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Title: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Woodsey on May 04, 2012, 01:41:38 PM Just had this question crop up with one of my work colleagues, we reckoned minimum £50k and possibly getting on for £100k lol, scary thought eh?
What about the rest of you? Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Laxie on May 04, 2012, 01:42:16 PM Lots...and still counting.
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Eso Kral on May 04, 2012, 01:51:41 PM Not as much as Bopkin!! ;)
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: EvilPie on May 04, 2012, 01:55:51 PM Probably an average of £100/wk from 18 up to 30 and £50/wk since.
Works out about £75k or so. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: BangBang on May 04, 2012, 02:05:31 PM To say I had an expenses card for 3 years, plus the amount that a regular cocktail costs in the bars I frequented throughout my Mid to late 20's I would say around 200k +..
Now if I were to take my corporate spending out of it I would say around £3k in total, because I'm not really a drinker.. I just feel sorry for the smokers... Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Marky147 on May 04, 2012, 02:43:52 PM I was in the navy for 4 years drinking 4/5 nights a week for most of that bar basic training and after that I used to drink most nights after work when I was roofing for a year.
Quit work for poker then and the 4 years which followed made the navy look like a couple pints after work in comparison!! Doesn't even bear thinking about as I'd probably make myself feel even sicker than I used to most Monday mornings..... Now I only drink one weekend every few months when I go to a do and for the whole time I'm in Vegas. So probably spend more in those 2/3 weeks than I do the rest of the year :D Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: kinboshi on May 04, 2012, 03:33:29 PM Probably an average of £100/wk from 18 up to 30 and £50/wk since. Works out about £75k or so. Winner. Reckon Matt's probably ahead of Hopkin Green Frog with a good few year's head start, but Stu's probably ahead on a pro rata basis. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: gatso on May 04, 2012, 03:43:57 PM Probably an average of £100/wk from 18 up to 30 and £50/wk since. Works out about £75k or so. Winner. Reckon Matt's probably ahead of Hopkin Green Frog with a good few year's head start, but Stu's probably ahead on a pro rata basis. lolz, as if that's the winner I'm backing dubai in this one Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: SuuPRlim on May 04, 2012, 04:04:47 PM I was talking about this with someone only the other day
I'm prolly somewhere near £100k and I'm 23! Could even be more, I can think of 3 nights in vegas that account for near 20% of that :D Kinda staggering to contemplate :S Dubai.... i'll take the overs on £400,000 ;) How much of the alcohol you've bought in your lifetime have you actually drunk? I reckon it's 30% for me Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: mondatoo on May 04, 2012, 04:06:15 PM No idea, lots.
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Cf on May 04, 2012, 04:10:56 PM Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: kinboshi on May 04, 2012, 04:31:57 PM Probably an average of £100/wk from 18 up to 30 and £50/wk since. Works out about £75k or so. Winner. Reckon Matt's probably ahead of Hopkin Green Frog with a good few year's head start, but Stu's probably ahead on a pro rata basis. lolz, as if that's the winner I'm backing dubai in this one Yeah, anyone who spends silly money on champagne would win, but I don't count that as booze ;) Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Woodsey on May 04, 2012, 04:40:12 PM Man when I think of the amount of money I have degened away over the years on various shit that I never needed to do its pretty embarrassing really. I know it was a lot of fun and all that but sheeeeesh ;ashamed;
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: kinboshi on May 04, 2012, 04:54:06 PM Needs a George Best quote to follow that ;)
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: mondatoo on May 04, 2012, 08:50:07 PM Man when I think of the amount of money I have degened away over the years on various shit that I never needed to do its pretty embarrassing really. I know it was a lot of fun and all that but sheeeeesh ;ashamed; I'd be more embarrassed if I had 100k in my bank account and had wasted my life away nitting it up doing nothing. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: leethefish on May 04, 2012, 09:51:24 PM Man when I think of the amount of money I have degened away over the years on various shit that I never needed to do its pretty embarrassing really. I know it was a lot of fun and all that but sheeeeesh ;ashamed; I'd be more embarrassed if I had 100k in my bank account and had wasted my life away nitting it up doing nothing. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: tikay on May 04, 2012, 09:57:43 PM Lifetime?
Must be top side of £30, could be as much as £40. Outrageous. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: outragous76 on May 04, 2012, 10:02:30 PM Lifetime? Must be top side of £30, could be as much as £40. Outrageous. me? Im with Evilpie on this one. Im only thankful that his stripper line is at least double mine ;D Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Royal Flush on May 05, 2012, 09:51:08 AM lol absolute ridic amounts i know i spent over 10k last year and i didn't drink a drop of the stuff....
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Karabiner on May 05, 2012, 10:26:20 AM Not as much as Bopkin!! ;) I was hoping he was going to tally up his drinking expenses for the year at the end of his Guinness diary. That would have given us something to work on/aspire to. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: StuartHopkin on May 05, 2012, 11:44:42 AM Will have a go next week Ralph.
Grand national day was impressive. asked for my bill after going out for breakfast and the lady asked for 260 euros. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Eck on May 05, 2012, 11:53:39 AM Think of it as more of an investment..
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: SuuPRlim on May 05, 2012, 01:33:14 PM Will have a go next week Ralph. wouldn't wanna be that accountant :D Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: KarmaDope on May 06, 2012, 08:27:19 AM Probably about £5.
Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: paulhouk03 on May 06, 2012, 09:30:01 AM prob not that much 10k-15k or so i dont drink that much
whats the most expensive round ppl have bought? i think mines around 300£ Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: tikay on May 06, 2012, 10:27:40 AM If it makes anyone feel better, I reckon, converted to current spending power, I've probably spent £100k lifetime on cigarettes. Ugh. As dumb goes, thats pretty dumb. Maybe alcohol would have been a better route.
(1 pack per day, call that £50 per week, call that £2,500 per year, & I've smoked on & off since I was 16 - whoops, make that nearer £125k). The time may have come to quit. "blonde quit smoking thread" imminent. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: SuuPRlim on May 06, 2012, 10:34:33 AM prob not that much 10k-15k or so i dont drink that much whats the most expensive round ppl have bought? i think mines around 300£ I remember being out in cardiff for Pez's birthday (we'd been railing Jamie's LNP heat and Perrins in the final) we ended up in Cardiff Oceana where me and Jake attempted to break the record for biggest round ever in the clubs history. The bar-women couldn't tell us exactly what the record was, so we punted at 50 bottles of VK, 18 vodka lime/lemonades and 30 Jager bombs, think it came to about £140. Pretty confident it's the record - that was the night Mizrachi offered to "get a round in" after shipping $3m in the summer comes back with 1 apple VK for everyone, whilst him and Chino Reem sipped the brandy's. Pretty poor effort. I can't remember most expensive round but I imagine it would have been 8 handed ordering far too much and losing the flip, I never win tournaments but when I do I'll be sure to give the boys a spin in a club/bar :D For those of you who don't know which series of late night poker I was refering to, let me job your memories :D <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FWyj9_lisjw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: leethefish on May 06, 2012, 10:40:19 AM If it makes anyone feel better, I reckon, converted to current spending power, I've probably spent £100k lifetime on cigarettes. Ugh. As dumb goes, thats pretty dumb. Maybe alcohol would have been a better route. Tikay ..have you tried giving up?(1 pack per day, call that £50 per week, call that £2,500 per year, & I've smoked on & off since I was 16 - whoops, make that nearer £125k). The time may have come to quit. "blonde quit smoking thread" imminent. have you read the little story about me giving up after 20 years? Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Woodsey on May 06, 2012, 11:02:40 AM If it makes anyone feel better, I reckon, converted to current spending power, I've probably spent £100k lifetime on cigarettes. Ugh. As dumb goes, thats pretty dumb. Maybe alcohol would have been a better route. (1 pack per day, call that £50 per week, call that £2,500 per year, & I've smoked on & off since I was 16 - whoops, make that nearer £125k). The time may have come to quit. "blonde quit smoking thread" imminent. I do sometimes wonder which one is worse tbh, if your drinking the equiv of say a bottle of wine most days I reckon there isn't a lot in it, but that's just my guess. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Marky147 on May 06, 2012, 01:14:54 PM I used to actually enjoy smoking, but the day I got diagnosed I gave up. I've had a couple cheeky ones now and again in Vegas and also got the cigars out a couple times at T8MML's house.
I don't miss the smell of my clothes in the morning and stained fingers though. I did laugh when I saw they were £8 a packet in pubs from the machines, that was over a year ago so I hate to think how much they are now. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: aaron1867 on May 07, 2012, 01:41:42 AM I don't believe that some of you have spent £100k on alcohol, perhaps trying to say my balls are bigger than yours? etc.
I go out most weekends, but I am only 22. I have no idea how much I have spent on alcohol, not even sad enough to even try counting. In fact, I take it all back. I have just calculated that my Dad must have spent at least £250k on alcohol. Dear me. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Woodsey on May 07, 2012, 02:00:07 AM I don't believe that some of you have spent £100k on alcohol, perhaps trying to say my balls are bigger than yours? etc. I go out most weekends, but I am only 22. I have no idea how much I have spent on alcohol, not even sad enough to even try counting. In fact, I take it all back. I have just calculated that my Dad must have spent at least £250k on alcohol. Dear me. Few hundred quid a month plus the odd massive blow out over 20+ years and it all adds up mate, me and my mates were pretty much WTF when we sat down and thought about it. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: SuuPRlim on May 07, 2012, 10:47:37 AM I don't believe that some of you have spent £100k on alcohol, perhaps trying to say my balls are bigger than yours? etc. The problem is when you're 19 years old, with no routine, responsibility, just really properly getting into going out and you have a higher than average amount of disposable money, if you're prone to going a little bit nutso then you are going to quite quickly cannon a high amount of money off :D Also, and perhaps most relevant...VEGAS! Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: millidonk on May 07, 2012, 02:46:58 PM 16-23 I went out 4 times per week spending avg of £80-£130 per night. 28 now, dont go out as much but since then still been on loads of lads holidays/stag dos/wknds away where the sole purpose was to drink as much as poss, have had a fair few £1k+ days on booze, 3 trips to Vegas, 2 of which I did double K figures, would hate to find out the exact amount I have spunked but I imagine its somewhere close to if not above the 100k mark.
I had a good 7yrs where i earned anywhere between 18-30k and during the whole time i had no bills, never owned a car, never paid rent, never owned anything worth over 2k yet I was always skint and manged to do 15k on credit cards. Reckon I would make a podium finish if it was the same question on strippers tbh. Don't worry tho, I am a functioning member of society these days. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: outragous76 on May 07, 2012, 02:51:46 PM 16-23 I went out 4 times per week spending avg of £80-£130 per night. 28 now, dont go out as much but since then still been on loads of lads holidays/stag dos/wknds away where the sole purpose was to drink as much as poss, have had a fair few £1k+ days on booze, 3 trips to Vegas, 2 of which I did double K figures, would hate to find out the exact amount I have spunked but I imagine its somewhere close to if not above the 100k mark. I had a good 7yrs where i earned anywhere between 18-30k and during the whole time i had no bills, never owned a car, never paid rent, never owned anything worth over 2k yet I was always skint and manged to do 15k on credit cards. Reckon I would make a podium finish if it was the same question on strippers tbh. Don't worry tho, I am attempting to be a functioning member of society these days. fyp Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: millidonk on May 07, 2012, 02:52:37 PM 16-23 I went out 4 times per week spending avg of £80-£130 per night. 28 now, dont go out as much but since then still been on loads of lads holidays/stag dos/wknds away where the sole purpose was to drink as much as poss, have had a fair few £1k+ days on booze, 3 trips to Vegas, 2 of which I did double K figures, would hate to find out the exact amount I have spunked but I imagine its somewhere close to if not above the 100k mark. I had a good 7yrs where i earned anywhere between 18-30k and during the whole time i had no bills, never owned a car, never paid rent, never owned anything worth over 2k yet I was always skint and manged to do 15k on credit cards. Reckon I would make a podium finish if it was the same question on strippers tbh. Don't worry tho, I am attempting to be a functioning member of society these days. fyp sigh. closer to the truth tho. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: RED-DOG on May 07, 2012, 02:55:48 PM If it makes anyone feel better, I reckon, converted to current spending power, I've probably spent £100k lifetime on cigarettes. Ugh. As dumb goes, thats pretty dumb. Maybe alcohol would have been a better route. Tikay ..have you tried giving up?(1 pack per day, call that £50 per week, call that £2,500 per year, & I've smoked on & off since I was 16 - whoops, make that nearer £125k). The time may have come to quit. "blonde quit smoking thread" imminent. have you read the little story about me giving up after 20 years? Tony is great stopping smoking. He's done it loads of times. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: leethefish on May 07, 2012, 05:57:35 PM If it makes anyone feel better, I reckon, converted to current spending power, I've probably spent £100k lifetime on cigarettes. Ugh. As dumb goes, thats pretty dumb. Maybe alcohol would have been a better route. Tikay ..have you tried giving up?(1 pack per day, call that £50 per week, call that £2,500 per year, & I've smoked on & off since I was 16 - whoops, make that nearer £125k). The time may have come to quit. "blonde quit smoking thread" imminent. have you read the little story about me giving up after 20 years? Tony is great stopping smoking. He's done it loads of times. Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Marky147 on May 07, 2012, 06:17:50 PM If it makes anyone feel better, I reckon, converted to current spending power, I've probably spent £100k lifetime on cigarettes. Ugh. As dumb goes, thats pretty dumb. Maybe alcohol would have been a better route. Tikay ..have you tried giving up?(1 pack per day, call that £50 per week, call that £2,500 per year, & I've smoked on & off since I was 16 - whoops, make that nearer £125k). The time may have come to quit. "blonde quit smoking thread" imminent. have you read the little story about me giving up after 20 years? Tony is great stopping smoking. He's done it loads of times. It's simple, if you want to stop you will Title: Re: How much money have you spent on booze in your lifetime? Post by: Marky147 on May 07, 2012, 06:18:40 PM 16-23 I went out 4 times per week spending avg of £80-£130 per night. 28 now, dont go out as much but since then still been on loads of lads holidays/stag dos/wknds away where the sole purpose was to drink as much as poss, have had a fair few £1k+ days on booze, 3 trips to Vegas, 2 of which I did double K figures, would hate to find out the exact amount I have spunked but I imagine its somewhere close to if not above the 100k mark. I had a good 7yrs where i earned anywhere between 18-30k and during the whole time i had no bills, never owned a car, never paid rent, never owned anything worth over 2k yet I was always skint and manged to do 15k on credit cards. Reckon I would make a podium finish if it was the same question on strippers tbh. Don't worry tho, I am a functioning member of society these days. Chicksands was the ruin of me both financially and career wise :D |