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29th August 2008, 09:15
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Re: Cost of Living
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Originally Posted by gren
Whats 'bin' and is YTK a typo?
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Sorry Gren.. been busy - bin = thousand and the other a spelling of the soon to be (not new) Turkish lira.
Why mix lingo... I don't know about others but when you are in a multi-lingual context when you are switching back and forth across languages you end up speaking something in-between... Turkilizce. Sorry fopr those who can't follow... its a freudian slip.
Last edited by Aleynasdad : 29th August 2008 at 09:21.
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29th August 2008, 09:17
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#92
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Re: Cost of Living
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Originally Posted by bobthenob
That's dam good money,earning 5.5 bin a month,your almost touching around 70,000ytl a year,that works out to roughly 33,000pds a year,"blimey"!.lf l was earning that sort of money,l wouldn't be watching the pennies,l'll be investing in it,and watch it grow.
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It's fine if you alreday have money or investments but we are starting from ground zero with a kid.... not so easy..... I will feel more upbeat once we own a house. |
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29th August 2008, 09:20
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#93
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Re: Cost of Living
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Originally Posted by SAMIMI
Hi Aleynasdad, Great that both yourself and your wife are working. You have a beautiful two year old daughter. What a treasure! These are the best times of your life. Enjoy! Good money management helps too and I'm sure you will all be fine.
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Why thank you  |
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5th September 2008, 10:05
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#94
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Re: Cost of Living
Just seen these figures on the BBC website showing the price rises for food in the Uk since January.
PRICE RISES BY CATEGORY
Meat and fish: +22.9%
Store cupboard/general: +15%
Fresh fruit/vegetables: +14.7%
Laundry/washing/paper: +14.4%
Drink: +6.8%
Pet food: +6.5%
Bakery/cereal: +6%
Frozen food: +5.8%
Household: +4.4%
Health & beauty: +0.4%
Ready meals: -0.4%
Dairy: -1.8%
Baby food: -2.5%
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5th September 2008, 11:01
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#95
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Re: Cost of Living
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Originally Posted by jcrian
Just seen these figures on the BBC website showing the price rises for food in the Uk since January.
PRICE RISES BY CATEGORY
Meat and fish: +22.9%
Store cupboard/general: +15%
Fresh fruit/vegetables: +14.7%
Laundry/washing/paper: +14.4%
Drink: +6.8%
Pet food: +6.5%
Bakery/cereal: +6%
Frozen food: +5.8%
Household: +4.4%
Health & beauty: +0.4%
Ready meals: -0.4%
Dairy: -1.8%
Baby food: -2.5%
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I was zapping through the Turkish channels yesterday evening during their 7 oclock news bulletins. They all led with the news that there will be another rise in electricity of 15% on Oct 1st, making a rise for the year of 65%.
Eggs were championed as the months 'zam sampiyonu' with a rise of 22.8% for the month of August.
Taken from Hurriyet newspapers website, here are some figures for Turkish inflation for the month of August.
Eggs 22.8
natural gas 17.08
Lentils 8.02
chicken 5.11
pasta 5.4
milk 5.03
butter 4.31
meat 1.55
peppers and aubergines showed a decrease of 11% last month. |
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5th September 2008, 11:06
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#96
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Re: Cost of Living
Last weekend just outside Ankara we found a stretch of road side veggie stands. Three choices of mellons, 2.5 kg for one lira. Tomatoes, peppers, and all other veggies 2 kg for 1 lira. I find that incredibly reasonable. Was great product also.
Biker Bob
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5th September 2008, 14:19
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Re: Cost of Living
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Originally Posted by Aleynasdad
Sorry Gren.. been busy - bin = thousand and the other a spelling of the soon to be (not new) Turkish lira.Why mix lingo... I don't know about others but when you are in a multi-lingual context when you are switching back and forth across languages you end up speaking something in-between... Turkilizce. Sorry fopr those who can't follow... its a freudian slip.
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OK, i'll watch out for Mr Freud in future!  |
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