I wish Nigel
If I had your money I'd burn my own
$50,000 for a night out? He must have been going to posh places like Wetherspoons and tipping the staff heavily
Ten pints, a few shorts, pie and chips
and a taxi home?? Now
that's wealth!
Must admit, ten pints, a few shorts, Doner kebab and a taxi home is pretty much my idea of a "good night".... in today's money you're probably looking at a bill of £77 GBP for that type of night out (the taxi would cost me £20 up here) so that works out @ $100 USD for a damned good night out.
$50,000 USD / $100 USD = 500 x Beer, shorts, doner kebab and taxi home nights out so let's say you go out once a week that's 500 / 52 = 9.61 YEARS worth of beer, shorts, Doner kebab and taxi home nights out.
That's not really the true extent of it though....... a beer, shorts, doner kebab and taxi home night out would have been a
lot less back in the 80's so let's look at it that way.
What cost $50,000 USD back in 1981 would now cost $169,000 (what with inflation etc.)
So, in actual fact, bringing it all into todays terms would equate as $169,000 USD / 100 USD = 1,690 beer, shorts, doner kebab and taxi home nights out. So, 1,690 / 52 = 32.5 YEARS worth of beer, shorts, Doner kebab and taxi home nights out (assuming one night out per week over a 32.5 year period).
This is an interesting calculator:
www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation2.htmlThis is more in depth:
www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/So, the obvious question, after taking the above into consideration, is........ what the hell was he spending $50K on a night out on??! or in today's money $169K
If he was paying to get his end off then it would have been about £15 (1980's money) for a beer budget hooker, £70 for a mid range hooker and anything between £120 - £500 for a high class "escort"...... the going rate for the high class Park Lane girls back in 1981 London was between £250 - £500..... I know because I took them up to the rooms (to avoid security) in the luggage lift when I worked as a night porter in the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch..... I got £20 per girl, they spent the night "entertaining" guests and everyone was happy
Stunning girls, the best London had to offer.
So....... that's £500 done in on sex or maybe £5,000 if you're a really horny bastard and need 10 girls. (£5,000 1981 money). The most I ever took up to a room were TWO girls who were going to the Onassis suite..... the shipping guy
and at the time I thought that was a bit OTT as I almost came in my pants just LOOKING at them!
$50,000 1981 0r $169,000 today for a night out is pure fiction in my opinion. Unless he was buying a house when he was out OR very foolish with his money I don't believe the $50,000 (1981) / $169,000 (2017) night out thing. One thing I learnt whilst working at the Cumberland..... rich people are rich for a reason, they don't like spending money and know how to look after it / know how to make it
There is no way that Nile Rodgers would have been able to spend anywhere CLOSE to $50K on a night out in the 80's UNLESS throwing dollar bills into the air is classed as part of a "night out"....... pure romance Nigel, like these guys who say "I was on nine bottles of vodka back then" absolute bullcrap.... they probably had 5 screwdrivers and were laid out flat choking in their own vomit
This "image" of a guy spending $169,000 (today's equivalent money) is just that...... it's not what's happening..... it's an image, a "look at me, look what I've done" load of crap that never happened.
Nigel..... I consider myself in the company of
true wealth Sir... ten PINTS, a FEW shorts, Pie and Chips
AND a taxi home? You're living the dream mate, you rich bastard! Please spare a thought for me when you're sitting in your "taxi" (replete with beer and pies) and remember that not all of us can afford to live the high life
Love and respect mate,
Mike.