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Asia supermarkets can be awesome for bulk buying and getting hard to find ingredients, like large bags of MSG, we used to buy loads from wai yee hong in bristol, the skyflakes when they are cheap enough are wonderfull crackers, go great with noodles or with a spread.

Its interestings eeing otehr peoples meal budging plans... Out of interest, with the various hellofrsh hacks...what do you spend per week on hello fresh compared to otehr groceries, and what proportion of the week does hello fresh offer.... To be honest ive never seen the appeal of...

Buying anything in store does have benefits...my fathers just been to Living Homes to look at TVs to get a feel for the size...sends me the model number then I buy it online.... Theres lots of things that if they are out of stock, you can browse similar much easier than online.. Online is...

Supermarket pychology.... the fact that they keep rearranging is to make you wander past areas and search teh shelves, tereby impulse buying otehr things that you dont need Having instore bakeries isnt to make fresh bread...the aroma of the baked goods is to make people hungry and thereby buy...

It depends on whether you have to pay for parking, fuel whether you buy things on offer...whether you need to check vegetable integrity ive seen people pay for a taxi just to go to the local tesco in that situation, for the elderly especially, it makes sense... some elderly people especially...

Personally I would never used a food delivery sevice, for basic groceries, the cost to delivery, my wife needs to inspect every egg and every bitof veg , and then substitutions, not worth it. online food shopping for dry goods, thats completley different just bought a bag of sucralose...

I could never get the best before versus american expiry.. Ive seen quiet a few american survival videos on YT where people say to through out expired emdications every so often, ridiculous. ive got iodine straws in my kit...iodine is practically eternal... some out of date medication is...

Anotehr vote for https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/ also this is great soemtimes for small packet/individual/MRE type bits https://cheapfood.co.uk/

wife knows more but i think certain houseplants do better on distilled water....

Ive got a meaco air conditioner, its marvelous...never thought we would need one in the UK, but makes the bedroom sleepable in the baking days of summer have a little free standing dehunudifier which gets used on the bathroom when its cold, otehrwise window open the dehimudier helps get water...

ive got a flat that lived in and now rent it had/has constant damp, the tenants dont open windows to air out the neighbourhood its in, if you open windows- burglary, smell of drugs wafting in, pets escaping, and mostly excessive noise... when kitchen extension done building control said...

well my house has got 2 to 3 ft thick stone walls but normally tile roof attic, fibre insulation then plaster ceiling......so more like if your already wearing a coat, you still need a hat. but to use the coat analagy, lots of people say about venting clothing in winter to prevent moisture...

i meaning walls, windows and floor mostly i dont mind roof insulation otherwise heat would go straight up, its living in a plastic bubble thats the issue

Older houses in UK tend to have less damp from condensation, they might leak but thats different, old stone breathes if you dont have dampcoarse etc, and is also ,much healthier for respiratory condituons etc. also old houses are generally cooler in summer and warmer in winter.....heating...

In the UK there is the tendency to have excessively insulated houses, gas heating, which makes for a very damp and condensation prone environment, so to drive out the condenation they have heating turned up to 20C and on almost constantly, with rising fuel prices some people are turning heating...

ive got some ikea drying racks that mount to the wall above the sinks, have drip trays, they are a bit liek this, you just drain for a few hours then put away

ive good wood fired Esse range, does loads of baking, heats half teh house, does the ironing, constant hot water from kettles, especially if being a big baking day of bread and cakes, lots of washing up needed so free hot water. empty flour bags to light the fire, old dish cloth scraps...

Good point, i think my battery was only £2, it was just to be able to use an old spare torch, i also use it as a micro battery bank...you definitely need high drain batteries for the high lumen torches

And if you have a range, the hot water is free from the kettle anyway if theres 2 of you baking in the kitchen, putting chcolate batter/frosting utensils in to a clean bowl of water will get you grumped at ive discovered....this is a way to volunteer yourself to wash the next load of dishes

i remember doing that to my families pigs in about 1990...added the dry pig porridge to teh water....