Dog economy figures

[bunn]

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.

Comments

[skordh.livejournal.com]

Does that mean the dog economy is out of recession?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

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

[skordh.livejournal.com]

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

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

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

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... 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...

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

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.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Am I missing something with these "graph" references?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

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

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

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

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

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. :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

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)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

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.

[skordh.livejournal.com]

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

[bunn.livejournal.com]

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!