Sunday, January 22, 2017

Digest for misc.consumers.frugal-living@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 21 01:37PM -0800

> life sure is hard
 
Since my daughter has been leading tours to Cuba, she has learned to
consider many things "First-world problems". This is probably one of them.
 
--
Cheers, Bev
"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
It's cheaper." -- Quentin Crisp 1908 - 1999
Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com>: Jan 22 10:53AM -0500

The Real Bev wrote:
 
 
> If it were being done now they would design it so as to
> impede traffic, thereby encouraging the use of bicycles
> and public transportation. Assholes.
 
LOL, yeah, they probably would except there IS no public
transportation in this county. And anyone attempting to
ride a bicycle on a real road (not in a residential
area) would end up road kill by a logging truck or other
18-wheeler on our two lane roads with no shoulder areas.
 
And they wonder why email has taken over so much of their
business. Unfortunately there are no transporter beams
yet to transfer packages or other such items so there
is still a need for those post offices, especially in
rural areas such as this.
 
Nyssa, who at least has very efficient and friendly
post office counter folks at her post office which isn't
always the case in others
RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>: Jan 22 08:12AM

> On Friday, January 20, 2017 at 12:52:32 AM UTC-8, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Will they ever go down again?
 
> Nope. Never. Time to hoard
 
:-)
 
In the UK, privatisation of gas has led to a true race to the bottom, as
companies form on the back of ridiculous wholesale buying projections -
and then attract customers, and then end up in liquidation:
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38119754
 
It was all underwritten by the British government - so the old customers
continue to get cheap gas courtesy of the taxpayer.
 
I got a similar deal with Flow Energy - gas for me is about 40% cheaper
than last year, guaranteed until October 2017. Just a matter of time
before they collapse.
 
--
Cheers, Rob
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