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Cut the coupons

Cut as in don't bother. When you go to the cheapest supermarkets in the country and never buy processed food then there is little point to cutting out coupons. I have talked about coupons in the past...

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The UK is Shit - Everyone for themselves!

The BBC reports that London has shanty towns though you won't be able to comment on the news story because you might say something against the multi-cult and the BBC doesn't like that. Asians looking...

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Nuke your bread to make it last

An article on the BBC website reminded me of bread waste. My parents are always wasting bread. Two days after buying it a loaf is pushed to the back of the bread bin and a new loaf bought. I am always...

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The scramble for resources

I have often wondered what the big run-down of Western Civilisation will be like. Violent like last summer's riots or some display of intelligence from our celebrity obsessed nation. Okay, that is...

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Big Brother gets bigger

More cyberpunk than ecopunk but important all the same. The government is going to snoop on us even more than they already do. All web, email and mobile phone traffic is to be monitored. As I have...

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A tough year for growing

I will be contending with odd weather and drought this year. Already, early potato growth has died following a few unusually frosty nights for April. My tomato plants are indoors tonight and probably...

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Newspaper mulch

With slightly warmer weather the vegetables are putting on a spurt of growth. So too are the weeds. The compost, made last year, is full of clover and grass seed which is eager to start growing. In...

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Aren't NIMBYs idiots?

They won't have anything to do with nuclear or fossil fuels but put a renewable energy source near them and they go mental. What are they going to do when the last power station is shut down? We know...

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No excuses - You can grow vegetables anywhere

A busy year. I have decided to return to academia. A scientist is not a scientist without new ideas. After ten years away from full-time work, I have new ideas to research. In October I shall be going...

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The United Kingdom of Corporate Fascism

Welcome to the United Kingdom of Corporate Fascism. Now that the Olympics is over the UK reverts to being a corporate state and wipes the fake smile from its face. If you are a Muslim terrorist then...

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Food bank bailout

  So, there is a "growing demand for food banks in breadline Britain" says the liberal bleeding heart BBC. Well, in the something for nothing culture in which this country exists, people are always...

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Sustainability or die

Various articles on the BBC news website point to the battle between advocates of sustainability and the growth chanters who just want to make money in the short term regardless of long term...

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Things can only get worse

I remember when the credit crunch began, being shouted down by a know-it-all economist who said that things were just a blip and in a year or two everything would be back to normal. Well, that was over...

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Sub Fusc?

Well, Oxford University is certainly going to be in a game of wits with its first down-and-out graduate student. Sub Fusc? Of the darkness. What every student must wear under gowns. Yes, the...

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The future

Hello again. I felt like a jolly good moan and here is the best place to do it. So, nine weeks after becoming a member of Oxford University. How do I feel? Enthused that the younger generations are...

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What to do with your money

With bank account interest rates reduced to next to nothing you might wonder if there is any point to keeping your money in a bank. Well, that is precisely what the evil triumvirate of politicians,...

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Making ends meet

Money problems are constantly in the news. Some people have genuine financial woes and others just have a sense of entitlement. For example, there are many people complaining that they no longer...

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Solar farms for all

Whilst I am happy to read about the solar farms being built in the UK a thought has come to mind. Namely, that these farms are being built on valuable farmland. There is (or maybe that is now was) a...

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Outsourcing - Good or bad?

I just read this article on the liberal/corporate propaganda machine that is the BBC about a bright IT employee who outsourced his job to China. If a corporation outsources its work overseas then that...

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And another one bites the dust

We can now add Blockbuster to HMV, Jessops, Comet, MFI and all the other over-priced junk sellers that have gone belly up. How liberating the Internet is. Get the lowest price for anything online. No...

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