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Who can afford to drink out these days?
I think this when I see the cost of pints, and yet practically every pub I go to is so rammed it's frequently difficult to find a seat unless you go early. Same with restaurants.
Apparently a lot of people can afford it
I definitely couldn't. It was like £70 minimum to have a good night! And that's only sticking to pints, and not counting cigs or the inevitable kebab or chicken for supper! That three or four times a week is basically a grand a month. Ridiculous money.
Not too worry. Keep that up and you can save money by not contributing to a pension.
Sadly, and happily, I'm currently sober. So, unfortunately, looks like a meager pension might be on the cards for me at the moment! ✌️
Not buying cigarettes with almost certainly cut the price, they are by far the most expensive thing on that list. Honestly it's probably cheaper to have a cocaine addiction. Which I also don't recommend by the way.
I wasn't counting the cigarettes! Or the charlie, or the speed, or the ket, or the weed 😂
Alcoholics.
Zone 4, London - £2 ales, £4 lagers, loads of families out on a Friday/Saturday night with their kids.
Meals are £15-20 a head though, granted - but enough people just buy a couple of packet of crisps and spread them around the table
I think you must be from a parallel universe. Last time I was in London a paint cost £12,
yeah, central has high prices. Come to a spoons in Zone 4
What? Which pub is that? Best I've seen is around £5.50 for a guest ale
Fuck yeah, that's what I like to hear. Where you getting £2 an ale????
Sounds like it's Spoons.