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IF YOU HAD $1000 TO BLOW, WHERE WOULD YOU SPEND IT?

Started by alandhopewell, April 02, 2012, 01:33:28 PM

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The Burgomaster

I don't know . . . but on at least 2 occasions several years ago I went into comic book stores and came out with more than $1,000 worth of Silver and Bronze Age comics.  One of these times, I believe the total was over $1,400.  A year or so ago I bought a pair of Bowflex Select-Tech 90 lb. dumbbells, a weight rack, and an adjustable bench for over $800.  I probably spend $1,000 a month on random stuff, but not all in a single purchase.

"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

Frank81

I'd put half  in  my  IRA and  the rest  I'd  take  my papa out on the best dinner we had in a  long time.  :smile:

tracy

I'd buy two train tickets to Cleveland,round trip,and take my hubby back home for a nice visit.
Yes,I'm fine....as long as I don't look too closely.

alandhopewell

Quote from: Frank81 on April 03, 2012, 10:17:45 AM
I'd put half  in  my  IRA and  the rest  I'd  take  my papa out on the best dinner we had in a  long time.  :smile:

     WAY TO GO, CAP'N!

If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

Jim H

Quote from: retrorussell on April 02, 2012, 05:37:17 PM
Quote from: alandhopewell on April 02, 2012, 01:54:07 PM
Quote from: retrorussell on April 02, 2012, 01:44:39 PM
Either on a house payment, or materials for a new fence, my new loft over the garage, and fixing the eave over the porch.  Anything left over would go towards a new fridge/icemaker.

     By "blow", laddie, I meant being free to spend it on fun, cool stuff.
Oops.  Well, this is stuff I really want done.. I already have a lot of cool stuff.
Well.. lessee..
A Galaga cocktail or a Crazy Climber cabaret, maybe.  Or both if I can get them cheap.

That would be awesome.  The only piece of furniture I don't have and really want it is a good cocktail cabinet arcade game.  Planning to buy a custom MAME one with 4 sets of controls (for vertical and horizontal games, and to play 4 player games) someday.  That might be what I get. 

Alternatively, I've been saving for a while as I plan to get a vasectomy and that's of course entirely out of pocket on my plan.  TMI?   :tongueout:

RCMerchant

I'b buy some cool dvd's,cd's,some vintage books,a new fishing hat,buy my kid some video games,and my grandson some baby toys!
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
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bob

Kubrick, Nolan, Tarantino, Wan, Iñárritu, Scorsese, Chaplin, Abrams, Wes Anderson, Gilliam, Kurosawa, Villeneuve - the elite



I believe in the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

ghouck

Quote from: Silverlady on April 02, 2012, 02:17:57 PM


On a trip to Alaska ...........

I hope you'd wait a month though, it's a wet, sloppy mess with huge piles of snow everywhere right now.
Raw bacon is GREAT! It's like regular bacon, only faster, and it doesn't burn the roof of your mouth!

Happiness is green text in the "Stuff To Watch For" section.

James James: The man so nice, they named him twice.

"Aw man, this thong is chafing my balls" -Lloyd Kaufman in Poultrygeist.

"There's always time for lubricant" -Orlando Jones in Evolution

Couchtr26

I don't know, if I had a thousand I would probably do a trip maybe fishing down in Texas or something.  If not that, then probably some electronics of some sort. 
Ah, the good old days.

Leah

I wouldn't blow it, since paper doesn't have penises (except those bastards who draws on them) nor am I gay. :twirl: Nah, I would spend it on food and videogames.
yeah no.

Ed, Ego and Superego

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

ghouck

one $1000 hooker-bot, or one-thousand $1.00 hooker-bots?
Raw bacon is GREAT! It's like regular bacon, only faster, and it doesn't burn the roof of your mouth!

Happiness is green text in the "Stuff To Watch For" section.

James James: The man so nice, they named him twice.

"Aw man, this thong is chafing my balls" -Lloyd Kaufman in Poultrygeist.

"There's always time for lubricant" -Orlando Jones in Evolution

tracy

Quote from: ghouck on May 01, 2012, 02:34:39 AM
one $1000 hooker-bot, or one-thousand $1.00 hooker-bots?
Hmmm....quality or quantity....what a problem! :bouncegiggle:
Yes,I'm fine....as long as I don't look too closely.

tommex84

" We're going to get you. We're going to get you. Not another peep. Time to go to sleep."

"Do that again and I'm gonna open up a can of whoop-ass on you!"

alandhopewell

Quote from: tommex84 on May 08, 2012, 01:09:27 PM
Popcorn, beer and a good supply of B-movies  :cheers:

     Would you like some company....

If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.