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Posted by Rostros on Jan-26-2003 18:57:

Cost Of Living .

Just had a row with my Folks saying i should be saving for the future and all that bollocks, all my wage is spent on things i need and i can save shit, i must get taxed like �200 per month , thats like $350 a month, after all my bills im left with like fuk all, no wonder people steal , imagine having your own house this is what u have to pay. 4 ppl.

Mortgage = �500 minimum a month on like 50k,
House Rates = �150 Per month
Electric = �50
Water = �50
Phone = �40
Insurance = �200
Car insurance = �100 Per month
Road Tax = �80 Per Year
Petrol = �50 per month
Food = �300 per month for 4 ppl
Entertaining = �150 Per month
Clothes and other items = �100 minimum
Internet Broadband = �30

Roughly = �1560 thats �18,720 Per year , on cost of living ,. that Sux

Posted by P`zazz on Jan-26-2003 19:06:

well, when you're done paying off the mortgage you'll have some nice cash to spend on other stuff you want, just hang in there

Posted by Spad on Jan-26-2003 19:44:

Lose the car.

Posted by Arbiter on Jan-26-2003 20:23:

Re: Cost Of Living .

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RozzeR
Just had a row with my Folks saying i should be saving for the future and all that bollocks, all my wage is spent on things i need and i can save shit, i must get taxed like �200 per month , thats like $350 a month, after all my bills im left with like fuk all, no wonder people steal , imagine having your own house this is what u have to pay. 4 ppl.

Mortgage = �500 minimum a month on like 50k,
House Rates = �150 Per month
Electric = �50
Water = �50
Phone = �40
Insurance = �200
Car insurance = �100 Per month
Road Tax = �80 Per Year
Petrol = �50 per month
Food = �300 per month for 4 ppl
Entertaining = �150 Per month
Clothes and other items = �100 minimum
Internet Broadband = �30

Roughly = �1560 thats �18,720 Per year , on cost of living ,. that Sux

That's the cost of living comfortably.

You see, this kind of thing really pisses me off, because I'm always hearing about how people can't afford to eat in developed countries and really IMO that's totally bullshit.

Here's what I'd call the actual cost to live (I'll try doing this in pounds, but my conversions might be off a bit):

Decent appartment in a low-cost area: �250/month
Electric: �30/month
Water: �30/month
Public Transport: �40/month
Food: �30/month [eat cheap, i.e. pasta which costs about �1 for eight servings]
Misc: �50/month

Which comes to �5160 per year. You need to make about �100 every week. If you've got 4 people, at least two of them can probably work, so that's �50 each per week. Frankly, I think you could make that much begging.

Posted by bassaholix on Jan-26-2003 20:42:

Living sux... but when your dead it sux even more...

Death is the easy way out of living... but living is what makes you feel alive and make us move on, what you need is to work your way around things...

Posted by KoreanDJ on Jan-26-2003 21:35:

I think it's time for you to sell DRUGS

Stevek

Posted by mos man on Jan-26-2003 22:15:

u gotta be loving that...

Posted by TrAnCeAkI on Jan-27-2003 00:17:

you cant even afford to live anymore!!! WHAT NEXTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Posted by vmc on Jan-27-2003 00:31:

UK is so expensive! There are legends here at my place about a pack of cigs costing in UK as much as a dinner in a restaurant here!

And yes, I bought my Politics of Dancing CD for 40 PLN (that's about 10$)

Posted by Ian on Jan-27-2003 01:14:

the uk is very expensive and I hate it cos i cant work for health reasons, so im given �65 a week, and by the time bills are gone and just living normally with food etc, theres hardly owt left so I can't buy music & support artists or goto the Reebok & watch the wanderers

Posted by malek on Jan-27-2003 05:42:

Re: Re: Cost Of Living .

quote:
Originally posted by Arbiter
Food: �30/month [eat cheap, i.e. pasta which costs about �1 for eight servings]

Gimme a fucking break man... how about buy a bag of flour and make your own bread, you can survive with bread for a whole month, can't ya? that would cost like 5$ a month yay!!! god damn it man, we're not animals to eat the same shit every day.

Posted by Photo_bot_2k1 on Jan-27-2003 06:01:

yeah man screw ur electric bill
go buy industrial wholesale coal
and make ur own electricity

Posted by Arbiter on Jan-27-2003 07:30:

Re: Re: Re: Cost Of Living .

quote:
Originally posted by ahlamalek
Gimme a fucking break man... how about buy a bag of flour and make your own bread, you can survive with bread for a whole month, can't ya? that would cost like 5$ a month yay!!! god damn it man, we're not animals to eat the same shit every day.

If you can afford better food, I wholly recommend buying it. But if you're actually at the point where you think you can't afford the cost of your lifestyle, you might want to consider cutting back on your food expenditures. I was giving a fairly extreme example, yes. But if you think about it, eating nice food is really a luxury, not something you need to live. Hence it should not be included in the cost of living.

Posted by blazed it on Jan-27-2003 08:33:

forget pasta.... if you really want to save money eat bulk rice..

you can get like 100 pounds of rice for under 3o dolllars( at least in america.)

Posted by Porky on Jan-27-2003 10:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Photo_bot_2k1
yeah man screw ur electric bill
go buy industrial wholesale coal
and make ur own electricity

hahah omfg! u just made me fart from laughter!

hoho

Pork!

Posted by Turbotrance on Jan-27-2003 11:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Photo_bot_2k1
yeah man screw ur electric bill
go buy industrial wholesale coal
and make ur own electricity

ROFL

Turbotrance