How Much !!! ?????

[ferlew]

I know I shouldn't compare but......
I had to go and get a tub of white pepper today as my lad doesn't care for the black pepper grindy thing.
Last time I bought some it was a few pence.
79 pence !!
15/11d !!!

That was a bit of a shock. Strange how things catch you out.

[Peter Pedant]

sending a letter is 14/- innit
no wonder people phone or email

I would have gone for the grindy thing and fresh white
the taste is better

// Following the budget in 2017 Philip Hammond whacked on an extra 49p to a 20 deck putting the average price at £10.40.//

ten pounds for a packet of faggy-rettes
but of course that is just over £1 in decimalisation year 1971

hey do you remember up market gurlz smoking sobranje balkan ?

[-SharonA-]

That's cheap!!

[albaqwerty]

it's silly money for a lot of things now, a simple bag/bottle of salt for instance.

I remember, vaguely, after decimalisation came in, my mum was horrified at the price of tomatoes.
(from £ s d to new fangled stuff) :D

ps hope you are keeping well x

[Cloverjo]

I was in S Africa recently and happened to notice the price of a packet of cigarettes. About £2.

[Peter Pedant]

alba - the consultant thinks I have relapsed but I feel too well. whole body cat scan on Sunday and then we will see

[Calicogirl]

Hope you go on alright Pete- let us know x

[Buenchico]

79p is indeed cheap.

It's a quid for the smallest size in Sainsbury's or you can pay three times that in Waitrose:
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/bart-ground-white-pepper/007254-3347-3348

[Mamyalynne]

White pepper lasts ages in most kitchens, hence the price is a surprise.

Good luck Peter.x

[shoota]

Not to be sneezed at...

[ummmm]

Surely it depends on the size. I can get it cheaper than that at our corner shop.

[tamborine]

£1 for fairy liquid! What did our mothers use ?

[Mamyalynne]

My Mother used Fairy Liquid but it wasn't a £1 when she started using it.

[ummmm]

Mine used Fairy Liquid.

[Cloverjo]

Supermarkets’ own brand washing up liquid is about 50p.

[tamborine]

cant remember using washing liquid in 60s when I lived at home

[ferlew]

Mamyalynne
That's it exactly, it has been such a long time since I needed any. In fact I think that's the first one I have bought in maybe 10/12 years.

[Mamyalynne]

Depends on how far you want to go back, over centuries many ways were used - my Grandmother told me they grated soap from a big green block of household soap to wash up with.

[Jackdaw33]

I remember when the first washing-up liquid came out, about 1956. It was called Squezy. Before that my mother used to use Daz or Omo for the dishes.

[naomi24]

You sound like my mum. She did that 15/11d thing.

[Buenchico]

OK, someone's going to be pedantic here, so it might as well be me ;-)

79p = 15/9½ (not 15/11) to the nearest old halfpenny.