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Post by xenaswolf on May 30, 2006 20:56:40 GMT -5
You won a $50 million lottery? AFTER the taxes and all the responsible adult things that need to be taken care of...what would you do for fun? ( Adult stuff includes giving to charity/churches, schools etc)
Quit my job
Build my dream house that includes a shop big enough to do all my hobbies ( it might be bigger than the house!)
Buy all the junk I've always wanted
Travel
Sit on my fat arse and tell the world to take a flying leap!
Spoil my SO rotten....
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Post by Cher on May 30, 2006 21:07:10 GMT -5
1st ... I'd buy me a hummer.
2nd ... Buy hubby a new pickup.
3rd ... Pay off both of my kids houses.
4th ... Buy them each a new car.
5th ... Put $$ into college funds for each of my grandkids.
6th ... Buy my parents a new car.
7th ... Buy my best friend and neighbor a new pickup.
8th ... Build me a rock shed.
9th ... Buy me a panther and a genie.
10th ... Fly all my RTH friends to Mississippi so we could break in Kimmy's shop the right way. *smile*
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Post by docone31 on May 30, 2006 21:21:47 GMT -5
About ten years ago, I took a motorcycle trip. I set out to find one winner. I found a lot of people who said they knew a winner, but, records searches, land searches, personal searches, nada.
I found a mess of little people. 1000$, 10,000$, and so forth. Lots of them. I even contacted some orginizations that solicit people of sudden means. People who inherit, sell their home for a considerable amount, people who win settlements. Nada.
Hmmmmm.
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Post by xenaswolf on May 30, 2006 21:38:31 GMT -5
Well obviously I haven't won....yet. However I had a coworker and his wife win at Western State Hospital. I saw the check. The state made them retire because the sudden wealth might cause lawsuits for bs claims from the patients...go figure
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Post by gaetzchamp on May 30, 2006 22:26:16 GMT -5
Interesting question
1st- Put my kids in the best schools money could buy
2nd- Pay off house
3rd- Fly my mother to the best dr's on the planet
4th- When she got better, sign her up for every cruise immaginable
5th- Put money in banks
6th- keep working
7th- buy new truck and camper
8th- Buy everyone on RTH a petrified wood stump
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Post by parfive on May 30, 2006 22:59:44 GMT -5
I'd send Russ what's his name about twenty flat-raters full of Oxycontin.
Rich
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WyckedWyre
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Post by WyckedWyre on May 30, 2006 23:00:49 GMT -5
Rich -
If you mean RUSH *as in LIMBAUGH*, then HAHAHA!!! ;D S
Gaetz,
After I get my cool million from Mr Mark Waddington,
I'll take that wood stump from ya! ;D S
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 31, 2006 8:17:20 GMT -5
I prefer not to think of such things.... we have lottos here but much smaller amounts - but when we play, we've never even won $10
BUT - I'd come in to work anyways - I have posters of Dean Cain in my office that I wanna keep - then I'd quit, maybe I'd even give them a few weeks notice - maybe not
I'd sell the house I haven't bought yet and buy a much nicer one - and hire a live in maid & cook!
I'd most definately put a whole crap of it in the bank in high interest placements - around here a winner got robbed at gunpoint and was forced to empty out his account for the people
OH and I'd definately know who my friends are if I suddenly get lots of people coming over to say hi - which practically no one does...
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Post by pho on May 31, 2006 11:07:15 GMT -5
yup...just think of all the new friends and family you would have all of a sudden.
Me...take care of family first...then make a lot of needy people very happy with a check in the mail or cash on the doorstep. No one will know where it came from.
Pho
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Post by Sabre52 on May 31, 2006 11:35:07 GMT -5
Hmmm: Initially I'd add all that money to my investment portfolio so I didn't have to dip into capital to achieve my goals. Then:
Family first. Most are rich but there are a couple who could use a helping hand.
Friends: Among the real ones there are some who deserve more out of life.
For me: I'd buy the ranch with all the poppy jasper to assure me many moons of happy hounding. Oh, and a backhoe so I don't have to dig so much myself, a brand new giant slabsaw and a giant tumbler *L*.
For the wifee: A new home for her favorite charity, the Raptor Center, so that all the future birdies can have luxery enclosures and full tummies filled with fat rats.
For the politicians: My middle finger; They get to waste all the money they get from my taxes anway. Why give them more when they do such a rotten friggin job in the first place.
For the NRA: Heck they deserve something for helping me keep my guns. Can't never have enough guns or blades.
For political causes: I'd help fund some of the ones I believe in and help balance out the scales against those I don't like. It'd be cool to have money enough to help make a difference!
For my gem club: An endless supply of great rocks for the silent auction booth, a scholarship program, and a fully funded educational outreach program to promote the hobby.
Finally: Maybe a secret Santa program for the poor kids up where our ranch is. Lotta kids up in the mountains don't have much except a wonderful area to live in....mel
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Post by stefan on May 31, 2006 11:41:49 GMT -5
Hmmmm- Well needless to say A rock shop would be in order- Taking care of my family- Fun times sending flat raters out by the truckload- some traveling- some self indulgence- some charity
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WyckedWyre
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Post by WyckedWyre on May 31, 2006 11:44:39 GMT -5
The usual -
Quit my job
Obtain as much land as I can
Grow pot
Build an awesome log cabin
Purcase a new truck
a new camera
Rescue more dogs
Get my 14", oh, Hell... 16" slab saw
and a Genie
Take that trip to Scotland
and then I'd buy all sands' cabs
;D S
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Post by akansan on May 31, 2006 12:04:17 GMT -5
Hmmm...my list sounds very similar to everyone else's.
Take care of family.
Quit job.
Purchase house in mountains with water.
Upgrade vehicle.
Upgrade hobby equipment.
Set up kennel.
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Post by BAZ on May 31, 2006 12:23:15 GMT -5
I'd fly y'all out to Tucson (especially our folks over-seas) for an RTH Convention during the show.
Oh, also
Buy my Pilatus PC-12 Turboprop.
Build my ranch with the airstrip.
Buy a big ass RV with lapidary shop trailer in tow
and hound for a living.
Gotta have a Porsche Carerra too.
Invest in real estate.
Lots of donating! (Braille Inst., Cancer Society, ASPCA, etc.)
Work part-time as a professional beach and Margarita tester.
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Post by BAZ on May 31, 2006 12:24:24 GMT -5
Oh and fly to Susan's land for a smoke!  |
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Post by Cher on May 31, 2006 17:25:53 GMT -5
LOL @ Baz .... I wanna be a margarita tester too, that sounds like fun.
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Post by Duckbean on May 31, 2006 17:55:19 GMT -5
First I'd take care of my son and family any one know a good shrink? then get a new house one here and one in Arizona both with a nice pond full of big fish or on a nice lake somewhere. Then a maid for me, no more sweeping or laundry for this old boy! Then start looking for a doc that could help the wife,and then try to do as much as possible for the kids in town that don't have a thing not even parents who care and thank God every minute of every day for being so fortunate..
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Post by KG1960 on May 31, 2006 18:14:24 GMT -5
Pay off all of family's debts including parents, brother and family, aunt and uncle, in-laws, etc.
Plus pretty much the same as everyone else has said.
I might not quit work right away (well, probably would, but here's my fantasy). I would be sitting at my desk and the boss would come in. He would say here's report to do or a project to do and it needs to be done by next week. I would then take a $100 bill out my pocket, give it to him, and say, "No. I don't feel like doing that. Why don't you do it?"
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 31, 2006 19:21:59 GMT -5
I'd buy a McClaren F-1, 100 acres of property in the mid-west, and donate $10,000,000 to the childrens make a wish foundation.
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Post by krazydiamond on May 31, 2006 19:58:14 GMT -5
i'd jump in the car with Randy.....
KD
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