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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 1, 2021 7:52:17 GMT
I can't find it now, but I remember that there was a legitimate different conversion, 25.3977 sort of thing. Which was in use until, I suppose, the international agreement in 1959. I genuinely had a quarrel with an American business about it. 25.400051mm....... until 1930s apparently:- www.metric-conversions.org/length/inches-to-millimeters.htmwe should definitely go back to the Barleycorn unit of measurement, so much more sensible.
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Post by registerme on Oct 1, 2021 15:58:40 GMT
1. COVID arrives. 2. Hospitality industry cries out for help. 3. Government cuts VAT in response. 4. (As designed) prices stay the same and the hospitality industry trousers the difference. 5. Lockdowns lift. 6. Government reverses the VAT cut. 7. Hospitality industry decides, in sadness, that it has to pass the tax rise on to consumers. 8. Inflation goes up. 9. More importantly, my beer gets more expensive!!!!!!
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Post by agent69 on Oct 1, 2021 16:54:02 GMT
1. COVID arrives. 2. Hospitality industry cries out for help. 3. Government cuts VAT in response. 4. (As designed) prices stay the same and the hospitality industry trousers the difference. 5. Lockdowns lift. 6. Government reverses the VAT cut. 7. Hospitality industry decides, in sadness, that it has to pass the tax rise on to consumers. 8. Inflation goes up. 9. More importantly, my beer gets more expensive!!!!!! Either:
a) drink in Weatherspoons, or
b) get some cans from the supermarket, or
c) brew your own
(assuming abstinence isn't an option)
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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 1, 2021 17:11:13 GMT
1. COVID arrives. 2. Hospitality industry cries out for help. 3. Government cuts VAT in response. 4. (As designed) prices stay the same and the hospitality industry trousers the difference. 5. Lockdowns lift. 6. Government reverses the VAT cut. 7. Hospitality industry decides, in sadness, that it has to pass the tax rise on to consumers. 8. Inflation goes up. 9. More importantly, my beer gets more expensive!!!!!! still, you've got a month to save up for the adjustment, given that this is the first day of Sober October.
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Post by keitha on Oct 1, 2021 20:37:22 GMT
but if you sit in the pub drinking at a moderate speed is that cheaper than heating the house
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Post by keitha on May 31, 2022 9:40:42 GMT
Maybe we should change the title of this thread to inflation has arrived
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Post by keitha on May 31, 2022 9:42:11 GMT
1. COVID arrives. 2. Hospitality industry cries out for help. 3. Government cuts VAT in response. 4. (As designed) prices stay the same and the hospitality industry trousers the difference. 5. Lockdowns lift. 6. Government reverses the VAT cut. 7. Hospitality industry decides, in sadness, that it has to pass the tax rise on to consumers. 8. Inflation goes up. 9. More importantly, my beer gets more expensive!!!!!! now they are saying they are struggling and need the VAT cut restoring
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Post by JamesFrance on May 31, 2022 11:16:56 GMT
It took the "experts" at the Bank of England a long time to catch up. I started this topic nearly a year ago!
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Post by mogish on May 31, 2022 11:46:14 GMT
It took the "experts" at the Bank of England a long time to catch up. I started this topic nearly a year ago! Yes I think the title needs updated too.....is inflation here.?
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Post by martin44 on May 31, 2022 16:19:22 GMT
1. COVID arrives. 2. Hospitality industry cries out for help. 3. Government cuts VAT in response. 4. (As designed) prices stay the same and the hospitality industry trousers the difference. 5. Lockdowns lift. 6. Government reverses the VAT cut. 7. Hospitality industry decides, in sadness, that it has to pass the tax rise on to consumers. 8. Inflation goes up. 9. More importantly, my beer gets more expensive!!!!!! Either:
a) drink in Weatherspoons, or
b) get some cans from the supermarket, or
c) brew your own
(assuming abstinence isn't an option)
I popped into my local Wetherspoons for a pint, half way down i put a beermat on top and nipped to the loo.... when i came back, the glass was empty, they had the cheek to put the beermat back.
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Post by jonno on May 31, 2022 16:40:56 GMT
Either:
a) drink in Weatherspoons, or
b) get some cans from the supermarket, or
c) brew your own
(assuming abstinence isn't an option)
I popped into my local Wetherspoons for a pint, half way down i put a beermat on top and nipped to the loo.... when i came back, the glass was empty, they had the cheek to put the beermat back. You should have taken it to the loo with you, topped it up, THEN left it on the bar. Mind you the tw*t probably wouldn't have noticed the difference
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Post by a0010402 on May 31, 2022 17:23:24 GMT
Either:
a) drink in Weatherspoons, or
b) get some cans from the supermarket, or
c) brew your own
(assuming abstinence isn't an option)
I popped into my local Wetherspoons for a pint, half way down i put a beermat on top and nipped to the loo.... when i came back, the glass was empty, they had the cheek to put the beermat back. Rejoice! Someone just slightly improved your overall cancer risk profile. As drinking is associated with risk of cancer just as smoking is (among others, such as red meat), but the vast majority of people don't know it.
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Post by a0010402 on May 31, 2022 17:47:53 GMT
I popped into my local Wetherspoons for a pint, half way down i put a beermat on top and nipped to the loo.... when i came back, the glass was empty, they had the cheek to put the beermat back. You should have taken it to the loo with you, topped it up, THEN left it on the bar. Mind you the tw*t probably wouldn't have noticed the difference Or if you're a Western world spy and your target is Vladimir Putin - and especially if you've just spotted Putin in the pub on a trip to the UK incognito, sitting at the table next to you and who just stole your beer... now with his face suspiciously buried into a newspaper naturally! - you could refill the glass with methanol instead of water or 'juice', and the whole world will thank you afterwards: Methanol toxicityMake sure to check his papers thoroughly before you do though... You don't want to harm an innocent Putin lookalike that just happened to be in the pub at the time, who could be of more use to us for some other purpose... such as ordering the invading army to stand down and retreat and go home. For that one you probably need something like scopolamine to make him do your bidding, and in case he's a Putin lookalike but doesn't speak Russian, a decent second hand Teach Yourself Russian textbook too (you wouldn't want to bring a brand new book into a Wetherspoon!). Not that I'm encouraging people to spike anyone's drinks! We're talking an innocent war game here, such as the one our leaders play. Why wage war for real, when we can do it virtually? Meta, Here we come! PS: Please no questions about what I've been drinking, thank you.
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Post by michaelc on May 31, 2022 18:07:15 GMT
So what to do with your savings ?
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Post by mogish on May 31, 2022 19:13:29 GMT
So what to do with your savings ? Invest in methanol....
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