You can never have enough...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

You people who avoid showers, just be careful. It is one of the classic signs of early dementia. And bad for your skin. Have quick ones rather than fewer, just as economical on the power, and better for you. And those around you, lol...

All together now 'Yes Mum.'

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Good morning - bit of a cloudy start but I am sure it is going to burn off before lunch time .Not in a hurry to get up have been away for 17 days and I must say it’s great to be back in my own bed
The highest power bill I received last winter was $120 - it normally sits around $100. I run my heat pump when necessary both in the summer and winter - Running it on 18 takes the chill off the air in this old house but isn’t a cloistering heat - I have a lung condition thanks to polio and so my children remind me constantly when it’s cold to turn the AC on - same in the summer keeping the house comfortable for my lungs is a necessity .The government gets 52% of power company profits so when the prompt payment discounts were taken off our food manufacturers an$ growers and retailers there was a huge spike in food costs plus the govt collected more GST - Infometrics did some research on the increase in food costs that the removal of the power rebates cost at the checkout - bread went up 11c a loaf then another 8c for those cardboard tags on a plastic bag - this extra revenue for the power companies was supposed to be used to increase the capacity to produce by the power companies to negate the need to import coal - but the coal imports are higher than ever while we pay more for food and we lost our low user rebates -  the beneficiaries of the 2022 restructure of the power sector were the govt and the overseas owners of the remaining shareholding by mostly overseas owners
While I am on the cost of food at the checkout - the stats dept and Infometrics reported Fonterra increased their prices they charged the supermarkets by 69% over the last 12 months - but supermarkets are so often blamed for the cost of butter and cheese - meat companies increased their prices to the supermarket by 72% - that’s why there is no rush for other companies to come here .AC Neilsen last week produced some research bought a virtual trolley of the most regular products bought by a kiwi family - PaknSave were $93.00 - Aldi ,Tesco in the UK ,Coles and WW in OZ were all at least $10 more expensive than PaknSave after currency adjustments .By the way Fonterra have announced another 8% increase in May but the supermarkets will make the headlines
Rant over Hunni !!

I know Jan, even my big block of plastic Edam from New World was hovering around the $12  last week. So I bought two, lol...

It is still cheap protein. 


Oh, and km? In among my springing spring bulbs I rediscovered my saffron crocuses. Going to mark those and rescue them, for sure!