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(Message started by: Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 5:51pm)

Title: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 5:51pm

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 ;;D

How bout you?

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Redd715 on Dec 8^th, 2006, 5:56pm

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.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 5:58pm

Damn good plan, Pegg!

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jimi on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:03pm

I would add it to my 100 million,or there abouts, :) and then I would have 300 million(or there abouts :)).

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:22pm

on 12/08/06 at 18:03:55, Jimi wrote:

I would add it to my 100 million,or there abouts, :) and then I would have 300 million(or there abouts :)).

........and do you dream in technicolour? ;;D

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.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by vig on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:35pm

Build a clusterhead sanctuary....
;;D

(sort of like a leper colony... let's take over Molokai!)

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by JeffB on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:35pm

I'd buy me a Mercury. ;;D
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.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by FramCire on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:39pm

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.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:41pm

on 12/08/06 at 18:39:22, FramCire wrote:

7. Buy my own red jumpsuit, helmet, F1 go cart, and get lessons for next MA meet and greet

LMMFAO....Eric [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by davyp on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:42pm

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. ;;D
I would then split whatever money was left 3 ways a third for OUCH, a third for CH.com and a third for me.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by JeffB on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:47pm

on 12/08/06 at 18:39:22, FramCire wrote:

I like 11 and 12. Too funny!

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by alchemy on Dec 8^th, 2006, 7:00pm

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

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by chewy on Dec 8^th, 2006, 7:07pm

I'd buy a third world country and become emporer!

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by BB on Dec 8^th, 2006, 7:11pm

on 12/08/06 at 17:51:12, Jonny wrote:

If you suddenly overnight became one of these 200 million dollar lottery winners

I will faint ! Then I will wake up and find out that it was all a dream .... as always ... :P

Annette

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by lskilly on Dec 8^th, 2006, 7:21pm

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.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 7:25pm

on 12/08/06 at 19:21:29, lskilly wrote:

[smiley=bow.gif] [smiley=bow.gif]

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by alchemy on Dec 8^th, 2006, 7:26pm

I'd also buy Chewy a new boat (one that floats)

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by alienspacebabe on Dec 8^th, 2006, 8:08pm

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.....
Lizzie

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 8:11pm

Ok, I got another one ;;D

Id buy me one of these to keep Chewy and his fat bastard posse away from my house....LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wArPao03q68

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by chewy on Dec 8^th, 2006, 8:39pm

Like to mount that bad boy on my Jeep for the morning commute!

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by georgej on Dec 8^th, 2006, 8:40pm

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.

Best,

George

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 8:50pm

on 12/08/06 at 20:40:32, georgej wrote:

Now you've made me think--I hate it when that happens.

LMAO....George....sorry ;;D

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by AussieBrian on Dec 8^th, 2006, 8:54pm

Beer.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by cynjeep89 on Dec 8^th, 2006, 9:03pm

I like the way you think, Brian ;)

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by catlind on Dec 8^th, 2006, 9:48pm

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 ;)

Cat

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 9:54pm

on 12/08/06 at 21:48:53, catlind wrote:

My life wouldn't change much, I'd just have a couple more rooms to fit all my junk in ;)
Cat

Priceless, Cat.....fucking priceless!!!!

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Paul98 on Dec 8^th, 2006, 10:07pm

Guess I'd put in an elevator in my parents house so they would not have to give the place up because of stairs. (they are 86), pay off the mortgages on my brother's and sister's houses, buy property in the Bahamas (way down the chain where there aren't any people), invest most of the rest and last but not least, take 20M and fund some friggin research on CH. Oh yea, I'd keep working at my job. It be fun ;;D

-P.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by BB on Dec 8^th, 2006, 10:16pm

If you ever win lottery its good to lock it all away for a couple of months to think very carefully how to use it.

Statistic says that 95% of people winning lottery loose it all within 2 years.

My ex won $65000 in Powerball a couple of years back and lost it all within 2 months at the Casino, the children didnt see a cent.

A patient of mine won $200000 and went to live in Thailand like a king for 2 years and came back with Hep B, Hep C and liver failure.

Some says easy come, easy go ...

Annette

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 8^th, 2006, 10:22pm

on 12/08/06 at 22:07:25, Paul98 wrote:

Oh yea, I'd keep working at my job. It be fun ;;D

I can understand that....fuck you money....LOL ;;D

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by minnie on Dec 8^th, 2006, 11:00pm

Lets see.....
pay off my bills,set up an allowence for myself and children to hopefully last the rest of our lives.give my mom and Dad whatever they want /need because they so deserve to enjoy their lives.set up an account to help several charities such as american cancer society,M.S.,St. Judes ouch,and ones that feed the hungry and provide homes.the main thing is kinda two parts. first set up factories in the U.S. to put the men and women in the u.s. to work making fair money with health benefits.then set up stores that sell all Made in america only products at rates that people can afford.you best believe there would be amade in the u.s.a.
store parked next to every damned walmart til they went out of business or brought back he jobs from China back to the U.S.A. every store and factory would be checked at random to make sure theres fair and safe working conditions.To give my kids,grandkids and nieces and nephews something to do that'd be there jobs plus mine.
I would enjoy my life and family.but you know what I'll do that wether I win the lottery are stay poor.life is not a dress rehearsal so I'm gonna make it count ....
Minnie the daydreamer

disclaimer...nothing against other countries I just believe you have to help the people in your country first and then try to make the rest of the world better...

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by pfunk on Dec 8^th, 2006, 11:01pm

Definitely give agood bit to Mom and brother.
Buy myelf a nice but not too extrvavgent home.
Buy self a new pickup,loaded b/c I've never had that before.
Buy the fiance a new car for the very same reason as above.
Start my own chainof sandwich shops so I could get away from the corpporation that is bleeding my family dry as we speak.
Probably keep teaching so I could make a difference and make sure that schools get PE 5 days a week to help with the growing problem we have today of childhood obesity(did you know that this is the first generation in history in which it is overwhelmingly likely that parents will outlive their parents?).
Donate money to help the Special Education systems throughout b/c it is needed so much.
Hopefully, have 50-100 left over to invest wisely and turn it over so my family will live well for a long time after I'm gone

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Dec 8^th, 2006, 11:35pm

I would want a Mayflower.

And it sounds fun to build a nice house. All the planning and stuff and it would be awesome, just that I am so ADD, I probably wouldnt end up living there when its complete.

:-/

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by gore2424 on Dec 9^th, 2006, 1:07am

get as many Dr's as it would take to get a complete from the neck up head transplant Terry

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by tanner on Dec 9^th, 2006, 3:37am

Jonny, I would do a combination of what you said first and what Vig said except our island would be used to establish a for profit organization so that I would not have to take the lump sum. Then we could build that seed money and use it to fund charitable causes that do not waste most of what they take in on expenses and outrageous salaries!

We would become self sufficient so that we could thumb our noses at whom ever we wanted to and then maybe elect a King just to have a figurehead.....hmmmm, wonder who that would be ;;D

Walden Two forever.......Tim

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by chewy on Dec 9^th, 2006, 7:08am

Quote:

set up an allowence for myself

Me to. I'd say about 25 grand a week will do it.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by sailpappy on Dec 9^th, 2006, 7:49am

;;D ;;D First I would Pay the Tax man his %50 and with the rest I would try to bribe all my friends and Family to move close enough to where I could be involved daily in their lives.
Right after I returned from an extended visit to Norway(Oslo) to repay a real friend for all the years of support he has given me!
Already own my home but I would buy a new one back in Sunny South Florida, and a really nice sailboat to sail to the Bahamas,Virgin Islands and Belize in!
I am sure I would donate to charities, Like Tim said, the ones that use the money without eating it all up in administration cost in the name of Non-Profit so they don't have to pay taxes. Maybe start my own to help returning Veterans that have lost limbs and health in the name of defending our freedom!
Pappy

PS. DJ and Stephanie would be the first to get a big check to cover the web site expenses!

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by catlind on Dec 9^th, 2006, 9:27am

on 12/08/06 at 22:16:00, BB wrote:

Statistic says that 95% of people winning lottery loose it all within 2 years.

Annette

The very reason we would take the 30 year annuity.

Cat

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by andrewjb on Dec 9^th, 2006, 9:44am

help as many as possable have their 40 acres n, a mule. thus getting mine.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by jimmers on Dec 9^th, 2006, 9:50am

1. I would set up a trex. fund for anyone here who needs it but can't get enough when needed.

2. I'd pay off my bar tab.

3. I would spend 2 or 3 months being entertained by the bankers who I'm sure would be kissing my ass trying to get me to put my money in their banks. Then telling all of them to go "F" themselves.

4. Get Chewy a lifetime membership pass to the bath house and a suite at the Rio in Vegas.

5. Build a log home on the lake in northern Minnesota.

6. Take care of Family and a few friends who have always helped me when needed.

7. Pay for the new roof that is needed at the church.

8. Buy a new lighter ;;D

Jimmers

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by BobG on Dec 9^th, 2006, 6:59pm

I really don't need the money. We already live in a nice park. Not the rich area with the double wides but nice just the same.
But, if I won that would mean I'm on a lucky streak. I'd by another lottery ticket.

And some new shoes.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Yorky on Dec 9^th, 2006, 7:30pm

on 12/08/06 at 17:51:12, Jonny wrote:

i would pay my neighbors....to tell the media,

that it could not have happened, to a bigger tw£t

(makes me sick when neighbors say...it could not have happened to a nicer couple
;;D

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Tata on Dec 9^th, 2006, 9:07pm

I would use it to buy an Australian woman a boob job, a tummy tuck, and laser surgery to remove what appears to be a hideous tattoo of Gregshotchick from her chest.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by tanner on Dec 9^th, 2006, 10:55pm

on 12/09/06 at 21:07:27, Tata wrote:

I would use it to buy an Australian woman a boob job, a tummy tuck, and laser surgery to remove what appears to be a hideous tattoo of Gregshotchick from her chest.

[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Charlie on Dec 10^th, 2006, 12:24am

Start a big smiley site..... :o 8)

I've thought about this over the years. I'm older now so I don't think I'd build a house; maybe rennovate a few.
I'd like to get a nice very comfortable New York apartment and spend months travelling around the world.

There are a couple I kids that would have their college education paid for. Also, I could at least try to get even with a lot of clusterheads in ways I can't imagine.

I have some other pet projects and a few people to help as well.

It would likely be hard work.

Charlie

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 10^th, 2006, 3:14am

on 12/10/06 at 00:24:47, Charlie wrote:

Start a big smiley site..... :o 8)

LMAO....Charlie....too funny....LOL ;;D

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by CaSS on Dec 10^th, 2006, 10:04am

I'd give away 175 million to those that need it, then disappear to become the sorriest bastard on the face of the earth.

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Richr8 on Dec 10^th, 2006, 11:20am

The way the last couple of years have gone, I'd probably wake up.

typos

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Langa on Dec 10^th, 2006, 3:29pm

Wow, good question Jonny. I've thought of what I would do with the money should I win - if I were to ever play of course :P - i'm right along with everybody on what they would do - I would wake up from fainting, pay debts, mine and my family members, set up college funds for my sister's 3 kids, buy my dream house, dream car, invest, travel. I do have to say I feel RICHLY blessed already...so all is good :).

Langa

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by Jonny on Dec 10^th, 2006, 3:36pm

on 12/10/06 at 15:29:50, Langa wrote:

I do have to say I feel RICHLY blessed already...so all is good :).

Langa

Well said, baby!!! :-* :-* :-*

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by nancyc on Dec 10^th, 2006, 9:25pm

OFcourse, first of all, I would make sure my son and grandson , mom and siblings were taken care of financially for life...i would take them to Disneyworld...I would donate millions of dollars to clusterheads that are suffering even to some that arent suffering rite now....I would go to England to see Mo and John who I have not heard from in years...I would travel all over the world...me and Tristan, the grandson. I would donate to alot of charities, Church, etc....and I would build a super big house with plenty of maids to keep it clean LOL...Then this ole nurse would retire with a smile on her face! And last but not least, I would sponsor a huge Clusterheadache convention in Florida where I would fly everyone there free.... ;;D smiles, nancyc

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by aprilbee on Dec 11^th, 2006, 9:34am

HMMMMMMMMMMMM, if I won that kind of money I'd HAVE to give it to my husband to take care of...because in my hands it would be gone in a week! I suck at handling money...but I've admitted it and got treatment for it and am on the road to recovery... ;)

;;D

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by tanner on Dec 11^th, 2006, 4:13pm

well...ahem, :)Next to mine of course I like Cats answer the best so far :) :)
.....Tim

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by seasonalboomer on Dec 11^th, 2006, 4:55pm

on 12/08/06 at 22:16:00, BB wrote:

A patient of mine won $200000 and went to live in Thailand like a king for 2 years and came back with Hep B, Hep C and liver failure.
Annette

Oh, but he also probably has the best stories to tell of anyone.... both remembered and presumed....

Title: Re: What would YOU do?
Post by brewcrew on Dec 11^th, 2006, 5:05pm

on 12/08/06 at 21:48:53, catlind wrote:

My life wouldn't change much, I'd just have a couple more rooms to fit all my junk in ;)

Cat

There's a theorum amongst industrial engineers that goes like this: "Work expands to fill the time allotted."

My corrollary to that is, "Shit expands to fill the space allotted."