Cost of living squeeze in 2022, 23 & 24 (Vol. 2)
Discussion
Otispunkmeyer said:
okgo said:
They have been in London. Every street dug up for fibre!
I’ve got it, 1gb service. It’s been great!
some of us live in the rest of the country I’ve got it, 1gb service. It’s been great!
I was looking at a house in the Sperrin Mountains as its a beautiful area. Not many for sale, but came across this one and 1st thing I do is check the internet - 900mbps download, 300mpbs upload, and its very rural, not many houses around at all, mostly just farms:
https://www.propertypal.com/6a-kirley-road-maghera...
soupdragon1 said:
Northern Ireland has great internet, even in rural areas. Something like 98% of homes have access to high speed broadband.
I was looking at a house in the Sperrin Mountains as its a beautiful area. Not many for sale, but came across this one and 1st thing I do is check the internet - 900mbps download, 300mpbs upload, and its very rural, not many houses around at all, mostly just farms:
https://www.propertypal.com/6a-kirley-road-maghera...
I used to work in telco in Ireland. It was amazing. Small population, plenty of city and rural areas. It got to be the test bed of some of the major European operators and as a result had some very advanced internet connectivity before other places. NI was slightly similar with BT. ADSL was rolled out there before many parts of England but obviously it didn't make it all the way up the Sperrins. (Bloody autocorrect wanted to make that Sporrans, that would be a very different sentence).I was looking at a house in the Sperrin Mountains as its a beautiful area. Not many for sale, but came across this one and 1st thing I do is check the internet - 900mbps download, 300mpbs upload, and its very rural, not many houses around at all, mostly just farms:
https://www.propertypal.com/6a-kirley-road-maghera...
snuffy said:
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Petrol.
1.48 GBP (1.72 EUR) per litre when I left the UK at the weekend
1.13 EUR per litre when I got to Spain.
Not a good time for UK petrolheads.
Google tells me it's €1.68 in Spain.1.48 GBP (1.72 EUR) per litre when I left the UK at the weekend
1.13 EUR per litre when I got to Spain.
Not a good time for UK petrolheads.
€1.94 in France.
€1.86 in Germany.
Ah the joys of inflation led by artificial stimulus slapped over a weak economy, rather than the ‘better’ way around of being led by salary rises due to a strong economy.
Pay rises are largely absent and it’s just gutting the spending power of many participants.
It’s like Needful Things, buy now, pay later.
To now ask for services inflation to give workers a pay rise to cover costs just fuels more inflation.
The issue seems to be the participants who’re driving inflation right now.
The issue with such wide wealth inequality is going to now bite.
Pay rises are largely absent and it’s just gutting the spending power of many participants.
It’s like Needful Things, buy now, pay later.
To now ask for services inflation to give workers a pay rise to cover costs just fuels more inflation.
The issue seems to be the participants who’re driving inflation right now.
The issue with such wide wealth inequality is going to now bite.
croyde said:
Not sure about Spain but there were places in Tenerife that were as cheap as €1.11 over Christmas.
€1.20 as an average.
It's an intentionally misleading comparison though to be using petrol prices in the canaries (which are subsidised) but I suppose that's exactly what it was chosen above.....€1.20 as an average.
Shnozz said:
snuffy said:
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Petrol.
1.48 GBP (1.72 EUR) per litre when I left the UK at the weekend
1.13 EUR per litre when I got to Spain.
Not a good time for UK petrolheads.
Google tells me it's €1.68 in Spain.1.48 GBP (1.72 EUR) per litre when I left the UK at the weekend
1.13 EUR per litre when I got to Spain.
Not a good time for UK petrolheads.
€1.94 in France.
€1.86 in Germany.
Carl_VivaEspana said:
Petrol.
1.48 GBP (1.72 EUR) per litre when I left the UK at the weekend
1.13 EUR per litre when I got to Spain.
Not a good time for UK petrolheads.
GPB 0.35/litre where I live.1.48 GBP (1.72 EUR) per litre when I left the UK at the weekend
1.13 EUR per litre when I got to Spain.
Not a good time for UK petrolheads.
Government run petrol processing and all petrol stations; nationalised like the water and electricity.
snuffy said:
The RAC has also been pulling that stunt for years as well. Several years ago they whacked mine right up, when I complained and said I'd be cancelling, they offered to reduce it. I'd already signed up with GEM, so I told them if that's the way they do business, then they can defiantly poke it.
It what happens when you breakdown that really matters, and the RAC are so s
te, you might as well ring up the nearest primary school and ask if any of the reception kids can help out. Pit Pony said:
snuffy said:
The RAC has also been pulling that stunt for years as well. Several years ago they whacked mine right up, when I complained and said I'd be cancelling, they offered to reduce it. I'd already signed up with GEM, so I told them if that's the way they do business, then they can defiantly poke it.
It what happens when you breakdown that really matters, and the RAC are so ste, you might as well ring up the nearest primary school and ask if any of the reception kids can help out. Earthdweller said:
Canary Islands aren’t representative as they are a special economic zone with much lower taxation on fuel than the rest of Spain
Yip as a frequent visitor to one of them I find it amusing when the locals complain water is more expensive than petrol.It's not currently the case but it was at some points in time.
Louis Balfour said:
Pit Pony said:
snuffy said:
The RAC has also been pulling that stunt for years as well. Several years ago they whacked mine right up, when I complained and said I'd be cancelling, they offered to reduce it. I'd already signed up with GEM, so I told them if that's the way they do business, then they can defiantly poke it.
It what happens when you breakdown that really matters, and the RAC are so ste, you might as well ring up the nearest primary school and ask if any of the reception kids can help out. I once broke down in the Trafford Centre, and the chap was brilliant. I don't know how he worked out what was wrong !
Another time, broke down at home. Matey was a total t
t, arsey bd. He told me what was "wrong" and fked off. And it turned out he was wrong and in the end I worked it out for myself. I should have complained to the RAC, but him, along with the price increase, made me cancel it.
then you'll be ok, but usually it's some scruffy Herbert with a dirty van who just tuts and does bugger all.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff