On 16/02/2021 20:54, David wrote:
My view of expensive was set some decades ago so I have to think around it.

You can spend an awful lot of time on line trying to find a slightly
cheaper item, and comparing prices and specifications.
There must be a point where it isn't really worth spending the effort.

My rough limits a

£9.95 for almost any small item. Sod it, just buy.

£25 for a slightly more substantial item.

£50 for a more substantial item (e.g. cheapish charcoal BBQ).


Normally working, so there is a calculation on how much ye are losing
per hour by not working. Then have that hourly rate lost by doing some
unearthly task - so drag out an Excel sheet.

i.e.

I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich.
If I have a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and
reach the grave quicker ...

--
Adrian C

Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich.
If I have a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and reach
the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

In article , Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich. If I have
a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and
reach the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

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"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On 17/02/2021 21:24, charles wrote:
In article , Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich. If I have
a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and
reach the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

Well that demonstrates how bad the rest of their product line is.

Would he eat pasta from Marks and Sparks?



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making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people
who pay no price for being wrong.€�

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"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich. If I have
a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and
reach the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

I really find it impossible to believe that it's possible to tell the
difference

In article , tim...
wrote:


"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich. If I
have a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life
and reach the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

I really find it impossible to believe that it's possible to tell the
difference

Remember that cats used to be Gods. They know these things

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from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich. If I have
a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and
reach the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

I really find it impossible to believe that it's possible to tell the
difference

I don't. Likely there is one ingredient Harrods chooses to include theirs
that the cat insists on.

On 18/02/2021 09:35, tim... wrote:


"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :
Â*Â* I used to have an hours lunch break, ate a Tesco sandwich. If I have
Â*Â* a 2 minute lunch break, a sandwich from Harrods cost the same.

People that eat Harrods sandwiches have a productive working life and
reach the grave quicker ...

Does your calculation include the long drive there and back to collect
the Harrods sandwich? It might take me many hours of driving..

I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

I really find it impossible to believe that it's possible to tell the
difference


Don't really apply to the cat - I gave that Harrods example as a bit of
silliness but unless food is obviously off or uncooked or a disaster for
fat/sugar intake, I myself find it quite difficult to dislike food
whether it is the food which cost tuppence, or something 'posh'.

The TV people imagine a lot of people are fussy connoisseurs, and
absolutely have to have the right thing to eat, or risk being untrendy.
Ok, something unusual is an experience (erm, a Chinese....), but to go
overboard and to live ya life controlled by it?

Food fads are not important. If it were available I'd take a
multivitamin pill and measured dose of everything else for a recommended
daily intake.

My daily salads are similar enough as it is.

--
Adrian C

charles explained on 17/02/2021 :
I had a work colleague whose cat would only eat fish from Harrods

We have a dog who normally refuses to eat dog food, or those mixer
biscuits. She will happily eat the very same biscuits, if offered as a
special treat.

On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff - then about ten years ago I
bought some B&Q own-brand laminate flooring. How can they get that
wrong? Quite easily it seems. It didn't/doesn't lie flat. Fortunately
it's in a room that I don't use that much, otherwise I'd have gone to
the trouble of ripping it out and replacing it.
(Do like Tesco Finest range though.)

On 17/02/2021 16:42, Peter Johnson wrote:
On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff

Some respected names of the past are effectively own-brand stuff.
Brand names are bought and sold and used as a badge on no-name far east
items.


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On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff - then about ten years ago I
bought some B&Q own-brand laminate flooring. How can they get that
wrong? Quite easily it seems. It didn't/doesn't lie flat. Fortunately
it's in a room that I don't use that much, otherwise I'd have gone to
the trouble of ripping it out and replacing it.
(Do like Tesco Finest range though.)

on the odd occasions I have tried such up market supermarket meals

couldn't tell the bleeding difference

On 17/02/2021 18:58, tim... wrote:


on the odd occasions I have tried such up market supermarket meals

couldn't tell the bleeding difference


That's what you find when the main ingredient is salt


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On 17/02/2021 16:42, Peter Johnson wrote:
On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff - then about ten years ago I
bought some B&Q own-brand laminate flooring. How can they get that
wrong? Quite easily it seems. It didn't/doesn't lie flat. Fortunately
it's in a room that I don't use that much, otherwise I'd have gone to
the trouble of ripping it out and replacing it.
(Do like Tesco Finest range though.)


Waitrose Value range is better than the normal stuff other places
sell.

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On 17/02/2021 16:42, Peter Johnson wrote:
On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff - then about ten years ago I
bought some B&Q own-brand laminate flooring. How can they get that
wrong? Quite easily it seems. It didn't/doesn't lie flat. Fortunately
it's in a room that I don't use that much, otherwise I'd have gone to
the trouble of ripping it out and replacing it.
(Do like Tesco Finest range though.)


Waitrose Value range is better than the normal stuff other places
sell.

better in what way?

and the range just seems to be basics, not ready meals (which is what Tesco
Finest is)

On 19/02/2021 11:23, tim... wrote:


"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 17/02/2021 16:42, Peter Johnson wrote:
On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff - then about ten years ago I
bought some B&Q own-brand laminate flooring. How can they get that
wrong? Quite easily it seems. It didn't/doesn't lie flat. Fortunately
it's in a room that I don't use that much, otherwise I'd have gone to
the trouble of ripping it out and replacing it.
(Do like Tesco Finest range though.)


Waitrose Value range is better than the normal stuff other places
sell.

better in what way?
Well I dunno. Their essential baked beans taste as good as if not better
than Heinz. which is my favourite 'branded' bean. Their own brand
sausages are better than any brand. Their own brand frozen fries and
cornflakes are identical to branded ones 30% more expensive...and so it
goes on ...

Basically you are paying more for the product and less fir the national
TV advertising


and the range just seems to be basics, not ready meals (which is what
Tesco Finest is)


There are some pretty basic ready meals at Waitrose. Some are even worth
eating





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On 19/02/2021 11:23, tim... wrote:


"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 17/02/2021 16:42, Peter Johnson wrote:
On 16 Feb 2021 20:54:18 GMT, David wrote:



Anyway does anyone else have a yard stick for measuring time and
effort
put into research against the cost of an item?



I tend to be sniffy about own-brand stuff - then about ten years ago I
bought some B&Q own-brand laminate flooring. How can they get that
wrong? Quite easily it seems. It didn't/doesn't lie flat. Fortunately
it's in a room that I don't use that much, otherwise I'd have gone to
the trouble of ripping it out and replacing it.
(Do like Tesco Finest range though.)


Waitrose Value range is better than the normal stuff other places
sell.

better in what way?
Well I dunno. Their essential baked beans taste as good as if not better
than Heinz.

Morrison's - a pound for 4

which is my favourite 'branded' bean. Their own brand sausages are better
than any brand.

at 7.50 per kilo I should hope so

that's more than I pay for raw pork

Their own brand frozen fries and cornflakes are identical to branded ones
30% more expensive...and so it goes on ...

I buy neither of those items



Basically you are paying more for the product and less fir the national TV
advertising

yes I understand that

and the range just seems to be basics, not ready meals (which is what
Tesco Finest is)


There are some pretty basic ready meals at Waitrose. Some are even worth
eating

well which ones then?