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Post by mogish on Aug 23, 2021 13:41:22 GMT
after just renewing the motorhome insurance(less cover more money!) i might kip in it tonight in the garden , beer in the fridge at £1.50 a bottle . If people keep paying riduculous amounts for things , the cost will become the norm.
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Post by keitha on Aug 23, 2021 13:58:54 GMT
It does seem that the "poor" millennials who can't afford housing seem to have plenty of money for other stuff., and they seem tobe driving he price increases.
It's ok to spend £10 on a bottle of posh lager on a night out, order a £20 pizza, fly to Spain or Greece for a weekend. I'm told the norm is now 7-10 days away for a Stag or Hen do. close friends of the Groom are expected to wear matching suits and ties. Hours are spent perfecting the choreographed first dance, etc.
I can Remember Gordon Ramsey bemoaning the fact that "gastro pubs" are charging nearly the same as he does in a top restaurant in central London.
What happened to Insurance in 2020 an awful lot of us drove significantly reduced mileage, so reduced the accident risk massively, I think only 1 or 2 companies offered a discount ( or refund ) to customers. we should all have had a chunk of money back.
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Post by agent69 on Aug 23, 2021 14:18:31 GMT
It does seem that the "poor" millennials who can't afford housing seem to have plenty of money for other stuff., and they seem tobe driving he price increases. It's ok to spend £10 on a bottle of posh lager on a night out, order a £20 pizza, fly to Spain or Greece for a weekend. I'm told the norm is now 7-10 days away for a Stag or Hen do. close friends of the Groom are expected to wear matching suits and ties. Hours are spent perfecting the choreographed first dance, etc. I can Remember Gordon Ramsey bemoaning the fact that "gastro pubs" are charging nearly the same as he does in a top restaurant in central London. What happened to Insurance in 2020 an awful lot of us drove significantly reduced mileage, so reduced the accident risk massively, I think only 1 or 2 companies offered a discount ( or refund ) to customers. we should all have had a chunk of money back. I guess it's a case of swings and roundabouts.
All the people who are spending far more time at home are far more likely to damage their home or it's contents, but did the insurance people ask for extra payment?
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Post by bracknellboy on Aug 23, 2021 16:55:48 GMT
not sure what that is meaning, but = limited to max 5 x motorhome or caravans. Sorry, what with all the talk of how close the nearest pubs were I thought they were rationing beer... Only after I've visited.......
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Post by bracknellboy on Aug 23, 2021 17:18:49 GMT
It does seem that the "poor" millennials who can't afford housing seem to have plenty of money for other stuff., and they seem tobe driving he price increases.
It's ok to spend £10 on a bottle of posh lager on a night out, order a £20 pizza, fly to Spain or Greece for a weekend. I'm told the norm is now 7-10 days away for a Stag or Hen do. close friends of the Groom are expected to wear matching suits and ties. Hours are spent perfecting the choreographed first dance, etc. I can Remember Gordon Ramsey bemoaning the fact that "gastro pubs" are charging nearly the same as he does in a top restaurant in central London. What happened to Insurance in 2020 an awful lot of us drove significantly reduced mileage, so reduced the accident risk massively, I think only 1 or 2 companies offered a discount ( or refund ) to customers. we should all have had a chunk of money back. I think that is probably a bit unfair. i think the 'millennials' as a group consume significantly less alcohol than their elders. I know that of my two nephews, one virtually never has an alcoholic beverage and the other is only a very occasional drinker.
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Post by JamesFrance on Aug 24, 2021 9:31:55 GMT
DirectLine car insurance offer reductions to their customers by inviting them to notify a reduction in mileage. Very obvious if you log in to your account. We found them considerably cheaper than the lowest price on comparison sites also.
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Post by keitha on Aug 24, 2021 11:57:49 GMT
I think that is probably a bit unfair. i think the 'millennials' as a group consume significantly less alcohol than their elders. I know that of my two nephews, one virtually never has an alcoholic beverage and the other is only a very occasional drinker. you must live in a vastly different part of the country the mid 20 to late 30's age group around here are very much the heavy drinkers of the population, far more so than my generation were at that age, but I suppose not having a mortgage to swallow a big chunk of your income means you have more to spend elsewhere. I think many even round here can see house prices rising quickly, so a house they needed a £10,000 deposit for 3 years ago, they need £12,500 now, and it's obviously worse in more expensive areas.
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Post by starfished on Aug 24, 2021 12:49:09 GMT
My sense was also that millennials drank less (exercised a lot more) and I am personally more more aware of younger teetotallers than older ones but conscious that is far from conclusive. I was curious so dug around a bit and found this interesting: Drinkers aged 65+ years drink more frequently than any other group but young people drink more units on a single occasion. In 2017, people aged 65 and over in Great Britain were more likely than any other age group to have drunk alcohol on 5 or more days in the previous week (21% of men and 13% of women) compared to 1% of men and 2% women aged 16 to 24.www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/research-and-evaluation-reports/alcohol-consumption-uk
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Post by toffeeboy on Aug 24, 2021 15:43:23 GMT
My sense was also that millennials drank less (exercised a lot more) and I am personally more more aware of younger teetotallers than older ones but conscious that is far from conclusive. I was curious so dug around a bit and found this interesting: Drinkers aged 65+ years drink more frequently than any other group but young people drink more units on a single occasion. In 2017, people aged 65 and over in Great Britain were more likely than any other age group to have drunk alcohol on 5 or more days in the previous week (21% of men and 13% of women) compared to 1% of men and 2% women aged 16 to 24.www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/research-and-evaluation-reports/alcohol-consumption-uk Put simply people over 65 are less likely to have to go to work/study the following day than 18 to 24 year olds, so like my parents enjoy a bottle of wine between them over dinner most nights. 16 and 17 years olds shouldn't be drinking at all so that definitely sways the statistics and makes the statement irrelevant 18 to 24 years probably drink 1/2 nights at the weekend but consume a lot more units, as previously mentioned, than the likes of my parents do.
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Post by agent69 on Aug 24, 2021 17:16:34 GMT
My sense was also that millennials drank less (exercised a lot more) and I am personally more more aware of younger teetotallers than older ones but conscious that is far from conclusive. I was curious so dug around a bit and found this interesting: Drinkers aged 65+ years drink more frequently than any other group but young people drink more units on a single occasion. In 2017, people aged 65 and over in Great Britain were more likely than any other age group to have drunk alcohol on 5 or more days in the previous week (21% of men and 13% of women) compared to 1% of men and 2% women aged 16 to 24.www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/research-and-evaluation-reports/alcohol-consumption-uk Put simply people over 65 are less likely to have to go to work/study the following day than 18 to 24 year olds, so like my parents enjoy a bottle of wine between them over dinner most nights. 16 and 17 years olds shouldn't be drinking at all so that definitely sways the statistics and makes the statement irrelevant 18 to 24 years probably drink 1/2 nights at the weekend but consume a lot more units, as previously mentioned, than the likes of my parents do. Skinflints
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Post by agent69 on Aug 24, 2021 19:33:21 GMT
My sense was also that millennials drank less (exercised a lot more) and I am personally more more aware of younger teetotallers than older ones but conscious that is far from conclusive. I was curious so dug around a bit and found this interesting: Drinkers aged 65+ years drink more frequently than any other group but young people drink more units on a single occasion. In 2017, people aged 65 and over in Great Britain were more likely than any other age group to have drunk alcohol on 5 or more days in the previous week (21% of men and 13% of women) compared to 1% of men and 2% women aged 16 to 24.www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/research-and-evaluation-reports/alcohol-consumption-uk Put simply people over 65 are less likely to have to go to work/study the following day than 18 to 24 year olds, so like my parents enjoy a bottle of wine between them over dinner most nights. 16 and 17 years olds shouldn't be drinking at all so that definitely sways the statistics and makes the statement irrelevant 18 to 24 years probably drink 1/2 nights at the weekend but consume a lot more units, as previously mentioned, than the likes of my parents do. Just giving this some more thought, a bottle of wine is about 10 units, so half a bottle every night is 35 units a week (250% of your recomended weekly consumption).
I use to try to keep to the old limit of 20 units a week, but then I thought if the virus is going to get me who cares.
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Post by starfished on Aug 24, 2021 20:39:53 GMT
My sense was also that millennials drank less (exercised a lot more) and I am personally more more aware of younger teetotallers than older ones but conscious that is far from conclusive. I was curious so dug around a bit and found this interesting: Drinkers aged 65+ years drink more frequently than any other group but young people drink more units on a single occasion. In 2017, people aged 65 and over in Great Britain were more likely than any other age group to have drunk alcohol on 5 or more days in the previous week (21% of men and 13% of women) compared to 1% of men and 2% women aged 16 to 24.www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/research-and-evaluation-reports/alcohol-consumption-uk Put simply people over 65 are less likely to have to go to work/study the following day than 18 to 24 year olds, so like my parents enjoy a bottle of wine between them over dinner most nights. 16 and 17 years olds shouldn't be drinking at all so that definitely sways the statistics and makes the statement irrelevant 18 to 24 years probably drink 1/2 nights at the weekend but consume a lot more units, as previously mentioned, than the likes of my parents do. I can't speak for this current generation but I was certainly drinking at 17... Anyway some more additional data points to increasing with age. www.statista.com/statistics/369808/alcohol-units-consumed-by-gender-and-age-in-england/
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Post by keitha on Aug 25, 2021 22:54:41 GMT
Put simply people over 65 are less likely to have to go to work/study the following day than 18 to 24 year olds, so like my parents enjoy a bottle of wine between them over dinner most nights. 16 and 17 years olds shouldn't be drinking at all so that definitely sways the statistics and makes the statement irrelevant 18 to 24 years probably drink 1/2 nights at the weekend but consume a lot more units, as previously mentioned, than the likes of my parents do. I can't speak for this current generation but I was certainly drinking at 17... Anyway some more additional data points to increasing with age. www.statista.com/statistics/369808/alcohol-units-consumed-by-gender-and-age-in-england/Right I need to drink more, I hate being below average
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Post by JamesFrance on Aug 26, 2021 16:28:31 GMT
52 years ago at age 31 and living on a yacht in Malta, we had access to duty free booze, so spent the evenings drinking with friends on other boats. With gin at 4s 4d per bottle, whisky 6s and brandy in gallon gars for 28 shillings we got through a huge amount. The cheap local wine was 4 pence a bottle and good quality 1s 3d. We had a rule never to drink before 6 pm so managed to survive. Now a small whisky and coke before dinner is all. From Malta we arrived back in Falmouth the following year with rather a large supply still on board. The Customs took it away to the Queens warehouse as we couldn't afford the duty, but various friends of my parents paid for it all as it was still much cheaper than in the UK. The cigs were only 10s 6d for 200 and I paid the duty on those but gave up 35 years ago. In Malta these were all kept in a sealed cupboard on board and we had to phone the Customs every week to come and release our ration of a bottle each and 200 cigs. One week the chief of Customs came himself and after a few drinks and a chat said we wouldn't have to keep bothering them every week as he had forgotten to seal the cupboard.
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