LIVING ON $150 Per Week

[Mikey]

Just had a falsh back!!!!

I remember when i was 18 years old (i'm 36 now) living on $150per week. Apprentice Panel Beater, just moved out of home, driving a ZH 302 Fairlane worked and thursty, bangers and mash most nights and a Bottle of JD on a friday night. Where have all the good times gone??? I'm curious to know how the same 18years age group lives today and what dollars they make, and lifestyle, such as living at home or renting with mates etc.... :

[MO]

They will never have it so good!!

[gtfpv]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Just had a falsh back!!!!

I remember when i was 18 years old (i'm 36 now) living on $150per week. Apprentice Panel Beater, just moved out of home, driving a ZH 302 Fairlane worked and thursty, bangers and mash most nights and a Bottle of JD on a friday night. Where have all the good times gone??? I'm curious to know how the same 18years age group lives today and what dollars they make, and lifestyle, such as living at home or renting with mates etc.... :

YOUR KIDDING RIGHT . YOU'LL GET BAGGED BIG TIME HERE FOR SAYING THAT YOU HAD GOOD TIMES YEARS AGO . HAVEN'T YOU HEARD AUSTRALIANS HAVE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD . ( sorry caps) .

i'm 38 when i was 18 i was on about the same . but living at home , times were great , and i still saved nearly 1/2 of that . i had a TC 250 cortina . with the hump in the bonnet , similar to the boss v8 bonnets now .

[sexr6tasy]

When i lived away from home at 19 2 years ago i needed atleast 800 a fortnight to pay all the bills and run a car buy all my food for the fortnight and have a 100 bucks spare to spend on whatever i wanted.

[webby_191189]

$250 a week after tax lol. Apprentice diesel mechanic. Still crappy wages lol.

[Ives]

Well, how was $150 per week in 1989?

Anyways... is 23 close enough?

[Falcon_Phill]

I was on $250 a week at 18, and $150 back then would have been more than the value of todays money.

[Jase_Boss]

I,m now 34 and look back to living at 18 i lived in a unit, ran and hotted up my 70 xw fairmont 302(which i still have today) i lived on $150 base plus maybe $50 o/t working as app fridgy. was only talking the other day and saying my sallery is easy ten times that including the o/t, and i think my life was easier and i had much more spare time and cash : :

but as is said we australians have not had it better

[MITCHAY]

Can't remember what I earned when I was 18 but I earn roughly between $450-600 after tax and am 20 now.

Bludge it up at home, go to school still, and own my car. I can't complain.

I'd spend the better part of $150 a week on smokes and booze alone :

I'm 18.

I still live at home, clear about $650 a week with 2 jobs. Got my car fully paid off. Currently studying Business full time at Monash University. Still manage to go out 3 nights a week.

Meh.. i get bored easily doing nothing.

[Jason[98.EL]]

yup gone are the days of low pay and a worked car

when i was 18 (lived at home) i was on about $185 take home a week

i owned a 1974 lx torana with a 400 chev twin turbo and still had the cash to party of a night and drive 200 od ks in a weekend

mmm only wish it was that easy now

jason

[Nostalgia]

Bejesus. A twin turbo V8 LX in 1990. Any pics Jase.

[Sorted]

You get more on Centrelink Now...........lol

My Ex got $250 per week

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by EAadam

Bejesus. A twin turbo V8 LX in 1990. Any pics Jase.

yeh mate i was nearly 19 in 1990

no pics sorry none that i know of anyway i lost all mine when my unit got done over about 9 yrs ago

jason

[EF Futura 07]

im 18, left school at 16 (finished year 10) first job was $12hr car detailer it was full time and took home $450/week about $550 before Tax. i payed $100 to mum per week for board (live at home) also help with bills/food etc.
now im 18 i earn $1100-1200 before Tax so about $900 clear/week. still live at home (saving for a house) still pay board but now $200/week. i own 2 cars and have alot of toys , i enjoy working and it rewards me!

[ebxr8240]

And the cheapest house in Sydney is $350,000
12 years ago same houses where just over $100,000
The thing as you get older you have more commitments...
Well? Between 18 and 35.....

[Noofa]

i try to budget myself to150 a week now.
im 20, and have been doing so since i was 17.
started on 380pw now on 600, plus work pays my UNI bills.

[GUTLES]

I'm 26 now, when I was 18 I earned $175 per week & always had money in the bank, went out heaps, drove heaps, always had money.. Things we're cheaper back then tho, LPG was under 10c a litre!

It is true, as you get older you have more commitments :(

[Nostalgia]

Originally Posted by heljas

yeh mate i was nearly 19 in 1990

no pics sorry none that i know of anyway i lost all mine when my unit got done over about 9 yrs ago

jason

Dirty Bastards. Wouldve loved some pics. Twin Turbos on a V8 were pretty rare in 1990. Give you the hot tip though, once my savings run out and if GEERS payment dosent kick in soon i may find myself living (or trying to) on as little as whatever Centrelink will give me. Not exactly a weeks wage but i will have to try to manage two car payments and other personal expenses which i wont go into here. Yep Lyf Sux at the moment.

[aussiblue]

My first job as a warehouse clerk in 1968 paid $16 a week and half of that went on board. My next job in 1970 in the public service paid $90 a fortnight and I owned a mini-moke which cost me about $5 a week to fuel up and I was paying $1500 per subject per year uni fees to go part time to WAIT (now Curtin). But beer was cheap and $10 would give you a good night out.

[Nostalgia]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

My first job as a warehouse clerk in 1968 paid $16 a week and half of that went on board. My next job in 1970 in the public service paid $90 a fortnight and I owned a mini-moke which cost me about $5 a week to fuel up and I was paying $1500 per subject per year uni fees to go part time to WAIT (now Curtin). But beer was cheap and $10 would give you a good night out.

You are the king of Nostalgia. :

[falzoony]

Im 17, still at home and I live on about $100 a week, Around $40 for petrol and the rest gets saved for rego and insurance.

[freak6]

im 19 and im a second year apprentise boilermaker i work 50hour weeks and take home $430. i budget my money i have two seperate bank accounts i put $150 into my weekly account and the rest goes into savings. when i get stuff done to my car i take some cash out of the savings.
i go to gigs or to parties with mates on weekends. go on a few cruises and hang with the misses.

[HLC]

im 19, 20 in september.


currently i work 3 jobs plus studying full time at University.

i clear on average around 220 a week.

at least 80 of that goes to petrol, then there is putting money aside for insurance/rego etc. PLUS trying to put money aside to save up for a house/deposit

then concerts- i go to LOTS, i love seeing bands.

then taking the girlfriend out. so booze/food etc.



lately ive been living week to week, and been doing overnight shifts at McDonalds to try and make up some more money cause its been a struggle these last few months.


so yeah, i dont get a lot of sleep anymore, but i gotta do it, otherwise im gonna have to sell my AU which i own.



ive just applied for a 4th job, and am also starting a bit of guitar teaching tomorrow. too much going on. i cant handle it. hahahaha :(

[Scott]

lol, the difference is women. When I was 18, 12 years ago, I had money to burn. I spent a bucket on clothes, grog, fun and cars and still had a pocket full every week. From the moment I met my lovely, beautiful and gorgeous wife, I've been broke. Who'd have thought hair, make-up and nails could cost so much? Not to mention having to buy a house.... set it up..... with a big TV.... then change it..... then add to it.... then buy another one... with a GT in the driveway.....who'd have thought it could cost so much? Who'd have thought I wouldn't trade any of it to get back to how things were?

I sometimes think about taking a break and going backpacking and living on nothing like I used to.... when I add up 5 star hotels, rentals, restaurants, joyflights, nights at the pub, spending money, having a good camera handy etc etc etc I realise that I've changed more than I've noticed. Backpacking at the Hilton just doesn't work out does it?

I suspect that we've grown up, without noticing, and a cushy life is just the norm now........ and a cushy life costs money.

[FPV8U]

Im 18 (19 in August), live at home, after the car/insurance is payed for that leaves at minimum of 160 a week, most of that goes into savings and fuel as i do a fair bit of traveling, usually go out 2 or so nights a week.

Looking to pick up a second job soon enough so that should boost up the funds a little.

[MR NC FAIRLANE]

I am 35 now but at 18 i got $170 pw and i lived with my parents FREE and poured too much into my 1973 HQ Statesman fully rebuilt ground up crome everything chev 350 and fantastic fuel economy 9 mpg but it could **** on the toranas. Every one wanted to race me no wonder a big car must be slow they must of thought!

[adumb]

I get 440-450ish a week after tex for a 38 hour week. $80ish every 2nd week for fuel, rest goes to paying insurance, rego etc. I could be earning tons more, but being a storeman at a supermarket is pretty easy work :

[schnoods]

Im 22 now but when i was 18 I was a 2nd year apprentice boilermaker I earnt just over $400 a week.

Take out

Rent - $130 a week
Food - Around $100 ( i love my food)
Smokes 7 packs a week- $70
Fuel - $60 (250 xflow F100)

And that was in Darwin. Fuel was around $1.25 4 years ago. Tomatoes were $6 a kilo. And Porterhouse was on special for $5.95 a kilo. I Lived on steak Sangers! :

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by FPV8U

Im 18 (19 in August), live at home, after the car/insurance is payed for that leaves at minimum of 160 a week, most of that goes into savings and fuel as i do a fair bit of traveling, usually go out 2 or so nights a week.

Looking to pick up a second job soon enough so that should boost up the funds a little.

This is what I dont get...

When I was 18, I moved out of home for the first time, lived at uni, and was on ~$180 per week from centerlink,+ any job I could find that paid cash Im 24 now and no F'ing way I could move back home, it would drive me insane. Home is not abusive or anything, but the nagging etc...no way.

Still I had an alright car at the time, and still I had no money. FFS I drank Thooeys Red on a regular occurance. How do you guys do it?

Straight into a job? Do you leave school early?

I work two jobs, rent, have a car loan etc, and barely have enough for bills etc.

Thats the ONLY reason as I would move home, to cut costs. But living on your own/renting rocks, do what you want, when you want. Actually I am moving interstate soon, away from everything, a change is as good as a holiday apparently.

Agree with the above. No matter how much rent etc I have, no way I am skimping on food, thats one thing I love.