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Post by kris on May 29, 2024 12:08:11 GMT
Last one I had I kept it too long and ate some after it turned. It came back out in a remarkable way same way it went in. I'm one of those people who hate vomiting. Put me off completely. I know its fine when fresh but I've gone off it (giggle).. Also you said they might be an endangered species. They are definitely getting rarer. All mushrooms are best fresh. I’ve had a similar experience with puffballs so I’m not kean on them anymore.
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Post by on May 29, 2024 12:09:49 GMT
There is not mushroom for a rotten fungus in the stomach. It gets ejected.
Insects are getting rarer as well.
Climate change innit.
Ecosystems collapsing.
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Post by kris on May 29, 2024 12:16:49 GMT
It does seem like it’s all starting to unravel. Which is why the corporations are squeezing the general populace for as much as they can get before the wheels fall off.
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Post by Murgatroyd on May 29, 2024 12:39:20 GMT
Last one I had I kept it too long and ate some after it turned. It came back out in a remarkable way same way it went in. I'm one of those people who hate vomiting. Put me off completely. I know its fine when fresh but I've gone off it (giggle).. Also you said they might be an endangered species. It's odd how these events change perceptions. I ate what I thought was an egg but it turned out to be a salmonella bomb. I knew something terrible was going to occur 15 minutes after eating it. The effects lasted quite a while and I haven't looked an egg in the eye since. Quite illogical but here we are.
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Post by Telemachus on May 29, 2024 13:28:38 GMT
I disagree. We live in a global economic system. Most of the inflation was caused by global commodity prices going through the roof post COVID and post Ukraine invasion. A few insignificant Brits with a few more pound notes in their pockets had an insignificant effect on global commodity prices. Rishi and his predecessors did not cause the inflation, just as neither did they get it down to 3% or so recently. It is nearly all down to global commodity prices. Well, if you have a mortgage then I guess Liz had a part to play in making them more expensive, but I think CPI doesn’t include mortgages? I'm not sure we disagree. The money printing jamboree took place throughout the developed world. Hence the increased commodity prices you refer to. It's interesting how this affected the less developed world. They suffered the same increases in the costs of commodities, these being priced globally. Little or no money was borrowed/ printed during covid. They didn't therefore suffer local surplus of demand over supply. There wasn't upward pressure on wages. We could go on. Some annual inflation rates: 2022 U.K 9.07% Indonesia 4.14% 2023 U.K 7.31% Indonesia 3.71% It would be fair to say that local factors, as well as global factors, are drivers for inflation. How do you measure inflation in different countries? I very much doubt a standard “basket” in Indonesia is the same as one in the UK. Indonesians don’t need to heat their homes in winter and many don’t have aircon. Nearly all their food is grown in-country, probably locally, and so the prices are less subject to global forces.
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Post by kris on May 29, 2024 13:40:33 GMT
Last one I had I kept it too long and ate some after it turned. It came back out in a remarkable way same way it went in. I'm one of those people who hate vomiting. Put me off completely. I know its fine when fresh but I've gone off it (giggle).. Also you said they might be an endangered species. It's odd how these events change perceptions. I ate what I thought was an egg but it turned out to be a salmonella bomb. I knew something terrible was going to occur 15 minutes after eating it. The effects lasted quite a while and I haven't looked an egg in the eye since. Quite illogical but here we are. self preservation instinct? I once eat a meal in a roadside restaurant in India and knew as soon as I’d eat it, that I shouldn’t have done.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 29, 2024 14:26:59 GMT
I'm not sure we disagree. The money printing jamboree took place throughout the developed world. Hence the increased commodity prices you refer to. It's interesting how this affected the less developed world. They suffered the same increases in the costs of commodities, these being priced globally. Little or no money was borrowed/ printed during covid. They didn't therefore suffer local surplus of demand over supply. There wasn't upward pressure on wages. We could go on. Some annual inflation rates: 2022 U.K 9.07% Indonesia 4.14% 2023 U.K 7.31% Indonesia 3.71% It would be fair to say that local factors, as well as global factors, are drivers for inflation. How do you measure inflation in different countries? I very much doubt a standard “basket” in Indonesia is the same as one in the UK. Indonesians don’t need to heat their homes in winter and many don’t have aircon. Nearly all their food is grown in-country, probably locally, and so the prices are less subject to global forces. I don't know how inflation is measured elsewhere. Actually, that's irrelevant. The trend from year to year is what matters for the purpose of this discussion, not the basket of goods/ services chosen. Provided that the basket remains consistent year on year and the basket is reasonably wide ranging, that suffices. Anecdotal evidence matches what official figures suggest. Petrol had gone up significantly between 2020 and 2024 but hotel prices and the cost of eating out was more or less unchanged.
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Post by on May 29, 2024 14:48:34 GMT
In Better News I see that ALDI have resisted the temptation to call them 'chicken kyivs' Which was nice !
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Post by kris on May 29, 2024 15:12:55 GMT
In Better News I see that ALDI have resisted the temptation to call them 'chicken kyivs' Which was nice ! I reckon you’ve got more chance of getting ill from eating them than the chicken of the woods.
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Post by dogless on May 29, 2024 15:27:39 GMT
Cafe at Batchworth lock still in business. Fine bacon butty and cup of coffee earlier. Rog
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Post by Telemachus on May 29, 2024 16:01:53 GMT
How do you measure inflation in different countries? I very much doubt a standard “basket” in Indonesia is the same as one in the UK. Indonesians don’t need to heat their homes in winter and many don’t have aircon. Nearly all their food is grown in-country, probably locally, and so the prices are less subject to global forces. I don't know how inflation is measured elsewhere. Actually, that's irrelevant. The trend from year to year is what matters for the purpose of this discussion, not the basket of goods/ services chosen. Provided that the basket remains consistent year on year and the basket is reasonably wide ranging, that suffices. Anecdotal evidence matches what official figures suggest. Petrol had gone up significantly between 2020 and 2024 but hotel prices and the cost of eating out was more or less unchanged. You are confused. As you say if the basket remains consistent year on year then the measure of inflation relative to previous years is reasonably valid. But only for the country in which the basket has been selected. A different basket with emphases on different items will give different results, eg the difference between CPI and RPI.
When you bring in other countries with completely different baskets and completely different ways of life and financial pulls, comparing one country with another is completely pointless. And that is before we have considered currency fluctuations.
Comparing inflation in UK vs Indonesia doesn't tell you anything meaningful except perhaps whether it is a good place to go on holiday.
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Post by on May 29, 2024 16:20:54 GMT
It does seem like it’s all starting to unravel. Which is why the corporations are squeezing the general populace for as much as they can get before the wheels fall off. I reckon all those vast computer servers also have underground food storage and self sufficient energy for 50 yars. And good security!
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Post by kris on May 29, 2024 16:47:11 GMT
It does seem like it’s all starting to unravel. Which is why the corporations are squeezing the general populace for as much as they can get before the wheels fall off. I reckon all those vast computer servers also have underground food storage and self sufficient energy for 50 yars. And good security! Well apparently the current billionaires must have is a doomsday bunker. New Zealand being a popular destination I believe. Which is why it’s strange your selling yours🙃
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Post by Murgatroyd on May 29, 2024 17:10:46 GMT
I don't know how inflation is measured elsewhere. Actually, that's irrelevant. The trend from year to year is what matters for the purpose of this discussion, not the basket of goods/ services chosen. Provided that the basket remains consistent year on year and the basket is reasonably wide ranging, that suffices. Anecdotal evidence matches what official figures suggest. Petrol had gone up significantly between 2020 and 2024 but hotel prices and the cost of eating out was more or less unchanged. You are confused. As you say if the basket remains consistent year on year then the measure of inflation relative to previous years is reasonably valid. But only for the country in which the basket has been selected. A different basket with emphases on different items will give different results, eg the difference between CPI and RPI.
When you bring in other countries with completely different baskets and completely different ways of life and financial pulls, comparing one country with another is completely pointless. And that is before we have considered currency fluctuations.
Comparing inflation in UK vs Indonesia doesn't tell you anything meaningful except perhaps whether it is a good place to go on holiday.
You're so wrong. What the basket tells us us that Angela Rayner is a very bad person. Very bad. Beware the gathering of many baskets.
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Post by Telemachus on May 29, 2024 17:21:42 GMT
You are confused. As you say if the basket remains consistent year on year then the measure of inflation relative to previous years is reasonably valid. But only for the country in which the basket has been selected. A different basket with emphases on different items will give different results, eg the difference between CPI and RPI.
When you bring in other countries with completely different baskets and completely different ways of life and financial pulls, comparing one country with another is completely pointless. And that is before we have considered currency fluctuations.
Comparing inflation in UK vs Indonesia doesn't tell you anything meaningful except perhaps whether it is a good place to go on holiday.
You're so wrong. What the basket tells us us that Angela Rayner is a very bad person. Very bad. Beware the gathering of many baskets. Well, Dianne Abbot is definitely a basket case.
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