Food Banks Whats Going On?

SilliamWhale · May 12, 2022

Chasingmytail said:
agree, tickles the ell out of me why plenty of rich retired get free swim, free bus etc. Family member just wont spend his money uses all the 'free' services he can when he can pay its not an issue and seeing that he spends thousands on holidays makes the whole thing ridiculous. Got too many retired at 55/60 making out they grafted so hard (I doubt it) going to be retired longer than they ever worked on £3k a month living in 5 bedroom housing. See it all the time as we do groundworks for extensions on these houses because they are bored and want a sun lounge/sewing room. Blocking the housing system and have a cheek then to moan about the heating bills and want all the freebies. I find it amazing the wealth of these retired and the brand new cars, 5 bed houses and expect to have the income for another 40 years. Not sustainable. I dread to think the income of many retired if both had final salary pensions could be in excess of £6k per month,

I plan to be wealthier in retirement than in work.

ollie989898 · May 12, 2022

My father is involved with a lot of charity work and the local foodbank in my home town. They don't accept just anyone- you can't just rock up- and the people served by it are all deserving as I understand.

I have utterly no plan on retiring. Retirement is an activity that has a 100% fatality rate attached to it.

unlacedgecko · May 12, 2022

SteveHants said:
Presumably they are at a paid job between lambing the ewes like I was hen I had 500 to lamb?

Filling in subsidy forms?

Johnnyboxer · May 12, 2022

Bokey said:
Can buy a bag of spuds for about a tenner feed a family fir a while

You’re going have to peel & wash them though

Too much effort for some

unlacedgecko · May 12, 2022

Poorbuthappy said:
Presumably looking after the 130 suckler cows (and followers?) that are nearly due to calve too.

Sounds like a system that needs a radical overhaul.

Farmer 83563 · May 12, 2022

SilliamWhale said:
I plan to be wealthier in retirement than in work.

I'm the complete opposite! Not going to retire and would like to pass everything on and work for the kids as soon as they are happy to take the business forward. Worried i'd go off the rails if I had nothing to do!!

Hilly · May 12, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
It's not ridiculous. Read "Gordon is a Moron". Deliberate policy by the Blair (and later Brown) administration to create a huge voter pool entirely dependent on the state. That way the Labour party would never lose power. Hence their love of importing unskilled migrants.

Brown and blair caused unbelivable damage to the uk ,

Estate fencing. · May 12, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
Filling in subsidy forms?

You ever dealt with the rpa? I have and wish I had £50/acre off my rent and the landlord claimed the sub.

MRT · May 12, 2022

Courier said:
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Helluva cook though

Exfarmer · May 12, 2022

Hilly said:
Brown and blair caused unbelivable damage to the uk ,

Yes we can agree that in many respects but the Conservatives have had 12 years to put things right

Hilly · May 12, 2022

Exfarmer said:
Yes we can agree that in many respects but the Conservatives have had 12 years to put things right

The problem is they are all not very good at the job now ! As far as im concerned their isnt anyone to vote for any more .

ollie989898 · May 12, 2022

Exfarmer said:
Yes we can agree that in many respects but the Conservatives have had 12 years to put things right

Yeah, right. Explain how. Thousands of folk on the public sector wage. How do you get rid of them without losing elections?

DRC · May 12, 2022

ollie989898 said:
My father is involved with a lot of charity work and the local foodbank in my home town. They don't accept just anyone- you can't just rock up- and the people served by it are all deserving as I understand.

I have utterly no plan on retiring. Retirement is an activity that has a 100% fatality rate attached to it.

You can retire from one occupation and do something else completely different though . Maybe part time and/ or without the stress of running a business .

le bon paysan · May 12, 2022

Tory MP says you can eat on .30 pence a day! While claiming £220,000 on expenses. My Mrs reckons you can't do it. Some days you can eat cheap, we love bubble and squeak, but you can't feed a family for ,30 p each a day.

unlacedgecko · May 12, 2022

Electricfencer said:
You ever dealt with the rpa? I have and wish I had £50/acre off my rent and the landlord claimed the sub.

No I haven't.

It's not compulsory to deal with the RPA.

Estate fencing. · May 12, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
No I haven't.

It's not compulsory to deal with the RPA.

I wasted a whole day yesterday trying to sort my bps out, it might not be compulsory but is necessary because don’t want to be paying the large rent on a fbt and not claim it.

Bongodog · May 12, 2022

SilliamWhale said:
Rather than food banks it is probably way more efficient to encourage more food kitchens. Could be co-ordinated by charities or even state funded to a degree and they could easily provide cheap nutritious meals.

That's not true because in my time we didn't have cookery lessons and I know how to cook. Miguel Barclay has lots of books about cooking for £1 which you can buy for a fiver, as does the attention seeker Jack Monroe.

I do think the issue around food banks and food poverty are complex though. Its not that everyone who uses them are fat and lazy. That said the food industry is pretty ropey for the shite that is promoted in processed food.

But you weren't taught how to cook at school were you ? I can cook but its from my Mum and my own enthusiasm. many people now just aren't interested on making their own meals when there is deliveroo.

Estate fencing. · May 12, 2022

Bongodog said:
But you weren't taught how to cook at school were you ? I can cook but its from my Mum and my own enthusiasm. many people now just aren't interested on making their own meals when there is deliveroo.

Iv never cooked any more than a frozen pizza, its not that probably can’t its that I’m to f**king lazy.

thorpe · May 12, 2022

le bon paysan said:
Tory MP says you can eat on .30 pence a day! While claiming £220,000 on expenses. My Mrs reckons you can't do it. Some days you can eat cheap, we love bubble and squeak, but you can't feed a family for ,30 p each a day.

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i bet he dosnt eat on 30p a day!

thorpe · May 12, 2022

some of the ethnics are eating cheap , helping themselves to our stockfeed spuds. the brits aint

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