london
No headlines about this in the british press yet it is an amazing fall in the rupee. i remember last time i went to visit india in the 90s it was 60rupees=£1.
the baht and ringgit and singapore $ have all strengthened. £1=49bahts, 4.9ringgits, S$1.9 so it must be indian govt's fault.bad budget. haha. last time i was in s.e.asia (when? i cannot remember it is before 2008, maybe 2006. i have not been out of uk since oct 2008) it was £1=60bahts and i have known a time when it was £1=7ringgits. now the ringgit more or less shadows the baht.
there must be implications for us here in uk. maybe that is why the basmati rice is getting so cheap.
what else? tourists to india must be finding it cheap. yet i dont hear of a rush there.
no big promotion by any travel agent or travel articles in the sunday papers about it. why?
ofset this by increase price of air travel, maybe.
u must be wondering why i am suddenly talking international affairs about currency when i have kept quiet about all those headline worries... the lost kid, april who must be presumed dead. the abortion debate lowering it from its present 24weeks, the jimmy savile paedophile accusation by these women who are coming out of the woodwork accusing him after all these years keeping silent and after he has died and cannot defend himself.
i must say i dont bother with all those. my soul couldnot care less. but obviously those affected , their souls want to rehash it so let them. but i dont have to read it. so i skip all that.
so why am i talking about the rupee? because it might affect me that is why in that basmati rice may be cheaper for some time to come. haha.
just today there were akash basmati 5kg rice for £5. well i am waiting for it being lower. i saw the tesco own brand basmati coming back on sale in tesco in clapham south and that cost £4 for 5kg.
my local tesco was having its big night tonight. i never know it that it has this big night promotion tonight until i saw the kpnuts 300mg were on offer 2 for £2. just when i fancy some peanuts.
did not see any other offers, when did they start doing these 'big nights' promotions? i happened to go in there after my swim, otherwise i would not have known. it sure was busy, so somehow word must have spread... so busy that the self service machines broke down, cannot take the strain, i guess.
even if thai rice goes up in price, i can still fall back on basmati.
Ah well, you can see my life is full of these small trivialities haha.and that is why i like living my life now.
it is fun to enjoy these small trivialities that are not crucial . i would not like to be confronted with big problems like sickness, disease or debt or pain or death or injury.
i am so glad i dont have those and am v grateful for it.
so now the biggest decision i have to decide is whether i should go to the gym to work out or to the swimming pool to swim. decisions,decisions,haha.
or shall i go to the library to read the papers or stay at home and surf the internet?
shall i have the brocolli for lunch or shall i save it for dinner??
haha, such a nice life this.
shall i buy that cyclist shorts(with its padded bum) for £3, which i saw in the charity shop scope in walthamstow even though i dont cycle much nowadays??or not??
in the end i bought it. one of my impulsive buys. so nice to be so reckless!!! haha.
Added, that is the trouble when u go to charity shops. u end up buying stuff.
that is all the kinds of recklessness that i like doing. not for me being reckless by jumping off a cliff without a parachute and highdiving into the heaving sea.
oh, another reckless buy was paying £20 for 5 50ml bottles of own brand poppers from the guy who used to run the sexclub the fort. i went there to meet him and buy it and have a chat with him about his decision toclose the club.
the building will be made into 9 luxury flats it seems.
and he got various things to sell, but when i saw him most of it were gone, except for the poppers which were his own brand.
i dont know why i bought them, i guess for old times sake. haha. i dont do poppers that much... only when i want to get fucked, because it makes me lose my hard on. but it sure is great if u want to be a bottom. haha.
ah well, now i got all these poppers...
Added 10.10.12. there must be a glut of vegetables now. so many supermarkets are selling veg for 50p. lets hope it keeps up till i go to brighton, so i can buy some when i go to david's.
The funny thing is the papers have been warning us of bad harvest and increase in fruit and veg. fruit may be increasing in price, but veg definitely is not.
veg goes bad so if they are too expensive people dont buy them and then there will be a fire sale to get rid of the veg before they rot.
there is a limit to how much veg u can eat. even me who likes my veg can get fed up of eating the same old veg. unlike in s.e.asia where the veg are so varied, here we only have the brocolli, lettuce, cabbage, celery, cauli. rather boring actually.
Showing posts with label charity shops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity shops. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Saturday, 6 October 2012
frying spatula
london
its been so long since i bought anything in a charity shop, that today i bought a frying spatula and it is an occasion for a posting.
its to replace one i bought for 20p long ago. i searched my blog and found it here and it was 25april 2008. funnily i saw a transvestite then, and today i saw another in the age concern charity shop. that spatula is wearing out at the edge. if u compare that pic taken then with now u can see the wear. 4yrs usage. not bad.
(I mean not bad in terms of getting another 4yrs use out of it but not that good that it can wear away so much. a metal one would never wear. makes u think doesn't it? )
i happened to go to clapham south, for a shag with a shag buddy, and was browsing the charity shops in the area afterwards.
it has quite an acute angle but i have tried it out to stir fry and it is quite effective. funny how we are so used to a certain angle in our frying skillet and dont realise that it puts a strain on the hand. this one is only 50p.
Added. 8.10.12 i noticed that even the new one began to fray at the edge due to the heat. why they cannot make it heat resistant, i wonder? my metal spatula which i got for my wok last years and years.
added. i think they cannot find a plastic material that is heat resistant . there is no such thing at present.
so this new one will also get worn down with usage. glad i bought it for only 50p. i dont think i would like it if i find this out after buying it at the original price. i dont know how much the original price is but i bet u it is a lot. no wonder it is difficult to find these spatulas in charity shops or recycling bins, because they get worn out. i think this one is available because of its acute angle. not a lot of people like that angle. that is why it is hardly used and why it is unsold and have to be relegated to the 50p bin. where i found it. haha. not sure if the bits that come out of the edge is safe to eat. i am sure it will fall into the food when i stir fry. as it is i have to regularly remove it before i cook.
frankly, i dont think much of these teflon coated appliances. i dont think it makes people use less oil cooking in it. it is supposed to be non stick. a lot of it is rubbish if u ask me. i would never buy them new , not that i buy anything these days haha. and u have to use non metal spatulas on them or u might scratch the teflon.
and i realised that the non metal spatulas like this one i bought is made of silicon,or plastic, not heat resistant even though they say so, and can wear away.
it seems there are stainless steel spatulas coated with teflon or maybe i misread the website and there is no such thing. i cannot see how it would work, because the edge will still be sharp and scratch the teflon on the saucer or frying pan. hang on , i got a thought, maybe this spatula i bought is a steel spatula, the handle is steel.
long ago, i found a wok with its teflon coating worn away and am using it to stir fry, and no trouble with food sticking...so i dont mind using these if i find them useful even though the teflon is not intact. with the teflon wearing away someone said it might be dangerous to eat the teflon...i wonder. so far there is no scare about them. god knows what the effect on sales will be on teflon coated appliances if there is a scare about them.haha. bet u the shit will hit the fan. with loads throwing away their expensively bought teflon pots and pans. hoho.
i saw age concern selling hotwater bottles with cover for £4. quite a good price. i shall go there and buy it if i want another . Theoretically u dont need those fitted covers. any old rectangular sleeve , even a cushion case will do. now i said it, i shall keep an eye out for old cushion covers in the recycling bins.
Added. 7.10.12 actually i re read the above and realise there is really no need for a cover. it is just to make the hot water bottle look pretty . the other function is to prevent you from being scalded by the hot bottle. but that u can prevent by wearing socks or gloves. after all, for years, people have done without the covers.
There was a hardware store selling breville kettle, that i was given free. it was priced £25. i never buy these things and never realise they are so expensive.
added 11.10.12. i have been using the kettle to boil water for my hot water bottle, and one thing good about them is their spout. it is narrow and makes pouring the water into the bottle very easy to do.
i was passing the academy by clapham common and a guy in his car coming out of the gate stopped me. i thought he wanted to ask directions but he said he will be flying off today, and was here for a fashion show, and have 3 jackets , 2 of which (they were black leather jackets from emporio, which sounds like emporio armani but not really, he will give me if i buy the third, a suede jacket for £200.
i said he was asking the wrong guy, as who walks around with £200 cash ? he asked me how much i got , and i said £15, and have to correct it to £14 when i looked inside my wallet.
he realised his mistake and i walked on.
i went into the tesco there and saw they were selling lots of veg , brocolli, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower 2 for £1. there must be a glut but maybe only in london, because when david from brighton called me on the phone for a chat, i asked him if he can get these offers in his local, and he said no such thing.
i hope that the offers are still on when i visit him and i shall buy them to bring to him for us to eat when i am there.
its been so long since i bought anything in a charity shop, that today i bought a frying spatula and it is an occasion for a posting.
its to replace one i bought for 20p long ago. i searched my blog and found it here and it was 25april 2008. funnily i saw a transvestite then, and today i saw another in the age concern charity shop. that spatula is wearing out at the edge. if u compare that pic taken then with now u can see the wear. 4yrs usage. not bad.
(I mean not bad in terms of getting another 4yrs use out of it but not that good that it can wear away so much. a metal one would never wear. makes u think doesn't it? )
i happened to go to clapham south, for a shag with a shag buddy, and was browsing the charity shops in the area afterwards.
Added. 8.10.12 i noticed that even the new one began to fray at the edge due to the heat. why they cannot make it heat resistant, i wonder? my metal spatula which i got for my wok last years and years.
added. i think they cannot find a plastic material that is heat resistant . there is no such thing at present.
so this new one will also get worn down with usage. glad i bought it for only 50p. i dont think i would like it if i find this out after buying it at the original price. i dont know how much the original price is but i bet u it is a lot. no wonder it is difficult to find these spatulas in charity shops or recycling bins, because they get worn out. i think this one is available because of its acute angle. not a lot of people like that angle. that is why it is hardly used and why it is unsold and have to be relegated to the 50p bin. where i found it. haha. not sure if the bits that come out of the edge is safe to eat. i am sure it will fall into the food when i stir fry. as it is i have to regularly remove it before i cook.
frankly, i dont think much of these teflon coated appliances. i dont think it makes people use less oil cooking in it. it is supposed to be non stick. a lot of it is rubbish if u ask me. i would never buy them new , not that i buy anything these days haha. and u have to use non metal spatulas on them or u might scratch the teflon.
and i realised that the non metal spatulas like this one i bought is made of silicon,or plastic, not heat resistant even though they say so, and can wear away.
it seems there are stainless steel spatulas coated with teflon or maybe i misread the website and there is no such thing. i cannot see how it would work, because the edge will still be sharp and scratch the teflon on the saucer or frying pan. hang on , i got a thought, maybe this spatula i bought is a steel spatula, the handle is steel.
long ago, i found a wok with its teflon coating worn away and am using it to stir fry, and no trouble with food sticking...so i dont mind using these if i find them useful even though the teflon is not intact. with the teflon wearing away someone said it might be dangerous to eat the teflon...i wonder. so far there is no scare about them. god knows what the effect on sales will be on teflon coated appliances if there is a scare about them.haha. bet u the shit will hit the fan. with loads throwing away their expensively bought teflon pots and pans. hoho.
i saw age concern selling hotwater bottles with cover for £4. quite a good price. i shall go there and buy it if i want another . Theoretically u dont need those fitted covers. any old rectangular sleeve , even a cushion case will do. now i said it, i shall keep an eye out for old cushion covers in the recycling bins.
Added. 7.10.12 actually i re read the above and realise there is really no need for a cover. it is just to make the hot water bottle look pretty . the other function is to prevent you from being scalded by the hot bottle. but that u can prevent by wearing socks or gloves. after all, for years, people have done without the covers.
There was a hardware store selling breville kettle, that i was given free. it was priced £25. i never buy these things and never realise they are so expensive.
added 11.10.12. i have been using the kettle to boil water for my hot water bottle, and one thing good about them is their spout. it is narrow and makes pouring the water into the bottle very easy to do.
i was passing the academy by clapham common and a guy in his car coming out of the gate stopped me. i thought he wanted to ask directions but he said he will be flying off today, and was here for a fashion show, and have 3 jackets , 2 of which (they were black leather jackets from emporio, which sounds like emporio armani but not really, he will give me if i buy the third, a suede jacket for £200.
i said he was asking the wrong guy, as who walks around with £200 cash ? he asked me how much i got , and i said £15, and have to correct it to £14 when i looked inside my wallet.
he realised his mistake and i walked on.
i went into the tesco there and saw they were selling lots of veg , brocolli, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower 2 for £1. there must be a glut but maybe only in london, because when david from brighton called me on the phone for a chat, i asked him if he can get these offers in his local, and he said no such thing.
i hope that the offers are still on when i visit him and i shall buy them to bring to him for us to eat when i am there.
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