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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:40 PM
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What's the ratio of amount you spend on alcohol vs amount you spend on gasoline?
For me it's about five to one in favor of alcohol, but that's just a rough guess, because, well, I've been drinking.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:44 PM
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1. Interesting. Maybe 8 to 1
But, I stress that I don't drive much (maybe 6,000 miles a year now), and that I am just a wine drinker, and that includes some high end stuff when we go out to eat.

Cheers.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:46 PM
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2. Since the alcohols I like average out to about $75 a gallon,
but I go through many more gallons of gasoline in a month than I do alcohol -

Probably about 2:1.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:46 PM
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3. I don't spend on alcohol since
Mr MB is a rep for a wine distributor and comes home with open bottles every day. I spend about $400 monthly on gas these days....
:banghead:
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:48 PM
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4. hmm,
usually 15 gallons of gas per week, compared to....an 18 pack a week....

about 45/50 bucks a week for gas, compared to 7.99 for the 18 pack.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:50 PM
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5. If you drink more, you can just piss in your gas tank.
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:53 PM
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6. I'd say about 3 or 4 to 1 alcohol to gas.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:54 PM
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7. If I could ballpark - probably about 5:3.
I spend more on gas because I'm a courier but then again I like to drink and go to bars and hang out with people and so on.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:56 PM
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8. Much more on gasoline
I rarely drink, and if I do it's pretty much only if I can bum it off of someone else. haha
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