Originally Posted By: Simon - PG Music

And no need to explain why I dropped $1200 on a new work desktop, $1000 on a new gaming computer, and then turned around and spent $700 on a new Playstation!


Buuut ... those things are not helping you get that house.

When I was trying to buy a home, I lived in a tied flat at a peppercorn rent in exchange fore care-taking work. I also did several jobs, totalling around 90 hours a week (of work, not elapsed). I had no TV, I already had a HiFi but funded my records and a van through DJing. 90 hours work meant I had little time for games anyway, though a lot of that work was running a bar, so at least I could socialise. As a Baby Boomer, I'm always being told how relatively cheap houses were when I bought, but people forget the alarming interest rates we had to pay ... 25% when I bought a very small two-bedroom flat. My entire salary went on the mortgage and we lived on my wife's salary and the DJing. I doubt it's ever been easy, or ever will be easy.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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