Comments on: Money Matters http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/2008/02/money-matters/ Simon's Blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lucy http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/2008/02/money-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Lucy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/?p=36#comment-45 ^went ^went

]]> By: Lucy http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/2008/02/money-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Lucy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/?p=36#comment-44 "And people are figuring out ways to make me hand over even less physical money in future. Which is good..."<br/><br/>It's bad, bad, bad, it's horrible! Right from the minute that my first student loan cheque in, I realised that I was never going to keep tabs on my money if I didn't spend as much of it as possible in cash. That way it's very tangible - at the start of the day I had a ten-pound note, and now I only have 53p in change.<br/><br/>The one flaw to this system is internet shopping - you have to pay by card, and unfortunately I seem to be able to remember my card number without even getting the bit of plastic out... “And people are figuring out ways to make me hand over even less physical money in future. Which is good…”

It’s bad, bad, bad, it’s horrible! Right from the minute that my first student loan cheque in, I realised that I was never going to keep tabs on my money if I didn’t spend as much of it as possible in cash. That way it’s very tangible – at the start of the day I had a ten-pound note, and now I only have 53p in change.

The one flaw to this system is internet shopping – you have to pay by card, and unfortunately I seem to be able to remember my card number without even getting the bit of plastic out…

]]> By: aiusepsi http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/2008/02/money-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-43 aiusepsi Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/?p=36#comment-43 I know what you mean. Especially with the proliferation of electronic money. A good chunk of the transactions I make every day involve no actual physical currency changing hands. And people are figuring out ways to make me hand over even less physical money in future. Which is good, because coins are irritating.<br/><br/>It was weirdest buying my EEE. Walk into a shop, hand over a piece of plastic, type in some numbers, get a computer and a piece of plastic back. It just felt, somewhere in my primitive monkey brain, that I wasn't really spending money.<br/><br/>And I wouldn't worry about it, every blog post I've written lately is pretty crap, heh. I know what you mean. Especially with the proliferation of electronic money. A good chunk of the transactions I make every day involve no actual physical currency changing hands. And people are figuring out ways to make me hand over even less physical money in future. Which is good, because coins are irritating.

It was weirdest buying my EEE. Walk into a shop, hand over a piece of plastic, type in some numbers, get a computer and a piece of plastic back. It just felt, somewhere in my primitive monkey brain, that I wasn’t really spending money.

And I wouldn’t worry about it, every blog post I’ve written lately is pretty crap, heh.

]]> By: hannah http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/2008/02/money-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-42 hannah Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.bbtmn.co.uk/?p=36#comment-42 Ahh money. Let it be made obvious here that I have no grasp on my own money - which actually isn't my own money.<br/>When I was little £5 was a <b>huge</b> amount and now it's practically nothing. I guess that suggests I'm far too cushy and have money at my disposal often. Thinking about it I do really...before Uni I didn't really have money so it meant a lot to me and now with loands and grants and all that jazz it means so much less to me. I find myself buying copious amounts of 'things' that most of the time I have no use for but buy them because I can. It's hard to understand the value of money when you've got some. Ahh money. Let it be made obvious here that I have no grasp on my own money – which actually isn’t my own money.
When I was little £5 was a huge amount and now it’s practically nothing. I guess that suggests I’m far too cushy and have money at my disposal often. Thinking about it I do really…before Uni I didn’t really have money so it meant a lot to me and now with loands and grants and all that jazz it means so much less to me. I find myself buying copious amounts of ‘things’ that most of the time I have no use for but buy them because I can. It’s hard to understand the value of money when you’ve got some.

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