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pcernie
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-New ... 6612?f=rssLosing a few stone wouldn't do me any harm anyway, so I'd cut back on the food 
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
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Location: Belfast
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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Really?
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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I would cut back on food than stop broadband. Unlike grocery shopping, broadband is usually at a fixed rate 12-month contract. Change it to a PAYG model and things would be drastically different.
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Nick
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:36 pm
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Location: Portsmouth
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I tend to eat better (as in, more healthily) when I'm a bit skint.
When I've got money I tend to buy take aways and more fatty foods. So BB all the way for me!
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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+1 In fact I did. When I lost my job last year I stopped getting take-aways or having lunch out. It never even entered my head to get rid of broadband. I was using the internet to look for jobs. That would have been a nightmare on 56k dial up.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Broadband for me.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I'm on one of the cheapest broadband packages available to me, so there's no room to cut back there. However, I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a few luxury food items. For example, I have some very nice smoked cheese in the fridge. I didn't need it, but I wanted it. There's £1.50 I could have saved right there, and more than half of my shopping costs are down to such items. In fact, probably 75% of my shopping is unhealthy luxury items I'd be better off without _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Nick
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Location: Portsmouth
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If you include money spent on alcohol, then I'd say about 75% of my spending is unhealthy luxuries, too. _________________
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Amnesia10
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Broadband for me as well. Then at least I can shop for deals if necessary. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Of course I'd cut back on food. There's always a cheaper alternative and offer led eating habits that can save money. Most people could shop cheaper and smarter than they do.
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gavomatic57
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:30 pm
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Location: Cardiff, Wales
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If you're sat on your arse all night and all day browsing the internet or facebooking/twittering you technically need less food...
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am
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Location: Marbella Spain
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: /dev/tty0
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Broadband & phone costs us £25/month, food shopping is usually ~£30/week but that'd with room to spare, we could quite easily drop the fizzy drinks and other things.
I know someone who spent so much money on Manga and art materials that he only ever ate pasta and pesto for dinner...
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big_D
What's a life?
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Location: Bramsche
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Contracts are 24 months here, so I'd have to pay a hefty penalty anyway. Plus, I'm currently looking for a job, 95% of the jobs I've found were only advertised in online portals, so not having broadband would make it much harder to find a job.
I'd give up on going out for meals (we go out once or twice a month at the moment), then move to more basic brands and no more mood food (nuts, crisps, chocolate etc.)...
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