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[Nanuq]

^ I think they are referring to the jump in mortgage costs for the same product because of the rise in the base rate from 0.5% to 3.5%.
So people buying a house will have much higher payments than if they had bought the same house a year or two ago, because they're paying more interest, so it hasn't always been like that. I think a lot of people who already own a home, who were on a variable rate, will have a sudden hike in mortgage costs too.
As if house prices weren't already ridiculous compared to people's salaries in this country.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

^^ oh right interesting. Yeah the interest rate jump is a bit eyeboggling.

[Mr. Nobody]

A high Interest rate can be good for savings though, as well I suppose?

I'm now getting around an extra £200 every quarter in interest,
Long may it continue, but probably not, right enough. I can't see that keeping up.

[Nanuq]

^ yes, good for anyone with savings, providing they aren't on a variable rate mortgage I suppose.
(All those boomers that paid off their houses years ago)
Though even they have to pay about a third more these days for their normal food shopping.
For years any money saving advice has been 'don't buy little extras/don't buy branded goods/swap your shopping for a discount supermarket like Aldi' But what about those of us who have lived like that for years? I miss my £80 Lidl shop, and raising my eyebrows smugly at my mum, frittering her money away like a fool in tesco
We need a new even more discount discount supermarket.

[Jen.]

Originally Posted by Nanuq

^ I think they are referring to the jump in mortgage costs for the same product because of the rise in the base rate from 0.5% to 3.5%.
So people buying a house will have much higher payments than if they had bought the same house a year or two ago, because they're paying more interest, so it hasn't always been like that. I think a lot of people who already own a home, who were on a variable rate, will have a sudden hike in mortgage costs too.
As if house prices weren't already ridiculous compared to people's salaries in this country.

I suppose there's probably little point anyone waiting for the base rate to drop to 1-2% if they can currently afford it when historically it's been around 5-10%. Even if it did ever drop the house prices would have probably risen by another 50% by then. It's obviously a completely ****ed situation regardless. Boomers seem to point to that period of a few months when they were paying 15% as if it's a point of pride, ignoring that at the time their house probably only cost a year's salary.

[Your Mum]

Originally Posted by anxiouslondoner

I keep thinking about that poor man who died trapped under a hydraulic popup urinal in London.
However bad things get, I guess I can console myself with the fact that at least that's not happening to me. I mean, I really hope so! What a horrible way to go.

R.I.P(ee)

[Gellerbing]

Originally Posted by anxiouslondoner

I keep thinking about that poor man who died trapped under a hydraulic popup urinal in London.
However bad things get, I guess I can console myself with the fact that at least that's not happening to me. I mean, I really hope so! What a horrible way to go.

Oh my goodness, how awful? Was this recently? I don't pay much attention to the news

[magnolia]

Thinking about what happened to Nicola bulley that's gone missing
The police say don't listen to all the stuff on social media about it but it's such a mystery.

[anxiouslondoner]

Originally Posted by Gellerbing

Oh my goodness, how awful? Was this recently? I don't pay much attention to the news

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64430454

[Gellerbing]

Wow!! I'm hoping to go to London this year, will definitely steer clear of those toilets I think. That's horrific

Originally Posted by anxiouslondoner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64430454

[Professor Willow]

John Cleese must be getting short of money, apparently he is planning a reboot of Fawlty Towers.
I don't understand why they try to revive these old shows because it never works, the comedy that worked in 1975 doesn't translate well into the modern world.
Its been tried with Porridge and Open all hours and it was just crap.

[Tembo]

^ I can already see Cleese blaming ‘woke millennials’ if it isn’t successful, or claim he has been ‘cancelled’ if the revival doesn’t go ahead

[Dougella]

^^ Fawlty towers was perfect as it was, and it was of it's time. Just leave it alone John Cleese I say.

[Stepford]

^^^ I'm tired of seeing everything re-made. John Cleese is too old and like you say it was of it's time. "Porridge and Open all hours" without Barker? Barker was a comedy genius, no wonder it was crap.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

I say let them make it. Worst that can happen is everyone snubs it.

I started a physical job to lose weight, and I've lost half a stone in a week. Whoop.

[Dougella]

^ Wow that's a lot!

[choirgirl]

@AL Sheesh that is a horrible way to go.

Depressed. Should I go on antidepressants? I have never been so meh for so long. Sort of thinking I could maybe have dated right up until 37 or so but I just spent a lot of time feeling unacceptable. Ugh. Depending on individual deal breakers of course. Maybe I could have mustered up some interest even post mid 20s. I mean some interest from my end. And yes I am bummed about missing my 'best' years. I had no way of knowing. Ugh it's horrible to go around for years thinking this and now thinking oh maybe I was being a dick all that time. And I know I don't have long if I want to attempt any kind of sex life so I shouldn't be getting fixated on the no baby thing. I am making no attempt to be thin and interesting even, I'm just moany and don't really want to engage with anyone that I don't have to. I can only do it for short purposes, mostly for family. It's a very temporary thing. Hence thinking antidepressants for work purposes and whatever else.

Everything in life becomes exhausting if you're not happy at heart. Yes, you can escape by 'not caring' about stuff you care about, but it doesn't last forever.

Thinking about it, I think I'll always feel too grotesque. I do feel more confident about doing my therapy now, but I also don't seem to care about much. I'm only doing stuff I have to.

[Percy]

Sorry to hear you're depressed choirgirl

[Stepford]

^^ I'm so sorry to hear you're depressed choirgirl. "Everything in life becomes exhausting if you're not happy at heart." Isn't that the truth?

[Your Mum]

Originally Posted by Professor Willow

John Cleese must be getting short of money, apparently he is planning a reboot of Fawlty Towers.
I don't understand why they try to revive these old shows because it never works, the comedy that worked in 1975 doesn't translate well into the modern world.
Its been tried with Porridge and Open all hours and it was just crap.

He is (relatively) short of money. His most recent ex-wife was a lot smarter than him, and received a huge divorce settlement.

It's not really a reboot. With the exception of Cleese, Prunella Scales (90-years-old and in the end-stages of dementia) and Connie Booth (retired), pretty much the entire cast is dead. It'll be a different show, featuring one character from Fawlty Towers. I don't hold out much hope of it being particularly good, considering Cleese ran out of writing talent some time between A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. But if he does his "don't mention the war" schtick for six episodes, phones a couple of angry rants in, and attempts whatever funny walks his arthritic, overweight, 83-year-old body allows, it'll probably have some nostalgic value at least.

He hasn't forgotten how to play Basil - and with a bit of hair dye, still sort of looks the part.

[Merritt]

Fawlty Towers 2: A GB News Original Series

Basil repeatedly (and deliberately) misgenders a trans woman guest, slips some minced veal into a vegan couple's dinner, and absolutely batters the shit out of his EU national underling.

[Dougella]

How old was Basil meant to be in th original series? Was he in his 40s?

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Employment is like a game of snooker. You have to keep working another day to build up a big break. Alas, I think it's a small break this time.

[Dougella]

^ How has your new job been going?

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Its a job as a meter reader. I'm not happy as I'm driving my car to the ground with umpteen addresses which are short journeys and everywhere. (and with no accompanying map) And then you have to go the doorstep and convince people to take a reading. 'But I got a smart meter....'.(customers will exclaim) And go in people's houses.
You're meant to do 8 hour days without taking a break. The only readings that count are the ones you get. So a person out- no reading. Your working time stopwatch starts when you actually get a reading. Your working time stopwatch stops when you get a reading.

It's good exercise but I can see why the last 6 people dropped out. I was meant to do 6 hours Saturday after doing 5 straight days. But I only did 3 of them because I couldn't face anymore. So now it's worrying what will happen tomorrow.

[anxiouslondoner]

^ someone replaced my gas meter and didn't tell me or the landlord about it. Now I get my gas supplier nagging me for a meter reading but I can't tell them the new details because I don't have them.
I've told them that the meter's changed but they do nothing. And the label on the new meter telling me when they changed it and what the old reading was is completely illegible.
Any idea who I can contact about this? The landlord knows nothing.

[Dougella]

^^ That sounds like a really rubbish system! Also you're entitled to a break I believe, atleast half an hour.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Originally Posted by Dougella

^^ That sounds like a really rubbish system! Also you're entitled to a break I believe, atleast half an hour.

yeah somethings seems very odd about it.

Originally Posted by anxiouslondoner

^ someone replaced my gas meter and didn't tell me or the landlord about it. Now I get my gas supplier nagging me for a meter reading but I can't tell them the new details because I don't have them.
I've told them that the meter's changed but they do nothing. And the label on the new meter telling me when they changed it and what the old reading was is completely illegible.
Any idea who I can contact about this? The landlord knows nothing.

Oi oi I'm not working now. No joking. I think that's a meter exchange. So it will get a new serial code. Meter readers can input the new information but it's an absolute nightmare to input. New serial number, old reading amount, what make of the meter. And you're on your hands on knees trying to blimming read it.

[anxiouslondoner]

^ sorry, I thought you might just know. I'll pay you 50p and a bag of Monster Munch for your help.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Just realised tomorrow is the day I have problems with the door.