Christmas messages....how ******* much?

[Hibernia&Alba]

Ours are being delivered by Tesco tonight. I finally managed to drag out of the wife how much it cost.......£325 on food! What the **** has she bought? And I bet that doesn't include bevvy.

And I notice it's being delivered when I'm at the match, so I can't go through it all. Nae wonder the number of marriage break ups increases at Christmas; she spends an absolute fortune every year.

[pollution]

Are you inviting 25 guests to dinner?!

We've spent £50 max for two including drink.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Are you inviting 25 guests to dinner?!

We've spent £50 max for two including drink.

I have no idea what she's bought; it must be caviar and black truffles. During the game tonight, I will only be able to think about getting home and looking at the receipt. The fridge won't be big enough. This is why I dread Christmas.

[marinello59]

I have no idea what she's bought; it must be caviar and black truffles. During the game tonight, I will only be able to think about getting home and looking at the receipt. The fridge won't be big enough. This is why I dread Christmas.

Ignorance is bliss. You should never have asked how much. :greengrin

[Scouse Hibee]

I have no idea what she's bought; it must be caviar and black truffles. During the game tonight, I will only be able to think about getting home and looking at the receipt. The fridge won't be big enough. This is why I dread Christmas.

Wow that’s some bill a although we tend to drip feed stuff over the last month or so and put it away for Christmas so it all mounts up and haven’t really got a clue what we have spent with the rest to come tomorrow.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Ignorance is bliss. You should never have asked how much. :greengrin

:agree:

Unless it's a Fortnum & Mason hamper, how is it possible to spend over £300 on messages? Women and Christmas are a deadly combination!

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Ours are being delivered by Tesco tonight. I finally managed to drag out of the wife how much it cost.......£325 on food! What the **** has she bought? And I bet that doesn't include bevvy.

And I notice it's being delivered when I'm at the match, so I can't go through it all. Nae wonder the number of marriage break ups increases at Christmas; she spends an absolute fortune every year.

Lovely lassie! Probably doesn't want a gruel based Christmas dinner. 😯

[Jones28]

£325?!?! On food?! Jesus Christ, I’m pissed off on your behalf and I’m the frivolous one in the house.

[heretoday]

A couple of bottles of decent French red. £28.

Good evening.

[Hibernia&Alba]

£325?!?! On food?! Jesus Christ, I’m pissed off on your behalf and I’m the frivolous one in the house.

We have mair mince pies than Mr Kipling. I've never heard of some of the stuff that's been delivered. We usually have Christmas dinner at my sister's, but this year we're having a quiet dinner with just the two of us at home, which, apparently, justifies over 300 quid's worth. She's bought a turkey the size of an ostrich, though I no longer eat meat! :rolleyes: In mitigation, there are 24 cans of Guinness included, which is very pleasing.

[Scouse Hibee]

😂 At least you’ll get a decent bevvy for your money. Have a great one forget about the money it’s Christmaaaaaaaaaaaas.

[Hibby70]

For £300 I'd be looking for Jamie Oliver to come round and cook it included in the price.

Sounds like you'll be having turkey for the rest of the month.

[Hibernia&Alba]

For £300 I'd be looking for Jamie Oliver to come round and cook it included in the price.

Sounds like you'll be having turkey for the rest of the month.

The wife and the dug will :greengrin. It's nut roast for me.

[pollution]

A couple of bottles of decent French red. £28.

Good evening.


£14 for a bottle of wine? I really must be a skinflint!!

[Hibernia&Alba]

£14 for a bottle of wine? I really must be a skinflint!!

I can't drink red wine at all. It's an acquired taste. Making a wee start on the Guinness for the Man United match.

[Hibbyradge]

£14 for a bottle of wine? I really must be a skinflint!!

Remember, a bottle of 13% volume wine has the same alcohol content as 10.5 25ml measures of drinks like Gordon's gin or Smirnoff vodka.

I realise you can probably find a litre of vodka for £14, but good wine is better value than you might think.

[Killiehibbie]

Remember, a bottle of 13% volume wine has the same alcohol content as 10.5 25ml measures of drinks like Gordon's gin or Smirnoff vodka.

I realise you can probably find a litre of vodka for £14, but good wine is better value than you might think.

Not with minimum pricing at 50p a unit

[pollution]

Remember, a bottle of 13% volume wine has the same alcohol content as 10.5 25ml measures of drinks like Gordon's gin or Smirnoff vodka.

I realise you can probably find a litre of vodka for £14, but good wine is better value than you might think.


Interesting point, although I don't drink spirits.

I only drink one type of wine and it costs £5 per bottle, a steal.

One bottle a day keeps me going!

[Hibby Bairn]

Remember, a bottle of 13% volume wine has the same alcohol content as 10.5 25ml measures of drinks like Gordon's gin or Smirnoff vodka.

I realise you can probably find a litre of vodka for £14, but good wine is better value than you might think.

Bloody hell. Is that right? So half a bottle of wine is the same as 5 gins or vodkas?

[Jay]

We have mair mince pies than Mr Kipling. I've never heard of some of the stuff that's been delivered. We usually have Christmas dinner at my sister's, but this year we're having a quiet dinner with just the two of us at home, which, apparently, justifies over 300 quid's worth. She's bought a turkey the size of an ostrich, though I no longer eat meat! :rolleyes: In mitigation, there are 24 cans of Guinness included, which is very pleasing.


I have ten adults and a baby to feed xmas dinner to and my food bill didnt come near that. Thankfully :greengrin

[pollution]

Bloody hell. Is that right? So half a bottle of wine is the same as 5 gins or vodkas?


According to government logic: half a bottle of red wine is good for you in moderation but gin?

Crazy thinking!

[Hibbyradge]

Bloody hell. Is that right? So half a bottle of wine is the same as 5 gins or vodkas?

Yes.

[Hibby Bairn]

Yes.

I had no idea. However if I had 5 neat spirits I reckon I’d be under the table but not so with two/three glasses of wine?

[pollution]

I had no idea. However if I had 5 neat spirits I reckon I’d be under the table but not so with two/three glasses of wine?


Me too.

It does not make sense at all.

[Sylar]

Getting it delivered is probably worth the money alone. It's absolute bedlam out there just now - people really do lose their absolute **** at this time of the year and their ability to behave with any decorum. People actually pushing other folk out of the way. Arguments. Homicidal trolleys...

Having said that, £325 is mental...

We're having 12 people on Christmas Day, and I bought all of our meat from our local butcher, plus a large shop of things from Tesco - that was £280 in total...granted, the need to buy booze is negated by the wine cellar which is currently full :greengrin

[Hibbyradge]

I had no idea. However if I had 5 neat spirits I reckon I’d be under the table but not so with two/three glasses of wine?

I can only suggest that you must be having a psychological reaction to the vodka/gin because the alcohol content is exactly the same. :dunno:

There's more alcohol in 2 pints of Stella than 5 measures of most vodkas.

[Pretty Boy]

I live just down the road from Fort Kinnaird and the drive home has been horrendous for the last week. People driving like absolute maniacs, the skipping of the red lights at the Wisp crossroads is even worse than normal. There was a pretty bad accident there today, I'm only surprised it's taken so long.

Christmas spirit always seems in short supply from about the 20th onwards. I went a quick shop on Sunday morning for my part of the dinner, was busy but relatively stress free. All set now and glad I don't have to head to the shops again.

[heretoday]

Next year I'm off to a country that doesn't have Christmas. The whole thing is a complete nonsense.

[Scouse Hibee]

Next year I'm off to a country that doesn't have Christmas. The whole thing is a complete nonsense.

Behave!

Bah humbug

[calumhibee1]

Remember, a bottle of 13% volume wine has the same alcohol content as 10.5 25ml measures of drinks like Gordon's gin or Smirnoff vodka.

I realise you can probably find a litre of vodka for £14, but good wine is better value than you might think.

If I had been guessing that off the top of my head I’d have thought a bottle of wine was like 5 or 6 vodkas/gins. Deary dear.

[matty_f]

Me and the Mrs popped out last night to get the food shop in (or the messages...) took about an hour but I reckon I could have done it in half that if I'd gone on my own. Spent a fortune on not too much, but for a short while at least, the fridge and freezer are rammed full.

[Hibby Bairn]

Me and the Mrs popped out last night to get the food shop in (or the messages...) took about an hour but I reckon I could have done it in half that if I'd gone on my own. Spent a fortune on not too much, but for a short while at least, the fridge and freezer are rammed full.

Going as a double act is a killer. End up with all sorts of stuff in the trolley that you never intended when you first went in.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Going as a double act is a killer. End up with all sorts of stuff in the trolley that you never intended when you first went in.

But at least you can an eye on what she's putting in the trolley and put some of it back :agree:

A warning to all: NEVER let her do the Christmas food online unless you're right there, watching her like a hawk!

[pollution]

Going back to alcohol by volume comparisons:


Vodka etc Size Strength

750 ml 37.5 abv

Wine 750 ml 13 abv for example



Does this mean that one measure of vodka is the same as 3 measures of wine?

[RyeSloan]

Going back to alcohol by volume comparisons:


Vodka etc Size Strength

750 ml 37.5 abv

Wine 750 ml 13 abv for example



Does this mean that one measure of vodka is the same as 3 measures of wine?

I would say so. One glass of wine is of course an imprecise measurement.

One glass of wine could be 175ml or 250ml or a pint if you drink it like my mate does ;-)

So in your example one shot of 25ml vodka is equivalent to 75ml of wine. So roughly a large glass of wine is equivalent to about 3 of those vodkas?

[pollution]

I would say so. One glass of wine is of course an imprecise measurement.

One glass of wine could be 175ml or 250ml or a pint if you drink it like my mate does ;-)

So in your example one shot of 25ml vodka is equivalent to 75ml of wine. So roughly a large glass of wine is equivalent to about 3 of those vodkas?


But it depends on the strength of wine, anything from 11 abv to 14 abv. does it not?

Anyway I'm off for a pint of Bulmers cider!

[RyeSloan]

But it depends on the strength of wine, anything from 11 abv to 14 abv. does it not?

Anyway I'm off for a pint of Bulmers cider!

Everything is always relative [emoji38]

And that sounds like a pretty decent idea [emoji736][emoji106]

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

The problem with spirits when at home is that you dont (or at least I dont) take a single measure each time. I could easily take whats regarded as a triple measure each time I pour myself a drink. I might only have 5 glasses of vodka/rum/jack Daniel's in a night but that's 15 single measures. I do wonder how the bottle is so empty the next morning right enough. 😆

[Scouse Hibee]

The problem with spirits when at home is that you dont (or at least I dont) take a single measure each time. I could easily take whats regarded as a triple measure each time I pour myself a drink. I might only have 5 glasses of vodka/rum/jack Daniel's in a night but that's 15 single measures. I do wonder how the bottle is so empty the next morning right enough. 😆

I always use a measure at home, I like my sprits to be consistent and at least be able to have a decent idea of how many I have actually drank. Used a 35ml measure for our G&T’s last night.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I always use a measure at home, I like my sprits to be consistent and at least be able to have a decent idea of how many I have actually drank. Used a 35ml measure for our G&T’s last night.

I had a few hand poured whiskies (not a big fan of whisky) last night with my old man, what a great nights sleep/coma!

[overdrive]

I always use a measure at home, I like my sprits to be consistent and at least be able to have a decent idea of how many I have actually drank. Used a 35ml measure for our G&T’s last night.

Yep me too. Got a couple of the same measuring cups designed to show how much you are really drinking, though I never use them for that, more for a consistent drink. Has 25ml, 35ml and 50ml measures for spirits; 125ml, 175ml and 250ml for wine; and a half pint measure for beer. It also has the average ABVs and units of alcohol for each, though I never look at them.

I generally go 35ml for most spirits except whisky (or where I’m making a cocktail) where I’d go 50ml. The only issue is if you have guests over and they see you measuring, they think you are being mean by measuring it.