JSA once the kid hits 7

[sifi]

I think that's roughly what we do, isn't it?

Probably best for Nelly hisself to confirm.

[sifi]

Maintaining a reasonable temperature in spring for the baby resulted in £109 a month bills... Its only going to cost more this winter with the little one...

[Pogues Mcgogues]

There was a winter one time in Germany when all they ahd was bloody Turnips! I like turnip but come on to f**k!

[sifi]

There was a winter one time in Germany when all they ahd was bloody Turnips! I like turnip but come on to f**k!

[gratedenini]

f**k me Mr Oafish..you`ve been on here all f**king day man!

At least I`ve been out doing something productive!

I get up--yer on. I take MDM out,come back--yer on. I have a bath--yer on. I go to sign on,come back --yer on. I go collect me daughter from airport,come back--yer on.

And here`s you ... the family man.

I reckon if FemiOaf was ever heard... she`d say this f**kin internet is the bane of her life and could well be cited in any forthcoming divorce!

If you are indeed working from home etc... I cant believe theres no jobs to do round the house...but it seems you spend all your time on here ---arguing.

Ey--- if you`ve got £100 a week to spend on bait.. then do it. Anybody who chastises you for that is jealous..and if they say they aren`t--they are lying.

Spending £100 Nal-Style is wanton disgrace, but if he got no responsibilities--no probs.

I have around £20 a week to live on... and its almost impossible. I can generally eat... but its things like toothpaste, lavvy paper etc that cause problems..and clothes...f**k me... even the charity shops are out of my league now.

Den

[dakyras]

All I've learned from this thread is that I'm earning more than what Oaf did when he left university.

NYAA NYAA-NYA-NYAA-NYAAAA.

And £20 a week on food for 3 people? I barely fed myself on £10 a week at uni, and I'm a smart shopper.

[feral chile]

Corporation Tax, Employees Tax... If I am working I am paying into the national... f**k me you are a pleb...

It about fairness... It is not fair that one family at number 48 gets everything paid for while the family at number 49 has to go out to cover their existence and the existence of the perfectly fit and able family at 48...

Everyone should be doing there bit. and if there is no paid jobs then maybe people should be doing community based work instead of watching Jeremy Kylie in-between the school run

Edited October 25, 2010 by feral chile

[Pogues Mcgogues]

That reminds me... We used to play a game and try and see if we could save more in multi buys then we was paying on the bill!! Used to print it on the receipt...

I think the best we ever did was £30!!! Not bad

Edited October 25, 2010 by TheJobbyJabber

[feral chile]

I had a friend who used to love a bargain, and she used to come down mine and share them with me, which being much poorer than her i really appreciated.

I couldn't have done all that queuing and jostling for stuff though, because the need was too great, and therefore my pride was even greater.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Its fun and makes your money go as far as possible... Turning £40 into £70 worth of stuff is fun

[dakyras]

It doesn't realy work like that. I used to work in a shop. A lot of the time with multi buys you end up spending more than you normally would, or save 7p or something.

[feral chile]

[feral chile]

I have no doubt that is the case for some people in some instances... but I am not easy mugged when it comes to money

[feral chile]

I get your point, its just so silly... A bargain is a bargain... Take it!

Edited October 25, 2010 by feral chile

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Not say if it's something you buy every week. Say if I buy two chicken kievs a week at £2, but there's an offer for four chicken kievs for £3. Put the other two in the freezer, buy them every fortnight. Winner.

[sifi]

Why tge f**k are people eating frozen chicken kievs anyway? Did the bird die in vain?

[dakyras]

Why tge f**k are people eating frozen chicken kievs anyway? Did the bird die in vain?

[gratedenini]

Something I have noticed... ICELAND...i very rarely go in there, but the times i have... i have noticed punters in there...and without being massively stereotypical... a lot of em do look like they are on the sausage.... and their trolley is full of shite!

I dont blame em---the stuff is cheap...but all processed shite...massivley high in salt and additives etc.

Although, I dont have much money, I do eat reletively well--cos I cook!

I raid the reduced section as much as i can and freeze stuff.

Trouble today is all this stuff you can buy---just toss it in the oven/microwave... its not very good for you.

Another one (and this does get me rag up this)... I was in getting a paper on saturday... the 3 people in front of me... once again looking pretty much like Sausages... all bought cigarettes. One bought 60 and the other 2 bought 40 each.... I think they spent well over £10 for 40 from what i could see.

How long would 40 tabs last on average?

Just how the f**k can folks afford tabs if they are on the dole? Summat else must go by the wayside.

One of my big pet hates, smoking. (tabs)

den

[gratedenini]

We went Warrington market on Saturday and picked up three big bags full of fruit and veg for £10. Can't find cheap meat anywhere though. Seems expensive no matter where you go.

People who smoke and plead poverty piss me off no end...

[gratedenini]

People who drink a lot and then plead poverty piss me off as well. Its a luxury...

[sifi]

People who drink a lot and then plead poverty piss me off as well. Its a luxury...

[eFestivals]

Most people who have a £25k family income won't have this mortgage commitment you total tit

never heard of mortgages at 5 times income and at up-to 125% of the value of the property?

And if they don't have a mortgage, they still have rent which isn't hugely different for comparable properties.

You really have no clue outside of your bubble

Says the man who has no clue outside of his privileged bubble, who thinks house insurance is a necessity for most people when the insurance world gets to show that it's a luxury for most people, etc, etc, etc.

A very large number of people in this country have no slack in their finances to cover the sorts of things you listed as your necessities - "the boiler breaking... furniture wearing out... weather damage to the property... and other none essentials in your world like clothing or transport... My glasses cost £200 (minimum), then again who needs eye sight".

That IS the real world.

[eFestivals]

Do think the badgering you've got on here about how you spend your money is a bit excessive, for once, though

He's been 'badgered' only due to me responding to his own questions.

That 'badgering' has got to show how different the real world is for many people to how oaf thinks the real world is for those people.

[eFestivals]

Its little things like this Neil is purposely ignoring... The bigger the house the bigger the cost at fixing / replacing such things as well...

Local tradesmen can cost dramatically more depending on your location as well...

oh, you mean like in my rented house where the cooker has just gone, and the landlord has said he'll get someone out within 2 weeks, and in the meantime I have no way of cooking? .... which means I have the choice of a £140+ take-away bill, paying for a sparky myself, or doing the work myself?

Yeah, life is much harder for buyers with costs like these, and the £150k+ bonus they get after 25 years is worth nothing at all.

[eFestivals]

I can live off £25k... but not in my current house you total buffoon...

Yet I've shown you how you can live of £20k and in your current house.

But anyway, how do you think those in just a fraction of your income manage, while having all the same expenses? Yet you think they're all rich enough to take a (proportionally) big cut in their income, while it's wrong for those on £44k+ a year to lose child benefits.

You live on a different planet. I'm trying to get you back onto earth, and your view is it's impossible. You don't know you're born.