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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: behind the sofa
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If you were to suddenly gain £10 a week for one year to be spent exclusively on personal luxury, what would you buy?
That's £10 a week every week, or you could save for something more expensive less frequently or spend the full £520 in a years time.
Some examples I can think of:
5 cheap cigarettes a day, or a smaller number of higher quality tobacco products.
2 glasses of whisky down the pub on a Friday night, with just enough left over for a bag of nuts.
A nice pie and a few ales
A fancy take-out meal for two once a week.
A fairly posh restaurant meal for two once a month
Upgraded Sky TV package
A very decent bike
An exotic holiday
An iPad
A very shiny new computer
A big-screen home entertainment system
It occurs to me that the cost of imported hi-tech luxuries once thought the domain of the rich are now on a par with less exotic things such as a return train fare to London and a cup of tea. That doesn't seem quite right somehow...
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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A monthly trip to the snowdome for a snowboarding session.
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
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Location: Nottingham
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Hmmmm, options. Maybe one if the following....
1 new Xbox game a month
A couple of new Blu Ray movies a month (would have been cinema trips but with the baby and all......)
A couple of lomo cameras and several rolls of film and processing throughout the year
Subscription to Sky HD
A new Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 at the end of the year (or a Tamron 28-75 with change for a Lensbaby)
Obviously those are purely selfish choices. I could say a romantic meal, gifts for my baby, etc etc
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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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Return airfare to London and a couple of nights stay in a cheap hotel there.
Mark
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
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Location: on the naughty step
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Food.
Or a bus pass...
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jonlumb
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Location: Exeter
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It would go straight into the hi fi fund.
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timark_uk
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Location: Belfast
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Actually, right now it'd go towards getting the autofocus fixed on my D3. Mark
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okenobi
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Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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Probably save it for/towards travel/holiday of some kind.
"Stuff" is meaningless ultimately. Although I'm just as bad as everybody else.
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Angelic
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:16 pm
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Location: Leeds, UK
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Food ^_^
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TheHobgob
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:33 pm
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Location: UK, England.
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I would save it towards a holiday. Mmmm....holiday.
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Bluespider
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:02 pm
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Location: The Interwebs
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save up for the year:
a shiny new quad core server to run esx on with as much ram as i could get for the money...
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: Nottingham
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Everything is meaningless ultimately as when you're 6ft under none of it matters. Until I get there though the cameras, games and gadgets entertain me 
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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Save it for the inevitable mortgage  , though I'll be a lot happier when I'm away from my idiotic family  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I'll have to give this some thought, now I've cancelled my veg box delivery, I do have that spare. I'll probably spend it on council tax.
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okenobi
Spends far too much time on here
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Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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Not true. Experiences and people are far more valuable than stuff. But perhaps you count entertainment as an experience?
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