Ask the guy with $186.00 in his wallet.

[msmith537]

That's right. I have $186.00 in my wallet right now. I have more in the bank so if I run out, I can just hit the ATM and get some more. But for now, I'm just going to stick with the $186.00. I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet. Maybe I'll get a latte at Starbucks in the morning. Maybe I'll put some on my Metrocard (but probably not since I usually use my credit card for that. Maybe I'll use it to buy lunch tomorrow. Not sure where though. With $186.00, I can pretty much eat lunch anywhere in the city. Chipotle, Popeye's, Oyster Bar in Grand Central. I can even eat at Heartland Brewery's HB Burger. It's fancier because it makes an acronymn out of the name of the parent bar/restaurant.

I can even give some of it to a homeless guy so he can have the $11.50 to get to wherever it is he is pretending to be going.

So go ahead. Feel free to ask me anything.

[Bootis]

Metrocard means NYC right? If so then my question is: DO you, living in NYC, regardles of how much money may be in your wallet, ever actually choose Chipotle or Popeyes over the infinite cheaper and better choices in the city with the best food options on the planet?

[Duke]

I heartily recommend 30 burritos at Chipotle's. You won't even run out of combinations.

[i am a scientist]

After federal, state, and city taxes (depending on your income bracket) that's probably more like $145.

Fortunately for you there's a tax attorney right here on the SDMB.

He'll cost you though.

[JimmyFlair]

Wow...what fabulous adventures you could take! I dream of the day that I could do that, maybe I'd grab a bowl of pho at Saigon Y2K (best name ever), or maybe I could buy a new dog brush, a pack of stamps, or even a new baking sheet!

Until I manage to hit the ATM, I'll have to live vicariously through you. So - what's the first five dollar bill going to be used for?

[Quintas]

T.........so he can have the $11.50 to get to wherever it is he is pretending to be going.

that made me laugh.

i need sleep.

[Dangerosa]

Are you aware that $186 is four months income in Sierra Leone? How do you sleep at night? Do you think your life is intrinsically worth more than a water buffalo farmer?

[Alice The Goon]

Does your wife/exwife/girlfriend/kids know that you have money in your wallet? If so, how is it still in there?

If you were mugged on the street (New York City!), would you give the robber the whole $186.00 or would you try to keep some of it?

How long do you think it will be before you run out of cash and have to go to the ATM?

[i am a scientist]

I think you should soak it in water, freeze it, and then bludgeon a poor person to death.

[Alice The Goon]

I think you should soak it in water, freeze it, and then bludgeon a poor person to death.


And then thaw it out, and serve it, I mean give it, to the police officers investigating the death! Ha! Brilliant!

[John DiFool]

Wasn't it that Brimstone TV series (canceled way prematurely) where the hero would always have 37 bucks and change to start each day (the amount he had on him when he died)?

[i am a scientist]

And then thaw it out, and serve it, I mean give it, to the police officers investigating the death! Ha! Brilliant!

Then, from the balcony of your opulent home, watch the fools spend it. Turn to your manservant(s) and say, "Colsteadworth, I will need another $186.00..."

Cackle to taste

[Rand Rover]

Do you always carry that much cash around? I usually have like 20 bucks, never more than 100.

[Anamorphic]

Could I borrow $186? I will gladly pay you back next Tuesday.

[Desert Nomad]

Do you always carry that much cash around? I usually have like 20 bucks, never more than 100.

I wouldn't think you'd ever even seen a bill under $100. ;)

[Maeglin]

I have a question.

Have you ever actually eaten the HB Burger?

[norinew]

For all of you who think the OP has 'too much spare cash', let me say this: every other Monday (and today was the Monday), I go to the bank and take out $500.00 in cash; that doesn't pay the electric/gas, etc. but it does buy us groceries, pay for my daughter's bowling league, pay for dinner/lunch out approx twice per week. If I want a bottle of bourbon or rum, it comes out of that $500.00. It pays for whatever gas I need for the two weeks.

I didn't get my $500.00 today (Monday), but I will tomorrow, and it will last me the two weeks.

I live comfortably. If I want to take my sister out to lunch at Ruby Tuesday's, and we both decide to have two drinks, it's no biggie. But it's not a fortune.

At the end of those two weeks, I'm often calculating how I can get through the next few days on the $50.00 or so I've got left in my wallet.

Yes, I have a debit card. In fact, I have two of them. I try not to use them unless I need to order something online or make hotel reservations, etc.

IOW, I try not to use them for everyday expenses. The cash pays for them.

[Wesley Clark]

Why must you torment us lowliers with your gobs of cash?


*Sobs all over his dixie cup of faygo*

[Hakuna Matata]

I know this is a tongue in cheek thread but norinew lives almost the exact opposite life I do. I take $100 out once a month and still have most of it at the end of the month. I use credit cards for everything I buy and just pay the bill at the end of the month. It is so rare that I actually purchase anything with cash. Just interesting how people are so different. My ex wife does everything by check and I can't imagine writing that many checks. The only check I do write is an alimony check to her...oh great..now I am in a bad mood :D

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

Why must you torment us with you dixie cups of faygo*






* yes, I did have to google to find out what the hell faygo is.

[i am a scientist]

Why must you torment us lowliers with your gobs of cash?


*Sobs all over his dixie cup of faygo*

You have the Internet? You're a king among the Juggalos (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=faygo)

[Wesley Clark]

You sure you're a scientist? Your link says 'juggalo' but takes me to 'faygo'. A real scientist would've caught that.

Either way, I actually drink Kroger brand soda. But 'kroger brand soda' doesn't have the same aura of frugality as faygo.



Sobs into his dixie cup of Big K citrus drop

[msmith537]

I have a question.

Have you ever actually eaten the HB Burger?

I have. It's ok. Nothing to write home about and I certainly wouldn't put it up there with the 37 places that claim to be the "best burger in NYC" (which include P.J. Clarks, Shake Shack, Corner Bistro, off the top of my head.)



After federal, state, and city taxes (depending on your income bracket) that's probably more like $145.


Well, technically the money in my wallet is after-tax.



If you were mugged on the street (New York City!), would you give the robber the whole $186.00 or would you try to keep some of it?


I'd give it all to him and then go mug someone else.

[i am a scientist]

You sure you're a scientist? Your link says 'juggalo' but takes me to 'faygo'. A real scientist would've caught that.


I know, I only ever hear Faygo in relation to followers of the Insane Clown Posse, known as Juggalos (see definition #2 in the link). I thought you were referring to that.

See here (http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/august2009/DRK_CRNVL/juggalo_gathering_2009.htm) for an informative/horrifying journey into the Insane Clown Posse sub-culture.

And I'm not a scientist, I'm a just Guided by Voices fan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Scientist).

[CT_Damsel]

Hey Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Who knew I could use this twice in one night. (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12094898#post12094898/)
:D

[El_Kabong]

Presumably at some point, you started off with a rounded amount in your wallet, like $190 or $200. So, what happened to the rest of it, and why are you holding out on us?

Eating at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central sounds like something Cary Grant might do just before chasing after Eva Marie Saint on the 20th Century Limited, so I'm intrigued. Thing is, I don't like oysters. What else have they got that's good?

[valleyofthedolls]

With $186.00, I can pretty much eat lunch anywhere in the city. Chipotle, Popeye's, Oyster Bar in Grand Central. I can even eat at Heartland Brewery's HB Burger. It's fancier because it makes an acronymn out of the name of the parent bar/restaurant.

So go ahead. Feel free to ask me anything.

Why do you go to such boring places for lunch? Is it strictly a time limit thing?

[Sunspace]

So close! So close! If you had $188.91 in your pocket, that would be the largest sum attainable using only one of each commonly-available denomination. $100+$50+$20+$10+$5+$2+$1+$0.50+$0.25+$0.10+$0.05+$0.01. :)

[Dallas Jones]

What do you think ATM's will be like when you need to visit one in the distant future?

Probably nothing like they are today.

[tr0psn4j]

Do you think your money is better spent on a $186 hooker, five $37.2 hookers or ten $18.6 dollar hookers?

OR A HUNDRED AND EIGHT SIX $1 HOOKERS?!!!!

[msmith537]

Why do you go to such boring places for lunch? Is it strictly a time limit thing?

Because I can't get a reservation at dorsia?

It's what happens to be close to my office. I'm just looking for a cheap, quick bite to eat.

Midtown is deceptively boring when it comes to lunch. It's a lot of touristy chain restuarants and sandwich shops.

[i am a scientist]

But La Bernadin? And Per Se?

I think you can check your coat for $186 at Per Se.

[Iridescent Orb]

Do you think your money is better spent on a $186 hooker, five $37.2 hookers or ten $18.6 dollar hookers?

OR A HUNDRED AND EIGHT SIX $1 HOOKERS?!!!!

I suspect the total number of teeth will be the same no matter what option he selects.

[fuzzypickles]

Can you point out which dark alleys you take to work? ;)

[ToeJam]

1. What's the secret to life and/or happiness?

2. If you could spend your $186.00 on anything in the world, what one thing would you spend it on? Note, whatever you leave after buying that one thing would cause the rest of the money to explode into flames, so pick the one thing you'd buy carefully.... But don't worry, you already shot Hitler in this inane Question by traveling back in time to last week.

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

Do you think your money is better spent on a $186 hooker, five $37.2 hookers or ten $18.6 dollar hookers?

OR A HUNDRED AND EIGHT SIX $1 HOOKERS?!!!!

They'd steal his money!









...wait a sec.

[dnooman]

Somewhere there is a guy that sells sprinkles, and he is like...."Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school. Because, kids like sprinkles. Colorful wax, with a bit of sugar in there. The sprinkles go on top of Ice Cream.

[Remarkable]

Somewhere there is a guy that sells sprinkles, and he is like...."Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school. Because, kids like sprinkles. Colorful wax, with a bit of sugar in there. The sprinkles go on top of Ice Cream.

....


.......



......................





:confused:

[appleciders]

I suspect the total number of teeth will be the same no matter what option he selects.

Made me chuckle. Hey, wait, what are you doing with that handbasket?

[dnooman]

....


.......



......................





:confused:

Man, if you have to ask...

[Shirley Ujest]

Why must you torment us lowliers with your gobs of cash?


*Sobs all over his dixie cup of faygo*

At least you have a dixie cup to drink your faygo. I have to drink my faygo right out of the bottle. YOU ELITIST BASTARD!!!!!

[Half Man Half Wit]

1. What's the secret to life and/or happiness?
Somewhat surprisingly, turns out it's having $187 in your wallet...

[Smeghead]

Can you spot me twenty bucks?

[interface2x]

So go ahead. Feel free to ask me anything.Can I have it? I'll be in NYC this Friday, I can pick it up in person. I won't pay it back.

[Sigmagirl]

It's been more than 12 hours. Do you still have $186? If so, what are the denominations? I'd like a more specific listing. Any hundreds? Are they new bills? How can you be sure none of it is counterfeit? Do you have one of those special markers and a black light?

[msmith537]

It's been more than 12 hours. Do you still have $186? If so, what are the denominations? I'd like a more specific listing. Any hundreds? Are they new bills? How can you be sure none of it is counterfeit? Do you have one of those special markers and a black light?

They are all still there so my girlfriend didn't take any of them in the night.;)

Sixteen singles, a ten and the rest in 20s. I suspect it was $200 from my last ATM visit.

I paid for the bus with one of the bus tickets I had on me and decided to walk from the Port Authority so no need to spend cash there. Breakfast I paid for with a credit card. It will be interesting to see how long I can keep them in my wallet.

[Ann Hedonia]

I have $260.00 in my wallet and $9.87 in my coat pocket

[norinew]

I have $260.00 in my wallet and $9.87 in my coat pocket
I have $26.00 in my wallet, but $1,135.00 in cash and money orders in the kitchen cupboard. . .

[miamouse]

What else have they got that's good?

Chowdah, also mmmm crab cakes.

I miss Manhattan. I gots to get me a job.

[tr0psn4j]

Have you thought about converting some of those 20s into a 100? I think the going rate is something like five 20s to a 100.

[Shagnasty]

Do you have a bodyguard? Do you worry that you might walk past people or places of indecent morals and not be able to restrain yourself leading to a tragic death spiral of epic proportions the world has really seen before except in 'Leaving Los Vegas' or 'American Beauty'?

[justrob]

Do you know any origami? It would probably be pretty fun to change that $187 into $167 cash money + 1 origamy crane worth $20.

[Beware of Doug]

Misread as:
Ask the guy with $186.00 in his toilet.

That would either have to be a financial outlay (can you even get a toilet and install it properly for that sum?)...or a tragic error.

[Wesley Clark]

I know, I only ever hear Faygo in relation to followers of the Insane Clown Posse, known as Juggalos (see definition #2 in the link). I thought you were referring to that.

See here (http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/august2009/DRK_CRNVL/juggalo_gathering_2009.htm) for an informative/horrifying journey into the Insane Clown Posse sub-culture.

And I'm not a scientist, I'm a just Guided by Voices fan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Scientist).

Nah, I didn't even know what Juggalos were. But the definition listed on that website wasn't very enamoring.

Faygo used to be more available in Indiana, but it has mostly been replaced by store brand sodas.

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

Somewhere there is a guy that sells sprinkles, and he is like...."Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school, Fund an Ice cream day at a school. Because, kids like sprinkles. Colorful wax, with a bit of sugar in there. The sprinkles go on top of Ice Cream.

There's another guy* who's like..."..shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich"






*Bubba, from Forrest Gump.

[MeanOldLady]

I heartily recommend 30 burritos at Chipotle's. You won't even run out of combinations.I almost choked on my tea reading this. In fact, I still have some tea stuck between my nose and throat. :(

Q: Do you tend to withdraw cash, spend it, then withdraw some more when you need it, or do you kind of mix it up between spending cash and using your ATM/debit card? Are you not going to swipe your card until the $186 is spent?

[badbadrubberpiggy]

Misread as:
Ask the guy with $186.00 in his toilet.

That would either have to be a financial outlay (can you even get a toilet and install it properly for that sum?)...or a tragic error.

Or someone taking the phrase, "pissing money away" just a little too literally.

[Sigmagirl]

Have you thought about converting some of those 20s into a 100? I think the going rate is something like five 20s to a 100.

How do they stay in business?

Volume.

[rowe]

How do they stay in business?

Volume.

What about special requests? Can you handle that?

[norinew]

Have you thought about converting some of those 20s into a 100? I think the going rate is something like five 20s to a 100.
Srsly?!?!? Dude, I've got two $100.00 bills; are you really, truly telling me I can get ten $20.00 bills for them? Srsly?? Rlly???:p:D

OK, off to the bank I go!;)

[LonesomePolecat]

See here (http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/august2009/DRK_CRNVL/juggalo_gathering_2009.htm) for an informative/horrifying journey into the Insane Clown Posse sub-culture.
The horror. The horror.

[Skammer]

Misread as:
Ask the guy with $186.00 in his toilet.

That would either have to be a financial outlay (can you even get a toilet and install it properly for that sum?)...or a tragic error.
You made me spit on my monitor.

[msmith537]

*Bubba, from Forrest Gump.

Wooo...I could go eat lunch at Bubba Gump's in Times Square,,

[vd]

How many all-syrup Super Squishies does $186 buy?

[FalseMirage]

Where did you get the $186?

[salinqmind]

I had $186 in my wallet once. I tried to prolong the experience but the cat, child, and husband stubbornly insisted I buy them food, damn them!

[tr0psn4j]

Srsly?!?!? Dude, I've got two $100.00 bills; are you really, truly telling me I can get ten $20.00 bills for them? Srsly?? Rlly???:p:D

OK, off to the bank I go!;)

You have $200 and you let this $186 loser start this thread?!

[Oregon sunshine]

Dang, you're rich!!

[norinew]

You have $200 and you let this $186 loser start this thread?!
I know, but I like to think of it more in terms of 'charity' to those who have less than myself. . .:p:D

[SanibelMan]

Do you keep the bills in order? I keep my bills organized, bigger bills in the back, singles up front, all facing the right way. My wife thinks I'm insane.

(I only have $21 in my wallet, but $6 of that is singles. Who wants some Gardetto's Snack Mix from the vending machine!?)

[Shagnasty]

Where did you get the $186?

If you add the 1 and the 8 together and reverse it, then it becomes 69 which indicates perverted gay male prostitution. I have worked with msmith537 in real life and even introduced him to this board. He seems like he is certainly worth $180 for 10 minutes. What disturbs me is where the extra $6 came from.

[norinew]

Do you keep the bills in order? I keep my bills organized, bigger bills in the back, singles up front, all facing the right way. My wife thinks I'm insane.


I do this, too! Every day or two, I take all the cash out of my wallet (in the privacy of my home) and arrange it. Part of it is having grown up in the suburb of a 'big city' (Baltimore) where you didn't necessarily want every Tom, Dick and Harry to know how much cash you had in your wallet, so you arrange it so you can pay for any given purchase by pulling out the smallest bills possible. Part of it is just maybe a touch of OCD. . .

I don't know if my hubby would think me insane; as far as I know, he's never noticed.

[tr0psn4j]

I usually put them in order too but I make sure I have a One on both ends, to hide the true contents of my fat stack.

[msmith537]

Where did you get the $186?


From an ATM. It's not so much that I got the $6 from anywhere as it was left over after I bought $14 worth of something. Probably several trips to Starbucks.


If you add the 1 and the 8 together and reverse it, then it becomes 69 which indicates perverted gay male prostitution. I have worked with msmith537 in real life and even introduced him to this board.


I should note that the subjects of these two sentences are not connected.:eek:


Anhow the money is all spent (and then some). In anticipation of being snowed in today, a couple of my buddies hit our local bar (it's always $20 a person, no matter how much we drink) followed by a visit to the stripclub ($6 for coatcheck, $110 for booze and food, no lapdances or anything, $50 cab ride home).

[norinew]

Anhow the money is all spent (and then some). In anticipation of being snowed in today, a couple of my buddies hit our local bar (it's always $20 a person, no matter how much we drink) followed by a visit to the stripclub ($6 for coatcheck, $110 for booze and food, no lapdances or anything, $50 cab ride home).
:D
When women anticipate a snow storm, they usually go to the market and make sure they have enough eggs, bread, milk and toilet paper. I guess when men hear a storm forecast, they hit the bars.

To be perfectly honest, though, I do (in addition to the milk/eggs/bread/toilet paper) make sure I have enough rum. . .;)

I guess, in the interest of full disclosure, you'll now have to go start a thread called "Ask the guy who used to have $186.00 in his wallet before he blew it all on booze and strippers" :p

[WordMan]

Dang, you're rich!!

Don't let's start that again, okay? That's an upper-middle-class wallet, surely.

;)

And msmith537 please tell me you have a favorite curbside vendor. That one at 48th and Park by the Grand Central north entrance is really good, as is the one at 47th and Madison. Some lamb and chicken over rice, maybe with some hot sauce and barbeque sauce - extra peppers and onions? That's a meal right there, my friend, and it won't send your wallet south more than $8 if you get a Peach Snapple.

Ah, NYC Street Food - is there nothing you can't do?

[Maeglin]

Don't let's start that again, okay? That's an upper-middle-class wallet, surely.

;)

And msmith537 please tell me you have a favorite curbside vendor. That one at 48th and Park by the Grand Central north entrance is really good, as is the one at 47th and Madison. Some lamb and chicken over rice, maybe with some hot sauce and barbeque sauce - extra peppers and onions? That's a meal right there, my friend, and it won't send your wallet south more than $8 if you get a Peach Snapple.

Ah, NYC Street Food - is there nothing you can't do?

I know, I know, this isn't my thread, but I cannot resist the chance to stump for my pal on Barclay and W. Broadway. If you are ever downtown, you have to get a gyro from this guy. $4 buys you a gigantic lamb patty and the greasiest damn pita that will ever ooze on your shirt. I don't have to go into the WFC much anymore, but when I worked there full time, it was hard not getting his gyro every day. It is not to be missed.

[WordMan]

I know, I know, this isn't my thread, but I cannot resist the chance to stump for my pal on Barclay and W. Broadway. If you are ever downtown, you have to get a gyro from this guy. $4 buys you a gigantic lamb patty and the greasiest damn pita that will ever ooze on your shirt. I don't have to go into the WFC much anymore, but when I worked there full time, it was hard not getting his gyro every day. It is not to be missed.

Finding your favorite street food is a thing of beauty, man. A greasy, cheap, mouth-entrancing secret where others are afraid to tread.

...oh, dammit - I got drool on my keyboard...I gotta get me downtown.

[justrob]

Anhow the money is all spent (and then some). In anticipation of being snowed in today, a couple of my buddies hit our local bar (it's always $20 a person, no matter how much we drink) followed by a visit to the stripclub ($6 for coatcheck, $110 for booze and food, no lapdances or anything, $50 cab ride home).

From that breakdown the only thing that seems unreasonable is the $50 cab ride. Of course I don't really know the going cab rate in NYC or how far you live from the club so there you go.

[msmith537]

From that breakdown the only thing that seems unreasonable is the $50 cab ride. Of course I don't really know the going cab rate in NYC or how far you live from the club so there you go.

One of the drawbacks to living in Hoboken. The cabbies can't take anyone back through the tunnel so you have to pay round trip and toll. It's a flat rate plus toll but you can negotiate a bit.

[valleyofthedolls]

Finding your favorite street food is a thing of beauty, man. A greasy, cheap, mouth-entrancing secret where others are afraid to tread.

...oh, dammit - I got drool on my keyboard...I gotta get me downtown.

Try the Kati rolls from the cart guy on 46th and 6th.

[TimeWinder]

So close! So close! If you had $188.91 in your pocket, that would be the largest sum attainable using only one of each commonly-available denomination. $100+$50+$20+$10+$5+$2+$1+$0.50+$0.25+$0.10+$0.05+$0.01. :)

Um, wouldn't that also be the smallest sum attainable by using only one of each of those same denominations? It's not like "one of each of these" is going to give you different results ever. But what do I know? I've only got $40 in my wallet, the largest amount possible by having just two twenty dollar bills.