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None of the things that you mentioned, card games excepted, are particularly cheap unless you already have the equipment, and some not even then.

by benaiah 11y ago

markyc 11y ago
I regularly practice each of them and barely spend any money hiking: I just do light hiking, and all I need is a couple of sandwiches, a backpack and my boots. And plenty of water. Plenty of hills/mountains around helps, that's true biking/rollerscating: you can get a decent used bike for about $100 picnic: just the food, and you need to eat anyway board games: unless you need to switch the game every week I'd say you're covered with about $50 per year. We mainly play Settlers of Catan and Chess lan party: I guess it depends on the games, we don't do this much anymore, but we're pretty old school when we do (CS, Starcraft 1, Worms World Party) There's probably lots of other activities like that, for example we play soccer/foot tennis on a public field, and all it costs us is the price of the ball
- Retra 11y ago
  I'm unemployed right now and I won't do any of those. Here's why: Hiking: Buy boots and suitable clothes. Fuel to get to suitable location. Biking/Rollerskating: Buy equipment. Fuel to get to suitable location. Picnic: transportation supplies. Fuel to get to suitable location. Board games: Expensive. Fuel to get to suitable location. Lan party: Buy games. Fuel to get to suitable location. All it costs is fuel, utilities, rent, and food. For someone with no income, that is all I can spend money on, and it has to be justifiable. Not "Oh, I play board games every once in a while", because I don't want to have to pass up on a job interview because I stupidly spent my transportation money on board games. Or whatever else.
  - cactusface 11y ago
    Why doesn't a bike save you a lot of money on fuel? Keeping a car on the road is expensive, you can save on insurance too. Also you can take the bus. I know, it's a pain.
    - Retra 11y ago
      I'm not going to sell my car until I have a permanent place to live.
  - markyc 11y ago
    I hear what you're saying and I guess it applies for large cities (somewhat), but in our smaller city (~100k people) we just walk places. 15-25 minutes is just fun, especially in the warm season. Picnics, games, sports, lan parties, we just do them at home or on the public domain hiking and other stuff needs some transportation, we either go with public transport or carpooling I'm not saying I understand your situation, just that you don't necessarily need to spend a lot of money (or any) to have some fun with friends.

None of the things that you mentioned, card games excepted, are particularly cheap unless you already have the equipment, and some not even then.

by benaiah 11y ago

None of the things that you mentioned, card games excepted, are particularly cheap unless you already have the equipment, and some not even then.

markyc 11y ago

I regularly practice each of them and barely spend any money hiking: I just do light hiking, and all I need is a couple of sandwiches, a backpack and my boots. And plenty of water. Plenty of hills/mountains around helps, that's true biking/rollerscating: you can get a decent used bike for about $100 picnic: just the food, and you need to eat anyway board games: unless you need to switch the game every week I'd say you're covered with about $50 per year. We mainly play Settlers of Catan and Chess lan party: I guess it depends on the games, we don't do this much anymore, but we're pretty old school when we do (CS, Starcraft 1, Worms World Party) There's probably lots of other activities like that, for example we play soccer/foot tennis on a public field, and all it costs us is the price of the ball

Retra 11y ago
I'm unemployed right now and I won't do any of those. Here's why: Hiking: Buy boots and suitable clothes. Fuel to get to suitable location. Biking/Rollerskating: Buy equipment. Fuel to get to suitable location. Picnic: transportation supplies. Fuel to get to suitable location. Board games: Expensive. Fuel to get to suitable location. Lan party: Buy games. Fuel to get to suitable location. All it costs is fuel, utilities, rent, and food. For someone with no income, that is all I can spend money on, and it has to be justifiable. Not "Oh, I play board games every once in a while", because I don't want to have to pass up on a job interview because I stupidly spent my transportation money on board games. Or whatever else.
- cactusface 11y ago
  Why doesn't a bike save you a lot of money on fuel? Keeping a car on the road is expensive, you can save on insurance too. Also you can take the bus. I know, it's a pain.
  - Retra 11y ago
    I'm not going to sell my car until I have a permanent place to live.
- markyc 11y ago
  I hear what you're saying and I guess it applies for large cities (somewhat), but in our smaller city (~100k people) we just walk places. 15-25 minutes is just fun, especially in the warm season. Picnics, games, sports, lan parties, we just do them at home or on the public domain hiking and other stuff needs some transportation, we either go with public transport or carpooling I'm not saying I understand your situation, just that you don't necessarily need to spend a lot of money (or any) to have some fun with friends.