View Full Version : $400, what to do?
RCCrawler
05-17-2013, 08:35
So the other day I was cleaning out the garage to make room for my new truck. I found the old takeoff set of wheels and tires from my SXS, and ended up selling them for $400. Great that killed 2 birds with one stone, gave me some room and some cash in my pocket.
This being extra cash that I wasn't counting on having, and I'm not really out anything by having the wheels and tires gone, I'm trying to figure out what to blow the money on.
One thought popped into my head this morning is to go buy $400 worth of tickets for tomorrow nights powerball. Am I better off getting 200 regular tickets, or 133 tickets with power play?
Any other ideas? I'm good on guns and ammo.
sneakerd
05-17-2013, 08:38
Put it in the bank.
RCCrawler
05-17-2013, 08:40
That's no fun.
kawiracer14
05-17-2013, 08:44
Meh blowing money on powerball won't get you drunk or your stomach happy from a nice dinner.... blow it on booze and ammo
sneakerd
05-17-2013, 08:44
But it provides piece of mind and a little extra cushion. Then go get your teeth cleaned. Take the pets in for a check up. Get your vehicle completely detailed. All of the above for $400.
Nah, watch silver the next few weeks and if it seems to stop trending down, then buy a bunch.
Do you have a deep freezer stocked with food? Do you have long term, non-perishable food to last a couple months? How's the medical cabinet/supplies look?
RCCrawler
05-17-2013, 08:49
Buy silver...maybe? Lol
That's just as boring as putting it in the bank.
Meh blowing money on powerball won't get you drunk or your stomach happy from a nice dinner.... blow it on booze and ammo
It could get me drunk and make my stomach happy for life.
Then go get your teeth cleaned. Take the pets in for a check up. Get your vehicle completely detailed. All of the above for $400.
Teeth just cleaned last month, dogs doing fine, fish are still swimming in the pond, vehicle detailed isn't a bad idea, I usually do those myself.
Do you have enough mags and spare parts for your firearms? Springs and firing pins have been known to break from time to time :)
hmm what else can I think of?
Buy a couple small solar panels and batteries?
Extra fire extinguisher(s)
toilet paper
RCCrawler
05-17-2013, 08:51
Do you have a deep freezer stocked with food?
Nope, the wife and I have actually talked about getting a freezer here recently. Bad thing is where it would have to go in the garage is completely buried, which means I'd have to clean some more.
a spare set of tires for your primary vehicle?
I love spending other people's money!
I agree with Sawin- check your preps. Got enough water, canned foodstuffs, TP?
I'd personally squirrel half of it away for a rainy-day fund and use the other half for practical purposes. Extra gas, oil change, blah blah blah.
How about home maintenance? Any honey-do's on the list that have been postponed for a long time due to funds?
Boadie30
05-17-2013, 09:00
The Independence Institute is taking donations (http://www.i2i.org/saphomepage.php)
RCCrawler
05-17-2013, 09:03
a spare set of tires for your primary vehicle?
I've got 8 vehicles, I think one of them always needs tires.
Got enough water?
I manage a water treatment plant, if I can't get my hands on some water we're gonna have some serious problems.
How about home maintenance? Any honey-do's on the list that have been postponed for a long time due to funds?
Been trying to have the backyard re sodded, but it's almost impossible to have someone come give a quote. In the last month we've scheduled at leave 15 estimates, and only had 1 person show up. That moneys already set aside.
Was just online looking at Shanahan's website, we've never been there, maybe I'll see if the wife want to go out for a nice dinner.
Bailey Guns
05-17-2013, 09:03
I'm taking donations...
Democratic campaign fund?
I've got 8 vehicles, I think one of them always needs tires.
....
Well crap, if you have 8 vehicles, just take each one to the pump and fill'r up. There goes your $400, probably before you're all full... haha maybe buy $20 in lotto tickets while you're there too :)
scratchy
05-17-2013, 09:23
Lunch at the Diamond Cabaret
hunterhawk
05-17-2013, 09:27
Ill take it and save you the trouble... Turns out having a kid cuts down on your overtime which cuts down on your money.. Pm for where to make donations :-) jk of course! There was some good ideas... The way these scandals are going I would spend it wisely...but yes that is no fun... Good luck and let us know how you spend it so we can be jealous and tell you how rediculous it was for you to spend your money how you wanted to haha.
Hookers and Blow!
Beat me to it, this would be my suggestion- or Southwest used to have last minute $99 round trip deals to Vegas- then get you a two night's stay via priceline for $129, put the rest on black and see if you can triple your money!
Beat me to it, this would be my suggestion- or Southwest used to have last minute $99 round trip deals to Vegas- then get you a two night's stay via priceline for $129, put the rest on black and see if you can triple your money!
Then go get some Hookers and Blow!
Beat me to it, this would be my suggestion- or Southwest used to have last minute $99 round trip deals to Vegas- then get you a two night's stay via priceline for $129, put the rest on black and see if you can triple your money!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^WINNER^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
RonMexico
05-17-2013, 09:44
Blow it on non-powerplay. Overall you should win 6x.... You might win $15 or $600 mil. Good luck
Beat me to it, this would be my suggestion- or Southwest used to have last minute $99 round trip deals to Vegas- then get you a two night's stay via priceline for $129, put the rest on black and see if you can triple your money!
why not just drive up to blackhawk and do the same thing?
I'm not a liberal so I'm not used to spending other people's money.
Do you need pistol magazines? Mountain House food is available at Costco and Sportsman's Warehouse. Junk silver is boring but it will come in handy. Find a nice quiet cabin in the mountains for a couple of days in August, beat the heat.
RCCrawler
05-17-2013, 09:51
Democratic campaign fund?
My ass.
Hookers and Blow!
Yea, and see next weeks thread, "Anyone know a good divorce lawyer"
Lunch at the Diamond Cabaret
Something about eating in a strip club has just never seemed sanitary to me.
Beat me to it, this would be my suggestion- or Southwest used to have last minute $99 round trip deals to Vegas- then get you a two night's stay via priceline for $129, put the rest on black and see if you can triple your money!
That sounds like fun, spent way too many nights in vegas to think that $400 could get me there, back, and have fun.
a spare set of tires for your primary vehicle?
You are the thread winner. You reminded me that the alignment is off on my DD, scheduled an alignment and 2 new tires for tomorrow morning, totals $479. Now let's play, how do I come up with $79.00?
blacklabel
05-17-2013, 09:57
You are the thread winner. You reminded me that the alignment is off on my DD, scheduled an alignment and 2 new tires for tomorrow morning, totals $479. Now let's play, how do I come up with $79.00?
Sell hookers and blow?
You are the thread winner. You reminded me that the alignment is off on my DD, scheduled an alignment and 2 new tires for tomorrow morning, totals $479. Now let's play, how do I come up with $79.00?
Sell me 300rds of 9mm ammo?
losttrail
05-17-2013, 10:00
Food, SHTF supplies.
It's not a matter of if the SHTF, but when.
why not just drive up to blackhawk and do the same thing?
Blackhawk has lower odds, lower maximums, and not as good of a chance of really big wins. You go to Blackhawk to have fun, you go to Vegas to try and win big!
Aloha_Shooter
05-17-2013, 10:54
Buy ammo.
JohnTRourke
05-17-2013, 11:05
Put it in the bank.
uh yeah, hello, anybody heard of Cyprus?
and since you are paying them to store your money (you get 0% inflation is 6-8%) what's the point of that?
hookers and blow baby.
Yeah, I was gonna say...
Either 1 REALLY hot hooker,
2 pretty decent hookers,
or 20 toothless BJs...
KestrelBike
05-17-2013, 12:37
But it provides piece of mind and a little extra cushion. Then go get your teeth cleaned. Take the pets in for a check up. Get your vehicle completely detailed. All of the above for $400.
I like this! Buy at least one PBall ticket though.
BPTactical
05-17-2013, 12:45
Sell hookers and blow?
Win.
Aloha_Shooter
05-17-2013, 12:49
You are the thread winner. You reminded me that the alignment is off on my DD, scheduled an alignment and 2 new tires for tomorrow morning, totals $479. Now let's play, how do I come up with $79.00?
I missed the fact you'd changed the question. Dig up pictures of Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama at the beach then say you'll post them every 10 minutes until enough CO AR-15 members send you money to cover the alignment. Hmmm ... on second thought, you'd need enough to cover a new computer after those pictures destroy your current one.
Yeah, I was gonna say...
Either 1 REALLY hot hooker,
2 pretty decent hookers,
or 20 toothless BJs...
"We got Lucy, she's 22, she'll give you a hummer, but then there's Sue, she's 88, and she'll give you a GUMMER!" [Shock]
I'd go to the casinos and see if you can double or tripple that money.
Spend 1/3 on a hooker
1/3 on beers
1/3 on.....
rockhound
05-17-2013, 18:28
if you listen to dave ramsey at all it would make a nice jumpstart on your emergency fund :)
Clean the rest of your garage for that freezer you were talking about maybe you'll find $79 worth of stuff or more :D
ringhilt
05-17-2013, 21:11
1. buy silver.
or
2. buy emergency food/necessities if you don't already have one started.
or
3. buy powerball tickets and make appropriate prayers to deity of your choosing.
Slapps74
05-18-2013, 00:21
Hookers and Blow!
Haha! Lurch got it right!!
hghclsswhitetrsh
05-18-2013, 05:28
Have me come check your ac so it'll be running smooth and effeciently for the summer. And still have money left over.
Byte Stryke
05-18-2013, 08:25
Sell hookers and blow?
Win.
I don't think I'd be down for the hookers and blow you could get for $400
buckshotbarlow
05-18-2013, 14:50
i'd stock up on mags
Well, you already spent it, but I'm going to set the time for the $1,000 Money Challenge from June '13 to June '14.
RCCrawler
05-19-2013, 11:13
Have me come check your ac so it'll be running smooth and effeciently for the summer. And still have money left over.
I know my ac has issues, might have to talk to you. My condenser has fins that are missing/eroded.
Well, you already spent it, but I'm going to set the time for the $1,000 Money Challenge from June '13 to June '14.
That sounds like fun.
Well, you already spent it, but I'm going to set the time for the $1,000 Money Challenge from June '13 to June '14.
I don't recall reading about the $1000 money challenge. Can you explain this? I'm intrigued.
Have a lottery on our forum!!
UrbanWolf
05-19-2013, 16:20
Pay tax.
I don't recall reading about the $1000 money challenge. Can you explain this? I'm intrigued.
I'll get a thread up this week I think.
Start here: http://www.ar-15.co/threads/97557-How-much-money-could-you-make-with-1-000?highlight=%241000
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