26-08-2019, 03:02 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by big ben
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An interesting topic. But look into the homes of some of these impoverished people.What do you see. A huge televisione set, Play stations and video games, A packet of fags and beer cans on the table. Bodies covered in tattoos. If they can afford these then they can afford to feed their children.
There are genuine poverty stricken people out there I admit but the fore mentioned are giving them all a bad name and making even the genuine appear to be scroungers.
26-08-2019, 03:05 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by big ben
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An interesting topic. But look into the homes of some of these impoverished people.What do you see. A huge televisione set, Play stations and video games, A packet of fags and beer cans on the table. Bodies covered in tattoos. If they can afford these then they can afford to feed their children.
There are genuine poverty stricken people out there I admit but the fore mentioned are giving them all a bad name and making even the genuine appear to be scroungers.
26-08-2019, 03:26 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by Muddy
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re Single Dad .What has happened to the mother of his children ?
26-08-2019, 03:32 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by Muddy
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I dont know Ben as I have never been inside the home of someone who uses food banks.
You could argue that things like a car and a TV etc might have been items acquired before money became tight, but weekly or monthly subscriptions to Sky or mobile phone companies should be discontinued immediately, these subscriptions, among others, eat into peoples income on a monthly basis.
An accountant might be more use than a food bank....
26-08-2019, 03:34 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Died at 27 very sad for him and the kids. Ovarian cancer they found it when she was 7 months pregnant with youngest.
26-08-2019, 03:37 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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For every worthy cause like him Julie, there are fifty unworthy ones...
Yes, I agree.
It should not stop us helping those who are genuinely in need.
The pillocks know how to to work the system, the most vulnerable do not.
26-08-2019, 05:00 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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You have no need to Muddy, spot the satellite dish on the wall outside....You could argue that things like a car and a TV etc might have been items acquired before money became tight, but weekly or monthly subscriptions to Sky or mobile phone companies should be discontinued immediately, these subscriptions, among others, eat into peoples income on a monthly basis.
An accountant might be more use than a food bank....
26-08-2019, 06:44 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
I find that hard to believe Tara that people are too poor to feed their kids. I think it is more that they have never learned to cook properly and have been totally dependent on processed foods which we all know are exhorbitant prices compared to freshly made meals.There are so many nutritional meals parents can make for their children with cheap ingredients. Home-made soups, Jacket potatoes, pasta dishes, vegetable dishes, several mince dishes. All followed with fresh fruit for a dessert. They can even go into the supermarkets at the end of the day and get ingredients even cheaper. I could get all that very cheap if I shopped around for the best bargains. Surely they must have an open market there one day a week? There really is no excuse for a single child to go hungry. Even a box of Porridge and a pint of milk doesn't cost much for breakfast, followed by a nutritional boiled egg with toast.
When times were a bit hard for mum, she would pop to the butcher and buy a load of bacon bones for pennies, boil them up with a cabbage and potatoes in their jackets and we kids would love to sit down and rip all that lovely lean meat that had been left on the bones by the butcher. a knob of Kerrygold on the potatoes and cabbage to melt nicely as we gnawed at the bones and we loved it.
We always managed to have some tinned peaches or a made jelly with evaporated milk for dessert too.
That's why I find it hard to fathom how anyone can ever say they are too poor??
I sometimes wonder if many are claiming they are too poor to feed the children because perhaps their own luxuries must be bought first. Cigarettes? Beer? who knows?
26-08-2019, 07:02 PM
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Re: Holiday Hunger!
Originally Posted by shropshiregirl
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i find that hard to believe tara that people are too poor to feed their kids. I think it is more that they have never learned to cook properly and have been totally dependent on processed foods which we all know are exhorbitant prices compared to freshly made meals.There are so many nutritional meals parents can make for their children with cheap ingredients. Home-made soups, jacket potatoes, pasta dishes, vegetable dishes, several mince dishes. All followed with fresh fruit for a dessert. They can even go into the supermarkets at the end of the day and get ingredients even cheaper. I could get all that very cheap if i shopped around for the best bargains. Surely they must have an open market there one day a week? There really is no excuse for a single child to go hungry. Even a box of porridge and a pint of milk doesn't cost much for breakfast, followed by a nutritional boiled egg with toast.
When times were a bit hard for mum, she would pop to the butcher and buy a load of bacon bones for pennies, boil them up with a cabbage and potatoes in their jackets and we kids would love to sit down and rip all that lovely lean meat that had been left on the bones by the butcher. A knob of kerrygold on the potatoes and cabbage to melt nicely as we gnawed at the bones and we loved it.
We always managed to have some tinned peaches or a made jelly with evaporated milk for dessert too.
That's why i find it hard to fathom how anyone can ever say they are too poor??
I sometimes wonder if many are claiming they are too poor to feed the children because perhaps their own luxuries must be bought first. Cigarettes? Beer? Who knows?
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