You lucky sod. What a life
"I'm Skint"
- Thread starter Guest2
- Start date
You lucky sod. What a life
Same. I used to spend £30 a week as a student in the SW. London does skew things a little though. I used to spend £50 a week on breakfast (porridge) and lunch, with a big lunch on fridays. You must struggle to spend that much elsewhere though.
They may also be putting all their savings into a house deposit, so they don't have to waste money on renting...
Last edited:
And they post on OcUK?If I was earning that sort of £ then I would be sitting on my yacht getting 'attended to' by beautiful women, not posting on here. By that statement I mean them making me tea and stuff of course.
In any case I would not shout off about my wealth.
£250k a year really doesn't go that far... Especially if you live and work in London... If you're on your yacht you're probably also not earning that either.
(and no I'm not on and have not been on that much)
This would be me. I would much rather make / provide my own lunch which I know is healthy probably costing a 1/3rd of eating out somewhere. I'd rather spend my money on other things. Another example of this is where I work we have a Costa cafe that is subsidized and only £1.85 for a large. Some people will visit the cafe twice maybe even three times a day but I prefer to take my own coffee in and make it myself at a fraction of the cost. Occasionally I'll get the quip of 'don't you ever spend mone' but I've bought a project house and recently flown solo in a glider and I think my new hobby is going to result in costing me a little
It is easier however to just say 'I'm skint!'
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 29 Mar 2003
- Posts
- 57,747
- Location
- Stoke on Trent
One thing I've learnt in life is that you can be the poorest of the poor but they will always have money for cigarettes.
Soldato
- Joined
- 9 Nov 2005
- Posts
- 9,581
- Location
- Southampton, hopefully not too hot, or too cold
Rent £400.
I lolled.
You and me both!
Breakdown of our rough monthly outgoings...
Rent £635 (below average for place with 2 living rooms, but very below average quality/upkeep)
Utilities inc. CTax & house insurance £250 (only band A CTax, no fancy tv package)
Travel ~£50 (promo weekly bus ticket, could stop any time, but I cycle sometimes which costs money to buy/upkeep, no car which saves me ~£60 on basic running costs excluding any parking fees)
Food £175 (without buying much carnivore bits)
Food at work £70 (I only work 3 days per week)
Pub meals with friends/family £60 (usually once per week, one or other)
HTB ISA £100 (mum generously contributes another £100)
Total ~£1350 for two of us taking home ~£1700
Doesn't account for loads of stuff like hobbies; holidays; clothes; household furniture/gadgets; Xmas/birthday presents etc.
Good job we both don't drink or smoke!
"We're skint"
Last edited:
Thought you were in O&G?
EDIT: Ignore that.. I thought you said £20k a year...
Not anymore. Taken a drastically crappier worklife choice /money moving to Sweden when it comes to work. I got utterly chewed out offshore and with the industry as a whole. Much happier now.
![[TFU] Thegoon84](/styles/overclockers/avatars/6.png){kind=avatar}
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Jun 2009
- Posts
- 7,089
- Location
- Swansea
Haha... What a laugh this OP is!
Lolz.... Never mind about, car loans, Council tax, insurances, car up keep/bus cards, mobile phones, unexpected bills, savings, PC purchasing (as I'm assuming you mean single people), toiletries, TV licences, Netflix, broadband, tv package, house upgrades, appliances...... Just to name but a few!
But if you meant couples with kids my ROUGH outgoings
£500 Mortgage
£860 Creche
£300 car loan
£50 Sofa
£200 month savings for bdays and xmas
£200 Savings for holidays
£500 Savings
£500 food
£200 Fuel
£110 CTAX
£150 Eldest daughter in gymasntics/swimming/afterschool club/brek club
£69 TV package
That is without.... insurance, mobile phones, travel expenses
Lolz.... Never mind about, car loans, Council tax, insurances, car up keep/bus cards, mobile phones, unexpected bills, savings, PC purchasing (as I'm assuming you mean single people), toiletries, TV licences, Netflix, broadband, tv package, house upgrades, appliances...... Just to name but a few!
But if you meant couples with kids my ROUGH outgoings
£500 Mortgage
£860 Creche
£300 car loan
£50 Sofa
£200 month savings for bdays and xmas
£200 Savings for holidays
£500 Savings
£500 food
£200 Fuel
£110 CTAX
£150 Eldest daughter in gymasntics/swimming/afterschool club/brek club
£69 TV package
That is without.... insurance, mobile phones, travel expenses
Last edited:
Fixed
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Jun 2009
- Posts
- 7,089
- Location
- Swansea
I want pics of this luxury sofa that costs £50 pcm
DONE!
Let us be clear here.... It is a swivel chair which spins perfectly well and keeps me very happy
Plus I upgraded to the foam cushion, purely because my sister in laws sofa looked like dog **** after 18 months.... ALWAYS GO FOAM!!!
PS the Leg rest goes with the swivel normally!
PPS - Need Curtains.... End of the month ... MORE EXPENSE !
[TFU] Thegoon84;29980655 said:DONE!
Let us be clear here.... It is a swivel chair which spins perfectly well and keeps me very happy
Plus I upgraded to the foam cushion, purely because my sister in laws sofa looked like dog **** after 18 months.... ALWAYS GO FOAM!!!
PS the Leg rest goes with the swivel normally!
KILL THAT WALLPAPER KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Jun 2009
- Posts
- 7,089
- Location
- Swansea
Rubbish! Wallpaper is awesome!
Soldato
- Joined
- 9 Nov 2005
- Posts
- 9,581
- Location
- Southampton, hopefully not too hot, or too cold
But even if it was say a £2000 sofa, it would be paid off in less than four years, if interest free.
I wish I only had to pay rent/mortgage for four years as a regular expense, all that disposable income I would have afterwards.
I wish I only had to pay rent/mortgage for four years as a regular expense, all that disposable income I would have afterwards.