result !

fourcrossjohn

parents have just said if i shut up about getting a second bike i.e the gt rukus they'll get me what ever fork i want snd a 300 quid rear shock for x mas

i'm thinking white fox 40's
and a marzocchi roco rear



happy bunny

missmarple

Blimey you'll drain them outta cash for this year then!

Why not get a Fox rear too? I quite fancy the RP23 or Rockshox Monarch for my budget.

fourcrossjohn

if ure gonna go big do it right, fox are main stream rear shock now as they focus on all rounders where as roco is ender territory and fox 40's ooooooh yeah

dave_hill

Fecking nora, will they adopt me? :shock:

fourcrossjohn

thats all 'm gettin tho, no dvds,,no games , no books not stocking with deodarant

jay12

fourcrossjohn wrote:

thats all 'm gettin tho, no dvds,,no games , no books not stocking with deodarant

sell your zbox or watever you have along with the games. well that's what i would do

kevcampbell

tell parents not to forget everyone on here, including me

dave_hill

fourcrossjohn wrote:

thats all 'm gettin tho, no dvds,,no games , no books not stocking with deodarant

Oh boo hoo. My heart bleeds.

Wait until you start paying income tax my lad...

Airienteer

fourcrossjohn wrote:

thats all 'm gettin tho

Aww didums, maybe when you actually have to earn money without your parents giving it to you, you might appreciate stuff a bit more!!

jay12

i have to earn my money. but if i buy something my dad pays about 10% or so. but when i'm going to get an orange crush he will hopefully give me 200 or 300 towards it

bails87

Bloody kids, it weren't like that in my day, by 'eck! I hope you'll be washing the car and mowing the lawn for the next 5 years to thank them!

Mind you, wasn't there someone on here planning to spend about £2k on a bike from 'paper round money'.....I don't know if 'paper round' has become street slang for selling crack or what.......

jay12

2k from paper round no way. 1k is the most expensive i would go + money from parents

grumsta

thats all 'm gettin tho, no dvds,,no games , no books not stocking with deodarant

Christ, when I was a kid getting a present that cost £50-£100 seemed like an amazing treat. After playing guitar for a few years and getting reasonable good I got a guitar that cost £250 for birthday and christmas which seemed a fortune to me.

Now where I work you see kids who can barely play the guitar with new Gibsons, and they don't value/look after them at all.

Kids these days don't know they're bloody born. :roll:

(god I feel like a right moaning old bastard and I'm only 29!)

jay12

fourcrossjohn
btw you mean the fox 40's which are 1k?

bails87

Still......a grand....how much do people get paid for carrying a few papers these days?

Mind you, I'm only jealous of people who get given everything from their parents, sure you don't learn the value of money etc, but you get loads of cool stuff for free! Went to uni with a guy who claimed his parents didn't give him any money, they just paid for his car, insurance, tuition fees, paid for his karting at weekends, did online food shopping and had it sent to him, paid his rent etc.....the money just never went to him :roll:

bails87

grumsta wrote:

thats all 'm gettin tho, no dvds,,no games , no books not stocking with deodarant

Christ, when I was a kid getting a present that cost £50-£100 seemed like an amazing treat.

Kids these days don't know they're bloody born. :roll:

(god I feel like a right moaning old bastard and I'm only 29!)

Agreed, and I'm only 22!

jay12

bails87
well i get £16 a week.
my brother gets £18 a week but i heard of places where they get £40!
+ i help my dad, do leflets and when my brother is away on races of all sorts or is at parties i do his paper round for him + during summer holidays i do extra rounds. i have only spent £50 since getting my round in June.

Should i even be saying this stuff on here :?

bails87

Jay12:
Why not, now just send me your bank details so I can check this all out.....for the good of the forum of course :P

I thought it would be something like £15....but someone spending £2k on a bike from paper round money would have to be saving for almost 3 years, without spending a penny on anything else.

But well done for picking up extra work over the summer though, a lot of kids would just expect to be given money!

You're now allowed to join in telling the OP he's got it easy like the rest of us have been :P

Northwind

I'm holding out for socks and lego this year. But I many be disappointed.

fourcrossjohn

i do fooking work !!!

and ive decided on the gt

bails87

Well done, but still, that's a heck of a Christmas present!

fourcrossjohn

i'm buying it myself

Hercule Q

can i have some fox 32's please?

missmarple

fourcrossjohn wrote:

i'm buying it myself

I thought you said your parents were buying it for you?

I don't know if 'paper round' has become street slang for selling crack or what.......

Such a classic quote, made my day that has.

And also. Bluddy kids don't understand the value of money these days, wait till you're a very poor student, you'll not have a penny to spare - and if you do it'll go on pints to drown your sorrows of being poor in the first place. Lucky Sods! :roll:

joed05

missmarple wrote:

fourcrossjohn wrote:

i'm buying it myself

I thought you said your parents were buying it for you?

I don't know if 'paper round' has become street slang for selling crack or what.......

Such a classic quote, made my day that has.

And also. Bluddy kids don't understand the value of money these days, wait till you're a very poor student, you'll not have a penny to spare - and if you do it'll go on pints to drown your sorrows of being poor in the first place. Lucky Sods! :roll:

i agree, even though im 18, now im earning permenantly i dont get squat out of the parents so finding it a tad difficult at the moment. makes me realise how maive and protected i was when i was younger

missmarple

joed05 wrote:

missmarple wrote:

fourcrossjohn wrote:

i'm buying it myself

I thought you said your parents were buying it for you?

I don't know if 'paper round' has become street slang for selling crack or what.......

Such a classic quote, made my day that has.

And also. Bluddy kids don't understand the value of money these days, wait till you're a very poor student, you'll not have a penny to spare - and if you do it'll go on pints to drown your sorrows of being poor in the first place. Lucky Sods! :roll:

i agree, even though im 18, now im earning permenantly i dont get squat out of the parents so finding it a tad difficult at the moment. makes me realise how maive and protected i was when i was younger

I'm 18 too and holding down 3 jobs, it is ok to be a "protected" when you're younger but not to the extent that you'll get forks + rear worth £600 bought for you on the whim!

fourcrossjohn

ahh feck it i'll get a car