Current Affairs Cost of living…

[larrygobfiend]

Energy prices going up again in the autumn.

I guess we’re going to be doing the same dance every year. Prices go down when it’s warm and nobody uses their heating and prices go up in the colder months.

Talk about gaslighting (excuse the pun).

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Energy prices going up again in the autumn.

I guess we’re going to be doing the same dance every year. Prices go down when it’s warm and nobody uses their heating and prices go up in the colder months.

Talk about gaslighting (excuse the pun).

I think it's a normal cycle, except more notice it the last few years having not got a fixed deal for the first time in ages.

Honestly worth fixing with Octppus now as they'll save a bit on the increases over winter, but have no exit fees. If things really plunge next year (making an assumption), jump ship for no cost.

 

[verreauxi]

Genuinely awful, especially because the job is quite difficult and people can be such absolute pricks while flying...

‘Barely surviving’: Some flight attendants are facing homelessness and hunger

Kay had already worked a full day when Frontier Airlines called her to pick up a shift. The recently hired flight attendant had been awake since 4 a.m. driving Lyft, one of the few side gigs she could...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Genuinely awful, especially because the job is quite difficult and people can be such absolute pricks while flying...

‘Barely surviving’: Some flight attendants are facing homelessness and hunger

Kay had already worked a full day when Frontier Airlines called her to pick up a shift. The recently hired flight attendant had been awake since 4 a.m. driving Lyft, one of the few side gigs she could...

www.yahoo.com

I don't think it's quite as bad in Europe, but I don't like that people are paid different rates when on the ground and when in the air. They're still doing tasks ahead of the flight.

 

[Tipp blue]

What the utter hell is this and how have I only just seen it?

And no, I wont be chipping my cat.

The biggest problem with not getting your cat chipped is you've still got a cat.

 

[Kurt.]

What the utter hell is this and how have I only just seen it?

And no, I wont be chipping my cat.

Sautéed maybe ??

 

[Rita_Poon]

50 pubs a month in england and Wales closed per month in first half of this year.

Reckon they make 12p a pint after tax thus unsustainable.

Fifty pubs a month shut in first half of year in England and Wales, figures show

Number of pubs open fell to 39,096 by end of June and experts say tax rises in 2025 could result in more closures

www.theguardian.com

If it means drinkers congregate at a larger pub then business is there, and sustains that premises. The issue is confidence, goin out on the lash was easier when there wasn't the fear that next months gas bill will bankrupt you. Until wages catch up grossly inflated pricing, across the board, then fripperies like socialising and a few pints will be treated according. Tertiary priority.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

50 pubs a month in england and Wales closed per month in first half of this year.

Reckon they make 12p a pint after tax thus unsustainable.

Fifty pubs a month shut in first half of year in England and Wales, figures show

Number of pubs open fell to 39,096 by end of June and experts say tax rises in 2025 could result in more closures

www.theguardian.com

If it means drinkers congregate at a larger pub then business is there, and sustains that premises. The issue is confidence, goin out on the lash was easier when there wasn't the fear that next months gas bill will bankrupt you. Until wages catch up grossly inflated pricing, across the board, then fripperies like socialising and a few pints will be treated according. Tertiary priority.

I don't think pubs closing is a cost of living issue, I think it's a change in culture. People simply have more things to do with their lives than sit and drink in an overpriced establishment, lots of people have given up the booze for cultural or health issues, drinking and driving is heavily frowned upon in today's more sensible generations and frankly most pubs are grimly dank dark crapholes.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I don't think pubs closing is a cost of living issue, I think it's a change in culture. People simply have more things to do with their lives than sit and drink in an overpriced establishment, lots of people have given up the booze for cultural or health issues, drinking and driving is heavily frowned upon in today's more sensible generations and frankly most pubs are grimly dank dark crapholes.

Bit of both tbh. Culture change and the expense.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I manage my ma's energy supplier for her. Received the bill. Had a look and laughed my head off. She's used just over £17 in September. But been charged as much for standing charges.

Completely disproportionate to use. She'll barely use much more per winter, it's not an appliance heavy home.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I manage my ma's energy supplier for her. Received the bill. Had a look and laughed my head off. She's used just over £17 in September. But been charged as much for standing charges.

Completely disproportionate to use. She'll barely use much more per winter, it's not an appliance heavy home.

Similar to the water companies, massively inflated cost for connection. Another national disgrace.

 

[Yarrgh]

Bit of both tbh. Culture change and the expense.

Both effect the other to compound the change.

It's a shame but something else will be along to take its place and they may well make a return to favour given time.

 

[mahermi1]

I manage my ma's energy supplier for her. Received the bill. Had a look and laughed my head off. She's used just over £17 in September. But been charged as much for standing charges.

Completely disproportionate to use. She'll barely use much more per winter, it's not an appliance heavy home.

They tell you to cut you're use, use less Electricity and Gas, shorter showers, lower the heating and then what you save, they try to add on with standing charges, something the customer has no control of. The Energy Secretary and Ofgem ? Should be looking into that.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

They tell you to cut you're use, use less Electricity and Gas, shorter showers, lower the heating and then what you save, they try to add on with standing charges, something the customer has no control of. The Energy Secretary and Ofgem ? Should be looking into that.

Yeah, it hits the poorest disproportionately, as usual.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Inflation down to record low in 3.5 years. This is rather good timing and an expectation of the BoE to drop interest rates, possibly twice before the end of year?
How this will be reflected in winter energy prices will be keen to see. Once again praying on a mild winter and kindly prevailing winds from the icy north.