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What Would You Cancel If Finances Were Tight?
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I'm not skint but if I was I'd rather cancel Sky TV et al than broadband. Broadband to me has become a vital utility.
I'm not skint but if I was I'd rather cancel Sky TV et al than broadband. Broadband to me has become a vital utility.
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//Unfortunat
13:04 Thu 18th May 2023
//Unfortunately (in a large part due to more than a decade of Tory government incompetence and corruption) many people are having to resort to the use of food banks to get by,…//
So I wonder what caused a similar situation in Germany:
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Or France:
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Or Italy:
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Or in the rest of Europe:
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It may have something to do with the incredible fact that if free food is laid on, many people will take it – before they cancel their broadband.
Your post also shows a lack of proper prioritisation. You started by saying that some people need food banks to get by and followed it up by saying that they have now even had to cancel their broadband as well. Surely if they had no money for food, broadband should have been give the elbow first, shouldn’t it? Or is it a case of “well, somebody will give me free food, so I’ll carry on with the broadband”?
So I wonder what caused a similar situation in Germany:
https:/
Or France:
https:/
Or Italy:
https:/
Or in the rest of Europe:
https:/
It may have something to do with the incredible fact that if free food is laid on, many people will take it – before they cancel their broadband.
Your post also shows a lack of proper prioritisation. You started by saying that some people need food banks to get by and followed it up by saying that they have now even had to cancel their broadband as well. Surely if they had no money for food, broadband should have been give the elbow first, shouldn’t it? Or is it a case of “well, somebody will give me free food, so I’ll carry on with the broadband”?
// It may have something to do with the incredible fact that if free food is laid on, many people will take it – before they cancel their broadband. //
You can't just walk into a food bank and get what you want. References are needed...questions asked. It's usually enough basics to cover 3-5 days, and there is a limit as to how many times the food bank can be used.
You can't just walk into a food bank and get what you want. References are needed...questions asked. It's usually enough basics to cover 3-5 days, and there is a limit as to how many times the food bank can be used.
Hopkirk
Indeed.
I almost sympathise with those who aren't able to give up something substantial like cigarettes, which have no positive value. I gave up when I realised that the money I spent on Marlboro Lights could be used to buy an Apple Watch, MacBook Air, iPhone and desktop iMac *every year*.
(I don't do this by the way).
Indeed.
I almost sympathise with those who aren't able to give up something substantial like cigarettes, which have no positive value. I gave up when I realised that the money I spent on Marlboro Lights could be used to buy an Apple Watch, MacBook Air, iPhone and desktop iMac *every year*.
(I don't do this by the way).
We don't have anything like Sky TV, etc.. Just Freesat.
Broadband has become essential, living in the country as we do, also a car. Everything would go before the car. Mobile phone costs are minimal as we each just have a tiny phone which makes and receives calls & texts in an emergency, so we put £20 on a couple of times a year at the most. The printer has also become essential - the tumble-dryer would go first - it's only used when essential anyway.
Broadband has become essential, living in the country as we do, also a car. Everything would go before the car. Mobile phone costs are minimal as we each just have a tiny phone which makes and receives calls & texts in an emergency, so we put £20 on a couple of times a year at the most. The printer has also become essential - the tumble-dryer would go first - it's only used when essential anyway.
Broadband/ internet is my lifeline...so it's not going anywhere.
I cook with a slow cooker, airfyer or halogen...occasionally use the hob. My dryer gave up the ghost before this cost of living crisis...id already decided it wasn't a necessity.
I never order in or get takeaways, nor do I go out for meals/coffee/drinks...can count on one hand how often. I rely on my daughter and her partner to take me out when they visit. One glass of wine a night.
Except for my houseplants addiction there is nothing to cut out...my plants help me keep my sanity.
I cook with a slow cooker, airfyer or halogen...occasionally use the hob. My dryer gave up the ghost before this cost of living crisis...id already decided it wasn't a necessity.
I never order in or get takeaways, nor do I go out for meals/coffee/drinks...can count on one hand how often. I rely on my daughter and her partner to take me out when they visit. One glass of wine a night.
Except for my houseplants addiction there is nothing to cut out...my plants help me keep my sanity.
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