I called it!

Translation please?

Are you on the wrong website rosecarmel?

Is it about US imposing tariffs on Chinese goods?

If people don't buy cheap Chinese, they might buy home-grown products? Which might be better quality?

Shall we all spend the evening working this out, or shall we watch 'enders?

I watched Stenders gone, it was good.

I have no idea what this is about though!

Sssh. I'm on Cas now.

Shower for me, a cuppa and ‘63’

Holby!!!!!!!!

Oh I forgot about that.

Ohhhhwha ..

Dollar Tree is a dollar store here that sells cheap stuff for one dollar- Five Below is another store that sells cheap stuff for 5 dollars-

Dollar Tree announced (news worthy here) that it is going to carry stuff that costs more than one dollar -- which is what I figured would happen with all the tariff stuff going on, and that I doubt their efforts to sell the junk for more than a dollar will prove successful-

Is it about US imposing tariffs on Chinese goods?

Yes -- I think!

We really are swamped here with stuff from China- I'd really like to see some variety ..

Oh, I see, it's like Poundland or our local pound shop. At least we aren't swamped with Chinese junk in our pound shop, it's all well known brands. I got 2 balls of pretty variegated yarn there recently, and crocheted a produce bag and a phone cosy.

Rosecarmel, now I've got it -
I'm watching 63 Up - really interesting if you followed it from the beginning. Rosecarmel, you won't know what I'm talking about it ?

At least we aren't swamped with Chinese junk in our pound shop, it's all well known brands.

And how many of our 'well known brands' are made in China?

Whenever I go shopping it feels as though we're swamped with Chinese junk. Just try buying something that isn't made in China.

Oh.

The pound shop has some things that cost more than a pound....

True lemongrove
#strangesubjectforathread

Shall we all spend the evening working this out, or shall we watch 'enders?
Nah, I watched Brian Cox

The yarn in our £ shop is more than £1
Is it made in China?
or Turkey?

The yarn in ours is £1 but doesn't state on the label where it is manufactured. It just has a UK address.

#strangesubjectforathread

What's the subject MawBroon?

I did wonder Rosecarmel.

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Haven’t you always had dollar shops over there? we seem to have had pound shops for ever and I presumed they d come from you originally
I use them if they ve got what I want cheaper than a regular shop but I don’t use them that much
I think they started off as everything for a pound but now sell lots of things for more although not much more
Now back to important things like having a shower