Originally posted by SimonMac
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As a contractor do you sometimes lose perspective when it comes to money?!
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostI think its only become clear when I hear of mates moaning about car repairs or how much a service costs, when I can happily pay for it without thinking, but then again I was always an astute saver.Comment
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With 2 kids and a number of expensive hobbies i'm practically poor anyway.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by KaiserWilly View Post600 GBP? WTF! Anything above 10 EUR spent in a restaurant is already a pain for me.
It would be a different matter if that was the bill and there was two of you!Comment
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostI think the average bill for Gub club is about £500ish, there's normally about 8-10 of us at each one. Not bad if everyone is having 3 courses and wine.
It would be a different matter if that was the bill and there was two of you!Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostI have to say I did inwardly suck air over my teeth at £50 for a bottle of ordinary wine when we went to the bbq place (MInd you, not enough to stop us ordering a second...)
The average mark up is 300% though the higher up the list the closer to retail price you get.Comment
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Originally posted by jmo21 View PostYou sound like me.
I never buy anything that I cannot afford to buy outright. At one stage I got interest free credit on a car and used the interest on my savings to pay it off (back in the days when there were decent interest rates on savings).Comment
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My attitude to eating out is - if you are going to worry about the cost; what's the point?...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostI never buy anything that I cannot afford to buy outright.
wait... an impersockienatorComment
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostI always grit my teeth when dealing with wine lists, its a right 'ol pain seeing stuff that's normally a tenner a bottle selling for £50.
The average mark up is 300% though the higher up the list the closer to retail price you get.
Ordering the second cheapest on the list is a noob mistake.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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