Latest Moan From You and Me 2024

No, I don’t. Point is, we’re crippled by debt. Just like any debt, it attracts interest payments which we have to pay for. As for waste, it’s a drop in the ocean compared to GDP, makes no difference at all. I bet if we scaled down from government spending to households, there wouldn’t be much to choose between them. Show me a human, I’ll show you waste.

 

Oi! We don't waste anything! Our local County Council are just in the process of changing our rubbish collection system so we're going to be paying more to put out a 20l bag containing approx 2kg of unrecyclable rubbish. Unused food goes to the chickens, green waste is composted and now cat food sachets are recycled, we'll be able to get perhaps 10 bags in the little wheelie bin, to reduce the number of collections. The smell and fly problems will be appalling, but apparently that doesn't matter.....
As for recycling materials, OH has been doing his bit for years by never, ever throwing anything away 'because it'll come in handy one day'

 

Surely the point is if a gov wastes money, it is our money they waste. If a householder wishes to do the same, that is their choice.

When making spending announcements, govs should have to say "We will spend £X of your money on Y". When deciding not to recoup money wasted they should say "We have decided not to reclaim £X of your money". That would keep the source of the money front and centre.

 

GP waiting rooms should be rented out as they are not being used for the purpose they
were intended to be used for. Perhaps people who have lost their heating allowance
will gather there in the Winter

 

Ours has a food bank collection point. Maybe they could do a soup kitchen while-you-wait thing?

 

Do you remember "Last of the summer wine", that started out with three old blokes hanging out in the library to keep warm.

 

I only like tomato or ox tail.

 

It would have to be the NHS Soup ‘n’ Shake stuff, I think.

Can you buy the NHS soup and shake diet? How the programme works

 

Wide-spread consumption of those is likely to put more pressure on GP services.

 

I don't know how anyone can eat tomato soup, especially "cream of". It's the only thing I would be sick on. But I do love mulligatawny - a bit of spice for me and a whole tin too. Remember years ago Heinz did cheese and onion. That was good.

 

Tomato with Worcestersire in it. Potato and Leek. Mulligatawny. Pea and ham. French Onion. Ox Tail. Soup is good.