Frugal Living - Ray Gosling
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024
- Frugal Living - an item from the regional current affairs programme Inside Out. Filmed in June 2008, first broadcast October 2008. The allotments segment is about 3 minutes in and lasts for about 2 minutes.
Presenter - Ray Gosling
Producer - Rob Whitehouse
I grew up listening to Ray Gosling on Radio 4. A real talent & a great voice.
A unique wonderful broadcaster, we shall not see his like again.
RIP Ray.
Love the detachment.
There will never be another Ray Gosling.
Wonderful Ray Gosling ! Man of the people. ..
My mom was a nurse and worked for the veterans hospitial and on the same county land was a penal prison.The county had the prisoners till the land and then the county and federal employees could sign up for a section lot 50x50 and grow plant their own vegetables.This was in the 70s.We had tomatos,new potatoes,peas,butter beans,field peas.Worked alot of Saturdays watering weeding hoeing,but man did we eat good!
Running an empty fridge is more expensive.
@DorPurseFreak "not in the mood to eat that"?
I hear that a lot these days, but when I grew up dinner was dinner, I didn't choose the menu. If I was hungry, I ate, I didn't send my mother out to buy me what I wanted. I hate to sound like an old fart but kids today are spoiled rotten. They have ten times more than we ever did, and they want more.
In my understanding of this concept. Shopping by bulk and shopping day by day is all the same. Because it always comes up to how much money you set aside for food. This kind of shopping is effective if you live around old markets like this. Becase you don't have to spend money on gas and commuting. If you live far from markets your option is to buy in bulk because you can't afford spending on gas for everyday transportation. So it's the same. Plus I prefer this because you get to buy fresh.
Well done to Ray and we should all think more to becoming frugal
This is a delightful film, but I question how realistic it is to spend time every day shopping for food when buying in bulk will produce savings both in money and valuable time. However, I love this man's enthusiasm.
Thanks !
i would love to watch some of his old stuff, never seen it
One day worth of rice costs five times what it will if you bought a months worth. Things are cheaper in bulk, assuming you actually use everything you buy, day by day shopping gets pricey. Supermarkets must be different in Europe, here if you want it cheap you go to the supermarket, the local stores are more expensive. Even little outdoor markets like you show can't beat the big supermarket prices.
that seems weird; in America is much much cheaper to buy in bulk and the freeze, can, etc. It's much cheaper to have a small stockpile and saves time not having to go shopping everyday .... interesting to see another country though....
people in the uk tend to live nearby to shops so we walk to the shops or get the bus so it can be a lot cheaper it is more cost effective to buy some foods in bulk and preserve what you can x
I think it's great that he can go to a top restaurant and the chef cooks his meal and he has only paid £2
Good video love it free is good good job friend lol
I understand the concept and in a perfect world, this would be awesome especially just getting out and about. But the fact is we cannot chance our lives to the unpredictability of having our grid go down and have no access to food and water. I believe in having a home with a large garden so I can put up food through canning and dehydrating. I buy some foods in bulk and have learned to cook very well without meats so that I am not in a position of fighting crowds for the morsels that will be left over from panic. Not to mention the price gouging. The people who grow and put up food will be so far ahead if the day comes where food is scarce. Sadly, I see that day coming. I owe it to my family to prepare. If the days of scarcity don’t come, all the better. Best of luck.
I shop online every 2-3 months for groceries etc. I cook for myself.
Most of us have to shop smart because we aren't rich
I can just magine how quickly I would be thrown out of a restaurant if I brought in a bag of my own ingredients and expected the chef to cook it for me, not even getting to the point where I broach the subject of paying only £2 for it!
this is in no way a true example of frugal living
malinourn why?
Nature knows no waste...even when ppl received the blessing of the 5 breads and 2 fish, Jesus' message was not to waste anything
I found I do spend much more if I am in shop everyday - if I do monthly shopping I do not feel the need to spend any money whole month and I do not spend on the treats I use for rewording nyself for doing the hated shopping.. Also empty fridge eats away electricity not doing anything..
better to buy foods that have a long shelf life in bulk. Buy only things that can be eaten before they go bad. Avoid the pawn broker. Allow your self a few luxuries to avoid becoming depressed. I spend way less that £2 on most meals and live well. My main cost beyond accomodation and supporting my children is petrol.
Well.. Buying what you need for the day has its downsides because most people do not have daily access to a farmers market and have to go to a supermarket where if they have a sugar dependency everytime they go they risk relapse. What works for one person isn't going to work for another person.
This doesn't work if you have a family. Also its a waste of time..
firstly he is retired so shopping is a time pass for him, working people don't have time to have time out buying 3 potatoes everyday ... secondly it's only possible or frugal (if at all) to buy everyday if ur food n grocery store is within walking distance ... if not then wat about the cost of petrol for that special trip ... and wheres the notion of buying on bulk to save? pretty short-sighted vidoe if u think abt it overall ...
I see "Current Affairs" has become a totally meaningless term in the UK just like Australia.
i agree. his advice is weird. most people who give frugal advice always do bulk shopping.
drearydancer how would you know?
I can't believe how small the Fridge was.... Mine is a side by side n full of Staples & usually Leftovers to be eaten of course :)
I don't wanna go to the Store Everyday !
But I do go 2-3 x's a week bcuz if I make a men w- Fam they change their minds n not n mood to eat that :(
Not very good advice if you have ambition. What should be advocated is how to be more productive
Am I the only one who sees the hoarding going on in his apartment. I mean look around him in just the first few seconds of him walking in. Yuck! The tips are terrible. This is not frugal!
Ray was by his own admission a hoarder, much of what he had though were years upon years of his own research and reports. He actually had a lot more but dumped most of what he owned in a skip in around 2005 when he lost his home due to bankruptcy. Luckily, all the documents he dumped were saved by Nottingham university. After he died in November 2013, the remaining pieces of his work was saved too. So whilst you see a lot of old papers, this was his life's work. He was an amazing journalist and a genuinely nice guy.
What a nasty, judgemental person you are