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I am lucky enough to have been given £1000 for my 40th. My house is paid for (well just getting built)but paid for .My car is ok and i got 2 ATB, the missus has got me a tasty watch ,im at a loss what to buy. I dont want bike parts or upgrades i fancy something that will last for years, I might buy a couple of ounces of gold and keep for when the price goes up. We got some artwork so i'm not after a Banksy or owt ?? any suggestions ?


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:11 am
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Magic Beans, £1000/kg delivered PP Gift....

Gold is at a high price currently, more rises might not yield much.
Fine wine or Whskey?


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:21 am
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Whiskey.. I like that idea myself.

But I would say Gold is the best idea. Buy non jewellery items though as its much better value.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:25 am
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Hookers and blow


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:25 am
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Gold prices - things don't go up forever.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:30 am
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From left field.. How about some skills training / a course of some sort ? Memories last forever 😉

Doesn't have to be bike related. I hired the services of a pro racing driver for a 1 to 1 for a day, including use of Silverstone and hired Exige for similar £ (though that was a few years back)

I usually kick everyone's ass at karting on stag dos /birthdays / corporate events now. Priceless 🙂


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:35 am
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Lego

My boy collects the starwars stuff. I kid you not the price rises 300% over a few years

He has just sold some little lego starwars figures he bought for a 1$ (Florida) and sold them for about £8 each.

I'm amazed by it all


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 12:46 am
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Electric guitar, something like a fender strat. Gives you something to do when you can't get out to ride.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 6:44 am
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For someone who appears to have everything.... Donate it to a charity of your choice, or something altruistic like that. Or better still, give time to a charity of your choice.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 6:57 am
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WHISKY!!!!!!!!!!


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 7:56 am
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You sound pretty comfortably off so don't worry about buying something which will increase in value. Just splash it on something that you'll remember forever. Priceless.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 8:18 am
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+1 WHISKY.....You could get a beatifull bottle of malt and invite us all for a dram....


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 8:22 am
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I am lucky enough to have been given £1000 for my 40th. My house is paid for (well just getting built)but paid for .My car is ok and i got 2 ATB, the missus has got me a tasty watch ,im at a loss what to buy. I dont want bike parts or upgrades i fancy something that will last for years, I might buy a couple of ounces of gold and keep for when the price goes up. We got some artwork so i'm not after a Banksy or owt ?? any suggestions ?

Sucks to be you!

I'm a watch addict. I'd buy another watch...something you won't lose money on, and may even make a bit.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 9:23 am
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A massive tattoo?


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 9:32 am
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Crack and Hookers. Or even Crack on Hookers...


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 9:36 am
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Nice holiday with whoever was kind enough to give you £1k.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 9:40 am
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- Skills course.
- Bike holiday!
- Personal trainer sessions?

For the money you could get all three!


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 9:54 am
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'Buy experiences, not possessions' is a phrase I was once told.

Do a skydive over the great barrier reef, landing on the beach in Cairns. (Might be pushing it for £1k, but that would be the kind of thing I'd do)


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 10:05 am
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Save if for retirement. It'll allow you to stop working a month earlier.

If I had that sort of money that I had to spend and yet wasn't sure what to spend it on, then it would go on a holiday (probably involving an event of some sort) without a doubt. T-P perhaps.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 10:22 am
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Holiday ftw, somewhere HOT with bicycles. Whistler? Calafornia? Thailand?

or get a cheap flight to Amsterdam and GET OFF YOUR FACE for a week.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 10:47 am
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As above a holiday somewhere seriously hot that involves bicycles


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 10:54 am
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Chakaping i think you are right , its from the mother ,a holiday with the family would be great but we do that every year and as amazing as it is ,i need action ?


 
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As above a holiday somewhere seriously hot that involves [s]bicycles[/s] hookers and crack"

There you go.


 
Posted : 23/05/2013 9:04 pm