Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

with reluctance (i hate the place) i'll go to sainsbury's as it'll be a bit cheaper than waitrose, but i'll also use my local farm shop and possibly butcher too ...... we have a market in marlow every week which will be cheaper than even sainsbury's for some items, but it's on a wednesday so been and gone

cynic- You liked it when it was Waitrose. ;-)

it wasn't great (bit tatty and tacky) though i know it was one of the best performing stores in the group ..... Beloved goes to beaconsfield, and i too have been there ..... that is a very good s'market, but then i believe it is one of the flagship stores

sainsbury's completely missed plot and trick when opening in marlow ..... it's a huge site, but it's not aimed nearly high enough - to put it as gently as i can

Previously posted on a different thread but many might not have seen it.

Of course there are no benifits being paid to those that do not deserve them!

I have just received the the latest computer from Dell which has a Polish keyboard.

This keyboard has several shortcuts that take you direct to the following,

How to claim

Attendance Allowance
Attendance Allowance (Your Partner)
Bereavement benefits
Blue Badge Scheme
Carer's Allowance
Carer's Allowance (Your Partner)
Carer's assessment
Child Benefit
Child Tax Credit
Community care services
Community transport
Concessionary Fares
Constant Attendance Allowance
Disability Living Allowance
Legal Aid

I think its been designed for when the Bulgarians and Romainians arrive at the start of next year!

CYNIC CHICKENED OUT I SEE. He knows the challenge is for 52 weeks or more and isnt just about food.

Like I said when shove comes to push these gobby right wingers couldnt do what disabled/sick real poor people are having to do day in day out for not just 52 weeks but far more in most cases.

All wind and -iss.

love it greek ... are you sure it's not a hangover from 1st april?

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sticky (and 3m)
my provisional shopping list is as below ......

protein
3/4/5 from 7 ..... chicken livers, belly pork, ham hock, lamb breast, pulses (prob dried haricots), cheddar, feta

vegetables
4/5 from 8 ....... leeks, potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, garlic, apples, clementines

carbs
2 from 3 ....... potatoes (already in veg), pasta, couscous

miscellaneous ....... chicken carcasses (they're free), porridge oats, bread, butter, milk, tea bags, tinned tomatoes, vegetable oil (olive oil if enough in kitty)

sticky .... i have not ducked out at all ..... it is you now trying to move the goalposts as i think you see the sand slipping from beneath your feet

i only ever volunteered to feed you well, healthily and economically as that is where my knowledge lies ....

you have my initial week's shopping list above, but there is plenty of variation in there and also other things i could have added ...... i started out at £20 a week for food, but volunteered that i thought it a bit heavy, so asked for your suggestion of a sensible food budget from £56 (remember your rent and council tax is paid) .....

btw, those who are disabled, chronically ill etc etc get (are genuinely entitled) to many more benefits than just the £56 that was first mooted - i believe the £56 is unemployment benefit only

Ohhhh dear cynic.

take it like a man.

Cameron is trying to force people to accept low paid jobs even if they are well qualified. They cannot live, so accept any job.

This will benefit the companies the most.

i stick by word ..... read back to what i wrote, and if i am wrong, then please c+p to show so ..... meanwhile, do you wish to prolong the debate on eating well, healthily and economically? ..... if so, then please set a sensible budget for weekly food shopping from the £56 and i'll follow through

Imagine a jobless academic to work as cashier, driver or web-designer for a small company.

That's only good for companies not individuals.

in that instance, Cameron is absolutely right ..... just because you have good (who says?) qualifications does not mean the world is gagging to give you a job ..... my local taxi firm has a number of drivers who were made redundant from decent jobs ..... one of the gardening firms that operates around here has an oxford graduate working for him

Daftland

We live in a country called Daftland
The England we knew is no more
Where sensible people do ludicrous things
Or risk breaking some Daftland law.

In Daftland we've police dogs with muzzles
Less the villain has cause to complain
And to steal from a shop and say 'sorry'
Means your free with no stain to your name.

You had better leave lights on in buildings
When you lock up and go home at night
'cause the burglars might hurt themselves entering
And there's no way you'll be in the right.

When speaking be wary in Daftland
As some terms that you've used all your life
Now have connotations unintended
And you'll end up in all sorts of strife.

We elect politicians in Daftland
To give us the laws of the land
Yet eight laws in ten now come from abroad
The whole thing has got out of hand.

The exception to this is the hero
Who fought for this land in the war
He's old and he's sick, he might cost us a bit
So he's not welcome here any more.

When the history is written of Daftland
Historians may just recall
That the craziest people in Daftland
Were the public who put up with it all.

Work harder; millions on benefits depend on your taxes!

How very true This_is_me.

3m - new recipes for you on on the relevant thread (COOK)

ref above - i could not believe to hear on the news this morning about a guy who did serious and unprovoked damage to a young lad - fractured skull and may still lose sight in one eye ...... he was jailed for ONLY 2 YEARS and now is applying for early release after only 14 WEEKS on the preposterous basis that he no longer poses a threat to anyone

Nothing surprises me cynic. Waiting to see what the driver gets for smashing my brother of his push bike at 55mph on an open view road. He is still off work from Sept. I would guess 3 points on his licence and a small fine.

and i wonder how much if any disability allowance your brother will receive ....

though no doubt the driver (his insurers) will be sued by your brothers insurers (i assume he has that cover), it will probably take 2/3 years or longer to get to court or to reach a respectable settlement

The driver is at work earning a living. Cannot go into to much detail at the moment.
His work cut his pay to the book and has not even phoned or sent a get well message. The court case is in June with the CPS as the prosecutors. The disability allowance is sadly not enough to live on, family are helping out.

Sorry to hear that dreamcatcher.