# You have just won $1000 tax-free... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983 "2012-01-28T13:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/41 "2012-01-31T22:16:34Z")
Put it in the sock drawer for easy withdrawals. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/42 "2012-01-31T22:22:35Z")
Bank it. I’m working but still a little paranoid about the few years I spent unemployed, so I like to have some rainy day money. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/43 "2012-01-31T22:26:24Z")
Vegas…turn it into $10,000, $9,000 of it taxable. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/44 "2012-01-31T22:58:05Z")
My (14 year old) car no longer starts when you first turn the key (though it always turns over by the second or third try). I suppose I’d use it to get my mechanic to take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/45 "2012-01-31T23:12:59Z")
I’d probably put it towards radioactive iodine treatment for my cat with hyperthyroidism. If it turns out he’s not a candidate for it, I’d put it towards his medication, because it’s going to get expensive! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/46 "2012-01-31T23:23:23Z")
Air compressor, paint gun, primer, [Brandywine](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=house+of+kolor+brandywine&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1111&bih=610&prmd=imvns&resnum=4&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=6193972802239618454&sa=X&ei=rHcoT8O5N-OPiAKI5Km6AQ&ved=0CG8Q8gIwAA#) ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/47 "2012-02-02T12:45:17Z")
If I can convince nine others of you, we could buy a very nice bottle of [wiskey](http://www.whisky-online.com/bowmore-1955-40-year-old-70cl-42-vol-distillery-bottling.html). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/48 "2012-02-02T14:18:03Z")
All of it on red, baby…how can I lose?? ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/49 "2012-02-02T14:20:19Z")
I just dumped my federal and state tax refunds on credit card debt. If I got an extra grand, that’s where it would go, too. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/50 "2012-02-02T14:59:22Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Get an Elfa closet organizer. Awesome. Ckeck out IKEA’s PAX and Rationell closet organizing systems. Double awesome and better priced. Me, I’d replace the floor tiles in my hallway and kitchen with linoleum. The tiles are cement-glued to the wooden floorplanks and all of them have worked themselves loose, but not in the neat way where you can put them back. I’ve come way too close to tripping over a tile and falling down the stairs a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/51 "2012-02-02T16:12:55Z")
Put it towards my taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/52 "2012-02-02T18:04:18Z")
Timing belt. Then taking my human female out to a nice Thai restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/53 "2012-02-03T03:18:06Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Ckeck out IKEA’s PAX and Rationell closet organizing systems. Double awesome and better priced. I agree to the pricing but they are not at all what I need as I have an odd-size built-in closet. Thanks for the idea though. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/54 "2012-02-03T08:04:03Z")
I’d put a new stereo in my car and then use the rest for car maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/55 "2012-02-03T20:18:40Z")
Make one tenth of a bet with Rick Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983/56 "2012-02-05T01:46:29Z")
Pretty boring, but we’re about to buy a $1000 couch next week anyway…this way it just wouldn’t hurt! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-won-1000-tax-free/610983.md?page=2)