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Gas bills could rise over 60% in next 24 months
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 10:59 |
Great!!!! |
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Carole | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:01 |
Thanks Sue!! I come down this morning to find my son had the fire on! I left it, but just got up and turned it off!! |
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:03 |
Sorry Carole :-((( |
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LadyBarbara | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:03 |
Hi Sue |
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:05 |
Barbara, |
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Eldrick | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:09 |
Im so pleased that there is no gas where I live - I can be totally self sufficient in energy. Logs are free :-) Coal is still relatively cheap when supplemented with wood and I hardly use any electricity - when necessary I have a generator. |
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:10 |
Eldrick |
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LadyBarbara | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:19 |
Hi Sue |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:22 |
Hi Sue, |
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Muffyxx | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:26 |
Yes Cazzles. Us too. It's getting really scary. I don't think I've ever had to struggle to get through the month like I am doing now, and it's only the beginning we're told xx |
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:28 |
Barbara, |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:29 |
Hi Muffs, |
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:31 |
Hi Caz and Muffy, |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:31 |
and for us pensioners on fixed incomes I'm wondering where it will all end? |
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♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ | Report | 18 Jul 2008 11:41 |
I am an optimist, if necessary I will have to find an evening job or something to help us out. |
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Meduck | Report | 18 Jul 2008 12:04 |
I usually set the water to come on twice a day for an hour at this time of year,. I've started taking it off the timer and just feeling the tank instead and I've found that I could get a way with just having it come on once a day instead. Course this won't help in winter when you need the heating. |
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Sue | Report | 18 Jul 2008 12:16 |
We were talking to a taxi driver friend of our last week. His company are working on the expectation that in 12 month's time fuel will be £10.00 per gallon. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 18 Jul 2008 12:45 |
Fuel, electricity, gas and water are certainly going to be a problem. We are going to have to be even more inovative. |
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LadyBarbara | Report | 18 Jul 2008 12:52 |
Sue i've got you on my list |
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Julia | Report | 18 Jul 2008 13:25 |
I think we are all going to have to learn to be a bit more frugal to make the pennies go around. Personally, I can't bear waste, as I'm sure many others can't. I am so fed up of buying celery,for instance, and having to throw away the green outside sticks, which are tough and inedible. I am also fed up with watching TV chefs advocating making your own vegetable stock, only to drain off the liquor and throw away perfectly good vegetables. Bearing this in mind, the other day, in a large pan, I put the celery stalks,carrots,parsnip,turnip,potato,leeks,and onions, all roughly chopped up, into a large pan, and covered with water. I left it for a while to simmer, and when cooked,cooled it. I then blitzed it down, to a thick puree, and left it in it's concentrated form to go cold. My yeild was 8x1pt containers for the freezer. At a later date I can thin this down to use as a base for any soups in the winter. |
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