Generation Skint

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SingleSue wrote: »

Lol, my business trips were a hoot.

Late 80's early 90's, business class on the flights out, first class on the way back (Denmark) staying in a top hotel and a £450 expenses amount for a 3 day trip (hotel and flights already paid for so that amount was for meals and taxis)!

I can easily get through 600 quid in a 4 business day trip to Dublin and i'm hardly high up in the company. Our company certainly isn't stingy about expenses.

mr.broderick

carolt wrote: »

Undoubtedly living through wars was worse than just being short of a bob or two!

But for those after the war, from the 50's on, I think life WAS better. Yes, there were were less material things around, but hhow much happiness do you really derive from owning thousands of gadgets? I hardly ever watch the telly personally, and don't let my kids watch much; wouldn't miss it that much if we didn't have one.

My parents were able to buy a 3 bed house in a very nice area on 3 times one wage; and my dad was a manual worker at that point, on a very average salary.

How many manual workers on average salaries could afford 3 bed houses in a nice bit of London now? (current cost: about 500K.)

You may feel you'd rather have a washing machine and telly.

Personally, I'd rather have a home.

Obviously, our ideas of 'essentials' are different; I certainly find yours rather bizarre.....

Dare i say it carol you are the most bizarre 'lady' i've never met..

posh*spice

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

£700 I paid for mine in 1981 - and I still have it.:D

Ouch that's loads -of-money now. What make is it?

MissMoneypenny

posh*spice wrote: »

Ouch that's loads -of-money now. What make is it?

Sansui. Apparently there are sansui fan clubs now.

I have had my pc for 8 years, but it is like Trigger's broom (from Only Fools and Horses) as I constantly replace parts, but the case is the original:D

mr.broderick

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

Sansui. Apparently there are sansui fan clubs now.

I have had my pc for 8 years, but it is like Trigger's broom (from Only Fools and Horses) as I constantly replace parts, but the case is the original

Think i love you now after that paragraph....:T

fc123

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

Sansui. Apparently there are sansui fan clubs now.

I have had my pc for 8 years, but it is like Trigger's broom (from Only Fools and Horses) as I constantly replace parts, but the case is the original:D

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

We just got a new wizzy laptop...it's fanatastic
I used to post on here and it took 15 mins to load between posts. I could click submit, make a cup of tea, return and still be waiting.



It's Saturday, I've had wine. I confess.

A few years back I burnt up old men in Fiestas (safely and sensitively though, I am female) on the M25 in my spanking new Celica, I also owned (ready for list?)
Freezer, Fridge, Hoover, Steamer, coffee maker, microwave, swishy oven / hob combo, power shower, Sky +, top of the range iron, toaster; deluxe 4 slice, 2 tumble dryers and 2 washing machines :eek: so I could do the colour and whites at the same time..but they were also spare from our previous business. It wasn't a planned thing....but very convenient.

Never did the tellys, hi fis and super PC's (but I could get into them at some point) but I did own a lot of shoes. ....and expensive wrinkle cream.


Now? Only Hoover (essential), Iron, washing machine and fridge (no freezer at all).
Oh and a cooker that is out of the ark but does the job ok.

Maz

Jonbvn wrote: »

Do you have a tank-top and those tartan slippers with a zip down the middle?:p:p:p:D:D[/quote

My granny had the tartan slippers, I remember those! Didn't they have a pom-pom on the front and specially designed to stop the draughts from nipping your ankles or summat?

Not being funny or owt but you just survived the best you could and if that meant you have to improvise because you had NO MONEY, then you did. If you had no or low income, you couldn't get credit/overdrafts/credit cards so, you were sort of grateful for other people's kindness.

SingleSue

ringo_24601 wrote: »

I can easily get through 600 quid in a 4 business day trip to Dublin and i'm hardly high up in the company. Our company certainly isn't stingy about expenses.

Yes now would be no problem but this was over 16 years ago! (Blimey just checked and the last one to Denmark was in 1990 so 18 years ago!)

As a comparable, a packet of ciggies was around £1.20, a pint about a £1, a meal out was extremely cheap. I know one of our meals out (3 course with wine in a posh steak house) came to less than a tenner for one person.

I wasn't high up either, just a normal bod in the office.

We were way behind in terms of some modern technology, we didn't get our first pc until 2002 and we still only have the one (had to get a new one late last year but was still a fairly budget version).

However...we were one of the first to get an in car cd player (£399!), I spent £299 on a seperates CD player when they first came out as a pressie, ex OH always wanted the latest games system (I always made him wait until the prices came down after christmas) but I held off on a DVD player (did get one eventually but only when you could get one for less than £30!) as I predicted they would only be a stopgap and I wanted the next invention which would be the hard drive recorder....which I now have.

fc123

Maz wrote: »

Jonbvn wrote: »

Do you have a tank-top and those tartan slippers with a zip down the middle?:p:p:p:D:D[/quote

My granny had the tartan slippers, I remember those! Didn't they have a pom-pom on the front and specially designed to stop the draughts from nipping your ankles or summat?

Not being funny or owt but you just survived the best you could and if that meant you have to improvise because you had NO MONEY, then you did. If you had no or low income, you couldn't get credit/overdrafts/credit cards so, you were sort of grateful for other people's kindness.

And it's going back to those times now for some households.

SingleSue

And some of us never relied on them in the first place.