just wondering how many hours is the bare minimum to spend in field a week and more importantly how many/week to really get good fast?

say i just went out on a fri/sat but stayed from opening to close --- roughly about 8 hours, is this enough?

Whenever you have free time while also allowing space for other hobbies and interests I guess. No reason why you can't even go for your weekly food shopping or go to a video store without chatting to a HB if someone takes your fancy.

Actually went into town earlier today. Only chatted to a handful of girls and Facebook closed one (she let slip she had a boyfriend and besides lived in Essex so gaming was not really on the agenda after that) but still I partially went to have a look around as well as give my self esteem a small boost after not really making any approaches the night before.