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  • What’s your “pocket money” vice?
  • Stoner
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    Ive realised mine is Maps having worked out I’ve spent over £50 on IGN maps in the last week alone 😯

    In fact have checked the map shelf, I have 11 IGN, 13 Michelin Local, another dozen or so misc European maps, 24 Explorers and 22 Land Rangers. About £600 worth…

    That and “Jelly Bean Factory” jelly beans. Crack would be a cheaper habbit.

    BigDummy
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    Porn.

    cynic-al
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    Strawberry Fruitellas.

    simonfbarnes
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    soya cappuccinos while people watching

    Pook
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    crack

    Stoner
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    BD, internet grot has cut the cost of my porn activities to £0.
    You should try it.

    BigDummy
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    You just don’t get the same sort of closeness with internet girls. I’m a romantic at heart.

    Dave.
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    I Was going to say beer !
    But – Just counted my maps.
    44 OS Landranger
    34 OS Explorer/Outdoor Leisure (1/25k)
    2 OS Travelmaster
    5 OS Touring
    6 OS Harveys
    29 foriegn and assorted maps….

    Not going to add up the cost – too scarey !

    juan
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    Comics books, mangas (actually only the akira) and fantasy books.

    Stoner
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    unlike so many other things (except maybe, say, novels) maps are great as they only go out of date veerrrryyyy sllloowwwwwlllly. 🙂

    ton
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    whats pocket money???

    thisisnotaspoon
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    Beer,

    I’m going sober for the month as i worked out that what I was spending on Beer was probably more than enough to pay for my Reading ticket. Then again I’m sure that I’ll drink enough to compensate over the weeend 🙂

    Stoner
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    beer/wine dont count as vices.
    They come under “living expenses”

    franki
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    Every spare penny goes on good old-fashioned compact discs. 🙂

    MrsTricky
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    nail varnish!

    willard
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    Keeping my car on the road.

    No wait, that’s not a vice…

    I’m not sure I have one, although I did buy a titanium spork on Saturday for 3 quid. It is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever bought.

    PeterPoddy
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    Me? Tools. I do love a nice toolkit, and it just keeps expanding. I’d rather buy the tool than pay someone else to do the job, mostly.

    And chocolate raisins. I’ve been addicted to them since I was about 3

    juan
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    And chocolate raisins.

    ROLFMFAO
    Just never ever say you want des raisin au chocolat this part of the channel…
    Never Ever

    Munqe-chick
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    trainers and ruck sacks!! Most women like shoes and handbags .. boyf laughs at the amount of ruck sacks I have I LOVE THEM!!! Oh and outdoorsy type kit, coats, water proof bags EVERYTHING like that!!

    nickc
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    Tangfastics, itunes impluse buying, The NME.

    Missus thinks I’m stuck at 18….

    chakaping
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    Wine, whisky and biscuits.

    Harris
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    DC shoes, gigs, petrol to gigs, fig rolls, jazzmags.

    sam42
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    Krispy Kreme,

    simonralli2
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    For the last few months each week I have been buying Heat Magazine and Hello. Been missing Blighty a bit and I’ve been really getting into the stories and gossip. They are actually a really good read before anyone gets on my case. A really nice way to unwind.

    domino
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    Magazines – bike mags, fashion mags and the occasional gossip mag. I must cut back but each bike mag gets read by two people and I often pass on fashion mags to the girls at work.

    Coffee – cappucinos made with ‘real’ milk not this la di da soya SFB 🙂 Justifying it with a tenth coffee free but I shudder when I think back to how much I spent buying a daily one, have cut back to weekly treats.

    BigButSlimmerBloke
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    maps – i have memory map, but just HAVE TO HAVE the paper ones – OS, but I like harveys
    books – if i even think about something, i’m off to Borders to get a book and read about it. and no, the internet, not even stw can relace a book
    coffee – “of the month” from the coffe roasting place in town
    cheese – from the specialist cheese place in town
    magazines – like books, be it cycling, motorcycling, sailing, fishing, or whatever else I’m up to this month.
    beer – proper real ale mind, none of this lager p1sh
    whiskey – decent single malts (4 bottles just now in various staes of fullness)

    BigDummy
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    They are actually a really good read

    As a change from Forbidden Secrets of the Lizards Who Control Destiny, or generally?

    😉

    Stoner
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    dont tease, BD 🙂

    simonralli2
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    Nahh, my reading has been more going along these kind of lines so need something lighter as well for when I am out having a cappucino. Obviously.

    jojoA1
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    Trashy celeb magazines. I love a bit of “celebrity tit tape disaster” action, I do.
    Bike magazines.
    Proper books. I’m running out of room for them at home because I don’t like to get rid of them once I’ve read them.

    AndyP
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    For the last few months each week I have been buying Heat Magazine and Hello. Been missing Blighty a bit and I’ve been really getting into the stories and gossip. They are actually a really good read before anyone gets on my case. A really nice way to unwind.
    Doesn’t count if it’s after midday

    yoshimi
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    Stems – one of these years I’ll find the right one!

    iPhone Applications

    Sausage Muffins

    chakaping
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    Simon Ralli – Don’t know if you get British TV, but there was a great episode of The IT Crowd about a man who read Heat magazine.

    Epsiode 1, series 2 I believe – in case you ever get the chance to see it.

    JonEdwards
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    Coffee.

    No,hang on – that’s an essential!

    simonralli2
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    Does if you are in a different time zone/ on a different planet.

    😀

    And dont be rude about domino and jojo heh.

    simonfbarnes
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    They are actually a really good read before anyone gets on my case.

    if your brain has been hollowed out by killer hamsters

    simonralli2
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    Mr Barnes

    But if you were to read one over a cappucino in a cafe, maybe like me you would realise what a hit with the ladies it was, and it’s a great way of opening a conversation and meeting new people.

    Honestly, you should give it a go. I was feeling quite ill a few months back and just bought one copy. Well one thing and another here I am now avidly reading them each week and meeting new people down the cafes here on Saturdays.

    coffeeking
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    I dont currently have any vices I dont think. Living alone means I rarely get take-outs, rarely randomly drive to the shops to buy stuff as I cant be bothered. I suppose bike bits maybe, but they’re all justifiable. Dont really buy anything else. I used to drop 4-5K a year on my other car but it’s currently off road awaiting repair.

    simonfbarnes
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    maybe like me you would realise what a hit with the ladies it was

    far too manipulative for my taste, I have enough topics of conversation (just) without resorting to such measures of desperation

    coffeeking
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    and it’s a great way of opening a conversation and meeting new people.

    Only if you want to start a conversation with other people who like celebrity trash 😀 Personally I hate all that stuff so I’d rather not spark a conversation based on that! 🙂

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