More people working - less people eating

I don't wish to be the Grammar Nazi, but shouldn't that be " Fewer people eating"?
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FluffyMcDeath said:
Non-recovery recovery continues.
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Yes and no. There is no recovery, far from it. However food cost is still not the problem*. Education is the problem. Pop culture brainwashing has the masses unable to think for themselves. They think government food stamps for Taco bell or Krispy Kreme is the cheap and proper way to eat.

*Food cost will get out of control in the USA very soon. It is indeed rising, but people ain't seen nothing yet. What is the over-under of when cannibalism loses its stigma? 2016?
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
um ... yes.:oops:
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haha...can't help it. I hear mom's voice in my head





anyway, as to the topic I suspect that many people who were middle class and doing ok for a while simply don't have the techniques for surviving with little money. It's a big surprise to them and they don't realize that they can't spend money like they used to.

Having grown up with people who lived through depressions and war I learned first hand how to Think FRUGAL
It affects everything. You try to buy food items only when on sale and then you stock up. You buy stuff that can last like tuna in a can and peanutbutter. And you don't buy stuff that is just a waste like soda.

I could go on and on but I've observed that most americans are incredibly wasteful and have no skills in frugality. So when the shit hits the fan they freak out.
While I'm like: been there, done that, no biggy
 
redrumloa said:
Yes and no. There is no recovery, far from it. However food cost is still not the problem*. Education is the problem. Pop culture brainwashing has the masses unable to think for themselves. They think government food stamps for Taco bell or Krispy Kreme is the cheap and proper way to eat.

*Food cost will get out of control in the USA very soon. It is indeed rising, but people ain't seen nothing yet. What is the over-under of when cannibalism loses its stigma? 2016?
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US should be in rebuilding (not recovery) mode by late 16 or 17 after the US accepts a new electronic world reserve currency backed by silver/gold. The worst will probably be 14 or 15 which will cause the US to default as wide spread rioting because of 50%-100% inflation rates will become overwhelming. When the US does default, that is when welfare, social security, medicaid, US employee retirement checks stop. I'm guessing the Bancor will be released as a IMF intermediate world reserve by late 2013 until the new electronic world reserve is ready to be forced down America's throat. The global elites buy the now bankrupted TBTF bank's toxic assets for probably less then a penny on the dollar with gold and silver or other high value commodities.

Then Fluffy's dream will have come true. The puppetmaster's who have been bankrolling his favorite progressive causes (to be fair, they have done the same with the GOP elites in the US because they always cover their bets) will be in charge of massive nanny state governments as they pull the financial strings of Canada's lifeblood. I think Red, you and I know where this socialistic nirvana is heading to, I just wonder when the Progressives will finally take the red pill. I'm guessing far too late and long after the elites give a damn if they do or don't.
 
cecilia said:
So when the shit hits the fan they freak out. While I'm like: been there, done that, no biggy
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For those living in the urban setting which will be hardest hit, that is when things will go ugly very quickly. Right after half the cops get laid off because of budget cuts, bureaucrats have priority over cops and fire fighters, after all.
 
Dammy said:
Then Fluffy's dream will have come true.
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Wow - you are such an idiot, or you do a convincing impersonation of one. It's not like I never ever write anything here on whyzzat but you still manage to utterly fail to grasp my position on anything.
 
metalman said:
More people eating - less people working

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Arizona woman claims she is eating 21,000 calories a day in the hopes of becoming the fattest woman in the world.

The 42-year-old New Jersey woman is determined to reach 1,000 lb
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WOW. Those two people are SOOOOOO fat, it absolutely proves that nobody in the world can be hungry - not even those drought stricken war plagued Africans. As long as there is even a single morbidly obese person on the planet we know that hunger is a myth.
 
cecilia said:
Having grown up with people who lived through depressions and war I learned first hand how to Think FRUGAL
It affects everything. You try to buy food items only when on sale and then you stock up. You buy stuff that can last like tuna in a can and peanutbutter. And you don't buy stuff that is just a waste like soda.

I could go on and on but I've observed that most americans are incredibly wasteful and have no skills in frugality. So when the shit hits the fan they freak out.
While I'm like: been there, done that, no biggy
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Must admit I've been breaking out my old cook books of late for cheap and nutritious food. One of the advantages of having been raised in abject poverty is knowing how to deal with things like off cuts of meat, giblets etc, not to mention how to really go to town on veg.

Tonight however, I'm treating myself, some fresh ravioli and tortelloni with a bolognese sauce.

I was thinking about doing some garlic bread too but I keep hearing my mates voice in my head every time I think about it: "Garlic... Bread? Dirty bastards!" :D
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
WOW. Those two people are SOOOOOO fat, it absolutely proves that nobody in the world can be hungry - not even those drought stricken war plagued Africans. As long as there is even a single morbidly obese person on the planet we know that hunger is a myth.
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"Starving" is a relative term.

The starvin' Americans the Democrats are always talking about weigh 400 lbs and haven't eaten in 6 hrs
The malnourished Americans the Democrats are talking about are those who haven't eaten in 3 hrs and are now suffering "food anxiety"
Starving Africans are the walking skeletons who ate last week
Starving North Koreans are a future entree
 
the_leander said:
Must admit I've been breaking out my old cook books of late for cheap and nutritious food. One of the advantages of having been raised in abject poverty is knowing how to deal with things like off cuts of meat, giblets etc, not to mention how to really go to town on veg.

Tonight however, I'm treating myself, some fresh ravioli and tortelloni with a bolognese sauce.

I was thinking about doing some garlic bread too but I keep hearing my mates voice in my head every time I think about it: "Garlic... Bread? Dirty bastards!" :D
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I guess you have to be Italian/French/Belgian/etc to really appreciate garlic bread. it's good. and garlic is Goooood for ya!

anyway, making your own meals is WAY more frugal and cost effective.

I recall in LA when ever I had a chicken or turkey I would boil the bones (and everything else that was left over) until I had sucked everything out of the skeleton. I would then freeze the stock and use it when I needed it. USE everything and throw away virtually nothing is the way to go.
 
cecilia said:
I guess you have to be Italian/French/Belgian/etc to really appreciate garlic bread. it's good. and garlic is Goooood for ya!
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Oh I know, it's just that every time I thought about doing it, I was cracking up because I could picture my mate's face saying the above... I need to concentrate when cooking or bad things happen... Like burning the water etc ;)

cecilia said:
anyway, making your own meals is WAY more frugal and cost effective.
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Total cost of the meal was 78p and I ate like a fat rat tonight. Tbh I could have used half of what I did tonight and I would have still have had plenty.

Tbh I was half afraid of admitting to throwing those two ingredients into the pan together given your Italian heritage, I'm sure some food lover out there will die just a little upon reading of my abuse of such great foodstuffs.

The Ravioli consisted of slow cooked beef in red wine and cheddar cheese, whilst the tortelloni had spinach and riccota (also a hint of nutmeg) in it.

omnomnomnom :)

cecilia said:
I recall in LA when ever I had a chicken or turkey I would boil the bones (and everything else that was left over) until I had sucked everything out of the skeleton. I would then freeze the stock and use it when I needed it. USE everything and throw away virtually nothing is the way to go.
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We tend to bake the bones until they go dark brown/black, then dump them into a pan of boiling water for the black to lift off as the base for gravy stock.

I think I've put up these links before, but I think it's worth linking them again:

For folks cooking on a tight budget try:

Hillbilly housewife and allrecipies cooking on a budget section.

Have fun.

Perhaps we should do a recipes thread?
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
WOW. Those two people are SOOOOOO fat, it absolutely proves that nobody in the world can be hungry - not even those drought stricken war plagued Africans. As long as there is even a single morbidly obese person on the planet we know that hunger is a myth.
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Remind me of a joke about statistics. 3 guys are at the bar complaining they've been out of work since Oct 2008. Into the bar walks Bill Gates. A statiscian comes into the bar and sees that the average person is a multimillionaire.
 
faethor said:
Remind me of a joke about statistics. 3 guys are at the bar complaining they've been out of work since Oct 2008. Into the bar walks Bill Gates. A statiscian comes into the bar and sees that the average person is a multimillionaire.
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statistically 100% of the bar patrons are now reclassified as dropping out of the labor market, so the unemployment rate of bar patrons is 0%!
 
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