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sarahstilettos
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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I've camped - but there are two things wrong with it. One - it means travelling heavy and that's a pest. Two (and this is the biggest problem) - more and more transport providers, especially the buses, get antsy about lots of luggage for one passenger.
When I travel I carry what a call my "entertainment case". It carries everything I need for the long journey to keep me occupied such as the old walkman, or the newer CD player. If I'm on a train my laptop comes in handy as well - as long as there's a power point handy! The battery only lasts a little over an hour before it needs to be recharged.
But you get the idea, Sarah! The worst kind of travel when it comes to personal space is by air - aside from my own issues with the take off and the landing. Bus isn't much better but I know when to travel and where so I can all but guarentee two seats to myself. Train's the best. |
One other thing you can do is travel at a time when no one else would think to - ie. do the long haul coach trip overnight on a wednesday. This means there will be less people and no one is likely to make such a fuss about you carrying lots of luggage. |
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TLPG
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| sarahstilettos wrote: | | Quote: | I've camped - but there are two things wrong with it. One - it means travelling heavy and that's a pest. Two (and this is the biggest problem) - more and more transport providers, especially the buses, get antsy about lots of luggage for one passenger.
When I travel I carry what a call my "entertainment case". It carries everything I need for the long journey to keep me occupied such as the old walkman, or the newer CD player. If I'm on a train my laptop comes in handy as well - as long as there's a power point handy! The battery only lasts a little over an hour before it needs to be recharged.
But you get the idea, Sarah! The worst kind of travel when it comes to personal space is by air - aside from my own issues with the take off and the landing. Bus isn't much better but I know when to travel and where so I can all but guarentee two seats to myself. Train's the best. |
One other thing you can do is travel at a time when no one else would think to - ie. do the long haul coach trip overnight on a wednesday. This means there will be less people and no one is likely to make such a fuss about you carrying lots of luggage. |
No that won't work - unless the bus arrives at it's destination early enough for me to get some shut eye at the camp or wherever. I can't sleep sitting up. For example, I've been using a trick like that for Adelaide because it arrives at 5.20am (4.40am on the return home). But that's the only destination it works for - the others arrive too late.
Not only that, the problem is with the driver, not the passengers - because we have rules here in Australia and one of them is a limit on luggage. Sometimes drivers will be nice and be flexible with said rules, but that is so unpredictable it can't be relied upon. That's why I bought a strong trolley and strapped stuff onto it. But the trolley didn't last very long! |
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0_equals_true
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Joined: Apr 06, 2007
Age: 27
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Location: London
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I haven't spent much on interests. Then again I don't really collect tangible things more bits information. I spent a little on programing books. However much of the programing stuff is 'open source' or otherwise available for free. Going to do some accreditation, which has fees. I spend some money on art equipment. That's all I can think of.
Some ideas that you may have already thought of:
If you are shopping a lot at a particular record store it might be an idea to ask for a substantial discount, given that you spend a lot in a month. You never know it might work. Have you still got old receipts?
I know you would have researched what you want thoroughly. So try to keep 'window shopping' to a minimum. Otherwise try listen to it before you take it home.
Check charity shops, second hand shops, record exchanges, ebay and other auction sites.
Only spend in cash. Just take out what you intend to spend and stick to it.
Don't bother with credit cards. I've never had one. You don't even need them nowadays, everywhere takes debit cards even abroad. They are the biggest con along with using the credit on store cards which is something like 20% interest on average. |
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ASS-P
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Joined: Feb 10, 2007
Age: 49
Posts: 569
Location: San Francisco , CA , USA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: When obsessions get expensive |
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| sarahstilettos wrote: | I calculated I have already spent well over a hundred pounds on records the month, and it's, uh, only nine days in  And I'm on the minimum wage, working part time
I have the idea in my mind that money spent on music can never, ever be wasted, in addition to this I still feel guilty about not buying enough records. I think that if I leave a record in the shop my chance to buy it will have passed, it feels horrible, if I want to not buy it I'll have to run out of the shop, keep running until I'm far away.
For the record my debt problem was not caused by this but by buying extortionate rounds of drinks in clubs, (and another obsession with high fashion) but I can quite see how it could land someone with some serious debts.
Has your obsession ever gotten you into dire financial straits? |
...Kind of .
In the past , I bought WAAYY too many records .
Now , I feel so out of touch with music , sometimes , like I'm outside of a plastic wall !!!!!!!!!
When you say " records " , since you're 21 , do you actually mean vinyl records  ?
If so...can we get married    ?????????
I really over-buy comic books - meaning American-style Superman/Spider-Man/Archie type things , which are magazines , really , not " books " , and it occurs to me that a younger ( From the UK , too . ) person might not define the phrase in the same manner .
Of course , I've lost SO many things over the years , I have had EVERYTHING that I had in my earlier years , as far as " stuff " goes , gonne from me , as of now...( I am 48 . )
Partly , that's my justification/reason...
( Also , incidentally , the same goes for my fami8ly memorbilia/pictures , I have NOTHING . ( I could - with some effort - maybe track down a few - a few - things , granted . I wouldn't even have any place to put them , though !
I don't even have pictures of my mother ( dead about 20 years ) or father ( about 9 ) . I'm sorry , in a sense , to be so " misery guts " upon you...I have only read the 1st post here , incidentally , I haveno time to read 5 pages...) |
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Centinela
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Joined: Feb 13, 2008
Age: 29
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah if I get a hobby, I won't spare any expense. Though bills take priorty so I've never been in debt or not paid a debt. I just end up with less to spend on my hobby.
I've easily spent over $1000 designing a costume. |
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polarity
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Wow, lot's being happening (haven't been getting emails for new posts).
My clock's just a basic battery powered one in a half decent case. It's there so I can see the stupid amount of time I've been spending on the computer.
I've just spent a whole lot more on parts for a major upgrade:
£169 - EVGA 780i motherboard
£169 - Laing DDC Ultra water pump with XSPC top, Swiftech Apogee GTX CPU waterblock, Aquacomputer Aquagrafx G92 GPU waterblock, 3 slot length SLI block connector
That takes the total to £2805.12
And at the moment I'm looking at buying a Dell Poweredge 1750 and colocating it as a game server.
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