Unicycles, Computer, clothes, furniture, pay off debt, charity, etc… 
(I really need a new bed, and I’ve been researching mattress brands and types, and the choices are mind bogglingly confusing! From sealy to serta, simmons, then the sleep number and temperpedic in the $5k-10k range! 
And reading the countless reviews there seem to be countless negatives on every brand, with complaints like Sit 'n sleep REselling used beds as new!)
I would buy a plane ticket to an awesome unicycle event.I love having memories so much more then objects
I agree with that in a lot of ways. I totally hate clutter, and when I can’t stand it any longer, I sometimes bring the trash dumpster inside and just start throwing stuff away! Unless it’s clothes or other things that could be of benefit to someone, in which case I take it to the salvation army.
But I really hate just having a lot of stuff. I just sold my grand piano that I had for many years, and now I have this large area of reclaimed space! I love this open space so much, I have no plans to “fill it” with anything else! 
I never want to become a “pack rat”! The simpler, the better as far as I’m concerned! :o
I’d probably backpack around the world (starting in Europe and going east), spending as little as possible and soaking up experiences. I don’t know how far it would take me, but it would be fun:D
To make my trip longer, I’d blow my current savings on top of the $5000:)
Let’s see…
Mediocre Coker (not one of those cheap chinese brands that falls apart but not a KH 36 either)
Video Camera
Cheap Giraffe (Torker TX I think is the name)
and save the rest for broken parts/plane tickets. 
Why backpack when you can unicycle?! You can also hold performances to make more money
Hmm…
I’d definitely love to unicycle in certain areas, but in a way I think a unicycle would limit where I could go. I’d always be worrying to make sure it’s safe and figuring out how to transport it easily could get tricky. I’d want to be completely free.
Oh well, I’ll worry about this when the $5000 shows up:D
Buy a schlumpf for your Muni terry! I made that investment last year and it has given me so much pleasure and opened new doors for challenges on the Muni. There is absolutely nothing like hitting a technical section of single track in high gear and just blasting it. With the amount of riding you do i think you would definitely get your moneys worth.
mark
I can see bombing dh on smooth singletrack, but not stuff like this this!
blasting through this at GUni speed would be like trying to drive a car over speed bumps as fast as you would drive on the freeway! 
I’d use the whole thing to pay off part of the credit card after our NZ trip.
Or to get something nice for my Jacquie.
But If I only think in terms of toys:
a car with decent head room
new guitar with the left over funds
I will pay a skilled mechanic to build the very-special-geared-steampunkified-uni I dream of : a silver and gold 36 with lots of big gears that would make it look like a steam engine (and a small amount to have a tailor sew fancy clothes to that I can ride in accordance with the style of the aforementioned Unique UNI + a helmet with fancy sculptures).
(edit: in fact my problem is to find those skilled handymen!)
Since there’s not a single chance you find those handymen, just send me the 5K, you can be sure I’ll find a way to use them.
such as:
-sparing the money to try and buy a house (on the long run)
-paying the car credit (on the shorter run)
-planning a ski week travel
-buying a KH36 with shlumpf hub
-changing my antic TV and/or computer
-say f**k to my bank agency director:D
wait: at your age I still had to wait 10 more years to own a house :o
don’t wait: do it NOW!
For $5k I reckon I could get a months skiing - sounds like a plan!
Actually we are thinking about it, my sister in law lives just beneath Ax Les Thermes, so we wouldn’t have to worry for the lodging…
But with the kids, we have to be ready to spend almost 500 € (ski locations, daycare, ski lessons for my 5 y/o boy, ski pass…) just to ski during 3 days.
We’re still wondering if it’s worth the cash:(
I should have skied more when I was a kid, living in a ski resort for 6 years 
Skittles.
I happen to be a tribesman from these remote mountains (hence the “bear” nickname)
OOps that is expensive (I learned to ski just by walking up the mountains and ski down … but I won’t advise you to do the same with your kids). what about teaching your kids yourself ?
Five thousand Dollars can buy a lot of things
Five thousand Dollars can buy most anything…
£5,000 to spend on leisure or toys, rather than grim practicalities like food or charity? For a single purchase: a Dipper Anglo concertina.
Otherwise I’d fritter it away on CDs and cappucinos.
$2000 would be saved incase i have something happen where i cant work or what not… You never know…
Car… Uni/uni parts.
Money for NAUCC.
Sounds reasonable to me.
