What would you buy with 10,000 dollars?

Robert59 said:
My girlfriend said she would spend it on a fence for the back yard for a goat which she has always wanted. We live in the city which doesn't allow farm animals but she would get one anyway. The fence would be a white six foot tall plastic fence which would be like 9,000 dollars.
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Robert. What about putting in a fence yourself?

I helped my husband do a new fence for our yard, it was easy. He tackled the grunt-work... digging the post holes, which was hard work, but he's a big strong guy. After the posts were in the ground the rest went quick and smooth, and we spent under $2,000 to do it. All out of quality wood, stained, everything.

You would save yourself so much money.
 
@ Aunt Marg. I don't know. Super heavy duty front load maybe. Something I can throw a quilt or carpets in and not have to worry about it. The one I have now has an undependable spin cycle. It's a cheap top load.
 
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Aunt Marg said:
Robert. What about putting in a fence yourself?

I helped my husband do a new fence for our yard, it was easy. He tackled the grunt-work... digging the post holes, which was hard work, but he's a big strong guy. After the posts were in the ground the rest went quick and smooth, and we spent under $2,000 to do it. All out of quality wood, stained, everything.

You would save yourself so much money.
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The first time I helped build a fence I was about 8 years old. Dad put up a woven wooden fence which was popular in the day. He put the post in, nailed the thin board and I was just the right weight to stand near the middle of the board and hold it, while he wove it around the next post. As the fence got higher my brother took my spot, šŸ˜‚.

We also build wooden fences as adults. The post holes are the hardest, as you said, but after that itā€˜s no problem. We left the wood alone as after a couple of years it gets that ā€œweatheredā€ look which I like. I notice the new vinyl stuff seems to break easily.
 
Aneeda72 said:
The first time I helped build a fence I was about 8 years old. Dad put up a woven wooden fence which was popular in the day. He put the post in, nailed the thin board and I was just the right weight to stand near the middle of the board and hold it, while he wove it around the next post. As the fence got higher my brother took my spot, šŸ˜‚.

We also build wooden fences as adults. The post holes are the hardest, as you said, but after that itā€˜s no problem. We left the wood alone as after a couple of years it gets that ā€œweatheredā€ look which I like. I notice the new vinyl stuff seems to break easily.
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What great memories to reflect upon. Nothing like helping dad with a project. :)

That's the great part of building your own, you get to choose whatever style/design you want, and when built right, a quality fence will last for decades. The vinyl fencing they have now is nice, but you're right, it's not enduring, it's way overpriced, and it's nowhere near as sturdy as a quality wooden fence is.
 
Probably use that money towards updating our kitchen (especially the cupboards!) which is badly in need of a new facelift. It will be a good selling feature when the time comes for another move.
 
Judycat said:
@ Aunt Marg. I don't know. Super heavy duty front load maybe. Something I can throw a quilt or carpets in and not have to worry about it. The one I have now has an undependable spin cycle. It's a cheap top load.
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Judy. While I loved and still miss my old top-loading washing machine, my new front-loading washing machine has allowed me to launder quilts, duvets, pillows, you name it, which from all that I am aware of, a standard top-loader just can't do, so you're definitely thinking along the right lines.
 

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