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Mark Bauwens
My Cash is a series looking at how individuals invest their money – and the in some cases hard choices they have to make. Here, Mark Bauwens from Gaillac in France takes us through a week in his life throughout the coronavirus pandemic.Mark, 64, is retired, “regretfully single” and lives in south-west France.
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Range may be the spice of life but buying in amount, hence having a repetitious diet plan, is more cost and time-effective. Each day this week, I will broadly consume similarly although the range of meat, cheese and biscuits (!) changes. Breakfast. Two pieces of wholemeal bread with a piece of ham and cheese each and fresh fruit. Washed down by genuine coffee.Lunch. 10 min boil in the bag rice with fresh fish (a treat in the summer season), paté and bread with home-grown tomatoes and salad. Followed by fresh fruit. If I am still starving then as much as half a package of chocolate biscuits (as I lose control), with the remainder for supper, like a naughty, guilty schoolboy. Chocolate is good for spirits I’ve checked out and it’s true!Dinner. Charcuterie (pieces of cold meats) and cheese. Oh, and more fresh fruit. Finally, a couple of beers whilst viewing TELEVISION.
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Mindful that Covid-19 has no recognized remedy, efficient treatment nor security by vaccination, I continue my rather monastic diet, albeit a really healthy one. Considering that starting, I’ve gone from over 85 kg down to simply under 70 kg to increase my chances in the not likely event I capture the infection, as all the government,
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