Just trying do a comparison of how far our moneys goes in different places...

So based on your gross earnings and your location how long does it take for you to earn?.......

A pint of beer in your local bar or pub?
A steak dinner for two?
A medium sized family car?
A 3 bedroom detached family house?

I'll start...

Beer....1.5 minutes (mondays) 3 minutes (other days)....yep very cheap bar..
Dinner...1 hour
Car....3 months
House....2 years

a pint takes 12 minutes
steak for two 2.5 hours
medium car 6 months
3 bed detached 8 years

6 seconds
1 hour
6 months
4 years

Anon

Beer....5mins boddingtons from a pub
Dinner... 45min in the italian for two
Car.... 8months
House....5years

assuming i spend no other money on anything else

[Edited on 12/4/07 by graememk]

my house is 6 ish years, which i thought was quite bad!

Being self employed there are no figures for the rest really, if im doing electrics the pint might take just over a minute, however when you are contracting for a bunch of tosspots who send you the wrong plan causing much heartache, it can take a whole lot longer!

Beer = 40 minutes
Dinner = 5.3 hrs
Car = 1.1 yrs
House = 7.5 yrs

Assuming middle management salary of R200 000 per yr or $28 000 or 15000 Pounds

Our bad exchange rate realy makes us suffer but is great for tourists.

Asuming no over time.

Beer 6 min
dinner 2-1/2 hours
car 6 months
house 6 years at todays value

On take home pay:

Beer = 15min (or 30min in some places in Edinburgh)
Dinner for 2 = 4 hours
Car = 9.5 months
House = 10.5 years

The house prices here are stupid

I do overtime too, but don't get paid for it

its obviosly very cheap to live where all you lot live...or you earn a hell of a lot!

where I am it would take me about 8-9 years to save enough to buy a house!

Beer 3 minutes
Steak dinner 63 minutes
Car 42 working days
House 772 working days

I hate living near London, things are stupidly expensive

if i work my arse off i can get a

pint in under 60 seconds

a steak dinner in 5 minutes (for 2 and a bottle of plonk)

something like an astra/focus std model in 6 months,( or two indy's,mk's or locosts -or a combination of each)

a detached house in about 6-7 years.

thats if i really work my arse off!!!

dam that BLOODY TAX MAN!!!!!

[Edited on 12/4/07 by omega0684]

Pint 1.5 mins
Dinner 45 mins
Car 3 months
House 3 years (by which time houses will have doubled in price again - so it's an ever increasing circle!)

Ok,

Thanks for this topic Alan - it makes for interesting comparison. This is in Brisbane, Australia.

Beer....11 minutes (pint of Guinness)
Dinner...1.5 hours (two courses & drinks)
Car....29 weeks (Mazda 6)
House....3.25 years (what we paid for it 5 years ago)
or 6.6 years (what booming property values make it worth today!)


Dominic

beer takes 30 mins
dinner 6 hours
and to buy the one bed flat i rent would take on my yearly salary just over 58 years!!

but then my yearly salary without overtime is under £2000

[Edited on 13/4/07 by trogdor]

[Edited on 13/4/07 by trogdor]

pint - 8 minutes
dinner - 2 hours
car - 7 months
house - 11 or 12 years

Stupid London!

15 mins
4 hrs
10 months
20 yrs

I think i need to move north

yeah i can't wait!

my £480 a month one bed flat becomes a £500 3 bedroom house!