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Old 11-13-2011, 03:03 PM   #1
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The cost turkey is astounding.

The price of turkey in England floored me 50-60 Pounds for a bird that they will give you free with an accompanying purchase in our local grocery store.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...as-turkey.html
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Old 11-13-2011, 03:14 PM   #2
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You don't want to believe everything you read in the Mail, fargon! I don't think they were that expensive last year ....
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Old 11-13-2011, 03:16 PM   #3
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I can't comment on the prices they quote per lb (especially as they are sold by kg) but £66 for a turkey is ridiculous. Few people buy to feed 12 these days, and that probably over-caters anyway, leaving the family eating turkey for the next week and a half.

One thing that rasied a smile though - it's not just about the cost of turkeys.
No, because this is the Hate Mail.
It's about how that wonderful English tradition is being made near impossible by the Indians and the Chinese. Greedy fat foreigners.
(tradition here was goose anyway)

This year we are going out for Christmas dinner (yay!)
But for Boxing Day we don't just have a turducken. Oh no....!!!!!
THIS year we have a four bird roast.
Turkey, duck, goose and chicken.
Probably all glued together with meat glue, but who cares. £9.99 and it will last us for days.
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Old 11-13-2011, 04:51 PM   #4
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The cost to the turkey is higher.
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Old 11-13-2011, 07:00 PM   #5
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The cost to the turkey is higher.
Better the turkey than me.
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Old 11-13-2011, 05:11 PM   #6
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Rhianne reminds me of the comparison of the pig and the chicken and the breakfast of bacon and eggs:

The chicken was involved, the pig was committed.
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Old 11-13-2011, 06:39 PM   #7
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Fargon, it will be free with a minimum accompanying purchase, but in the UK, the staples that you would use here to make that accompanying purchase would be sold as "loss leaders" anyway -products we all use sold at a loss to entice you into the store. Overall, I believe you would you would come out with no bigger % difference on your grocery shop including a turkey than you would do on a regualr shop. And I've done it from both sides. The two ways of life are so different that comparisons are meaningless more often than not. Plus, The Mail is full of alarmist shit.
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Old 11-13-2011, 07:11 PM   #8
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I buy neither turkey nor the Daily Mail but I decided to do a quick online check. Tesco are selling a 5kg (close enough to 12lb) 'Finest Bronze Turkey' for £20 - that price until 27th December.
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Old 11-13-2011, 08:37 PM   #9
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It's about $50 for a 10lb turkey here.
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Old 11-14-2011, 04:53 AM   #10
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But is that Mickey Mouse Australian dollars, that no-one else uses or can understand?
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Old 11-14-2011, 05:11 AM   #11
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AU dollars are equivalent to US dollars atm, so it's a straight comparison really.
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Old 11-14-2011, 05:41 AM   #12
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Speaking of which, is this "cost turkey" a new economic reference? What needs bailing out this time?
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Old 11-14-2011, 09:18 AM   #13
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The US raises about 240 M turkeys each year. Some are in Congress.
The cost is indeterminate.
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Old 11-14-2011, 09:25 AM   #14
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A Cincinnati radio station has a promotional event coming up. They're going to let a bunch of turkeys out of a helicopter and when they fly down and land whoever gets one gets to keep and cook it.
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Old 11-14-2011, 09:31 AM   #15
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IM... you have to be in the right generation to fully appreciate that !
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