I have seven dollars....

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:41 pm

Back from o/s, just paid out a huge amount on bills and don't get paid for 2 more weeks... down to my last 7 dollars. One of my fave books is 3 dollars by Eliot Pearlman - about a guy who ends up down to his last 3 dollars... he goes through hell. I won't - but I should have budgeted better

Trying to think of the most interesting thing to spend my last cash on. Food = boring (there's some in the fridge, and enough cat food for the little buggar) and not enough for more than one beer and I don't play slot machines.

So far my ideas are:
1. give it to the junkie beggar at the station
2. start an internet scamming business (but that's probably free)
3. buy 2 slurpees and have a giant sugar rush for an hour or so
4. buy a second hand harmonica and busk (people might pay me to stop playing)
5. plant it and try to grow a money tree

anyone else got any bright ideas?

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:47 pm

ice cream.

maryanimal · Post by **maryanimal** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:57 pm

I was taught to share when I was a kid. As an adult I was taught the kindness of a community. I'm here if you need me.

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:22 pm

maryanimal wrote:I was taught to share when I was a kid. As an adult I was taught the kindness of a community. I'm here if you need me.

It's all good... I am just amused at my situation!

So far I've managed to win a free ticket to a movie premiere, a cd (both yesterday) and my inventiveness earned me a $5 prize in a work contest (just announced). So technically I have now have $12 woohoo.

And even better is that we are having freebee drinks in the office tonight!

ice cream.

ooh yes I can buy icecream...I love icecream.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:27 pm

I recently fell in love with the Bakersfield 99cent store. Its not your typical 99cent store. A pad of paper and a pen can keep me busy for days.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:31 pm

Make an origami pipe with one of the dollars, and then proceed to smoke the other six.

Post by **Sham** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:33 pm

Food, food, food! But you said you don't need any for two weeks.
I would spend it on yard sales to see just how far you can stretch those last bucks. Imagine how many cool and useful things you can get if you hunt for treasures. You can also consider selling off some of the great finds you get to try and raise the $7 back while keeping some treasures for yourself.

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:35 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:Make an origami pipe with one of the dollars, and then proceed to smoke the other six.

giggles... we only have coins for one and two dollars. The other notes are plastic... it would melt before it burnt!

Post by **Elderberry** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:16 pm

Maybe if you put your remainder money in a savings account rather than trying to figure out how to spend it, you won't be worrying about cutting your budget so short in the future.

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:09 pm

jkisha wrote:Maybe if you put your remainder money in a savings account rather than trying to figure out how to spend it, you won't be worrying about cutting your budget so short in the future.

Oh stop being sensible!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:16 pm

I think you can buy one round of .50 BMG, and bring it with you next year. I know more than one Burner with a rifle for it.

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:51 pm

ygmir wrote:I think you can buy one round of .50 BMG, and bring it with you next year. I know more than one Burner with a rifle for it.

Forward thinking and violent. I like it

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:55 pm

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Post by **Savannah** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:58 pm

I would buy a chocolate-covered raspberry licorice stick at Walgreen's, and hold onto the remaining six dollars.

. . . God, I love Val Kilmer in that role, Yggy. It's only 1 of 3 times I've ever been impressed with the man, but he was perfection.

snake · Post by **snake** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:06 pm

i would just hold the $7...and how it will be spent in the next 2 weeks will show itself...perhaps gas to get to a food pantry..or to give a friend a ride who may do a good turn back to you when you are in greater need. hold it...until.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:10 pm

melaniejane wrote:
ygmir wrote:I think you can buy one round of .50 BMG, and bring it with you next year. I know more than one Burner with a rifle for it.

Forward thinking and violent. I like it

and for a mere $10,000 US...

something to shoot that round

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:13 pm

Savannah wrote:I would buy a chocolate-covered raspberry licorice stick at Walgreen's, and hold onto the remaining six dollars.

. . . God, I love Val Kilmer in that role, Yggy. It's only 1 of 3 times I've ever been impressed with the man, but he was perfection.

I'm so with ya there, Savannah.

and yeah, only a few times has he been that good.....well, never that good, but close to this role.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:18 pm

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Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:55 pm

I would take the 7 dollars and stash it in secret hiding spot... but only to find i been in this situation a few times before and really there is a bit of money stashed there already!!!! Thats what saving it for a rainy day is all about.

BBadger · Post by **BBadger** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:35 am

melaniejane wrote:giggles... we only have coins for one and two dollars. The other notes are plastic... it would melt before it burnt!

Oh I thought you were talking about real dollars, not that colorful funny money you use down there.

I'd save it so you can buy something you really want, rather than something cheap and temporary.

Shpilkus · Post by **Shpilkus** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:04 am

What a lot of people do that are down to their last few dollars, is to head over to their local Rent-a-Center and rent a 64 inch TV and an X-Box. It always seems like a good idea at the time, and they get to pay 20 times the value of the items. Seven dollars should be enough money down!

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:02 pm

melaniejane wrote: giggles... we only have coins for one and two dollars. The other notes are plastic... it would melt before it burnt!

(image of Aussie bills & $1, $2 coins won't post -sorry)

Do you call the $ coins "loonies: as they do in Canada?
LOL

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:46 pm

Nah we don't call them loonies... but I wish we did as that is cool.

I gave my $7 to a beggar. Made his day.

Post by **Sham** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:55 pm

melaniejane wrote:I gave my $7 to a beggar. Made his day.

Well, if you need it back, you could march yourself right over to the beggar and give him a better story than he gave you, and get your $7.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:43 pm

melaniejane wrote:Nah we don't call them loonies... but I wish we did as that is cool.

I gave my $7 to a beggar. Made his day.

Yeah, because you don't have a loon on your $1 coin. If you had a kookabura, for instance, you could call it a kooka and that would be cool, as well.
(I have a frilled lizard that I picked up on the London Underground when I was 14 or 19 or something and the kangaroo, as well...)

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:32 pm

melaniejane wrote:Nah we don't call them loonies... but I wish we did as that is cool.

I gave my $7 to a beggar. Made his day.

thats very atruistic of you MJ. well done

tamarakay · Post by **tamarakay** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:42 pm

melaniejane wrote:
jkisha wrote:Maybe if you put your remainder money in a savings account rather than trying to figure out how to spend it, you won't be worrying about cutting your budget so short in the future.
Oh stop being sensible!

I don't think he can help himself. AND I think he's my secret twin, we were separated at birth.

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:58 pm

tamarakay wrote:
melaniejane wrote:
jkisha wrote:Maybe if you put your remainder money in a savings account rather than trying to figure out how to spend it, you won't be worrying about cutting your budget so short in the future.
Oh stop being sensible!
I don't think he can help himself. AND I think he's my secret twin, we were separated at birth.

oh Ha and bless you sensible types

I think the karma thing played out... I found my lost wallet in my house last night. I had put it in a "safe" place before I went o/s at the start of August - the wallet had $90 in it that I had forgotten about and my charged up public transport card!

I recall now that I had left money in my wallett because I knew I would be broke post holiday.... so it was kind of like being sensible

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:04 pm

fucking hell ! karma in action

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