"Matty F" wrote in message
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On Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:04:18 AM UTC+13, Adrian wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:48:37 +0000, Mark wrote:

Quite. And they keep changing the goods in the 'basket'. IMHO this is
to artificially manupulate the figures.

Do you buy the same stuff year after year after year? No, me neither.

It's quite a long while since I last bought any blank VHS tapes, for a
start.

I imagine that gas mantles would have been a significant expense over 130
years ago, but not light bulbs. Strangely enough I don't buy light bulbs
any more, but I do want some gas mantles (to make LEDs look like gas
lights!)


Gas mantles.
Gas light manufacturers
www.sightdesigns.co.uk

Ask for Brian Harper.