Booney wrote:whufc wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:MW wrote:I wonder what the impact to pubs and clubs will be long term. I dare say there will be a % that realise their wasting $9-$10 on a pint vs $2 - $2.50 on an echo at home.
It's sinking in to me, easy to say while the pubs are closed though.
I think moderation will be my thing going forward whereas before it would get to 3:45 on a Wednesday arvo and I'd say to myself "F*** it, I'm going to the pub"
By not drinking or going out to dinner we saved $17k in 10 months before all this iso kicked off.
Obviously there is associated costs with those two things such as taxi to get home etc etc but it made such a massive difference to our bank account.
$17k in 10 months?
That's over $400 a week.
A Saturday night at the pub after rugby or cricket was comfortably a $200 night before we got a taxi from lyndoch to Kersbrook for rugby and sevenhill to Blyth for cricket
Throw in going out to dinner twice a week plus a couple of drinks after either rugby or cricket training
Keep in mind my misses is Irish so she can drink!!! Plus she is a get drunk so buy everyone in the bar a shot kind of operator
Throw in a few bottles of wine for the week, a lazy Sunday at a winery here in Clare and maybe a lazy breakfast at a cafe and the odd coffee. Adds up pretty quick.
We would have been spending $30-45 a week on coffeees easily.