tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post5777590978081539131..comments2024-03-28T08:47:51.094-07:00Comments on Hard Up Hester.: Buying something isn't the answerHard up Hesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561421853249973134noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-84512346544113038972013-12-01T00:18:24.787-08:002013-12-01T00:18:24.787-08:00Yes there is a real world out there and some of us...Yes there is a real world out there and some of us are pretty clueless as to how harsh that world is.ALoadofOldTathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991286392563424440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-58909070608359500652013-11-30T11:40:16.320-08:002013-11-30T11:40:16.320-08:00Pre pay meters are horrible, they are the most exp...Pre pay meters are horrible, they are the most expensive way to buy power and it is those who can least afford to pay more who are forced on to them. I'm glad your friend is okay. WS xxxLyssa Medanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350926829113722058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-15803532711601517562013-11-30T10:45:50.843-08:002013-11-30T10:45:50.843-08:00Helen, I'll look into that.
Lyssa, thank you, ...Helen, I'll look into that.<br />Lyssa, thank you, she is ok as her ex did pay up, he just likes to 'forget' to upset her.<br />Rebecca, that's so true.<br />Keth, very true, your studies sound really interesting.Hard up Hesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561421853249973134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-62799907864782847842013-11-30T09:58:44.509-08:002013-11-30T09:58:44.509-08:00I read library e-books for free on my tablet with ...I read library e-books for free on my tablet with 'overdrive' software, try checking your county library website.<br />:-)<br /> Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441267156188525653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-84255815535852415642013-11-30T08:18:28.599-08:002013-11-30T08:18:28.599-08:00You're absolutely right. If you have the mone...You're absolutely right. If you have the money (even £30-40 for the mini oven) then it's a lot easier to trim the pennies. I would say it is harder to save money if you haven't any - eg more expensive power via pre pay meters used by the poorest. Hope your friend is okay. WS xxxLyssa Medanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350926829113722058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-45850924486883062852013-11-30T06:59:45.296-08:002013-11-30T06:59:45.296-08:00So true and those things (appliances, etc) the fbc...So true and those things (appliances, etc) the fbc love to go on and on about can very rarely be found for free.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774744851918941824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-3621381796752547132013-11-30T02:26:59.829-08:002013-11-30T02:26:59.829-08:00You know, I'm doing a degree in history at the...You know, I'm doing a degree in history at the moment, and one of the modules I'm doing is food and diet and the early modern period (in other words - tudor and stuart period). Throughout the period there were regular famines and of course people were always poor, poverty never really went away and pamphlets and books were published recommending alternatives for people to eat. Beans were quite often suggested. the problem was that the people writing the pamphlets, often doctors, had no real idea about poverty and didn't stop to think about the fuel cost of cooking dried beans to be edible, much less the equipment that would have been necessary (often the urban poor would've lived on food cooked by others, and bought for a meal, much like today's fast food). <br /><br />Things really do NOT change, do they?<br /><br />save your breath, Hester... :)kethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-69508077487769901142013-11-30T00:18:57.726-08:002013-11-30T00:18:57.726-08:00Instead of Crisis Loans from DWP which were only a...Instead of Crisis Loans from DWP which were only available to people on certain benefits we now have Local Welfare Assistance which is controlled by County Councils. Maybe check their website or find a local advice agency who will be able to help with gas/electric.<br />I work for an organisation that gives out vouchers and yesterday during our 1 hr of opening (there are other organisations open to do this as well) I saw 4 people who didnt have enough gas or electric.<br />Makes me grateful for what I haveEEnoreply@blogger.com