BikerBabe 0 #1 October 8, 2003 Um, OK, so I got a little bonus. So now I have this *thing* sitting in my bank account, begging to go somewhere else. what would you do? Taxes have already been taken out. I know I should be responsible, but the tunnel and the holiday boogie are calling my name... argh!Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #2 October 8, 2003 Pay off debt, jump my ass off, then invest what little there was left - in that order. Congrats on the bonus. Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #3 October 8, 2003 If you pay off your debts, you'll have more money for all of the rest of the items on that list. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflygoddess 0 #4 October 8, 2003 Jump my ass off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #5 October 8, 2003 CRW main for my current container. All new rig for freefall. I'd probably even have some cash left over to jump with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #6 October 8, 2003 Andi 1) Pay off any consumer debt that you can. 2) The responsible next choice is to invest it (not necessarily in the markets though). But who said skydivers were responsible people thinking of their retirement. I know I haven't invested a penny ever since I started jumping. 3) Do you need gear more than you need jumps (once you're healthy of course) or do you need jumps more than gear? Right now I need jumps more than gear, so I know how I'd lean. But your situation may be different. Above all else, do what you need to do to be happy and secure with your present situation. Having $$$ for the future is good, but being happy now is what counts in my world. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whocares 0 #7 October 8, 2003 Buy Kind Bud... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #8 October 8, 2003 Spend it recklessly, with abandon. I had $6k at the beginning of the summer. So I quit my job and over the next few months spent every last dime - traveling, boogieing, partying and buying things I wanted but didn't need. I'm as broke as I've ever been now. Was it worth it? Ohhhh HELL yeah... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aero04 0 #9 October 8, 2003 I'm fortunate in that I have no debts yet, so can't do that. However when student loans come due, I'll be up to arse in debt... I'd buy a brand new rig, new container, main, reserve, cypress, audible, and everything else I've said, "When I have some more cash, I'll have to buy that." Then I'd put about 1000 away in savings and put the rest to my loans. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #10 October 8, 2003 Pay off my credit card!!!!!!! My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #11 October 8, 2003 I voted for "other" 'cause if I had 7500 extra bucks sitting around I'd send some to this Really Great Guy named Keith Seriously though, it's a BONUS, and should be spent on stuff that makes you happy. Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airgord 1 #12 October 8, 2003 You have a broken flipper and you cannot jump, give the money to Gordo and he'll take care of it for you. Trust me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #13 October 8, 2003 TUNNEL!!! Tunnel, tunnel, tunnel maybe the 4-way/tunnel combined camp TUNNEL Jump jump jump and a little booze ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racenic 0 #14 October 8, 2003 bank it for a rainy day! You say your husband races Bikes? and he has been injured recently? Will just sit on it for a while, Why must you spend it right away??? Nick Nick D The key to Immortality is- first living a life worth remembering” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #15 October 8, 2003 I have no debt. I'd get a good trailer/RV and set it up at the DZ. I'd buy and old school Atari and a few cool games to play after sunset at the DZ. Oh a few cases of beer for friends and comrades. Ken"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot90 0 #16 October 8, 2003 if you get a old Atari, i just found a buch of software i had stashed away Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #17 October 8, 2003 Ok.. lets be rational here...... since credit debt eats up monthly income.. pay off as much as you can. BUT... being rational skydivers.. I think SOME new gear is in order. you KNOW by the time it arrives you will be READY to use it Jeanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnischalke 0 #18 October 8, 2003 Norway cruise in the spring (with a little side trip to try out a new Vertex 2-pin container and a flik 265). mike Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills--You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jverley 1 #19 October 9, 2003 Dan BC has lovely children who need a college education and he has a Tunnel (or soon will) You can accomplish two things in one act.John Arizona Hiking Trails Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #20 October 9, 2003 You could put a down payment on a house with that and a little bit more. Rent the house out for a $400 month profit. Use that $400 per month for jumps. Good luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #21 October 9, 2003 What me & Iona did with £6,000 (near enough $7,500) was blow it on an month in the states. This was 1997. I did Sky-U in Eloy, Iona did some AFF, bought some gear, took 10 days and "Did a road movie" (drove from Casa Grande to Calgary, around Alberta & back). Made loads of friends, got LOADS of memories. Got back, bought a cheap computer with what was left... & discovered Dropzone.com. Oh yeah... Got back & got a row from parents for not paying off some of the house Still... The "need" to make another "Road Movie" (in our heads) is building again. We're thinking BA to PHX, drive down to Tucson (stop for the night at Eloy - gotta rest after the 13 hour pi$$-up / flight). Couple of days in Tucson, down to Tombstone, across to Yuma, up the Az "West Coast", over to Vegas & pick up I-15(ish) for another blast up to Alberta (it's the journey, not the arrival). Visit the relatives, back down the fast way (straight down I-15 this time). DON'T get lost in SLC at 0200L this time Iona, off onto Utah Hw20 & pick up route 87 to Kanab, the down to the North Rim. Alt 87 & then pick up route 66 east then south to canyon du chelly (has to be good for a couple of days under canvas), through Petrified Forest Nat Pk, work our way back to Phoenix & bugger about shopping & Sedona until either our flights home fall due or INS catch up with us. Now all I've gotta do is scheme up a month off work. How will they survive without me!?. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #22 October 9, 2003 Hi Iona here,the reason I got lost in SLC was they were doing road-works for the winter olympics,so it was'nt really my fault (honest) What did'nt help was mike waking up in the passenger seat sitting bold upright and shouting: "WHERE THE F&CK ARE WE? WHERE THE F&CK IS THE INTERSTATE!!!?" That was why I ran the 2 red lights. At this point I'd just like to point out to the State of Utah that you're road signs are crap. ANd while you may drive on the Right side of the road... That is in fact the wrong side of the road!. The least you could do is move over for the Brit coming toward you. Iona. Mike... Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnischalke 0 #23 October 9, 2003 Bwwwahahahahaaaaaa! Mike, ya got to bring her around more often. She's funny! mike Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills--You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #24 October 9, 2003 Pay off my credit card debt. With the remaining 500$, i'd pay off my overdraft. Damn, i'm broke, lol! The only reason i'd do this is because that is the perfect sum of $$ to leave me f&c. If the question were to be, what would I do with 3000$, i'd pay off one credt card, my overdraft, and buy some gear goodies and jump tickets, lol! Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #25 October 9, 2003 My bonus has always been vacation money. Travel and boogie funds.-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
