Bar Tabs Sure Can Add Up

[BristolCavendish]

Came across a few shoeboxes filled with some of my old VISA statements/stamped paid and before running them through the paper shredder, I took a brief run through the various expenditures.

Wow. There was a timeframe (pre-matrimony) where I was apparently out 4-5 nights a week for a period of 8+ years drinking and shooting pool in one of the local dive bars. A typical receipt ran about $15.00-$20.00 and if one multiplied those figures by 4-5 evenings times 50+ weeks over 8-9 years, it came to well over $35K for the duration of these recreational excursions.

With inflation and cost of living indexes perpetually on the rise, $35K doesn't go very far these days but in retrospect I wouldn't mind having that amount lying around in loose cash or as a supplement to my current bank balance. Funny how when you're young, money can fly through your pockets faster than a speeding bullet.

On the other hand, it was fun (at the time) being able to step out whenever you pleased with no fiscal responsibilities and/or obligations other than to oneself and any immediate expenses. Marriage and family life changes all of that.

[wantonebad]

Try collecting wine or whiskey...

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by wantonebad

Try collecting wine or whiskey...

Sounds like he did.

[Knappo 1307]

Bar Tabs Sure Can Add Up

So do locked threads....

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Knappo 1307

Bar Tabs Sure Can Add Up

So do locked threads....

How do you count the deleted threads?

[Knappo 1307]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

How do you count the deleted threads?

[GB-man]

Yes they do. Drinks cost 10-15 bucks each these days

[Canefan1]

" made enough money to buy Miami but pissed it way so fast
Never meant to last
Never meant to last"
I can relate to your threads BC and enjoy them. Don't understand the hate/ dislike for your thoughts.

[bdex75]

Glad I don't keep all of my old statements. I would probably beat myself up over what I spent on cigarettes and booze.


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[wrist_watcher]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Yes they do. Drinks cost 10-15 bucks each these days

Drink at home! You'll spend less than half that.

[rr-nyc]

$35k over 8-9 years isn't so bad. We've been paying $15-20 a drink in NYC for 20 years. That turns out to be 2 drinks a day over 3 years. Factor in weekends and buying rounds and thats conservatively 1 year of going out

[Rock]

...and not just bar tabs that add up.
Over my working life, I worked with folks that went out for coffee, and then lunch every day plus cans of Coke and chocolate bars every day. Try adding that up over 40 years of work.
$20./day = $100./week = $5000./year = $200,000. in a 40 year career.
I made my own coffee and took my own lunch and never ate crap between meals.
Never had a mortgage because we paid cash for a new house before we got married.
It's a choice...

[Star Ferry]

Meanwhile, tuition at local prep school Marin Academy now exceeds $42,000 per year -- I'll take 8.5 years at the dive bar for $35,000 please

[Thatguy]

Really glad I don't have my old bar receipts. But it was worth every penny I'm told.


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[bayerische]

Originally Posted by Canefan1

" made enough money to buy Miami but pissed it way so fast
Never meant to last
Never meant to last"

Mr Buffett.

[MonBK]

Who has storage space for 5-7 years of bar tabs?

[crew]

Reminds me of an old joke:
A man was lamenting being broke after only a year of winning a million dollars in a lottery. "Where did the money go", asked a friend?
He answered, "I spent over $700k on booze and women. The rest I just wasted."

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Who has storage space for 5-7 years of bar tabs?

in Bristol's defense (Never imagined I would start a sentence this way ) he said he saved his monthly credit card statements, not the receipts from the bar

[rolexgiants]

Originally Posted by Star Ferry

Meanwhile, tuition at local prep school Marin Academy now exceeds $42,000 per year -- I'll take 8.5 years at the dive bar for $35,000 please

Agreed! I have 3 of those now in Manhattan! For at least the next 12 years!! Then college X 3... lol.

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by rolexgiants

Agreed! I have 3 of those now in Manhattan! For at least the next 12 years!! Then college X 3... lol.

3 kids in NYC private schools? that is a fortune worth of tuition, my friend You are a great father

[rolexgiants]

Originally Posted by Star Ferry

3 kids in NYC private schools? that is a fortune worth of tuition, my friend You are a great father

Thank you! They are my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[rootbeer7]

Dear BC, at first I thought you may be lonely. Then I was marginally irritated by your posts. As your locked threads grew I became more interested. Now I'm obsessed! Can you share some information about you?

[brandrea]

I wish I could've gone out for $15-$20 even back in the day

OP! Don't torture yourself. I've blown a lot of money on similar things but I wouldn't change a thing. I met a lot of interesting characters along the way

[Rolex addict]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

How do you count the deleted threads?

Don't forget infraction points!!

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by Rolex addict

Don't forget infraction points!!

[superdog]

If I were to add up the amount my wife and I blow on dinners and drinks out...I'd likely have a heart attack.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by superdog

If I were to add up the amount my wife and I blow on dinners and drinks out...I'd likely have a heart attack.

Why care, enjoy while you can! You only get one shot at life, make it count

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by SearChart

Why care, enjoy while you can! You only get one shot at life, make it count

Or you can do like the OP, count your bar tabs.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Or you can do like the OP, count your bar tabs.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by SearChart

Why care, enjoy while you can! You only get one shot at life, make it count

Ha. Enjoying it with reckless abandon.

But I definitely would not want to know the actual tab.