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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 7:39:39 GMT
Electricity in the UK has become the most expensive in Europe while gas is at its highest price for 13 years
You've gotta love free market capitalism...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 7:45:08 GMT
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Post by personunknown on Sept 23, 2021 7:49:47 GMT
All that empty rhetoric from previous energy ministers Trevelyan and Kwarteng telling us to shop around for the cheapest suppliers and now it ends up, inevitably, in the hands of the 'big boys'. I got myself a faux Sherpa blanket last winter, you can sit snug watching the telly with the heating off.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 9:03:57 GMT
All that empty rhetoric from previous energy ministers Trevelyan and Kwarteng telling us to shop around for the cheapest suppliers and now it ends up, inevitably, in the hands of the 'big boys'. I got myself a faux Sherpa blanket last winter, you can sit snug watching the telly with the heating off. Exactly It's bollocks isn't it Gonna be a lot of people switching the heating off and wrapped up in blankets |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 9:12:22 GMT
Most working class pensioners do this every year.
Shocking but not surprising.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 9:19:06 GMT
Shit's gonna get real when the middle classes have to turn off their heating too
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 9:21:41 GMT
Still all my older relatives vividly remember growing up with frost on the inside of their windows etc. Having warm houses in winter is a very recent thing.
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Post by zeopold on Sept 23, 2021 9:21:52 GMT
Shit's gonna get real when the middle classes have to turn off their heating too They'll blame migrants for it and keep on voting tory in order to keep them out |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 9:32:44 GMT
Shit's gonna get real when the middle classes have to turn off their heating too Yep, they'll just blame Eastern Europeans.👍 The cynical opportunism of the Gas and Leccy companies at this time of the year is just part and parcel of the cycle of greed of capitalism. Both Covid and Brexit are a cover for huge economic changes. They're just getting us all 'used' to them just now. Years from now however.... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 9:34:04 GMT
Still all my older relatives vividly remember growing up with frost on the inside of their windows etc. Having warm houses in winter is a very recent thing. This was widespread in Glasgow up to the turn of the last century and still exists now. |
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Post by personunknown on Sept 23, 2021 9:55:36 GMT
Still all my older relatives vividly remember growing up with frost on the inside of their windows etc. Having warm houses in winter is a very recent thing. I remember that vividly, we had steel framed windows and the condensation on the glass would turn to ice. Also, whenever I get a whiff of paraffin, I am transported back to the sixties and visions of a cast iron heater monstrosity sitting on the landing belching out noxious fumes. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 10:00:15 GMT
Anyone remember those wee 2 bar electric fires?
Also, convector heaters.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 10:27:29 GMT
Still all my older relatives vividly remember growing up with frost on the inside of their windows etc. Having warm houses in winter is a very recent thing. I remember that vividly, we had steel framed windows and the condensation on the glass would turn to ice. Also, whenever I get a whiff of paraffin, I am transported back to the sixties and visions of a cast iron heater monstrosity sitting on the landing belching out noxious fumes. My grandad and later uncle ran a hardware shop which, amongst other things distributed paraffin to people with those heaters. Actually it was a combined hardware and toy shop. Weird combo eh? Now it's a Fat Face on the same site. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 23, 2021 10:27:58 GMT
Anyone remember those wee 2 bar electric fires? Also, connector heaters. Unforgettable. Handy for lighting ciggies though. |
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Post by zeopold on Sept 23, 2021 10:44:33 GMT
Anyone remember those wee 2 bar electric fires? One of my earliest memories is touching the element in order to see what it felt like  |
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