Just paid for the hotel for my wedding night
and good lord the costs just keep adding up, Visa £38, Malarial drugs £60, suncream/mossie spray etc £30, wedding ring, flowers for the mothers...all on top of the cost of the engagemnet ring and honeymoon.

What has worked out ridiculously expensive for you recently?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 11:59, 160 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Passing out pissed next to the bride with your trousers around your ankles: Priceless.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I have been told in no uncertain terms to behave myself!
To be honest I have such an appaling memory when I'm drinking that I will be careful as I want to remember the day!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:02, Reply)

Simple solution: don't drink.
Not one drop.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:03, Reply)

No fucking way, gin before champers afterwards

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:04, Reply)

fuck that,
it's your party.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Hopefully I won't cry...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)

You do if you want to.

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:10, Reply)

ym,
or glastonbury.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:03, Reply)

She upped her prices after going on that prostate massage course

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:05, Reply)

that's the sort of thing you get in the teepee field of glastonbury.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:05, Reply)

Where are you getting married?
I told Wiggy he'd need jabs for Thailand, so we're not going. Hmph. We also can't afford it, but I like to blame it on him being a pussy.

I haven't had anything ridiculously expensive recently, I've been really good at not spending the pennies on crap. I'm still paying off my credit card mistakes from my early twenties though, so that's working out pretty expensive with all the interest. Stupid irresponsible youth.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:07, Reply)

Getting married in Hampshire countryside
Honeymoon is two weeks in Tanzania and Zanzibar, bit of beach and a bit of Safari.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Why are you marrying her if she's a bit of a beach?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Arf!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:10, Reply)

oh god that was so lame I had to stifle a giggle

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:12, Reply)

I have that effect on a lot of women.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:18, Reply)

awesome
I'd love to do a safari type holiday. I wanna see giraffes.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:13, Reply)

I saw a baby giraff in the zoo a while back
It was so pretty, it looked like it had been designed as a Disney character, all big eyes and long eyelashes.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

They look so gangly, I love them
All legs and neck.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:51, Reply)

Giraffes
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:53, Reply)

ha win
I love PA
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:10, Reply)

love am A Crayon
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:22, Reply)

You don't need jabs if you stay in the civilised bits
I didn't have any for Bangkok.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:11, Reply)

I think it said we needed hep C
which I've already had (the jab, not the disease before you all start). I had loads when I went to China, Hep B and C I think, yellow fever and rabies. I'm so full of cure.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

To Bangkok?
We didn't need any, but were told that if we were planning to go out of the city we'd have to get them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:18, Reply)

Yeah we wanted to do an excursion thing where you go trekking through the jungle and stuff

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:51, Reply)

It's going to be my wedding as well
Although I don't know prices yet, I know it won't be cheap.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Drinking
is my most expensive vice. Drinking all of Friday & Saturday can easily approach £200.

Apart from that, my driving lessons are £108 a month, the theory test was £30 odd, fuck knows what the test will cost, and I don't even own a car yet. That is going to be one expensive motherfucker - the actual car, insurance for a young male, road tax, MOT's, maintenance, fuel oh jesus christ I'm going to be poor forever.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

snap
i've been having theory classes for about 3 months (after having booked the course 4 months before that), so I only have five months left to complete the theory test, take enough practical lessons, and the exam.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:19, Reply)

Driving's easy, I do it every day

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

yeah
but you're...old
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

And what do you base this libelous comment on?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

the same as I base all my comments on
flimsy evidence
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

Well I'll have you know I'm still the right side of 30

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

me too
but only till the next World Cup
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:39, Reply)

My time is slightly more limited than this

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:46, Reply)

Theory classes?
I just got a DVD and crammed in the week leading up to the test. Passed easily!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:30, Reply)

i would do that
but I'm also studying in a different language

makes things a bit more difficult
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:39, Reply)

Ahhh
good luck with that then..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:51, Reply)

You drink on a Friday and Saturday what I earn in a week.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

I have to qualify
that I don't do anything like that anymore unless it's a very special occasion.

But last year I spent a ludicrous amount on drink, really really stupid. I'm not even well off! It was essentially my disposable income in it's entirity.

In fact these days I like to get shitfaced probably once a month at a cost of about £70.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:28, Reply)

I used to spend £50-£70 on a night out
but £70 put into context at an average of £3 per drink that's 22 drinks and change left over for a kebab, just sounds plain dangerous to me.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:32, Reply)

it does sound too much
I mean I'm a pretty heavy drinker, if on a proper lash I'll probably have eighteen drinks or so, perhaps more, but I'd spend max £35. Though that will generally include drinks had at pre-lash, which are mixed from my own bottles (still less expensive)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:49, Reply)

I can't confirm how much I drink
quite a lot of course, but I get the feeling I give out more drinks than I'm receiving back. Anyway I'm dealing with the health aspects but the money hurts just as much.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:55, Reply)

that is why I have given up drinking large amounts
in favour of drinking small amounts and smoking loads of spliffs
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:21, Reply)

University.
My friend has worked out hat her diet Coke habit probably approaches £400 a year.


I managed to go shopping and not buy anything yesterday, though :D
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:17, Reply)

Hahaha
I thought 'oh, that's cheap' then noticed the word 'diet'.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

I know someone who spent £3000 on real Coke in a year...
when around 17.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:30, Reply)

I didn't know you'd known Monty for so long

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:32, Reply)

An estate agent friend got through about £4,500 of coke in a year.
I mean, it's good, but it's not THAT good.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:34, Reply)

quite morish though.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:35, Reply)

Still not done crack
my 3-things-I'll-never-do have not been broken.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

Crack is whack.

( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:56, Reply)

yay for Super Hans

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:58, Reply)

I didn't enjoy it.
Admittedly I was in a bad place (literally and metaphorically) but it lacked that something.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:35, Reply)

What were you doing in Milton Keynes?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:46, Reply)

ACTUALLY
my train went through Milton Keynes, and the cute narcoleptic boy opposite me got off there. It raised my opinions of the place slightly.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:55, Reply)

I don't like coke
it's the administration mostly, it's just so horrible. And the buzz just isn't worth it in my opinion.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:52, Reply)

Never tried it
Never wanted to.
I have snorted Absinthe though, which is a colossally stupid move.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:54, Reply)

ARGH NO NO NO NO NO
WHY?!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Because it was a dare
Felt like I'd been nasally raped by a rhino with deep heat smeared on his cock. One eye went bloodshot too.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:57, Reply)

I've snorted aftershock
similar effect

more sugary and thick though, so it takes longer to act
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:58, Reply)

Snorted vodka jelly too
That was weird. And a choking hazard.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:01, Reply)

you must have quite some suction power in your hooter

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

I don't think it had properly set
I was very, very drunk.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

a friend does vodka through his eye
oh god I might be sick
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:59, Reply)

at a festival a few years back the boys I was camping with were eyeballing vodka.
It makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:00, Reply)

I've accidentally eyeballed some vodka before
we were doing a thing called an apple pie where you lie on the floor and someone pours vodka and apple juice in your mouth and then squirts in squirty cream, which you then shake about in your mouth. Delicious, but sometimes ends up with vodka being poured all over your face.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:02, Reply)

oh god that must sting so badly.
Wiggy once grabbed the straw in my gin and blew bubbles in it and a single drop of gin splashed in my eye, I couldn't open it for a few minutes and it was streaming and bloodshot and it hurt like buttfuckery. Why would anyone do that voluntarily?!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:04, Reply)

I imagine gin is worse for the eye than vodka for some reason

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

All the herbs and shit like that

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

Be careful
That sounds awfully close to 'surprise bukkake!'.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

hence why I had my eyes open
to make sure nothing suspicious was going to happen
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:06, Reply)

Good man

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:07, Reply)

wedding
getting married in august and costs keep mounting - we got the rings a couple of weeks ago, and they were shockingly pricey. still, we'll hopefully be wearing them for a long time to come.
it's all the fripperies that have shocked me about weddings too - flowers, cake, alcohol etc etc.
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

And if you stop wearing them
You can always sell them back. With the price of gold as it goes, you'll be making a good bussiness.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

ha ha
what about the price of palladium, which mr vitamin c has plumped for?!
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

Our rings were pretty cheap really, certainly compared to the engagement ring

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:31, Reply)

my wedding band is likely to cost about £30 or 40 as I want a tungsten one
mitigates the cost of the mrs's one.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I'm buying hers and she is buying mine; mine was more expensive as it was bigger!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:38, Reply)

ours came to just under the engagement ring price
but my engagement ring was (according to friends and my sister) very cheap, as it was under a grand. Still fucking extortionate, but it's very pretty!
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:40, Reply)

If you think that's extortionate, your husband is very lucky!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:42, Reply)

I may have mentioned elsewhere
that I'm Scottish. Anything that costs money is extortionate to me.
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:45, Reply)

very cheap just under a grand?
I designed my gfs ring myself, it's made of palladium and has a reasonable sized good quality diamond in it and was less than a grand. from my experience the more expensive ones are fucking hideous clusters of gaudy stones.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:42, Reply)

Not true, I had our ring designed incorporating two of my fiance's grannie's engagement diamonds with a some new diamonds
and it looks lovely, classy and understated, but still bloomin expensive!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:44, Reply)

how much are we talking here?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Gazzed
But the rule that I had heard about was 3 months salary, although there was no way I was stretching that far!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:54, Reply)

I've heard anything from 1 to 3 months salary
as it was, it cost me probably about half of one months, and the ring couldn't be more perfect.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:57, Reply)

hmm
I'd heard the 1-3 months salary thing too, mr vitamin c heard it, went white, vowed to get a job on minimum wage for a month, then calmed down when I pointed out that a) there's no way I'd wear anything that price, and b) it's jewellers propoganda anyway. Mine was about 1/3 of his (take home) salary for a month, and it's just what I wanted.
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:06, Reply)

that's what counts!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:09, Reply)

not really
most solitaire ones are ferociously expensive. I got a sapphire/diamond one, and when looking, found plenty of gorgeous rings which were in the 7-10 grand category. then I went all high street jewellers and found a nice one we could afford.
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:51, Reply)

given that I got the best quality diamond I could get my hands, in a metal that isn't all that much cheaper than platinum
and that the diamond is (in my opinion) at the upper size limit of taste, I'm dubious as to whether 7-10 grand is not some kind of idiot or taste tax
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:53, Reply)

Platinum is a rip off, it's only shiney as it's covered in rhobidium which needs replating every year or so.

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:00, Reply)

I was unaware of that
palladium doesn't need it apparently. makes me more pleased to have used that.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:04, Reply)

possibly
I spent a pleasant afternoon wandering around Hatton Gardens in the pouring rain not daring to go into any of the shops in case they arrested me for looking poor. It was quite frightening how expensive the bloody things are!
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Sorry to butt-in but SEVEN TO TEN THOUSAND POUNDS???
Excuse me a min...*slurps coffee*....*Spits coffee at monitor in shock*
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:57, Reply)

I told Wiggy I want mine made of adamantium with an unobtainium stone in a square setting.
He claims to be saving up for it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:53, Reply)

Right you can add a £99 waistcoat to that list

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:26, Reply)

at least you can wear it again
my dress can only be worn for one day. which is why I'm ebaying it immediately after the wedding. I did ponder wearing it for my sister's weding as it is a wedding dress after all, but fear that she would not see the funny side.
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Yeah it'll last me a lifetime, depending on waist girth

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

my mrs found a dress she liked for £1200
I felt bad hammering home to her that she herself had said she wasn't going to spend anywhere near that on a dress.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:31, Reply)

That's part of the problem I reckon.
We see all this impressive sparkly shit and go 'Ooh that's nice, I want it, screw the price, it makes my hips look FANTASTIC!'
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:37, Reply)

I HAVE NEVER TRIED ON A WEDDING DRESS

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Too late Noel, too late
Who's a pretty Noel?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:40, Reply)

that's cause you just bought it and wore it on the day

(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:41, Reply)

your loss
I have only tried on one, but it was the one I wanted
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:52, Reply)

I found one I liked for £600
and mr vit c has insisted I get it - he says he wants me to get the dress I want (within reason of course) and not to buy some cheapo one, then regret it. I thought £200 was reasonable for a dress. We argued a lot about it actually! But when I tried it on - well, I'm picking it up at the end of June I think... It's the most expensive item of clothing I will ever own, albeit only for a short time.
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:38, Reply)

I'm of the same opinion as your bloke
want her to look great, but it won't take £1200 to do so. she's planning to sell it too, but you'd still only get half of it back, at best.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I think I'm going to make my own dress
so it'll only cost the price of the fabric and steel and shit, which should be under £100. It might fall apart on the day though, which would be embarrassing.

I just made my first steel boned corset and it makes my boobs look amazing. By amazing it means it looks like I actually have some.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:58, Reply)

POIDH

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:09, Reply)

God you're such an Internet Online Perv!
Seconded!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:11, Reply)

haha
Amorous Badger would smell the fear of acceptance and be over here in a shot to discredit me.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:12, Reply)

hmmm, good point

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)

I can't see myself getting married
but the cost of the proceedings will depend entirely on whether I have managed to get into the career I want. If I have then it will be a big fancy horrible one. If I haven't then I'll have a tiny wedding with just the people I want there and very cheap.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:44, Reply)

I think everyone is forgetting the price of the divorce.
They aren't cheap either.
( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

hitmen are cheaper

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:10, Reply)

I wouldn't get divorced
if I pick the right person, and it all goes wrong then we will spend silent years hating each other and living in seperate wings of our house and having occasional icy encounters, until a charming young gardener makes us realise that we are indeed the ones for each other. Then when he leaves for university, we'll realise it was only an interlude and drift away from each other again
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:10, Reply)

Is this a book?

( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:11, Reply)

no
it's the delirious ravings of a diseased mind
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:13, Reply)

I'm getting one I can wear again.
I tried on a bunch of "proper" dresses in wedding shops, all of which were very expensive (£1500 minimum), or not terribly nice (£600 minimum). I swore very loudly that I would never spend as huge a sum of money as £1500 on a dress.

So I decided (egged on by my mother, who forced me to use her dressmaker instead of one of my choice) to get one made for me, in a colour that's not white, and in a style where it will be easy to take off the train and get it resewn into a cape to cover the shoulders. Something I can wear to balls and the opera etc.

Having been pressganged into using this dressmaker (who, to be fair, is fairly awesome), it's going to come out, including material, boning etc, at: £1500.

Erk.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:55, Reply)

If you can use the dress again then that's good.

( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:01, Reply)

farking hell
I tried on one which would have been £900, really liked it, but went for a simpler version of it - £1500 was initially 1/4 of the budget for our whole wedding! (it's now more like 1/5, prices keep hiking everytime the folks we speak to find out we're coming from the UK)
( ascorbate, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)

Being a geek
Running a dungeons and dragons game back home, keep picking up new handbooks when they look useful for what i'll be doing, and bits of software for mapping/campaign planning/character building etc.

Current number of books (at £10-£15 a pop): 7 (PHB 1+2, DMG 1+2, MM 1+2+3),
amount spent on software (including D&D Insider subscription): £55
Amount spent on mapping materials, paper, card, printer ink, foamboard etc: probably at least £100 (mainly due to thirsty printer), and rising.

Splitting the cost of some things with other freinds, but it still adds up to a lot in the end
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:26, Reply)

This is what I saw
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah nerd blah blah blah blah blah geek blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah virgin.

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah £10 pocket money.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

Nope, student loan
Plus savings from years of expert parent scrounging
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:31, Reply)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD
I apologise but I couldn't help myself.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:30, Reply)

*flounces*
well, *goes off to revise* anyway
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

We're just playing with you
it's better than playing Dungeons and Dragons!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:34, Reply)

Pah, I'm a geek and happy with it
General holiday events among my friends are LAN parties, board games days, and the D&D games, keeps me in touch with them, and generally turns into a pub trip or bbq with the less geeky friends afterwards.

At least I'm not a LARPist
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I don't know what a LAN party is or a LARPist, could you enlighten me please?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:37, Reply)

LAN party: bunch of people with computers playing games for a day (or two, or if we can get eveyone free for long enough, a week (with breaks for other things, and at least one day of doing something outside) :P), all connected, in the same room, great fun.


LARP: Live Action Role Playing: dressing up as your character then doing fighting in costume. (to quote Yahtzee) The geeks who are to most geeks what geeks are to normal people. looks fun though
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:43, Reply)

LARPing is fun
There are some astoundingly geeky (and creepy) people who do it, but most are just people out for a laugh, a fight in the woods, and plenty of booze!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:44, Reply)

you bunch of losers.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:46, Reply)

I cannot refute this

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:47, Reply)

How awful to spend days on end staring at a computer screen

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:48, Reply)

Reminds me of this on links last night...
www.prguitarman.com/comics/275_bestdayeverHD.gif
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:51, Reply)

The summer ones tend to involve a lot of frisbee and BBQing during the day
Plus whatever other outdoor stuff the person who's house it's at has.
Most of the gaming is on rubbish weather days or overnight.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:54, Reply)

Don't worry I'm not having a go
each to their own and all that.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Dammit, this is why I shouldn't get into conversations on b3ta
Just extended my lunch break from revision by about half an hour, enough that there's not enough time left before my programming class to be worth doing any until this evening...
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Meh, we enjoy it
And it's with the same bunch of people I'll be going on a walking holiday in the lake district with later in the summer, so it all evens out in the end.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:52, Reply)

my DVD habit
I buy so many of the things, and it is a real waste of money. But they pile up and then I end up throwing some of them away anyway
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:41, Reply)

torrents
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:42, Reply)

the laptop I'm using at present
can't really handle it.

Plus although I'm pretty much fine downloading films, I feel guilty for downloading series
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:45, Reply)

i don't
i've downloaded most of my series I own
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:46, Reply)

i find them to be too virus-ridden - i prefer RS - at least I can scan the files as it downloads
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:45, Reply)

I've never had a virus from a torrent
and I've downloaded a lot
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:54, Reply)

RS?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:55, Reply)

Rapidshare I reckon
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Ah yes
well maybe I should try before going on holiday. Download some stuff
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

yup
Vipros, you're either lucky, or I'm unlucky.

I also find I can get what I want much faster through RS - no relying on other people's connections
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

for rapidshare
I need an account don't I? Is it tied to a particular ip address or can it be given? (if it can be used by more than one person I shall try and get my brothers)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:14, Reply)

No
you can download as a free user although it can be a pain in the bum as it only allows 1 download for every half hour or something like that.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:17, Reply)

yeah
I have a premium, and use it at home and in the office. i download a hell of a lot every month though, so i do get my money's worth.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:20, Reply)

my brother just texted me his details
any handy tips?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:36, Reply)

search through forums first
there are plenty out there either devoted to or containing downloads for all kinds of stuff

and try not to use the account on too many computers, or it'll get blocked.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 14:16, Reply)

Amazon
fucking amazon!

It's all very well pre-ordering stuff months ago, but when you completely forget about it and then just about every author and graphic novel series you're following decides to release their new stuff at the same time my bank balance can get well and truly raped!
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:50, Reply)

My house repairs
I didn't realise that all houses are very slowly falling down and need constant repair. All of a sudden I look back on my renting days with a certain rose-tinted glow.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:59, Reply)

I hear that
I could do with getting the back of my house repointed

I don't have £1200 for that
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:11, Reply)

I can barely afford a car
I can't imagine how I'll ever be able to afford a house...

Current plan is the slowly slowly save for as much of a deposit as possible.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)

My parents
need £17,000 to repair their roof
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:21, Reply)