What do you spend your spare cash on?

[johnny2007]

I use all my spare cash to roll cigarettes and smoke them...




















Sorry, I thought this was one of those competition threads where the most outrageous post wins...

 

[Justin Passing]

Spoke to the guy who does the gas certs.
They're keeping the house in good nick, the garden's tidy enough and they fixed some loose gutter on the car port.
The man's a science dept head, which I knew. He was at school on strike day. Wife's a SEN teacher, came home early to meet the gas man , and she's very preggers with twins. They've got one already.
Gas man said she was keen to know if the boiler could be adjusted to cost less.

That'll annoy the agent.

 

[Brigadier]

Spoke to the guy who does the gas certs.
They're keeping the house in good nick, the garden's tidy enough and they fixed some loose gutter on the car port.
The man's a science dept head, which I knew. He was at school on strike day. Wife's a SEN teacher, came home early to meet the gas man , and she's very preggers with twins. They've got one already.
Gas man said she was keen to know if the boiler could be adjusted to cost less.

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That'll annoy the agent.

Good on you

 

[transam]

Spare cash

Building a kit car at the moment

 

[Brigadier]

Building a kit car at the moment

If you're building it in the spare room, don't: you'll never get it through the door

 

[Deleted member 18243]

I take it to mean 'expendable income', the money that isn't already spoken for & can be spent at will & leisure. I calls it pocket money

The pretentious term for it is "discretionary spending".

WTF is a "Hayabuse"?

It's a very ugly Suzuki motorcycle which was (and possibly still is) the fastest production bike you could buy. Such was its power that the big four Jap bike makers (allegedly) agreed it was the limit and not to make any bikes more powerful than it in the future.

The Gentlemen’s Agreement

Several times in history we thought to have reached a barrier in technology or sport. In some case, we draw the line ourselves to stay in…

medium.com

Same here, but usually have the tea. After a recent large breakfast in there and lingering after to read the paper, found myself having 5 cups of tea.

Spoons is brilliant, long live Wetherspoons.

Boris has

Tony Blair is responsible for the catastrophic increase in the British population. We are now into the second or third generation of those he allowed in, growing exponentially, and all on benefits, and all demanding their rights.

 

[fillyboy]

Spare cash

Building a kit car at the moment

Tell us more.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

All on benefits . No prejudices with andy

 

[transam]

Tell us more.

Cobra 427 replica

Have a choice of engines I have a 7
Litre Chevy
5.7 Chevy

Or a rover which is complete with gear box ect ect all reconditioned or new

Chevy engines I don’t have gear box ect so would have to get them

Probably go with the rovor (?)

 

[fillyboy]

Cobra 427 replica

Have a choice of engines I have a 7
Litre Chevy
5.7 Chevy

Or a rover which is complete with gear box ect ect all reconditioned or new

Chevy engines I don’t have gear box ect so would have to get them

Probably go with the rovor (?)

Nice. Very nice.

 

[Justin Passing]

Good on you

Thanks.Already had a text from the mother. "I can't tell you how we were worried, that's wonderful news..... Thank you sooooooooooooo much..."

So I can feel a smug git for a bit.
I considered the extra few £kpa they'd have to pay if I upped it £300 a month and what I'd get after tax, and whether I'd notice it or not, which is no.

She'll get 90% of pay for 6 weeks then it drops to something like £153 a week. Expensive move, kids. Frightening thought...., childcare for 2 an all.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Do you realise how insulting your post is? Many 'oldies', some of whom might well be comfortably off now, will have struggled financially in their earlier years. I suppose it's the allowed ignorance of 'the young' (see, we can all lump categories of society together ) to think they're the first to suffer whatever socioeconomic challenge.

I didn't think I needed to explain, I thought everyone knew that the Boomers have had the easiest, wealthiest lives ever in history, and that this is unlikely to be topped for any subsequent generation. But you appear to be utterly ignorant to basic facts and prefer to rant about some non-existent hard times.

I've been listening to a load of moaning from the in-laws about how their 10%+ pension rise will be taken up with extra income tax on their private pension and the rise in council tax. All utterly ungrateful for the massive pile of free cash the rest of the country hands them every week, money that their own generation never put aside for themselves and instead just promised themselves that the younger people would be forced to hand over their money.

Many current pensioners have taken more out than they ever paid in during their working lives. That's in addition to all the public services they've consumed over their lifetimes.

I'd suggest that the current crop of pensioners are the most selfish generation ever, with absolutely no understanding of just how hard life really is in the real world.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

I didn't think I needed to explain, I thought everyone knew that the Boomers have had the easiest, wealthiest lives ever in history, and that this is unlikely to be topped for any subsequent generation. But you appear to be utterly ignorant to basic facts and prefer to rant about some non-existent hard times.

Even if that's true, so what? It's hardly their 'fault' is it, or do you think it is? Do you think that generation should have been doing more over past decades to make their lives more arduous from a financial perspective to ensure future generations would be even more wrapped in cotton wool than they already are?

Deary deary me, if you think the boomer generation haven't had their fair share of hard times, I'd suggest it's you who's ignorant of basic facts

 

[gant]

Have we gone back to outside lavs, tin baths, coal fires, cold water only and no Telly's. Bloody hell.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Ivor Windybottom in years to come ...

Yeah I earn £50k a year but I've instructed my employer to top slice £20k from my salary to donate to the youth.

I'm paying 5% interest on my mortgage but don't feel that's morally right given people have paid more in the past. So I've instructed my lender to charge me 10% interest, makes me feel better.

My pension advisor tells me my pension will be worth £30k per annum. I've advised them this is disgusting and I don't feel morally right about it. I'm putting measures in place to ensure I only receive £15k per annum when I retire, with the remainder going to the youth.

Ivor Windybottom reminds me of my 16 year old nephew who, when talking to my 80 year old mum said something like 'not being funny grandma, but you don't know how tough things are these days ...'

Yeah that's right, my 80 year old mum has never experienced any hard times in her life. Today's youth are thee first generation to have it 'tough.'