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What would YOU do?
« on: Dec 8th, 2006, 5:51pm » |
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If you suddenly overnight became one of these 200 million dollar lottery winners?....I mean really....have you ever thought about it?.....do you even play the lottery?
To start....I would pay all the bills and mortgages of family and close friends, next I would give them each a million and tell them "Dont ever call me for money"
I would then move to where ever it is 78 degrees and sunny all year round....thats all I got for now 
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #1 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 5:56pm » |
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Pay off my student loans, other debts, prepay my kids college educations.
Buy some land and build my dream home. Give each of my Brothers and sisters a million, another million to OUCH, Invest the rest to keep me comfortable for the rest of my life off the interest.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #2 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 5:58pm » |
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Damn good plan, Pegg!
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #3 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:03pm » |
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I would add it to my 100 million,or there abouts,  and then I would have 300 million(or there abouts ).
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #4 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:22pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2006, 6:03pm, Jimi wrote:| I would add it to my 100 million,or there abouts, and then I would have 300 million(or there abouts ). |
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........and do you dream in technicolour?
I would donate a lot of money to our local children's hospital, an equal amount to finding the final answer to our shared pain and after that - hmmmmm - maybe a couple of years worth of travel to see the places I'd like to see.
'course with 7 kids and their mates and 9 grandkids - a very large chunk would have to go that way too.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #5 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:35pm » |
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #6 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:35pm » |
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I'd buy me a Mercury.
Buy a big cabin in Alaska, a home in Hawaii, A little mansion in the Caribbean + a boat. Give each of the family a million maybe 2 million for the peeps. Try to spend most of my days blowing bubbles in warm clear waters.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #7 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:39pm » |
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1. Pay all debts.
2. Put a bunch into accounts for my kids and retirement.
3. Pay off debts for my friends and family.
4. Buy some cool gifts.
5. Hire a housecleaner and nanny to help with the house and kids.
6. Go to work full time at my job. I am currently 1/2 time to stay home with the kids.
7. Buy my own red jumpsuit, helmet, F1 go cart, and get lessons for next MA meet and greet.
8. Give money to help fund cord blood stem cell research and storage.
9. Donate to Ch.com and ALS research, as well as a few childres charities.
10. Set up grants and such for adoptive families.
11. Rent a jet and find a troll and give him a good beating.
12. Hire Alan Dershowitz for my appeal.
13. Build a new house wtih extra bedrooms and a large basement for my entertainment center, pool table, and large custom made poker table.
14. Eat dinner.
15. Go to Richmond and open the bar for the weekend.
16. Declare bankrupcy from #15
17. Go back to regular life.
I haven't thought about it too much, so this is all I got.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #8 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:41pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2006, 6:39pm, FramCire wrote:
7. Buy my own red jumpsuit, helmet, F1 go cart, and get lessons for next MA meet and greet |
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #9 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:42pm » |
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I would buy a small island in the middle of nowhere and take all my family there for a holiday, i would then leave with my partner and son and have a nuke dropped on the island.
I would then split whatever money was left 3 ways a third for OUCH, a third for CH.com and a third for me.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #10 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 6:47pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2006, 6:39pm, FramCire wrote:1. Pay all debts.
2. Put a bunch into accounts for my kids and retirement.
3. Pay off debts for my friends and family.
4. Buy some cool gifts.
5. Hire a housecleaner and nanny to help with the house and kids.
6. Go to work full time at my job. I am currently 1/2 time to stay home with the kids.
7. Buy my own red jumpsuit, helmet, F1 go cart, and get lessons for next MA meet and greet.
8. Give money to help fund cord blood stem cell research and storage.
9. Donate to Ch.com and ALS research, as well as a few childres charities.
10. Set up grants and such for adoptive families.
11. Rent a jet and find a troll and give him a good beating.
12. Hire Alan Dershowitz for my appeal.
13. Build a new house wtih extra bedrooms and a large basement for my entertainment center, pool table, and large custom made poker table.
14. Eat dinner.
15. Go to Richmond and open the bar for the weekend.
16. Declare bankrupcy from #15
17. Go back to regular life.
I haven't thought about it too much, so this is all I got. |
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #11 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 7:00pm » |
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Naturally pay off debts
set the kids up so they're happy
give Jonny a million to be my friend
start a nudist colony (coyotes welcome)
give DJ a million
Start a massive car and motorcycle collection
drink many beers
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I'd buy a third world country and become emporer!
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #13 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 7:11pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2006, 5:51pm, Jonny wrote:If you suddenly overnight became one of these 200 million dollar lottery winners
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I will faint ! Then I will wake up and find out that it was all a dream .... as always ... 
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #14 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 7:21pm » |
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I would Make sure no child died becasue their parents could not afford a surgery or treatment. It's been one of my pet peeves against the medical profession for years.
And I would set up a fund for my severely handicapped sweetheart of a granddaughter.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #15 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 7:25pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2006, 7:21pm, lskilly wrote:I would Make sure no child died becasue their parents could not afford a surgery or treatment. It's been one of my pet peeves against the medical profession for years.
And I would set up a fund for my severely handicapped sweetheart of a granddaughter. |
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #16 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 7:26pm » |
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I'd also buy Chewy a new boat (one that floats)
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #17 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 8:08pm » |
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Pay off any bills.
Set up scholarships for certain kids.
Set up scholarships for other kids.
Invest some cash in a long-shot stock or fund.
Move down to 1/4 time at work.
Help out those who've helped me.
Build more housing for the homeless so they live through the winters.
Donate to 'healthcare for the homeless'
Buy out a cruiseship sailing and take all my friends on a trip.
Subsidize psychiatric care for those who need and want it but can't afford it.
that's a start.....
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #18 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 8:11pm » |
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Ok, I got another one
Id buy me one of these to keep Chewy and his fat bastard posse away from my house....LOL
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #20 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 8:40pm » |
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1. Take care of my family, of course....my brothers and EJ's sister's families.
2. Make certain that my kid would never have to struggle for a living, but not so much that it would encourage idle waste. I've known a couple of the accidentally rich--unearned money can sometimes encourage the thought that one actually deserves it, and that those without are somehow less worthy. But if a decent living is ensured, one can concentrate his or her attention on the things that mean more than grinding away in the machine--whether it's a life of service, or a life pursuing ones deepest dreams. A creative life. I would hope that by now I've encouraged that viewpoint sufficiently--that there are more important things in life than money-getting and accumulating meaningless and useless junk.
3. Build a private school, K-12, based on the principles of integrated learning, directed toward students with an unusual knack or talent for art, mathematics, music, science, or writing. Maximum size 400-500 students. (I'm not a big fan of big schools.) Endow it sufficiently with scholarships, so that any child who would benefit from an education that allowed them to pursue whatever intellectual gift they possessed to its farthest expression could attend, regardless whether their parents could afford it.
4. Maybe buy a couple of new cars--but they'd be Subarus. Every other brand of car I've owned was a POS on some level. Come to think of it, the Legacies we've got probably have a couple of hundred thousand miles in them still, so maybe not.
5. Really, I don't want anything. No, really.... Couple of new flyrods, I suppose. My waders are still good. I tie my own flies. I already live where there's some of the best flyfishing for trout, so I don't need trips to exotic locales to go fishing. I've got a house, so I don't need another one, especially a bigger one. Who's going to clean it and do the yard work?
Property's fine, I suppose, and all that glittery new electronic junk and snazzy clothes are okay, but the more stuff you drag around with you, the less time you have for anything else. 
Now you've made me think--I hate it when that happens.
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #21 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 8:50pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2006, 8:40pm, georgej wrote:| Now you've made me think--I hate it when that happens. |
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #22 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 8:54pm » |
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Re: What would YOU do?
« Reply #24 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 9:48pm » |
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Thought about it, but in all honesty I truly can't fathom that amount of money.
We've talked at length about this, because we ARE going to win the lottery
I don't know what I'd do with 200 mil though. With a standard lottery, anywhere from 15-75 mil, which we'd take on annuity so when we screwed up the first year we'd have it to try over again , I'd pay off all debts and this house (which we wouldn't sell, it's our first house). We'd build a house of about 2700 sq feet to accomodate all our needs but not need a housekeeper.
I'd ensure my mother was set up for the rest of her life, and my brother would also be set. My neice and nephew would have funds for whatever school they wanted to attend.
My children would have enough to do something but not enough to do nothing. I'd upgrade some of the material items in my house.
In all honesty, we are like everyone else and live paycheck to paycheck, although Clark's are pretty guaranteed thanks to the military; After we upgraded and bought a small RV so we could travel and do the things we already enjoy, only we could do them more often - spend time with family and friends.
First on the list is to purchase enough text books for every child in the Millard Learning Academy here in Omaha - it's a school for troubled teens but they don't have the funds to ensure they get a GOOD education so they can avoid future trouble.
I then have a huge list of charities such as St. Judes and Children's hospitals etc. and worthy research projects that would see great benefits. Probably a foundation that was dedicated to providing financial assistance to health care for those in need.
My life wouldn't change much, I'd just have a couple more rooms to fit all my junk in
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