflation than the UK. It ain't Europe, the claim 8%+ inflation. It ain't Oz, they've got 10% inflation, same as UK.

I've got the same scale!

Stamp in my passport says I'm not an immigrant.

What is the name of this please ..........

It's always Yaba! But obviously you wouldn't admit to using an illegal drug.

I agree, eloop are the best.

Z Library has just been shut down, which was the best source. 2nd best is Mobilism.org, but there are many others.

I pay for almost everything using my phone now, very convenient ......... let the Luddites complain. Even the local market stalls and street vendors have a QR code on display.

I read books all the time, mainly Science fiction, horror and westerns. No need for paper, if you have a Kindle, everything is free for download.

I hardly ever bother with air-con, fans are good enough mostly to keep the mozzies off as the windows and doors are open 24/7.

6 months to a year. Wipe the eggs with an oiled rag before storage to keep them at their best.

But I get a discount of 0.92bht/unit as a low consumer (under 150 units). If it goes up next year I'll buy another panel or two, and start winding the meter back again.

I agree, primary teaching has much less problems. I used to teach the final year classes in primary occasionally, although I dreaded finger painting. Although I would hesitate to describe a primary school teacher as an educator.

Street vendors is the whole charm of Asia.

I was a high school teacher in the UK (council estate schools). All that was ever required of me was to keep them seated and in the classroom.