Skint

[TGW89]

Ah you should have said lad you could have got some part time work at my place as a naked cleaner

I was in Stoke at the time lid. Which makes the whole situation 10x worse.

 

[Connor]

It's ruined FIFA for me.

Nobody wants to do regular head to head online it's all about spending 500 quid so you can have legendary version Ronaldo and exploit the terrible game mechanics.

On principle I won't give them a penny more than what I paid for the game.

Aye, last year or two me and my mates have agreed like we won't speed more than 20/30 quid all year because of how bad it's gotten. It's way better when you don't try and keep up

 

[cronullasharks]

Years ago me and my best mate went a casino in Barcelona and I must have done about 2 grand in two nights just on the roulette/slots. I love a bet like but when I've had a skinful im a danger in a casino - we all have our vices.

Drinking and gambling = pain the next day

 

[Chewbacca]

It's way better when you don't try and keep up

This applies to life generally. I try to work on the “Am I happy?” Basis without worrying about what anyone else thinks

 

[peteblue]

Not being able to go to the pub has helped offset my spending sprees.

I’ve saved a fortune.....

 

[Death]

Only buy people things if they dance for me.

I will dance for you.

I am doing a dance now.

Snookered. Cough up.

 

[degsy]

I’ve saved a fortune.....

So have I, *looks around in furtive manner for mrs degsy* which 'allowed' me to pay £17something incl postage for a 1950 penny - now thats inflation.

...precious

 

[The Trinity.]

So have I, *looks around in furtive manner for mrs degsy* which 'allowed' me to pay £17something incl postage for a 1950 penny - now thats inflation.

...precious

a 1950 King George the sixth penny in good condition is rare. You paid the right price. I've seen them go for more than that. In good condition...its all about condition.
But I'm sure you know your pennies.

 

[Efcjake]

This applies to life generally. I try to work on the “Am I happy?” Basis without worrying about what anyone else thinks

This is a trap many of us fall into. How many people extend themselves into debt over "keeping up with the Jones'"

The best advice I can give anyone is to disregard that nonsense. Measure your success against yourself and where you were yesterday. You can't compare yourself to your peers constantly, there's so many different factors at play that it's not a level playing field. The closest you can get is to judge yourself against yourself, nobody else's opinion matters as they'll never understand the unique circumstances you're facing and making the best of.

 

[Kurt.]

I started a new job in feb... was a massive step for me to take as I’d been in my old job for 15 years. Without trying to sound like a knobhead it’s been great for me, I can work as much overtime as I like and I’ve been able to save in the region of 1k a month.. only downside is I’m away from home quite a bit.. my plan is to work here for a few years and bank some savings... something I’ve never been able to do ... I do acknowledge how lucky I am at the moment though and would never take that for granted

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Through genuine hardship and unwise spending decisions I've been broke many times.

When I was a student nurse I couldn't afford food and bills for a lot of the time but I solved this by working 6 or 7 days a week on the ward and eating hospital food. Nutritional shakes from the eating disorder ward have come in handy on several occasions.

I've worked in several kitchens and I'm a good cook so as long as there is a few basic elements of food in the cupboards I can usually get something going. I've been down to just a bag of flour a few times but mix it with water and make a dough and you have basic flatbreads to keep you going. Also the fruit bowls at work provide your vitamins.

I remember my mum telling me and my sisters to keep quiet and hide when the milkman came round because we didn't have money that week. At least I hope that's why we were hiding from him.

My advice is always keep an emergency bag of flour in the cupboard. If you are earning a living wage and you can't budget for a bag of flour then you should probably just give up on life.

 

[Kurt.]

Through genuine hardship and unwise spending decisions I've been broke many times.

When I was a student nurse I couldn't afford food and bills for a lot of the time but I solved this by working 6 or 7 days a week on the ward and eating hospital food. Nutritional shakes from the eating disorder ward have come in handy on several occasions.

I've worked in several kitchens and I'm a good cook so as long as there is a few basic elements of food in the cupboards I can usually get something going. I've been down to just a bag of flour a few times but mix it with water and make a dough and you have basic flatbreads to keep you going. Also the fruit bowls at work provide your vitamins.

I remember my mum telling me and my sisters to keep quiet and hide when the milkman came round because we didn't have money that week. At least I hope that's why we were hiding from him.

My advice is always keep an emergency bag of flour in the cupboard. If you are earning a living wage and you can't budget for a bag of flour then you should probably just give up on life.

Been there and got the t shirt .. skint is no fun at all but in a weird way they were the best of times too.. inventing meals and trying to laugh about it to keep your Mrs hopes up... I’m in a good place right now but would never trade the hard times as they’ve taught us to appreciate what we have now

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Been there and got the t shirt .. skint is no fun at all but in a weird way they were the best of times too.. inventing meals and trying to laugh about it to keep your Mrs hopes up... I’m in a good place right now but would never trade the hard times as they’ve taught us to appreciate what we have now

It's made me a lot more thoughtful and appreciative about food. There's a lot of good cooks in my family who I learned from as a kid and you learned not to waste scraps and use everything. Vegetables scraps, boiled into stock. Stale bread made into croutons or bread and butter pudding. Fats saved and used for frying. Grandad had a bacon butty before he went to work and the kids had dripping butties.

Compared to what went before we lived like royalty though. We never went hungry as kids, there was always food on the table by hook or crook and it seemed like fun to try and see what we could make out of the cupboard stock.

My great Auntie used to tell me about when she was a kid living with my nan and their parents and they were living somewhere near the city centre sharing one room with an Irish family. She always used to tell me that the priest would come round every week and take money off them even though they had nothing. She says she remembered just living on cabbage for weeks. She always hated the church after that and never ate cabbage again either. Proper Angela's ashes stuff.