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Re: The 90s

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As others have said, a night out that only cost a score. Going to the pub for a few jars was genuinely within reach for most people. So few can’t afford it, or justify the expense now.
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Re: The 90s

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LSD being readily available and practically given away.
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Re: The 90s

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Dunners wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:55 am Kids being able to gain meaningful employment without a university degree and £ks of debt and, after saving for just a few years, being able to buy their first home on just a 25-year mortgage.
So true
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Re: The 90s

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Mick McQuaid wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:59 pm LSD being readily available and practically given away.
Substitute "Cocaine" for "LSD" and welcome to the 3rd decade of the 2000s.
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LPE wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:50 pm As others have said, a night out that only cost a score. Going to the pub for a few jars was genuinely within reach for most people. So few can’t afford it, or justify the expense now.
I’m in a Wetherspoons now £2.88 pint and my alc free Ghost Ship £1.49
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Re: The 90s

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EliotNes wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:22 pm
Mick McQuaid wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:59 pm LSD being readily available and practically given away.
Substitute "Cocaine" for "LSD" and welcome to the 3rd decade of the 2000s.
Cocaine was everywhere in the 90s
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Re: The 90s

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Yes, but substituting cocaine for acid would be like swapping a cat for an orange, nonsensical. Also, I have no idea what it costs these days but a gramme of coke was £50 in 1993/4, my rent was £55 a week. I was a student, not a city boy.
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Re: The 90s

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Yep. 50 quid back then. Only 60 quid now. Alledgedbelly.
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Re: The 90s

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I've heard that a single ecstacy tablet could cost between £10 and £20 depending on quality and strength. And an 8th of weed was £15.

I've no idea what it would cost now though.
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I'm dreading the next world war which I feel will be very soon .
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Re: The 90s

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Long slender neck wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:27 am Seems to be having a bit of a comeback.

I'm looking forward to Gladiators tomorrow night.

What are you looking forward to, or dreading?
Orient being well positioned for a play off spot and then losing the last 6 matches of the season
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Re: The 90s

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Mick McQuaid wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:34 pm Yes, but substituting cocaine for acid would be like swapping a cat for an orange, nonsensical. Also, I have no idea what it costs these days but a gramme of coke was £50 in 1993/4, my rent was £55 a week. I was a student, not a city boy.
Why the f#ck would you swap ?

You'd take both .
We're you awake in the 90s ?
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Re: The 90s

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Dunners wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:37 pm I've heard that a single ecstacy tablet could cost between £10 and £20 depending on quality and strength. And an 8th of weed was £15.

I've no idea what it would cost now though.
If you got yourself a lil boat with a decent outboard £2 or £5 if you bought a few boxes of each.
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Re: The 90s

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EliotNes wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:22 pm
Mick McQuaid wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:59 pm LSD being readily available and practically given away.
Substitute "Cocaine" for "LSD" and welcome to the 3rd decade of the 2000s.
I’ve heard you could buy a tab of acid for £3 or £4 back in the early/mid 90s, Which is in stark contrast to £50 for a gram of coke, which I’ve heard is what that cost.
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Re: The 90s

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Dunners wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:37 pm I've heard that a single ecstacy tablet could cost between £10 and £20 depending on quality and strength. And an 8th of weed was £15.

I've no idea what it would cost now though.
I’ve heard £15 was the going rate circa 1990-93, which would see you right for a good 6-8 hours.
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Re: The 90s

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Joe315 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:43 pm
Mick McQuaid wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:34 pm Yes, but substituting cocaine for acid would be like swapping a cat for an orange, nonsensical. Also, I have no idea what it costs these days but a gramme of coke was £50 in 1993/4, my rent was £55 a week. I was a student, not a city boy.
Why the f#ck would you swap ?

You'd take both .
We're you awake in the 90s ?
The idea of acid and coke being taken in combination is terrifying ,
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Re: The 90s

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Hoover Attack wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:55 pm
Joe315 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:43 pm
Mick McQuaid wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:34 pm Yes, but substituting cocaine for acid would be like swapping a cat for an orange, nonsensical. Also, I have no idea what it costs these days but a gramme of coke was £50 in 1993/4, my rent was £55 a week. I was a student, not a city boy.
Why the f#ck would you swap ?

You'd take both .
We're you awake in the 90s ?
The idea of acid and coke being taken in combination is terrifying ,
Don't knock it till you've tried it (Don't take drugs kids).
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Re: The 90s

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Hoover Attack wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:54 pm
Dunners wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:37 pm I've heard that a single ecstacy tablet could cost between £10 and £20 depending on quality and strength. And an 8th of weed was £15.

I've no idea what it would cost now though.
I’ve heard £15 was the going rate circa 1990-93, which would see you right for a good 6-8 hours.
I've heard that by '95 a dove would cost a tenner. I've also heard that 50% of those 6-8 hours was on the downward slope. So the best way to use 2 pills was to take a half every 2 hours and then rely on the 8th of weed to get you through the comedown.

Or so I've heard.
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Re: The 90s

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Dunners wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:01 pm Buying a car for £200 that, with the aid of a Haynes manual and tool kit you got for your 18th birthday, you could maintain as roadworthy all by yourself.
Don't forget the large tub of Isopon!
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Re: The 90s

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Buying my kids Tamogchis and after 2 days hoping they died quickly. The electronics, not the kids - if I remember correctly tly.....
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