middleagespread

It has just occurred to me that i'm sure we- the great british public- are having the wool pulled over our eyes yet again.
If the supermarket chains can suddenly, in the face of competition, reduce prices- this includes the cheaper supermarkets who have the leading edge at the moment, then how come we have been told that it is world prices at the production end that has been causing the rapid increases in our shopping baskets.
If i am right, shops are not allowed to sell things at a loss. This means that they are still making money at these reduced prices.
We must be complete mugs.
I say keep shopping at aldi and lidl, and watch the giants slash their prices further. Then split your shopping between them all to keep prices down.
Surely we should also do this with petrol companies, and energy suppliers to force them down too.
Come on people, start fighting against this rip off at long last.
If we don't do it no one will. Least of all this lilly livered government we have in place.

Another day, and another day in the news for Mr Mugabe. What a nutter!!!! Let's hope that this thingy in Egypt begins to sort things out, and that other leaders begin to show him the contempt that he truely deserves by not acknowledging him as a leader of a country. I hope at last SA stands up and is counted and begins to make moves against this madman and his henchmen.
How many times will these leaders butcher their own people, and the world sits and does nothing.
A disgrace!!
Back on the home front, things seem to be happening. A price war in the supermarkets. Apparently this is a good time to fill up your shopping baskets- or so we are told. Lidl and Aldi taking the big names to the cleaners. So people power does still work. thank goodness. But i shall continue to shop in the cheaper stores, as i don't trust that these lower prices will hold in the larger named shops.
I also had a brief chat with an energy supplier, trying to sell it's wares to me, and offerring discounts. Sadly these discounts do not apply to me as i have a prepaid meter. Interesting thing this is, as i'm one of the many who can't default on their bill, so therefore i receive the sh** end of the stick as always. I long for the day that i can afford to be self sufficient, and not line the pockets of these giants.
I have also just realised that if i give up one of my part time jobs, i will in fact be better off. No, i'm not on any benefits, nor do i receive tax credits, but as i have 2 small part time jobs, i pay 20% tax on each. I have just picked up my own small contract clean (self employed) which pays less than one of my other jobs, but by quitting that job i should get full tax relief on the remaining paultry sum. As a bonus it also gives me more time to get my artwork done. If anyone is interested in seeing some of my (art) work it can be found at quarrart.com
Does anyone think we'll ever see fuel prices below £1 per litre again? No, i don't either. I think that now they have managed to break through the barrier in magnanimous fashion, i think it is safe to say that it will never sink below that price again.
However, the sun is shining, i am having a few days away camping soon, the garden is looking good this year, and i am healthy. What more should i want!?!