Small changes that make a difference.

@divegeester said
How’s the blood pressure?

@rajk999 said
Perfect. Last time I checked it was around 122/85. I live on a primitive Caribbean island with no traffic jams, so my only stress is RHP. 😀

@great-big-stees said
Is rice a staple on your Caribbean island? In the few (4-5) I have "visited" it is.

@rajk999 said
Yes it is. Provision is another big staple, ysm, dasheen cassava etc

@rajk999 said
You people actually buy rice pudding? Why not stop buying all that canned stuff, which is oten unhealthy and wasteful of resources and just make it yourself. Stop watching so much TV and nonsense movies, stop idolizing actors and sports 'heros' and spend some time in the garden planting some food and time in the kitchen cooking.

Oh .. you said simple changes, not big ones.

@great-big-stees said
Lots of starch. 😉

@ghost-of-a-duke said
There are slugs in the garden. I don't like slugs.

Before the lockdown I started taking my own sandwiches to work rather than buying them from Waitrose. They're not quite so fancy, but financially it was a good move.

@rajk999 said
Lots of starch options for those who want that. Also lots of fresh veg. One of the advantages of being 'primitive' is that almost everything is organic, and lots of fresh fish straight from the sea. The advanced countries have to advertise 'organic' and certify and it is true

@ghost-of-a-duke said
There are slugs in the garden. I don't like slugs.

Before the lockdown I started taking my own sandwiches to work rather than buying them from Waitrose. They're not quite so fancy, but financially it was a good move.

@very-rusty said
I eat organic when ever possible! Probably the most healthy food in my opinion.

-VR

I've taken to the high street instead of town centre & supermarkets. Halal butchers x1 chicken (with giblets). Further up, fruit & sweet spud. Cook in oven = 4 meals (3 days worth) cats get the chickens innards and entrails. Only the bones remain.

Ergo no plastic, supporting the local economy more now than ever.

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@hells-caretaker said
I've taken to the high street instead of town centre & supermarkets. Halal butchers x1 chicken (with giblets). Further up, fruit & sweet spud. Cook in oven = 4 meals (3 days worth) cats get the chickens innards and entrails. Only the bones remain.

Ergo no plastic, supporting the local economy more now than ever.

🚬

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You can carve those bones into chess pieces.

Where I used to work there was an on site Costa outlet which was subsidised. A coffee was £2.50 and I used to have 2 day at least. One day I worked out that this was costing me approximately £1000 per year.

Furthermore, lunch was subsidised but cost me approximately £3.00 per day. This worked out to around £700 per year.

So £1,700 on “subsidised” food and beverages at work.