The most cash I've ever carriedThere's nothing like carrying large amounts of cash to make yourself feel simultaneously like a lottery winner and an obvious target.
A friend went to buy a car for ten grand, panicked and stuffed it down his pants for safety. It was all a bit smelly by the time he got there and he had to search around for some of it...
Tell us the story behind the most cash you've ever carried.
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chthonic, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 10:39)
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Going up in the worldFirst year university, and I nervously took £1050 (mostly from the insurance on a lovely birthday present that was stolen - a 1967 Triumph Thunderbird my dad had had in the garage for years) into a warehouse in north london by Tube and swapped it for a spanky new computer. 1992, so it was a 386sx25 with 2meg ram. Whee.
Ten years later, on the bus with £4500 in twenties to the bike shop to buy a Suzuki Bandit 1200. Hurrah! It was a surprisingly small wad, fitting easily in my bumbag. I was quite disappointed, but the bike is great.
Which means that in five years I'll have to spend £16k on a computer to keep the cycle going. That'll probably just cover a PlayStation4, looking at the PS3's price!
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Fronds are waving gently on, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 12:48,
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