View Poll Results: What would you purchase with your extra $50.00? - Voters
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Buy a couple music cds.
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Buy a movie dvd or two (video cassettes also).
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Buy a video game (or a few used ones).
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Buy some good books.
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Put it into my "Kid's are eating me out of house and home fund."
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An EXTRA $50.00?!?! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
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Inq's pole is flawed.
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 Originally Posted by Zasha i happen to work at a library. but even through interlibrary loan we don't have everything. and there are some books one should own for reference. 01.06.2005 17:43 - Mr Epee gets slapped around by a New Jersey librarian.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I happen to own many books, but if I had $50 bucks would you rather chill at my Sangria party, or that I buy a book....
That's what I thought  Take your time. Read carefully.
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Originally Posted by Mr Epee I happen to own many books, but if I had $50 bucks would you rather chill at my Sangria party, or that I buy a book.... if you had fifty bucks? I am but mad by north-north west. When the wind is southerly i know a hawk from a handsaw. -Hamlet
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$50 for entertainment?
$12 for an excellent California Cabernet
$6 for some excellent Guyere
$1 for a fresh baked bagette
$12 for a nice background music CD (Hmm.. classical? Grofe? or Brandenberg Concertos? )
$10 for some flowers
$8 for a pound of special dark chocolate truffles...
Leaves me $1 for candles and matches for mood lighting..
*Grins* Special company not included..
Books I've got....
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Originally Posted by swordwench Wow, you have to pay for screws? Your wife has quite a scam running, huh?  Who said anything about my wife? And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
~Hamlet
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If I had an extra $50 I would wonder where the hell it came from.
I hate money, but I love shopping, so I'd have to say all of the above (spending more than the $50). Winning isn't everything, it just lets you fence longer.
Minute help entrusting which it knows it gives. -- Translated by Google from a Vietnamese post.
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$50?
$10/day for three Prise de Fer tournaments (91 5-touch bouts, 4 15-touch bouts, 2 medals, a sword, and a PdF patch) this past weekend.
$20 Division Championships (with all of 10 people, I've heard :eyeroll:) this coming Saturday.
Mmmm, doesn't cover gas or tolls (Philly to Boston and back twice).
That's what I've spent my most recent $50 of entertainment money on.
-B :) "Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
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Originally Posted by oiuyt That's what I've spent my most recent $50 of entertainment money on.
-B  So what's your motivation? Take your time. Read carefully.
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Originally Posted by oiuyt $50?
$10/day for three Prise de Fer tournaments (91 5-touch bouts, 4 15-touch bouts, 2 medals, a sword, and a PdF patch) this past weekend....
Mmmm, doesn't cover gas or tolls (Philly to Boston and back twice). And it doesn't cover the money for the overpriced hotdogs and pizza, either. But one good look at that sword you got, and wasn't it all worth it? Forget the medals - which were plentiful enough for you - THAT SWORD!
BTW, nice job. You're scary.
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Originally Posted by swordwench And it doesn't cover the money for the overpriced hotdogs and pizza, either. ;) But one good look at that sword you got, and wasn't it all worth it? Forget the medals - which were plentiful enough for you - THAT SWORD!
BTW, nice job. You're scary. Didn't spend any money on over-priced hotdogs or pizza. I rarely eat while fencing (bad, I know, especially on days like those). Ate breakfast on my way each morning (sausage, egg & cheese on a croissant from Dunkin' Donuts.... Mmmmm), ate after fencing each day (brought a sandwich and fruit on Sunday, wraps and fruit on Monday, in both cases ended up not eating until I was done, although I brought them in order to be able to eat during the day if necessary). Drank lots of water. Given that the food was raided from my Mom's refrigerator, I don't think I can tag a direct monetary cost to it. :)
So what's your motivation?
I enjoy fencing. I enjoy competing. I enjoy performing well. They were offering a sword for the top 3-weapon performance and I've never won a sword prize before. These were my primariy motivation (okay, I have four "primary" motivations... these were the top tier motivations, if you will). Secondary considerations included having an excuse to finally go check out PdF's new space, seeing many fencing friends, an additional training opportunity, a shot at re-earning classifications (re-earned all three, although the sabre was already current-year, came within one 4-5 loss from earning an improved foil rating), I like bright shinies, I got to visit with my Mom, who lives in the area, it kept me busy on a weekend, and a whole bunch of other reasons that most people here probably don't care about.
While there were lots of other benefits, that's clearly (to me anyway) $50 spent on entertainment. And, especially the $30 for the PdF tournaments, money well spent. Given the amount I drink (or don't), money better spent (for me, not necessarily for other people) than on sangria (although, to be fair, there's significant value in enjoyable time with friends, time which can be obtained either while fencing at a tournament, or relaxing with fun, summertime drinks in hand).
Swordwench- You didn't introduce yourself. :( From context in other posts I finally figured out this morning who you are in RL.
-B :) "Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
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Money can't buy happiness.
But it does buy stuff, and experiences.
And stuff makes me happy. And so do experiences.
That said, by the time I figured out what to spend that $50 on, it's already been spent on diapers and baby food and toys.
Which also makes me happy! Just because you have the right, that doesn't mean it is right.
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"If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it."  Gotta love Weird Al.
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Originally Posted by Epee_Pox Money can't buy happiness.
But it does buy stuff, and experiences.
And stuff makes me happy. And so do experiences.
That said, by the time I figured out what to spend that $50 on, it's already been spent on diapers and baby food and toys.
Which also makes me happy! i thought you were in high school!
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Originally Posted by CutLass i thought you were in high school! Who says he's NOT?  Oh, that was mean.
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Originally Posted by Go? Fencing? "If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it." Gotta love Weird Al. To quote Mrs. Howell from Gilligan's Island: "Anyone who says money doesn't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop".
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I picked books becau....
Wait... What about Inq's pole???
-Da Mose
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"What did I tell you about being stupid? You don't get a birthday this year."
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That would buy me 3 lessons from my coach and a beer for each of us. (Once)
Probably? It would go towards my travel fund for this summer.
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I don't care too much for money, because money can't buy me love. Don't let 'em drop it. Don'tlet'emdropit. Stop it... bebop it.
~Charlie Mingus
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Originally Posted by Moses I picked books becau....
Wait... What about Inq's pole???
'E's got a HUUUUUGE...tract o' land!
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Sorry I had to go with a flawed pole due to the lack of alchol purchase (beer wine Tequlia) Besides if I bought another book I would have to buy more book ends or another book shelf and then I am over the 50 I started with The Epeeman, the Epeeman, in frayed and tattered gear
Can lick his weight in wildcats and can drink his weight in beer
And for the foil and sabreman he hasn't any fear
For he's a late edition of the dashing Musketeer.
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