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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 23, 2010 11:07:05 GMT
Well, we all have to tighten our belts and generally chill the fuck down on our spending (or so the government tells us). What (if any) cutbacks are happening in the homes of Stubbsville residents?
I personally have stopped eating seeing as food costs money...no, okay, not really, but I have vowed not to buy any more books for several months, I have literally scores of unread novels and graphic novels sitting around that need to be read, so, no more books until I close the cover of my last unread novel.
What about you lot...making any noble sacrifices? Scaling down any lavish lifestyles? Or are you crying havoc and letting slip the dogs of financial irresponsibility?
AH
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Post by everso on Nov 23, 2010 11:18:51 GMT
Well, I'm NOT cutting back on my wine, that's for sure! So don't even try to persuade me.  I AM attempting to spend less on Christmas this year and we've decided not to buy presents for cousins (yes! can you believe it? we've bought presents for cousins in the past. Cousins that we now don't see at christmas either!) To tell the truth, I don't really have any spending vices. I have enough clothes and am not a dedicated follower of fashion. I don't read much and books that I do read come from the library. Mr. E. is trying to make up his mind whether to cut down his working week or retire completely. Obviously, the everso belt would have to tighten somewhat then. I might even have to sell my chaise longue. |
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 23, 2010 12:37:46 GMT
"I might even have to sell my chaise longue. "
No - o - o - Everso, surely not!
Keep that Mr E 's nose to the grindstone.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 23, 2010 12:55:14 GMT
I might even have to sell my chaise longue. There'll always be a chaise at your disposal in the Great Hall of Castle Yutani, Ev. I might be out harvesting the medlars, shooting a pheasant or two, watering the semolina, repelling the yokels, and other routine chores, but there'll always be food on the table and logs on the fire. I've decided to economise on ferry and air fares, not to mention council tax and the price of beer and public transport, by moving back to the Continent in one swell foop, some time next year. All will be welcome at Schloß Yutani for the Schloß-Warming party. |
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 23, 2010 12:57:54 GMT
Goodness, that is a grand offer Weyland, but if we are tightening our belts, how can we get there?
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Post by Weyland on Nov 23, 2010 13:17:31 GMT
Goodness, that is a grand offer Weyland, but if we are tightening our belts, how can we get there? I'll send the company jet.  Or, for those who don't like to fly, the limo . . .  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Nov 23, 2010 13:26:51 GMT
- More home cooking, less takeaways.
- More books, less magazines.
- Less cigarettes.
Although neither of us have (yet - touch wood) lost our jobs or anything so on paper we're not affected by the austerity yet. The Scottish Govt have announced that the funding for my sector is not to be cut in the cuts-budget, so I'm thinking my job is probably quite safe, although who knows what the future holds.
We are over-extending ourselves a little financially by investing in a new property, but that's our choice.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 23, 2010 13:36:36 GMT
- More home cooking, less takeaways. - More books, less magazines. - Less cigarettes. Fewer, fewer, fewer. |
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Post by Patrick on Nov 23, 2010 15:18:24 GMT
Christmas cancelled and a strict weekly spend - itemised in "The little red book" just to make sure.
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Post by everso on Nov 23, 2010 16:29:16 GMT
- More home cooking, less takeaways. - More books, less magazines. - Less cigarettes. Although neither of us have (yet - touch wood) lost our jobs or anything so on paper we're not affected by the austerity yet. The Scottish Govt have announced that the funding for my sector is not to be cut in the cuts-budget, so I'm thinking my job is probably quite safe, although who knows what the future holds. We are over-extending ourselves a little financially by investing in a new property, but that's our choice. How much is a pack of cigarettes nowadays, Riot? I think they were about £2 when I gave up. |
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Post by jean on Nov 23, 2010 17:05:51 GMT
He meant Feuer.Don't pay any attention to him. |
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 23, 2010 18:02:16 GMT
Are you writing a house style guide or summat, Weyland?
Your limo is certainly just the job for traffic jams, but I foresee a few problems with it when we get to the wet bits. Oh, don't tell, me, you have the amphibian model.
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Post by riotgrrl on Nov 23, 2010 18:39:14 GMT
- More home cooking, less takeaways. - More books, less magazines. - Less cigarettes. Although neither of us have (yet - touch wood) lost our jobs or anything so on paper we're not affected by the austerity yet. The Scottish Govt have announced that the funding for my sector is not to be cut in the cuts-budget, so I'm thinking my job is probably quite safe, although who knows what the future holds. We are over-extending ourselves a little financially by investing in a new property, but that's our choice. How much is a pack of cigarettes nowadays, Riot? I think they were about £2 when I gave up. About £6 for 20 . . . unless you're in Serbia, when it's about £1 for 20. |
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Post by aubrey on Nov 23, 2010 18:50:04 GMT
Try rolling tobacco.
I'm not cutting down on anything much. But we don't get through a lot anyway.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 23, 2010 19:32:25 GMT
Are you writing a house style guide or summat, Weyland? I only nitpick Riot, at her request, as she will confirm. Jean is supposed to be helping, but she seems to have defected from the ranks of the righteous. Right, Riot? Nothing to do with style, by the way. To establish a style you need to know the choices, and less is not always a stylish replacement for fewer. Certainly not in this instance. Occam dictates Company Policy, which in this case is to follow the Alpha Principle -- vaporise any water that gets in the way. Right, Alph? |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 23, 2010 20:13:11 GMT
About £6 for 20 . . . unless you're in Serbia, when it's about £1 for 20. In 1968, in Croatia, they were 4d -- that's d -- for twenty. And bloody good cigarettes at that. Better than German or French, for instance. |
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Post by Patrick on Nov 23, 2010 23:00:13 GMT
I remember in Guernsey in 1987 putting a pound into the vending machine at the hotel and the packet having a 2p piece stuck to it. All 20 cigarettes in there too - unlike the 16 you got over here by the end of the nineties.
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Post by everso on Nov 23, 2010 23:50:51 GMT
About £6 for 20 . . . unless you're in Serbia, when it's about £1 for 20. In 1968, in Croatia, they were 4d -- that's d -- for twenty. And bloody good cigarettes at that. Better than German or French, for instance. I remember going to Spain with Mr. E. and two friends in 1969 and we ran out of our ration of cigarettes (we'd taken 200 each duty-free). We decided to buy Spanish cigs that were very cheap and very strong. An experiment was called for and a handkerchief produced, whereupon smoke was blown through the handkerchief. The resulting dark brown ring was enough to put us off Spanish cigarettes, although we later discovered Un-X-dos, which weren't too bad. Jeez  . |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 24, 2010 10:35:16 GMT
I remember going to Spain with Mr. E. and two friends in 1969 and we ran out of our ration of cigarettes (we'd taken 200 each duty-free). We decided to buy Spanish cigs that were very cheap and very strong. An experiment was called for and a handkerchief produced, whereupon smoke was blown through the handkerchief. The resulting dark brown ring was enough to put us off Spanish cigarettes, although we later discovered Un-X-dos, which weren't too bad. Jeez . Which raises the obvious question: what is the situation in Spain, chaisewise, especially with regard to the current unpleasantness, bankerwise? And what was it then? I'm afraid I have no stats for Croatia, or even the Benelux. I've never had a Spanish tab. Gave up before I ever went there. Franco's fault. A small regret -- not having sampled all that Europe had to offer, smokingwise, before it was too late. Ended up smoking a 50g pack of Dutch rolling tobacco a day (the best, I'd say), with the occasional Belga untipped. |
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 24, 2010 15:35:16 GMT
There was an evil, and relatively cheap cigarette on sale in Britain in the 1970s which finally put me off smoking. I've a vague idea it was called Extra.
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