Prices are going up

[fred]

Monday breakfast, 1bowl of porridge with a tablespoon of treacle, lunch, two slices of bread and pork dripping with a little salt, dinner, toad in the hole with potatoes carrots brussel sprouts and gravy. during the day three mugs of tea and two or three glasses of water. Tuesday, breakfast, 1 boiled egg with two slices of bread and butter, lunch cup of coffee and dunk half a dozen digestives, dinner, finney haddock cooked in milk with boiled potatoes. Wednesday, breakfast 1 rasher of bacon and one fried egg with two slices of bread, lunch, cheese and onion sandwich, dinner, liver and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy. Thursday, breakfast French toast or eggy bread, lunch, cheese and piccalilli sandwich, dinner, sausage and veg stew cooked in slow cooker with pancake. Friday, breakfast, shredded wheat with hot milk, lunch, slice of fruit cake, dinner, roast chicken thigh with Yorkshire pudding veg and gravy. Saturday, breakfast, pancakes with treacle, lunch, hard boiled egg and tomatoe sandwich, dinner, shepherds pie. Sunday, breakfast toast and marmalade, lunch, belly pork roast dinner with veg Yorkshire pudding and gravy. There maybe slight variations some days for instance steak pie and chips for dinner. When I do my weekly shop on Friday I will give you the breakdown on the cost.

Cheers Micheal..I will definitely wait for the costs.. What about your Mrs though?? I assume you are not sharing that menu with her??

[stevewool]

Cheers Micheal..I will definitely wait for the costs.. What about your Mrs though?? I assume you are not sharing that menu with her??

My thoughts too, shopping and cooking just for one maybe it can be done, but if you have a wife and kid and even a lodger , well it can't be done on that amount

[stevewool]

That`s Very cool Tawi..Brings back 100 memories of the stuff me and my mates used to get away with back in the day.
Details?? Whats the point?
No one would believe me anyway!

I would and i am sure others would too, so tell us all.

[Michael Parnham]

My thoughts too, shopping and cooking just for one maybe it can be done, but if you have a wife and kid and even a lodger , well it can't be done on that amount

No only me, suits me fine because I'm treating myself to a new high end 4k Denon AV amp at the end of the month

[Tawi2]

Snap and if we wanted a pudding we would take next doors rubbarb, or apples, gooseberry infact anything that was in season and easy to get

Our next door neighbour Mrs Foster always gave us rhubarb to eat dipped in sugar then laugh and tell us we would get worms I would believe you fred,i have probably done things similar,hunger makes you do strange things i think thats why i always feel empathy with the kids in pinas,i know a little of what its like.

[Arthur Little]

A guy i work with went to harrods at the weekend and spent around £500 on oysters and champagne in the food court for him and his wife,thatbwould have kept you fed for a YEAR (he also spent £1500 on a pair of shoes for her ).

's absolutely gross! ... clearly some folk have far more money than sense.

[Tawi2]

Au contraire,he has to have the sense to make the money could be worse,his wife wants another baby and was eyeing up a silvercross pram in harrods thats a snip at £42000

[Arthur Little]

For me personally I pay about £40 per calendar month on food shopping

Don't know how you do it, Michael ... ... even supposing you are feeding only yourself. But, well done!

[SimonH]

Monday breakfast, 1bowl of porridge with a tablespoon of treacle, lunch, two slices of bread and pork dripping with a little salt, dinner, toad in the hole with potatoes carrots brussel sprouts and gravy. during the day three mugs of tea and two or three glasses of water. Tuesday, breakfast, 1 boiled egg with two slices of bread and butter, lunch cup of coffee and dunk half a dozen digestives, dinner, finney haddock cooked in milk with boiled potatoes. Wednesday, breakfast 1 rasher of bacon and one fried egg with two slices of bread, lunch, cheese and onion sandwich, dinner, liver and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy. Thursday, breakfast French toast or eggy bread, lunch, cheese and piccalilli sandwich, dinner, sausage and veg stew cooked in slow cooker with pancake. Friday, breakfast, shredded wheat with hot milk, lunch, slice of fruit cake, dinner, roast chicken thigh with Yorkshire pudding veg and gravy. Saturday, breakfast, pancakes with treacle, lunch, hard boiled egg and tomatoe sandwich, dinner, shepherds pie. Sunday, breakfast toast and marmalade, lunch, belly pork roast dinner with veg Yorkshire pudding and gravy. There maybe slight variations some days for instance steak pie and chips for dinner. When I do my weekly shop on Friday I will give you the breakdown on the cost.

Where's the rice, you're married to a Filipino so there has to be rice

[stevewool]

Au contraire,he has to have the sense to make the money could be worse,his wife wants another baby and was eyeing up a silvercross pram in harrods thats a snip at £42000

That was our first pram, the silvercross and i am sure at the time we brought it some 37 years ago is was a lot of money then but i am sure we got change from £50.

[stevewool]

Buying food for yourself on £ 40 per calendar month must be hard and there must be so many repeated dishes and wasting nothing from yesterdays food, i am not saying it cant be done at all, but adding a whopping 50% it would make it easy for me.
Good luck if this is what you are wanting buying your own food, but i must admit there are certain foods i dont eat what Emma buys so maybe your partner dont like anything you buy too and the other way round.
Be interesting what your budget is for the household bills and everyday stuff, or again do you just buy and pay your own way in life .

[stevewool]

Where's the rice, you're married to a Filipino so there has to be rice

I do like rice, but i have finely convince Emma that we don't need a plate full every time we have it,

[Tawi2]

That was our first pram, the silvercross and i am sure at the time we brought it some 37 years ago is was a lot of money then but i am sure we got change from £50.

Yes,they are quality,Harrods have a bespoke one in for 42 grand,i told my mate he should have bought it as the colour matches his rolex I cant even afford a timex

[stevewool]

Yes,they are quality,Harrods have a bespoke one in for 42 grand,i told my mate he should have bought it as the colour matches his rolex I cant even afford a timex

This is the difference, some folk have so much and spend it on silly things in our minds, but in there minds it's the best.
I have a named watch something like a tag huer, not spelled that way or is it, that's why it's cheap, cost me under £8 Severn years ago in the Philippines and it still works, .
So just like your friends watch it does the same job but cheaper for me.

[Tawi2]

This is the difference, some folk have so much and spend it on silly things in our minds, but in there minds it's the best.
I have a named watch something like a tag huer, not spelled that way or is it, that's why it's cheap, cost me under £8 Severn years ago in the Philippines and it still works, .
So just like your friends watch it does the same job but cheaper for me.

Its all relative to earnings mate,it doesnt make people better or worse,if wayne rooney wanted to buy a 100 grand watch it doesnt even register a blip on his bank balance,my mate said there was lots of arabs and chinese in harrods,oil money and super rich new money,they can spend 100k and its like you or me spending a tenner.

[Michael Parnham]

Buying food for yourself on £ 40 per calendar month must be hard and there must be so many repeated dishes and wasting nothing from yesterdays food, i am not saying it cant be done at all, but adding a whopping 50% it would make it easy for me.
Good luck if this is what you are wanting buying your own food, but i must admit there are certain foods i dont eat what Emma buys so maybe your partner dont like anything you buy too and the other way round.
Be interesting what your budget is for the household bills and everyday stuff, or again do you just buy and pay your own way in life .

Never waste any food, never reheat anything, never eat anything other than English food as I know it, never eat out never had a take away, never bought a Costa coffee, I think I eat very well and it's how I've eaten all my life so to me it's very normal, sometimes I buy a bar of chocolate and it will last three weeks because to me things like that are a luxury, never bought actual sweets because as a child I was taught that I would have no teeth and that's turned out true because I have lovely teeth still. Regarding rice, had it on odd occasion, must admit when in Philippines I did have things like rice with beef steak or chicken also the odd Kentucky but didn't have a lot of choice really and I think that's the only time I've had to buy food out. During my working life when I was driving for my living I did buy food in transport cafe's but all they sold in those days were proper breakfasts and dinners and that was perfect for me, I do like fish and chips but only have them once or twice a year food to me is not a priority it's a necessity, must add I may have a fizzy drink a couple of times a year, when I walk round a shop or supermarket and see things like chocolate cake and other tempting luxuries I have the will power to ignore that kind of stuff because it's not needed to keep me alive and healthy. When I was married to my ex most Philipina friends and visitors used to say we were rich because we went to Philippines twice a year and bought a new car every year went on a nice Cornish holiday every year, had a nice immaculate furnished home and we were on less income than these people it was because me and my ex were always very careful with money because she wouldn't spend a penny and we always saved to pay cash for anything and everything never any credit at all, the moral of this kind of life is that it's what you don't spend that's important in life.

[stevewool]

Never waste any food, never reheat anything, never eat anything other than English food as I know it, never eat out never had a take away, never bought a Costa coffee, I think I eat very well and it's how I've eaten all my life so to me it's very normal, sometimes I buy a bar of chocolate and it will last three weeks because to me things like that are a luxury, never bought actual sweets because as a child I was taught that I would have no teeth and that's turned out true because I have lovely teeth still. Regarding rice, had it on odd occasion, must admit when in Philippines I did have things like rice with beef steak or chicken also the odd Kentucky but didn't have a lot of choice really and I think that's the only time I've had to buy food out. During my working life when I was driving for my living I did buy food in transport cafe's but all they sold in those days were proper breakfasts and dinners and that was perfect for me, I do like fish and chips but only have them once or twice a year food to me is not a priority it's a necessity, must add I may have a fizzy drink a couple of times a year, when I walk round a shop or supermarket and see things like chocolate cake and other tempting luxuries I have the will power to ignore that kind of stuff because it's not needed to keep me alive and healthy. When I was married to my ex most Philipina friends and visitors used to say we were rich because we went to Philippines twice a year and bought a new car every year went on a nice Cornish holiday every year, had a nice immaculate furnished home and we were on less income than these people it was because me and my ex were always very careful with money because she wouldn't spend a penny and we always saved to pay cash for anything and everything never any credit at all, the moral of this kind of life is that it's what you don't spend that's important in life.

Well said Michael, so with all this Found wealth you have and all the new gagets that you are buying and wanting , I hope you have someone to share all this with, because to me it sounds like you are a lonely person, but happy in your life, good luck is all I can add

[SimonH]

This is the difference, some folk have so much and spend it on silly things in our minds, but in there minds it's the best.
I have a named watch something like a tag huer, not spelled that way or is it, that's why it's cheap, cost me under £8 Severn years ago in the Philippines and it still works, .
So just like your friends watch it does the same job but cheaper for me.

Some people may call it a waste where as others look at is an an investment. A stainless steel Rolex is probably one of the best investments anyone can make.
I've bought quite a few and always sold at a profit, in fact my daily watch is a Rolex Deepsea bought about 5 years ago for just over £5000, retails now at over £9000 and still worth second hand more than I paid for it new.

[Tawi2]

Some people may call it a waste where as others look at is an an investment. A stainless steel Rolex is probably one of the best investments anyone can make.
I've bought quite a few and always sold at a profit, in fact my daily watch is a Rolex Deepsea bought about 5 years ago for just over £5000, retails now at over £9000 and still worth second hand more than I paid for it new.

My roley in the shop at just over 9,I paid around 7 1/2 for it,they went up 10% last year,i always consider them investments.

[SimonH]

My roley in the shop at just over 9,I paid around 7 1/2 for it,they went up 10% last year,i always consider them investments.

Find a new ceramic Daytona at a retailer at list price and I'll give anyone £1000 more than they paid for it.
Or do the research yourself and make at least £3000 by selling it to a collector

[stevewool]

No only me, suits me fine because I'm treating myself to a new high end 4k Denon AV amp at the end of the month

A packet of rich tea biscuits sounds better to me

[SimonH]

Never waste any food, never reheat anything, never eat anything other than English food as I know it, never eat out never had a take away, never bought a Costa coffee, I think I eat very well and it's how I've eaten all my life so to me it's very normal, sometimes I buy a bar of chocolate and it will last three weeks because to me things like that are a luxury, never bought actual sweets because as a child I was taught that I would have no teeth and that's turned out true because I have lovely teeth still. Regarding rice, had it on odd occasion, must admit when in Philippines I did have things like rice with beef steak or chicken also the odd Kentucky but didn't have a lot of choice really and I think that's the only time I've had to buy food out. During my working life when I was driving for my living I did buy food in transport cafe's but all they sold in those days were proper breakfasts and dinners and that was perfect for me, I do like fish and chips but only have them once or twice a year food to me is not a priority it's a necessity, must add I may have a fizzy drink a couple of times a year, when I walk round a shop or supermarket and see things like chocolate cake and other tempting luxuries I have the will power to ignore that kind of stuff because it's not needed to keep me alive and healthy. When I was married to my ex most Philipina friends and visitors used to say we were rich because we went to Philippines twice a year and bought a new car every year went on a nice Cornish holiday every year, had a nice immaculate furnished home and we were on less income than these people it was because me and my ex were always very careful with money because she wouldn't spend a penny and we always saved to pay cash for anything and everything never any credit at all, the moral of this kind of life is that it's what you don't spend that's important in life.

Sorry Michael, but this sounds totally crazy to me.

You're saying you'd never treat yourself to a meal out or a take away, in fact any kind of so called luxury so you could have a brand new car depreciating money every year and a couple of holidays?

Takes all sorts, not for me though. I'd rather sacrifice the new car and enjoy my other 'luxuries'

[Longweekend]

Simon, the retail price of a Daytona C is £15,999, if you are a member of the Rolex forum you will see today there is a brand new one for sale at $16,000 or best offer....

[SimonH]

Simon, the retail price of a Daytona C is £15,999, if you are a member of the Rolex forum you will see today there is a brand new one for sale at $16,000 or best offer....

Not sure what model you're looking at but the retail on the new ceramic Daytona is 12800 Swiss Francs or roughly £10000

[Michael Parnham]

Sorry Michael, but this sounds totally crazy to me.

You're saying you'd never treat yourself to a meal out or a take away, in fact any kind of so called luxury so you could have a brand new car depreciating money every year and a couple of holidays?

Takes all sorts, not for me though. I'd rather sacrifice the new car and enjoy my other 'luxuries'

I don't consider food a luxury, but an REL sub at a couple of grand is a luxury to me, a Smeg fridge or a Melie washing machine is a luxury to me, Being able to walk 5 mile a day at my age in good health is a luxury to me luxurious food is what shortens your life, is that really luxury?

[SimonH]

I don't consider food a luxury, but an REL sub at a couple of grand is a luxury to me, a Smeg fridge or a Melie washing machine is a luxury to me, Being able to walk 5 mile a day at my age in good health is a luxury to me luxurious food is what shortens your life, is that really luxury?

A Smeg fridge or meile washing machine are wise investment as both will last a lifetime. However saying the only pasta you've ever eatien is tinned spaghetti and also saying you bought a new car every year is totally alien to me. Each to their own my friend but I enjoy a Chinese take away every now and again over a new car every year.

[Terpe]

Yes,they are quality,Harrods have a bespoke one in for 42 grand,i told my mate he should have bought it as the colour matches his rolex I cant even afford a timex

Apologies for the off-topic......here in the Philippines Timex watches are highly regarded.
My first watch was a timex. Mum bought it for me and I know she struggled to buy it. That was over 55 years ago.I still have it and it still works great. Such sentimental value.

[Michael Parnham]

A Smeg fridge or meile washing machine are wise investment as both will last a lifetime. However saying the only pasta you've ever eatien is tinned spaghetti and also saying you bought a new car every year is totally alien to me. Each to their own my friend but I enjoy a Chinese take away every now and again over a new car every year.

I'm not adventurous with food at all I'll only eat what I know, can't stand the smell of Garlic and spices whiskey or any alcohol and most foods from other countries, but I do like good quality things I notice someone has been talking high end watches that's good, I like everything to be in place I'm obsessed with everything looking new and tidy can't stand clutter.

[Michael Parnham]

Apologies for the off-topic......here in the Philippines Timex watches are highly regarded.
My first watch was a timex. Mum bought it for me and I know she struggled to buy it. That was over 55 years ago.I still have it and it still works great. Such sentimental value.

Used to have a Timex at around the time you had yours Peter, I believe they were manufactured in Dundee, but in recent years moved to Asia, terrific watches and mine must have lasted me 25 or 30 years, had many straps though and it wound up

[stevewool]

I wonder what was in that tin of spaghetti , preservatives, colouring, starch, and God knows what else.