Dog economy figures

31st Jan, 2010 at 1:31 PM

I have managed to expand 2.5kg of dried tripe to cover 18.5 days. This works out as about £539 a year on tripe, which is a definite improvement on this summer's total of £775ish a year on tripe.

Dunno why I am so obsessed with cost of tripe in particular, but I just can't let it go!

Oh, also Az's insurance premium has gone up to £17.50 a month, which still seems quite reasonable. For some reason I pay Molls insurance, which was due in December, annually - that cost £312 this time round.

Current Mood: thrifty & obsessive

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skordh

31st Jan, 2010 17:18 (UTC)

Does that mean the dog economy is out of recession?

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wellinghall

31st Jan, 2010 18:08 (UTC)

No, because she's spending less on tripe than she was.

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skordh

31st Jan, 2010 18:53 (UTC)

Unusual to have an economy that relies on people buying tripe in order to function... :-)

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ladyofastolat

31st Jan, 2010 19:33 (UTC)

Or maybe it just shows that dogmatic ruminations on the state of the economy are a load of old tripe?

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bunn

31st Jan, 2010 19:43 (UTC)

... and I know what you're thinking. You're thinking:

"What has that done to the graph?"

I haven't yet made a graph, but give it time...

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ladyofastolat

31st Jan, 2010 20:01 (UTC)

And when you've done your graph, you can send it to the Financial Times, and in time the Tripe Index will become a key indicator of the state of the world economy, much cited by the economic historians of the future.

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wellinghall

1st Feb, 2010 08:22 (UTC)

Am I missing something with these "graph" references?

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bunn

1st Feb, 2010 11:33 (UTC)

I was referencing Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure, in which that line references 'Are You Dave Gorman?' in which there are a lot of graphs...

I don't know if LoA was inspired by Dave, or simply by her own fevered brain... :-D

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wellinghall

1st Feb, 2010 12:49 (UTC)

All is explained. (Well sort of ... )

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ladyofastolat

1st Feb, 2010 13:00 (UTC)

Twas my own fevered brain, I'm afraid. I was a somewhat baffled by the graph comment, but accepted it on its own terms, as an apparent non-sequitur that probably made sense on some deep level incomprehensible to me. :-)

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wellinghall

1st Feb, 2010 13:03 (UTC)

Oh I see, it was just you being you! Now all is definitely explained ... ;-)

wellinghall (who has just read The Lady of Shallott, in the excellent collection The Isle of Gramarye)

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bunn

31st Jan, 2010 19:52 (UTC)

I do have a friend who was a part time receptionist at a vet and was laid off because people are economising on vet care. You phone up for an appointment at our vet just now and get in same day with a choice of appointments, am thinking of asking if they can do me as well, it's miles better than the doctor...

There are however undeniably people will live on half a can of baked beans with the heating turned off in order to ensure that their hounds have squeaky balls, new beds, extra collars, flyball club subscriptions etc.

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skordh

31st Jan, 2010 20:25 (UTC)

I only have kids to indulge - now I'm wondering if I am short changing them by not buying them tripe!

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bunn

31st Jan, 2010 21:52 (UTC)

Are you kidding? Your child eats slugs! Even Mollydog doesn't eat slugs! :-D

Save your tripe cash and send him out as a one-baby pest destruction unit!

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