classic33
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They do mail order. Some may even take payment over the phone.
At the least, if they're bothered, they can put them to one side for you. They'll get their 33% on the sale.
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At the least, if they're bothered, they can put them to one side for you. They'll get their 33% on the sale.
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
Only my sister as part of an inheritance. And she'd more than likely sell or bin them rather than do the dusting
My daughter was given a doll that said "shall we do the dusting" but it sounded more like "take me to the dustbin". As we were camping at the time and struggling around in a tent, stepping on said doll, the latter suggestion was appealing.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Mild, overcast, blustery and attempting to rain here chez Casa Reynard.
Spent the morning taking the grapes I picked off the stalks, put any ladybirds that had been hiding in the bunches back outside, then chopped up some apples and quinces to go in alongside the grapes to make jelly. Will cook the fruit after lunch and let the juice drain overnight.
Also popped over to the quacks in the next village along to drop off mum's prescription. It was actually raining there!
Just about to have lunch.
Spent the morning taking the grapes I picked off the stalks, put any ladybirds that had been hiding in the bunches back outside, then chopped up some apples and quinces to go in alongside the grapes to make jelly. Will cook the fruit after lunch and let the juice drain overnight.
Also popped over to the quacks in the next village along to drop off mum's prescription. It was actually raining there!
Just about to have lunch.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
No' fraid not. That's just the average figure for food and alcohol across the UK for a household of two adults.
The couple the show was helping out were spending north of £200 a week, with about £80 of that on take outs.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
No alcohol here either - mum and I are teetotal, and i have the traditional bottle of brandy that gets dusted off every year at Christmas to flambe the pudding.
It was a bottle that dad had just opened before he died back in 2008! 
Don't eat out - no point when you cook restaurant quality food at home. Much prefer sitting at home with good grub, all comfortable in my onesie and fluffy socks, like.
Takeaway's no point. Am too far out in the boonies. No one delivers, and by the time I've gone to pick one up...
Mind, we have very little prepared food, and that's where a lot of the expense tends to be hidden.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Lunch was nice - The Pie Shed in Dewsbury for reference.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Anyway, lunch calls... There's celery soup, toast, hummus and a selection of cheese and fruit... 
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
My one remaining brain cell which is still working is just about managing to cope . Any questions like as to who I am I think I will have to pass!
It is drizzling here .
It is drizzling here .
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
When I have watched "Eat Well for Less" my ghast has been flabbered at how much they spend on take aways, and eating out.
I have a take away usually once a month. I did not include alcohol when I last worked out how much is spent per week on food. My version of fish and chips is Waitrose fish in bubbly batter - six portions for £10 so about £1.50 each plus chips plus fuel is about £2. What is the cost of fish and chips in a chippy these days? I guess £7 for a much more calorie laden meal.
I might spend £40 a month on alcohol, possibly less.
Much as I might like to take advantage of Yellow Sticker, or Yellow Scissors, as one supermarket names them, the noise, bright lights, and bustling people send my brain into over-load very quickly.
I have a take away usually once a month. I did not include alcohol when I last worked out how much is spent per week on food. My version of fish and chips is Waitrose fish in bubbly batter - six portions for £10 so about £1.50 each plus chips plus fuel is about £2. What is the cost of fish and chips in a chippy these days? I guess £7 for a much more calorie laden meal.
I might spend £40 a month on alcohol, possibly less.
Much as I might like to take advantage of Yellow Sticker, or Yellow Scissors, as one supermarket names them, the noise, bright lights, and bustling people send my brain into over-load very quickly.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I'm watching the quiz show Impossible. Guess how I'm doing ? 
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
On a much lighter note (as opposed to the costs of food) I have bought myself a necklace. Not too "dressy", if you met me you would know why. I like the way it catches the light. Purchased from Etsy, if you would like to know.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Lunch has been had, another large basket of bramleys has been picked and I reckon a bike ride might be on the cards. It's very blowy and a bit drizzly, but I have a nice five mile loop I can do on the MTB that doesn't take me too far away from home, and there are two places I can shelter from the rain if the heavens open. One is under a railway bridge, and the other is a bus shelter in the next village along.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I think £7 from a chippy is about right for a fish supper. Take aways are so expensive, and it's kind of funny, because a lot of the "favourites" are so easy to do at home. And a lot nicer / healthier.
One of my cat show friends was moaning that during lockdown, her supermarket food shop bill had gone through the roof. But she was a regular eater-outer and take-away buyer, and didn't include that in her food spend. And then of course, when she couldn't eat out etc and had to buy and cook at home, I think the penny finally dropped...
According to an ONS survey earlier this year, on average, around 25% of people's calorie intake is bought (and eaten) outside the home.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Anyways, I had a wet, blustery and ridiculously muddy hour in the company of Max the MTB - about 8 miles in total. I am sat here with a 
and a chocolate suggestive, grinning like a loon. I really enjoyed that!
Poor Max does need a bit of a bath, but I will do that tomorrow. His front mudguard is very good at keeping the mud off me, but it's even better at flicking the mud all over his downtube and BB...
and a chocolate suggestive, grinning like a loon. I really enjoyed that!Poor Max does need a bit of a bath, but I will do that tomorrow. His front mudguard is very good at keeping the mud off me, but it's even better at flicking the mud all over his downtube and BB...
