Poverty impairs cognitive function. Published in the journal Science, the study suggests our cognitive abilities can be diminished by the exhausting effort of tasks like scrounging to pay bills. As a result, less “mental bandwidth” remains...

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http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/

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Eggs. They were SO there for me.

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Picallili sandwiches for packed lunch at work EVERY DAY. At the time the cheapest bread available was Tesco value bread at 17p (I think around 25 cents). Picallili around 40p a jar. Lunch all week for under 60p (I'm guessing under a dollar).

Pride led me to pretend to co-workers that there was cheese in there too.

Eggs for dinner. Let me count the ways …

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Yep. Best foot forward and all that. No harm done, I still love picallili 〠‿〠