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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Not cash buta bankers draft which is as good as cash. Just over seventeen thousand pounds for the deposit on our house. I had to carry it from the bank to the solicitors' office (about 500 yards) and I was petrified I was going to lose it somehow.
I kept hold of it in my pocket and it was a little damp and limp when I handed it over. The secretary was really blase about it, but I kept telling her to look after it and keep it in a safe place because it was very important. I probably rambled.
Another story - when a student, three of us rented a house together and we had to provide a deposit and the first term's rent in advance. My friend cycled through the dodgiest bits of Salford with several grand in used notes tucked in his sock. He felt very vulnerable, particularly because two thirds of the money wasn't his and he knew we would be after him if it got nicked. But it didn't. So that was lucky.
I can't work out why I told you all that now. Oh well, you asked.
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in vino veritas, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 17:37,
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