Today's Jokes - 2024

GrifterGuru said:
@Larry$

When you cater to you basic dietry and energy needs, you actually need far less food than you think when based on daily routine. oh and it is closer to £3.21p. or, as I refer to it, the "Dusty Bin" budget (look it up). ;)

Current conversion is 0.79:1 or £0.79p GBP to $1USD so that equates to $4.20c per person or $8.40c per day. Multiply by 7 and that is $58.80c per week in USD.
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Yeah, we do not eat that cheep, my wife and I can go to a nice restaurant and spend that much before the tip and eating at home averages around 20 buck per day so easily $100.00 per week.
 
verbotenwhisky said:
Yeah, we do not eat that cheep, my wife and I can go to a nice restaurant and spend that much before the tip and eating at home averages around 20 buck per day so easily $100.00 per week.
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Although these numbers include supplements, coffee shops, paper products, cleaning products and other like products. Our average per person last year.

Groceries (Including extras) $21.25 per day per person average
Dinning Out $7.53 per day per person average

I like salmon, steaks and well eating well. Part of the problem is we don't have any place to store bulk goods. Hope that will change as we move off our boat and onto land.
 
GrifterGuru said:
When you cater to you basic dietry and energy needs, you actually need far less food than you think when based on daily routine. oh and it is closer to £3.21p. or, as I refer to it, the "Dusty Bin" budget
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Just for comparison, not our weekly budget, how do these prices compare to yours. We stopped @ Sam's Club today. 3# of black grapes from Peru $6.67 ($2.33/# = £1.84/kg), 5# Mandarins $7.22 (£2.5/kg), One large cantaloupe $2.94 (£2.34), 1 gallon of milk $2.96 (£0.62/liter), 1.8kg of frozen broccoli in 4 steamer bags $6.88 (£3.02/kg), 1 kg of Naan flatbread $5.78 (£4.57) & filled the Subaru with gas @ $2.38/ US gallon (£0.49/liter). Long ago I lived in London, one one £ was costing me $2.66!
 
Well milk is £1.26 per litre on average when buying a 4 pint (2.27 Ltr) bottle, so that tells you a lot. As for Petrol/Diesel, that is much more expensive here.

As an aside... Milk is usually in 1pt/2pt/4pt or 6pt bottles here. no chance of a gallon, that would be 8pt and never seen one available anywhere!
 
I don't really see the food cost anymore as my wife places an order online and I just pick it up. I go out for food every 8 - 10 days and I believe that our food bill runs around $300. If I were buying for myself, it would probably be around $50. The big cost items are the fresh produce and meat and dairy.

Eating out, it costs over $10 for me at McD's or Burger King It is difficult to come in under $80 at a proper restaurant. And that is for a beer or two for me and coffee for my wife. Dinner for two even at Pizza Hut is $50.
 
I know how to cook but I really don't like cooking dinner every day.
And I live alone so I could, totally, get away with eating cereal each night for dinner if I want (and I have).
So, I used to grab a burger or sub on the way home.
Thanks to the huge increases in unskilled worker pay, those burgers have convinced me to cook more.
I can make a fast food burger at home for half the price (or less) and since I worked at a fast food restaurant when I was younger, I know just how to do it right when I want to.
I can't do the fries but I can do tater tots in the airfryer and season them how I want. I'm not paying $4 for a quarter potato when I can pick up 10# for less than a tenner.

Don't get me wrong. I don't live on burgers and cereal. I have a dozen staple dinners I make for myself in addition to the gourmet meal this evening (A turkey sandwich).

I once thought about making a bachelor cookbook. Stuff that's cheap, easy, and can impress a babe.
 
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