why..? - Page 2

chav1 · 28-02-2006, 17:31

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Originally Posted by Phylum

I suggest you've never tried bringing up three kids on benefit.

actualy these days parents on benefit get a lot more money than they used to with working tax credits etc

not saying it makes people rich but these days there is more money available

Phylum · 28-02-2006, 17:34

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Patronising me will get you nowhere. You know nothing about me so don't make sweeping generalisations, leave that for your views on religion.

I was not patronising as far as I can see. I don't know where you shop, but a 5kg bag of frozen frying chips will go a lot further that anything fresh you can buy for that price.

I did not make sweeping gereralisations. I suggested, and please do not presume to tell me what I should and should not do, that is patronising in the extreme.

garinda · 28-02-2006, 17:37

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Originally Posted by Phylum

I was not patronising as far as I can see. I don't know where you shop, but a 5kg bag of frozen frying chips will go a lot further that anything fresh you can buy for that price.

And please do not presume to tell me what I should and should not do, that is patronising in the extreme.

Rubbish. I've lived all over the UK, and you can buy fresh potatos cheaper than at any frozen food shop. Even in Cambridge I suspect.

garinda · 28-02-2006, 17:39

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Originally Posted by Phylum

I was not patronising as far as I can see. I don't know where you shop, but a 5kg bag of frozen frying chips will go a lot further that anything fresh you can buy for that price.

I did not make sweeping gereralisations. I suggested, and please do not presume to tell me what I should and should not do, that is patronising in the extreme.

You Madam presumed I have no children, or that I receive no State benefits, therefore you are both patronising and presumptive.

Phylum · 28-02-2006, 17:54

Well I know quite a few people that do and do, and have a very hard time of it. Just about all are hard pushed to buy fresh food or even enough food, let alone trying to get their kids to eat it.

chav1 · 28-02-2006, 17:55

they could get some window box's and grow their own

garinda · 28-02-2006, 17:58

KFC 'Bargain' bucket-£9.99

£10.00 spent on fresh fruit and veg, would provide enough food for stews, casseroles etc. for a family of four for three days.

Go figure.

As much as I detest both Matthew Parris and Michael Portillo, both proved that families can live more cheaply if food is prepared fresh, rather than bought as fast food, or prepackaged, in Panorama programmes on TV, were they had to survive on State benefits.

Phylum · 28-02-2006, 18:03

I have done it, I know it's possible, but many don't have that kind of knowledge. As was seen on Jamie Olivers school diners programme, practically none of the kids at one school, nor most of the dinner ladies, knew what a courgette or a leek was!

garinda · 28-02-2006, 18:07

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Originally Posted by Phylum

I have done it, I know it's possible, but many don't have that kind of knowledge. As was seen on Jamie Olivers school diners programme, practically none of the kids at one school, nor most of the dinner ladies, knew what a courgette or a leek was!

Well then you agree with me.

It is possible to eat more cheaply than buying ready meals and take-aways, whose fault is it that some poeple are ignorant of this fact?

I blame the parents.

Less · 28-02-2006, 18:09

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Originally Posted by Phlegm

Just about all are hard pushed to buy fresh food or even enough food, let alone trying to get their kids to eat it.

If the Children, are given no alternative to a home cooked meal they will soon become hungry enough to eat it.

Phylum · 28-02-2006, 18:11

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If the Children, are given no alternative to a home cooked meal they will soon become hungry enough to eat it.

One of mine would not.

Less · 28-02-2006, 18:25

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Originally Posted by Phlegm

One of mine would not.

Well perhaps that is something that should be covered by parental control. Mine were brought up by a caring mother that always cooked for them except on special occasions when a fast food meal was a treat not something they thought compulsory because mum can't be bothered to cook.