Could you make a sheet for yourself?

[TheElf]

I think Contacts 2 doesn't include friends, and you have some.
Perhaps you should count your income, and see you would see dots spent there.

I am sure some of your skills would be higher than what is written here. Probably including Driver, Computer, and maybe Science...

[Viradu]

Contacts and Allies do not include "real" friends, just "friends in high places", who might not be friends at all. My contacts 2 stat refers to the fact that I have some varied contacts in Buenos Aires, but not much more.

According to the new system, my Resources are exactly 0. Eventually, I hope to make it to Resources 1 (which represents 500 dollars to burn per month).

[TheElf]

I think you burn more than that / month (on living, etc) no?

[Viradu]

Paying bills and buying food is not what I define as burning, so, no.

[TheElf]

Ouch... No cinema, no cable TV, etc?

[Viradu]

Nope, no cinema, no Cable TV, nothing... I think the last movie I watched in a movie theater was Hellboy II, and I was invited by someone else, who in turn used discount coupons. Isn't being poor grand? (Hint: no! )

[TheElf]

Ouch, that sounds realy realy bad.

As you perhaps guess: I have Cable TV, but I haven't visited a movie theater in some time

[tauknight]

How much does the movie theater cost in relation to your wage?

[TheElf]

Depends. If I have to take a train ride to at least Székesfehérvár (or use any other options), buy the tickets, buy some pop corn / chips and some Cola and then come back... They don't offer much discounts, and that movie theatre can be more expensive than many others. That is one scenario.

If I am already at Budapest for work, and would go to watch a movie there, would bring the food / drink with me or would only count the ticket, it is a very different scenario.

When there will be some good options here in Siófok that could be a 3rd different case

[Viradu]

When I had a steady job, a movie ticket costed approximately 1/100 of my wage. As Elf says, though, it's not only that, but popcorn, drinks, etc etc, and that could take it to 1/40 (or 1/20 if I were inviting my girlfriend).

So, it's not a big expense, but the whole point... and this is getting somewhat irritating (having to explain my personal finances to people over a forum, I mean...) I was saying, the whole point is not if I could go to the movies but that I don't have money to *burn* as opposed to money that is allocated to pay bills, debts, food, and so on.

I once had a discussion with a guy because I told him I "couldn't afford ice cream" at that particular time, and he protested that I had money in my wallet, more than enough for at least a kg of ice cream. I tried to reason that that wasn't the point, since that money was supposed to pay an important bill the following day.The guy, unfortunately, couldn't follow my logic, and was really pissed that I didn't want to buy an ice cream for myself. This whole scenario sounds a little weirder than it was, but it was weird, I have to admit.