What if any changes are you going to make to you're current system with costs going out of control.

Birdnuts

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118765508#Comment_118765508

He is a dose alright - a prime example of a smoked salmon socialist and RTE insider

kerryjack

It's worrying what's going on and how dependent we were on the big supermarkets, food was cheap and we took it for granted for years and wasted a lot, So as a family we are trying to cut down on waste. My parents were born in the early 30s and have passed on and lived through some hard times but lived through some good times too, grew there own veg, filled the freezer every year loved there work on the farm and they needed no sleeping tablets going to bed.

herdquitter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118770392#Comment_118770392

My late father was born in the thirties, could remember WW2 well enough to tell stories about what would be washed ashore, boxes of tea etc. Can't remember what age he said he was when he first ate an orange. But on food waste, I remember when he'd eat an apple, all that would be left would be the stalk!

kerryjack

Drastic measures here I started to use cash again. Revolut is parked up. Cash is king again.

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118771935#Comment_118771935

Cash is always king. The banking sector didn't want it in the last few years but the big wheel is turning full circle again.

Jim Simmental

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118771994#Comment_118771994

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118771935#Comment_118771935

What difference does cash make ?

kerryjack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772257#Comment_118772257

Well if the **** hits the fan and the electronic system goes down a revolut card in your pocket might not be much good to you when you go to your local store, it's a very scary scenario of course but the people of Ukraine were living very normal lives 4 weeks ago and now they are fighting in the streets looking for food and water just to stay alive.

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772297#Comment_118772297

If that happens a bit of cash in your pocket not much use.

Inflation would be also so high the cash would be worthless. Barter system would likely come back.

Take your cash and buy a few bOxes of shotgun cartridges as they would be more useful in the situation I suspect.

Jim_11

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772257#Comment_118772257

Tapping your phone won’t be much good if they take out a few satellites

DBK1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118770474#Comment_118770474

I worked with a man 20+ years ago that used to be the same with an apple. He’d just pull the stalk out of his mouth the very same as someone sucking the last bit of ice cream off the stick of a choc ice, it always used to amaze me!

DBK1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772319#Comment_118772319

It would be a lot more use than a redundant card or phone.

I never stopped using cash for smaller everyday purchases. Old habits die hard I suppose but I wouldn’t feel right leaving the house if I didn’t have at least a €50 in my pocket. I’d never trust anyone that doesn’t trust themselves enough to handle their own money!

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118776731#Comment_118776731

I use cash for most things every day, even for car diesel on a regular basis. No stranger to it and always have carried too much cash ie enough that I would be more pissed off due to the cash in my wallet if I lost it over the hassle of replacing bank cards.

But if you thinking having a few quid cash in your pocket incase the banking system goes to pot is gonna make a difference then….well….

As I said if that happens money won’t be worth anything either. Similar argument with a friend of mine who was stock piling food. I said if you are stockpiling food then make sure you have a gun and enough cartridges beside it as if it gets to the stage that you can’t buy food then society has broken down to that level that it’s a survival problem rather than a sustenance problem.

_Brian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118776707#Comment_118776707

I’d often eat the core when I’m eating an apple.

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118776731#Comment_118776731

Cash is useful and lots of places are cash only, sadly we’ve only 2atms left out of 8 in a 20 minute drive

whelan2

Gave a 12 year old a lift to football last week. We stopped at a shop on the way home, he had a revolut card with him. Very handy rather than throwing him a fiver when he's heading off

Who2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777213#Comment_118777213

But aren’t you from Cavan?

whelan2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777402#Comment_118777402

If things get bad he'll have to eat the stalk too

Reggie.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777432#Comment_118777432

Or sell it

herdquitter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118778617#Comment_118778617

Sellotape it to a thistle root, call it a grafted apple tree and stick it on DD for a tenner

_Brian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777397#Comment_118777397

our youngest 13 has a revolute card. Very handy and we control Tue money on and get a notification every time it’s used.

hopeso

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118778784#Comment_118778784

I think I might get one of those cards for the wife.......... 🤐

Grueller

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118778976#Comment_118778976

My phone memory would struggle to hold the text notifications from it.

Birdnuts

Being a miserable anti-social git may well prove to be an advantage in these times - at least thats what I'm hoping(already turned down 2 wedding invites for the coming months🤣)

_Brian

kerryjack

Could be at home again it's like paddy's week 2020 all over again here at work, civil engineering over a 100 vehicles on the road and some of them fairly thirsty. A few big jobs supposed to be starting but no great panic now, quietest Monday morning I have ever seen in here.

jaymla627

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118781950#Comment_118781950

Brother/father have 3 bulk cement blowers in with a local factory, a bad day usually was 3 loads per truck, lucky to get 1 a day now, been like this the last 2 weeks, another 5 lorries from different hauliers in with this company too, its quieter now then when the lockdown occurred of the building industry

Cavanjack

Talking to a farm building contractor this evening. He said there is very few looking to get work done this year.

Jb1989

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118786138#Comment_118786138

Might give already ordered work, a chance to actually get done.

foxy farmer

Local Readymix company after letting a few drivers off and have gone on a 3 day week. The new trucks won't be clocking up much mileage this year. They shoved up the price of a m³ by nearly 10% after Xmas. In the region of €110 now.

Reggie.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118786504#Comment_118786504

That won't help the business