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Ways to spend approximately $3000

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molsongolden
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How would you guys spend three grand to maximize fun per dollar? My girlfriend will also have $3k so activities where we could pool our resources are welcome as well.

Some ideas that I have so far are:

blow
hookers
butt sex
my little pony
marsland
weed
three chicks at the same time
give it away to a 14 year old from NS
(just wanted to get those out of the way)

- climbing and mountaineering gear
- rafting gear
- cheap mountain bike and shoes (probably a rockhopper)
- cheap road bike (felt f series)
- scuba cert and gear
- trips to mexico
- volcano mountaineering trip in ecuador
- some sort of outdoor certification/training (already have wfr)

any ideas?
Sep 19 2011 10:07AM
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TOK
Posts: 2928 - Karma: 2,540
Set of pow skis and some cat tickets.
Sep 19 2011 10:12AM
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corona
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my tuition?

if it's for winter time I'd rent a fly-in cabin somewhere in interior BC and eat and ski and party like kings with a bunch of friends for a week.
Sep 19 2011 10:19AM
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Blurst
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Yepppers.

Mountain bike is a really good idea too. If you take care of it it can last for a long time and mountain biking fucking rules.
Sep 19 2011 10:20AM
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Bmo.
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a canon 5D mark II
canon L glass
skis
plane tickets to new zealand
Sep 19 2011 12:07PM
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Balto
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3k worth of cocaine, re sell for more, rinse and repete
Sep 19 2011 12:10PM
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Milksteak
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Obviously cocaine.
Sep 19 2011 12:10PM
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the_moderaper
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Go on multiple skiing trips in hard to get to places. Rent out a cabin for a 4 day weekend at 3 different places. Between lift tickets, food, traveling costs, it should run you about 3k. Just grab friends and some planning swag.
Sep 19 2011 12:14PM
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drwclrk
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Take your girlfriend to the Virgin Islands and go camping, hiking, and snorkeling for a week.
Sep 19 2011 12:27PM
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yuck
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plane tickets to NZ. you wont have much once you get there haha but bumming it in a shit van across NZ is one of my life goals
Sep 19 2011 12:43PM
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skithesprings
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multiple lbs of mexi brick weed, sell on college campuses to freshmen looking to rebel against their parents, profit tenfold.
Sep 19 2011 12:44PM
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vandersteeze
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Hahahahah YESSS
Sep 19 2011 12:47PM
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introvert
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Get a nice camera
Sep 19 2011 12:48PM
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H8CH
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A week of Heli skiing in Alaska or BC at Points north, or Mica etc.... 

is the obvious answer....

Sep 19 2011 12:54PM
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Sno.
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take 2k and go on an awesome vacation. Then take the other 4k and put it into a high risk/high reward mutual fund.
Sep 19 2011 12:55PM
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Bubba-Snax
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college tuition, car insurance, rent money, and food and whatever you have left over goes to ridiculous amounts of alcohol and day ski trips?
Sep 19 2011 12:59PM
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DUKES
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invest and grow that money. keep it for emergencies. got to remember that shit happens
Sep 19 2011 1:01PM
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WikiWiki
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your halfway to buying me motec EMS for my car- just send it to me ill invest it real good
Sep 19 2011 1:05PM
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Blake.P
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Pow skis and a week at Retallack cat skiing or heli skiing in bc
Sep 19 2011 1:06PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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If you really feel like blowing 3 grand, just buy a bunch of skis and bindings from last year and you''l be set for a really long. or i guess you might want newer skis eventually. So just set the money aside for skis and whatnot in the future.
Sep 19 2011 1:29PM
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skier_boy26
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travel to some places in asia for a few months. Best way to stretch out that money.
Sep 19 2011 1:31PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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MOTORCYCLE
Sep 19 2011 1:34PM
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SkiThe603
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Weed
Sep 19 2011 1:35PM
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Dustin.
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I say take 2k for a vacation, and put 4k on black.

Doesn't get more high risk/high reward than that. 50% of the time, it works every time.
Sep 19 2011 1:36PM
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Sno.
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I've been wanting to do that with Black Jack for a long time..l.but I pretty much just shit my pants every time I think about actually being there and putting that money down.
Sep 19 2011 1:59PM
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comeatmebro
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black=roulette

not sure if you were on the same page...
Sep 19 2011 2:01PM
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vincepru
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get on that yola track and ball outta control. its all about revenue retrievin
Sep 19 2011 2:01PM
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andstuff
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Too bad a weekend costs more than $3k...
Sep 19 2011 2:03PM
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caliskigirl
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Awesome vacation-either a sick ski trip or to somewhere tropical for a while...bringing friends of course. Or in my case...towards my student loans :(
Sep 19 2011 2:04PM
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Sno.
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yeah, I got that. Was just saying that I've been wanting to put a large sum of money down on a single hand of black jack-- which is similar to what he was proposing with a single spin in roulette.  I think in black jack your odds are less than 50/50 though, I think its slightly higher for the house, but I do like the idea of having a little bit of say in my own destiny (ie: choosing to hit or not, double down, etc.).
Sep 19 2011 2:09PM
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fireballin
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I will sell you an 07 stumpjumper for 1200. fox shocks and sram components
Sep 19 2011 2:16PM
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soulskier
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guns and ammunition
Sep 19 2011 2:17PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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save at least half of it for a rainy day / time when you really know what you want to spend it on. thats a ton of money so don't just piss it away like most people do. have fun with half and save half for something important, thats my answer.
Sep 19 2011 2:18PM
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elemeno89
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then youll most likely get the answers from the fist list!
Sep 19 2011 2:41PM
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Dan.
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I second whoever said motorcycle. or you're well on your way to buying a 25000 mile round-the-world ticket
Sep 19 2011 2:43PM
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BUBZ
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buy a watch!
Sep 19 2011 2:53PM
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Rachy
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Buy 2k worth of plain tickets each to cool stuff in the US over the next few months. Like new years in time sqaure, mardi gras, winter x games and so forth. Use couchsurfer.com / ns for places to stay and have a grand each for spending money. Considering how much time it would take, you could save more for other event, work on winningg tickets and so forth.
Sep 19 2011 2:58PM
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jibnut
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A snowmobile
Sep 19 2011 3:00PM
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Sno.
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this
Sep 19 2011 3:04PM
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.spaghetticat.
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YES YES YES!!!!
Sep 19 2011 3:32PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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im sure this guy would appreciate some of it.

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Sep 19 2011 4:18PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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true, I'm changing my answer to buy 3000 worth of gold.
Sep 19 2011 4:18PM
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Sno.
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but they each have 3k. so I think she meant buy tickets with 2,000.00 each, which could be anywhere from 3-7 round trip tickets each depending on your destination and how much you're willing to shop. For instance, the OP is from Colorado, so I looked up round trip tickets from Denver to New Orleans for early May and they're $284 round trip.
Sep 19 2011 4:22PM
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lukewalnuts
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skydiving certification
Sep 19 2011 4:23PM
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Rachy
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Where are you buying tickets?

My flight from LA to Xgames only cost me $212..... LA to MSP was only $278... LA to NY only costs around $300 round trip on Jet Blue....

Probably doesn't work if you live in iowa, but as long as you live near enough to a major airport, it's easy to get flights under $300... that accompanied with vouchers you can get off craigslist... my flights typically cost me less than $100 each. I fly pretty often.. I've magical ways, but they aren't hard to discover.
Sep 19 2011 4:24PM
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grown-ninja
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golds going to bubble be careful,

^dont go to time square for new years, unless you like standing in the freeezing cold in the same spot for 8 hours around 50ok other people, much better ways to spend it than that

Sep 19 2011 4:26PM
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Rachy
Posts: 4355 - Karma: 2,761
Kayak flexible dates, southwest airlines, jet blue airlines, craigslist flight vouchers, book near sold out flights and take standby when available....

Always book final flight through airlines website - get air miles - upgrade to first class.
Sep 19 2011 4:27PM
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Skittle.
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Sep 19 2011 4:31PM
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theabortionator
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Dope skiing, surfing, hiking vacation abroad.



Adventures and memories are the best way to spend your loot.


Stuff can be cool sometimes, but really doing something with your loot is better. At least that's how I feel.



Sep 19 2011 4:31PM
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maxter-paxter
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Sep 19 2011 4:41PM
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Hoppy
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Sep 19 2011 4:57PM
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