Take a look at your high street - it's not just fishing shops. Internet shopping is the biggest factor.
In reply to Post #43
It's not a myth Mate, I worked in hospitality for years, and have mates who worked for Wetherspoons.
Yes they buy in bulk, and I agree that a smaller pub will buy less, but say at Ufford Park where I was doing the stock orders, I'd be buying 4 or 5 barrels of Stella, Becks, and maybe 1 or 2 Guinness a week.
Line cleaning was properly done, I know because I'd check it, and the distance of the lines shouldn't make any difference, as long as the 'line' ullage is pulled through at the start of the day.
The gas can't change unless the bottle is low.
It's not a myth Mate, I worked in hospitality for years, and have mates who worked for Wetherspoons.
Yes they buy in bulk, and I agree that a smaller pub will buy less, but say at Ufford Park where I was doing the stock orders, I'd be buying 4 or 5 barrels of Stella, Becks, and maybe 1 or 2 Guinness a week.
Line cleaning was properly done, I know because I'd check it, and the distance of the lines shouldn't make any difference, as long as the 'line' ullage is pulled through at the start of the day.
The gas can't change unless the bottle is low.
I think a lot of this is down to the failure of shop owners to adapt. I have 5 tackle shops within 5 miles of me, 2 big chains and 3 independents.
I spend a lot of money on specialist tackle for overseas trips and also have a significant input in what our customers buy, with lures up to £50 easily this soon mounts up as you'd imagine.
I have explained this to the 3 independents and none of them are even willing to look at the trade catalogues available to them and supply me. This isn't an issue with volumes as I'm talking about bulk orders.
I can't think of any other business where the offer of circa £20k of business a year is dismissed or rejected so easily.
I spend a lot of money on specialist tackle for overseas trips and also have a significant input in what our customers buy, with lures up to £50 easily this soon mounts up as you'd imagine.
I have explained this to the 3 independents and none of them are even willing to look at the trade catalogues available to them and supply me. This isn't an issue with volumes as I'm talking about bulk orders.
I can't think of any other business where the offer of circa £20k of business a year is dismissed or rejected so easily.
In reply to Post #32
Agree with a lot of that. I suppose sheep conditioned to think they need every gadget that comes out and people that want the best price to fit their pocket and the internet has helped with this no end.
What was, no longer is sadly, and over the last 15 or 20 years the pastime has accelerated beyond belief, shops going, magazines becoming a thing of the past, it's all online but more importantly it's all out there, no mystery anymore and most of the people calling the shots are instants seeking fame or companies pushing the hard sell. Thank god I don't get heavily involved with the online stuff other than on here. For me it all went wrong when somebody thought, I can make some money out of this...
Agree with a lot of that. I suppose sheep conditioned to think they need every gadget that comes out and people that want the best price to fit their pocket and the internet has helped with this no end.
What was, no longer is sadly, and over the last 15 or 20 years the pastime has accelerated beyond belief, shops going, magazines becoming a thing of the past, it's all online but more importantly it's all out there, no mystery anymore and most of the people calling the shots are instants seeking fame or companies pushing the hard sell. Thank god I don't get heavily involved with the online stuff other than on here. For me it all went wrong when somebody thought, I can make some money out of this...
In reply to Post #39
We're paying so much for electricity because part of it is produced using gas, and the way it works is that if 95% of a gigawatt of electricity is produced via renewables and the other 5% via gas, the entire megawatt is charged at the most expensive rate (gas). Renewables are much cheaper. That's the rip off.
We're paying so much for electricity because part of it is produced using gas, and the way it works is that if 95% of a gigawatt of electricity is produced via renewables and the other 5% via gas, the entire megawatt is charged at the most expensive rate (gas). Renewables are much cheaper. That's the rip off.
In reply to Post #50
I just looked, and it's worse than that Mate, 2% is currently being supplied by coal.
UK is not the worst either, Germany has around 40% produced by brown coal. They shut down most of their cheap nuclear stations.
I just looked, and it's worse than that Mate, 2% is currently being supplied by coal.
UK is not the worst either, Germany has around 40% produced by brown coal. They shut down most of their cheap nuclear stations.