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MacinTommy
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:13 AM
 
So my buddy and I are getting a referral check from our apartment for $300.

We've both decided we are NOT saving it. Purely throw away cash.

We are just having issues figuring out what to do with it... (first world problems)

What would you do with it if saving/investing it was out of the question?

A few things to keep in mind:

1) We are both turning 25 next week

2) We are both going to Vegas in 2 weeks (bachelor party not for our birthdays)
     
The Final Dakar
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:18 AM
 
One $300 parrot, or 300 $1 skinks.
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:21 AM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
One $300 parrot, or 300 $1 skinks.
$500 pet fee at our apt....
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:23 AM
 
A $300 hooker in Vegas.
300 $1 hookers in Vegas.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
The Final Dakar
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:24 AM
 
Originally Posted by MacinTommy View Post
$500 pet fee at our apt....
It was a Futurama reference anyway.
     
MacinTommy  (op)
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:27 AM
 
Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep View Post
A $300 hooker in Vegas.
300 $1 hookers in Vegas.
I like the direction you're going with this...
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:30 AM
 
Pay off debts?
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The Final Dakar
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:41 AM
 
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 10:49 AM
 
Originally Posted by Athens View Post
Pay off debts?
I put that in the category of "saving/investing"... it's a bit too "grown up" of an option.
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 11:44 AM
 
Buy a small amount of several popular drugs and do a different one each night for a week or so.

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Jul 19, 2012, 11:58 AM
 
Rent a car, take out insurance on it, beat the living shit out of said car.
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 11:58 AM
 
Get up to 90 on this highway, then throw it in reverse.
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 01:18 PM
 
Put it towards renting a Ferrari or Lambo when you're in Vegas.
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MacinTommy  (op)
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Jul 19, 2012, 01:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by sdilley14 View Post
Put it towards renting a Ferrari or Lambo when you're in Vegas.
I like this suggestion BUT my roomie couldn't care less about renting an exotic... I on the other hand (if I had an extra G laying around) would LOVE to rent a Lambo... The first time I went to Vegas I had to take a pic of an orange Murcielago with a huge RENT ME sign in the windshield... I've had a weird obession with Lambo's since childhood (first AOL screen name was OrangeDiablo7) and the only other forum I frequent is a Lambo enthusiast site.
     
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Jul 19, 2012, 01:42 PM
 
I feel ya there man. I have somewhat of an obsession with Lambo's as well. Funny, last time I went to Vegas I had a buddy snap a picture of me in front of a Ferrari (Rent Me sign in the background, cropped out ).
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Jul 20, 2012, 12:26 AM
 
Approximately 2,000 bags of Great Value brand instant noodles.
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Jul 20, 2012, 05:54 AM
 
Walk out of your apartment, turn left. Give money to first homeless person you find.

You won't have $300, but you won't if you blow it anyway.

Dine out on the story. If you tell it well you should easily recoup the cash in kudos and sex.
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Jul 20, 2012, 06:01 AM
 
Get a cup of coffee at a small diner. Leave $100 tip.

Go to a park and pay the ice cream truck $100, for the next customers to have free ice cream til it runs out.

Spend the last $100 on a nice bottle of something in Vegas. Or gamble it away.
     
MacinTommy  (op)
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Jul 20, 2012, 06:51 AM
 
Originally Posted by Doc HM View Post
Walk out of your apartment, turn left. Give money to first homeless person you find.
You won't have $300, but you won't if you blow it anyway.
Dine out on the story. If you tell it well you should easily recoup the cash in kudos and sex.
I do like good karma... the part of ATL I live in there aren't very many -if any- homeless folks so I would have to put forth effort to travel into the city to pursue that...


Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
Get a cup of coffee at a small diner. Leave $100 tip.
Go to a park and pay the ice cream truck $100, for the next customers to have free ice cream til it runs out.
Spend the last $100 on a nice bottle of something in Vegas. Or gamble it away.
Once again, love the good karma this could bring.
     
The Final Dakar
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Jul 20, 2012, 06:53 AM
 
Put it all on black and let it ride three times.
     
   
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