Just wondering what youwould all buy

if someone handed me 1000 pounds it would be gone in under an hour

I'd buy a million lots of a thousand pounds...although, that may only work with wishes

I'd put it in the bank.. how sad is that? A function of getting older is that your tastes get more expensive.. Of course you earn more (probably) but somehow the things you want are still out of reach.. lol There must be a theorem associated with this..

Buy loads of music scores and recordings!!! Go to Austria and enjoy Mozart's 250th Anniversary celebrations!!!

PS. Like MrB, I'd probably keep some in the bank too...

Get laser eye surgery *waits for people to scream at me, contradict and say how bad it is..*

Alternatively, store it up.

I'm liking that idea I seem to have lost my glasses and my cello teacher is going to kill me

I think I'd die if i lost mine..eeek not possible anyway as they're always on my face!

yeah i'm -2 on each eye according to my mum and i took them off in a sleepover an woke up in the morning and they were gone, only had that pair 3 weeks as well

I'd put it in the bank - first, then I'd go shopping....

Chaos, why is your cello teacher going to kill you for losing your glasses? I didn't think a cello needed glasses.

Bank. I must be getting old .

How about premium bonds...then you might win a million?

I think I might get a new bow, or maybe a viola (did I say that??? No what would I want with one of those!)

So i can see the music that she places on the stand this is the 3rd time since september i've lost them

Downpayment on a new boiler

Or, if the engineer can fix the old one......

Downpayment on the conversion of the garage into a music room

I'm nearly -6 in one of my eyes i think...they just keep getting worse1

I know this is off topic but I'm -10 in both eyes and wear contact lenses. When you reach -10 in either eye, eye tests become free on the NHS and you get a voucher towards lenses for glasses.

I dunno what minusing I am, but if I take my glasses off, I can't read anything on the computer screen apart from REALLY BIG LETTERS, and I'm about 2 feet away.

Really? Well I'm free for the mo anyway as i'm under 16 but after july..eeep...though I rarely go to the opticians because I hate how they always give you the largest prescription avaliable, which you dont really need and just makes your eyes worse.

By the way, wouldnt it be more uncomfortable to wear contacts if you have a larger prescription? (Though Ive never tried...)

I'd probably buy some more recorders or use it to pay to keep my horse a bit longer!

I tried contact lenses, and I HATE THEM!!! They made my eyes just so itchy! I had to keep putting water in my eyes to make them bearable. I much prefer glasses, I've got used to my face with them, it looks odd without!!

Same I've had mine since I was 7..though don't like the design anymore but can't change because i would have to change the prescription.
I use eyedrops a lot....eases itchng.

My eyes keep getting worse, so I get new frames each time I get a new prescription, so about once a year.

Is it true (question for anyone) that getting higher prescriptions each time don't actually help your eyesight? Because mine are now not worsening as much because I've not seen an optician/had mine tested for about 2 years...

It's also cos you're coming out the other side of puberty, same goes for me. Higher prescriptions while your eyes are getting worse anyway is just damage limitation, I think, cos if you got a correct prescription you'd need a new one in 3 months.

I've been ignoring optician's letters for ages The only times I tend to go is if my glasses break.

£1000? I've decided to stop spending, so I think I'd bank it...masses of interest in building society accounts for under 16s...

However, the likelihood that someone would hand me £1000 is about 0.

yeah ill have to revisit mine before thursday to get a new pair and theyre not coming off my face this time

Silly!!!!!!

yes it is a bit silly, but also i have a fear of people coming too close to me unless ive known them for ages or in a relatoship with me and it doesnt help when my optician turns the light off comes really near with the torch thing breathes on me and keeps rubbing his hair on my forehead

£1000? hmmm....
A new piano stool with a nice, comfy leather top so I don't get a numb behind?
A new sewing machine?
Take a group of friends to Maze, but be careful about the wine list...?


But probably most likely - put it in my "fly my Mum or brother over here for a holiday from NZ" fund.

It would probably be my idea as well.

Car Expert

Mine are the first thing I put on in the morning and the last thing I take off at night....
Went to enquire about laser surgery after a friend had it and was pleased with the result.... they didn't QUITE tell me that they couldn't work miracles...

I'm -6.75 in one eye and -6.5 in the other; due an eyetest actually, must get round to that. I think I'll keep my current frames (lightweight titanium, cost £130 and are still in impeccable condition ).

As with sbhoa, they're the first thing I put on the morning and the last thing I take off at night. Without them, my focal distance is in the region of 25cm.

Spent too long looking at CRTs, YAP?

a student cello, some lessons and a digi-SLR/save up for one if there's any cash left over

Well that probably hasn't helped .

But, largely, it's hereditory. My parents both need glasses, although my mum has good eye and one bad eye. When my dad was younger his eyesight started deteroirating so quickly that the doctors thought he was going blind. It settled out, though, fortunately.

Brand new Moeck Rottenburgh Tenor Soprano and Sopranino in ebony with bellkeys

Yup..like the time i snapped them and was due to get on a plane 8 hours later...luckily there was an opticians just round the corner!

I'd cut my overdraft in half! Or, put it in the wedding account/soon-to-be deposit-for-house account. I'm getting old too.

Your eyes get more negative as you grow. It's why most people stop deteriorating at 20 and why you don't always treat long-sighted kids. I'm -0.25 in both eyes and didn't splash out on glasses. The optician said I'd only need them to see road signs in the dark that were far away. I told her I'd cope.

Laser eye surgery is great! My sister had it and was thrilled to bits but apparently now that she's in her mid-fifties, she still needs glasses once more - for long-sightedness.

I will put my £1,000 in the bank and then spend it slowly on one-to-one music therapy for my son because I can no longer afford it now. But the council stated they won't pay or even subsidise even if a charity offers it to them at costs as individual therapy is not their policy. Not a word on whether he needs it.

However, if I win my case (at tribunal or otherwise) and the council has to pay, then, I prefer to save it as part of future violin cost even though my hubby here says I "should" spend it on laser eye surgery!

I just hate the idea of being so reliant on something...

same, especially right now