Inflation Wingers Post Here!

[PhilinBSAS]

whinged, whing·ing, whing·es Chiefly British To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

note the "chiefly british"

As in "whinging poms" (Australian english)

 

[PhilinBSAS]

So depressed about prices here. In UK you can buy 4 cans of tomatoes for 7 pesos!!! Just check out this supermarket saver website. http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/shel...m_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17502

Not to mention Iceland, see all these frozen pizzas starting at 7 pesos. Oh, the variety!!! http://www.iceland.co.uk/our-food/frozen-food/pizza

4 cans of toms are £2 in Morrisons (middle/low cost supermarket) and £1.20 in Aldi (deep discounter). I checked yesterday.

Iceland pizzas are total crap as is the rest of their stuff - unless you have chav aspirations. Look at Kerrie Katona who has had a well publicised problem trying to lost weight and was regularly used as the role model for Iceland adverts (until her cocaine habit came out)

Kerry Katona struggles to keep her boobs inside strapless frilly frock http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...struggles-to-keep-her-boobs-inside-frock.html

You can rely on the Sun to get to the point! come to think of it why hasnt Kerry done a Jordan and found an Argentine toy boy? Only a matter of time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/18/kerry-katona-iceland

Beginning to miss the objectivity of Buenos Aires newspapers

Sorry for going off thread and not whinging about inflation - or am I????

 

[Farenheit]

Well if you check the fruit and veg section, everything is now cheaper in uk. I paid 15 pesos for 100g walnuts the other day, double the cost in uk. Everything here is a luxury now, from sliced bread to pizza topping sauce. Hell, even the on sale diapers in my local chino have risen from 7 pesos to 11 pesos in less than a year, this for only 8 basic quality diapers! Is there anything here that's still cheap or even affordable???

 

[jp]

Fruit in the verduleria and meat in the carniceria is still better quality and cheaper than most UK supermarkets.

If you can avoid supermarkets, together with packaged and processed goods as much as possible it keeps the bills down.

 

[PhilinBSAS]

From the Office for National Statistics
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/cpi/consumer-price-indices/august-2012/index.html

You can download a personal inflation calculator
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc14/index.html

OK so you have to be an anorak to keep it up if not fully motivated but maybe jointly produce an Ex Pats index? This bulletin board is sufficiently anonymous to deflect AFIP?

BTW the UK Government has just produced a consultation to try to move from RPI retail price index to consumer price index CPI for "mathematical" reasons.

http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1153779/inflation-changes-ons-consultation-begins/

Having just issued a very popular National Savings Bond based on the RPI would you believe the CPI is consistently lower so a shift would be a crafty move worthy of another Government we could name and sure sign inflation is definitely getting a grip in UK

My ex Union and other public service unions have a long term class action case going to Strasbourg about employers unilateral decision to switch calculation of indexing for pensions from RPI to CPI

The K Gov arent the only ones looking to fiddle figures to disguise price inflation when it can be done - only the Ks are more confrontational and therefore inept!!!

 

[Dipoots]

interesting thread...

i was speaking with a person in the petrol business the other day and she said that sales of gasoline and diesel are falling compared to same time last year... seems like everyone is holding back on expenditure, exactly the opposite of what the govt is trying to do... spur consumer spending to have positive growth... consumer spending is only going up due to inflation rather than any real demand.

cuando, cuando, cuando...

 

[mrporoto]

I had a plazo fijo that paid over $600 for 30 days,about 80 quids at today's rate.Musn't grumble at that then!!

 

[Gringoboy]

Ref the price of fuel:
This probably explains the huge increase in the sales of bicycles, not just here but particularly in Europe.
Italy springs to mind.
And think of the advantages.....no parking worries, fuel efficient, eco friendly, self improving body efficiency.....the list goes on.

 

[French jurist]

Ref the price of fuel:
This probably explains the huge increase in the sales of bicycles, not just here but particularly in Europe.
Italy springs to mind.
And think of the advantages.....no parking worries, fuel efficient, eco friendly, self improving body efficiency.....the list goes on.

Actually, there have been studies that prove that 80 years ago, people had an average travelling speed higher on their bicycles than today in cars. The catch? -> if you include in the time spent moving around in a car, the hours you work to pay for gasoline, oil change, tires, car and such.

Of course, it's far easier to travel a long distance in a car but still...


Using bicycles also reduces the healthcare costs (a bit of exercise everyday)

 

[sesamosinsal]

The other benefit is being independent from public transportation here. Generally, public transport is good. However, after the marathon subway strike a month or so ago, I decided that I would no longer be held hostage and bought a bike. I used to be wholly opposed to the idea of getting a bike. The bicisendas make it quite safe, though.