If you hit the lottery...
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Topic: If you hit the lottery...
Posted By: .Ryan
Subject: If you hit the lottery...
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:28am
...like, the 150mil one, what would you spend it on? I personally would pay for both my and my fiancee's college, then spend about 10k on an uber comp/entertainment center, then build my dream house in the back of 10 or 15 acres, then pay off my grandparents house and/or just buy them a cabin by the lake they go to every weekend and give them enough to retire on, then start a paintball field/proshop, then buy my girl whatever car she wanted, then buy these four vehicles: The Caddy XLR for everyday driving. (Yes I ripped it off Whale)  The Bugatti Veyron, just for fun. (or maybe some other super car...I don't know...)  The GMC Canyon, for work and/or off-roadin...Prolly in black.  And some sort of ticked off sport bike, again, just for fun. Then, I'd probably get whatever other neat toys I want (uber smartphone, ect) to finish out my spend fest. After that I'd donate a couple million to various charities/schools/political campaigns and invest the rest for the future, probably a mix between real estate and stocks. How 'bout you? ps I realize that I posted car pics, but feel free to include pic of any kind of expensive stuff in you spending plan...lol...I am so materialistic...  -------------  |
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:34am
| Colorado mountain top cabin in Allen's park. Z06 Corvette, 1980 Chevy K5 blazer lifted 11 or so inches with 38 inch super swamper boggers, a 2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 H.O. 4X4. Invest the rest in Berkshire Hathaway. Oh yea and buy all the availible property in the mountains in Colorado. |
Posted By: PBalla2242
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:40am
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even millions cant take the redneck out of someone
...oh, and id spend $$$ on my reg car 
weekends 
a nice villa 
some extra property too, prob something small in manhattan, something overseas prob southern italy and take care of my family and hire others to invest ------------- 
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:41am
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Berkshire Hathaway?
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:52am
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:53am
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I'd buy 50 million more lotto tickets, and invest the rest. Repeat every time I win something.
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:14am
You know what it is don't you? I thought for sure Ryan that you would know! Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKa, NYSE: BRKb) is a company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. Berkshire Hathaway's core business is insurance, including underwriting of property and casualty insurance, reinsurance and specialty nonstandard insurance. The company is controlled by Warren Buffett, who is one of the most celebrated investors in history and is currently the second-richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine. Buffett has used the "float" provided by Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations (a policyholder's money which it holds temporarily and is allowed to invest for its own profit) to finance his investment schemes. In the early part of his career at Berkshire these focused on long-term investments in publicly quoted stocks, but more recently Berkshire has purchased a diverse range of non-insurance businesses including candy production and sales at retail, newspaper publishing, retailing of home furnishings, sales of encyclopedias, sales of home cleaning units, manufacture and distribution of uniforms, retail jewelry, and manufacture, import and distribution of footwear. The Company averaged a phenomenal 25%+ annual return to its shareholders for the last 25 years while employing large amounts of capital. Berkshire has identified utility as its next big area of investment. In 2005, Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 was repealed; this allowed utility investors such as Berkshire to have more control over their investments. Thank you Wikipedia. |
.Ryan wrote:Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:15am
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Hmm...that actually sounds like a good system...I wonder why no one has tried that before... How and I'd also like to add a nice vacation home in Southern France, and a custom made motorcycle like the one from Akira to my list. Like this one:  But more true to the original design (bigger mainly), but maybe painted black. I'd also have a kick arse nav system there in the front...that would make it awsome for road trips...I bet you could inclose it too...But uh yeah, nevermind...not gonna highjack my own thread...back to the lotto spending! Edit: Barn, sorry to disappoint, but hey I learned something.... Interesting idea, I'd diversify if I were you though..... ------------- |
Posted By: Farcry0092
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:28am
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i would buy an awsome house on an acrage, pu like 10 thousand into paintball, pay for collage, give some to my parents for retirement, put some in the bank, and buy this motorcycle. also just to rub it in peoples faces, i would carry around like 500,000 dollars in my wallet.
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Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:46am
  Some sick amps and pedals too. And a nice villa somewhere warm. And some nice cars. And all the electronics I wish. |
Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:55am
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i would rob you of ur wallet farcry ------------- 
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:59am
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Two chicks at the same time... But office space jokes aside, I'd probably buy a lot of cool camcorrders, G5s, and then make some awesome movie. ------------- 
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:11am
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stocks in oil -------------
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Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:26am
lots of property and stocks, and a veyron, and id trick my stang, and a boat, plane, lots of stuff.......probably pay off my entire familys bills........i dunno, but instead of the gmc canyon, i substitute the jeep hurricane.....zero point turning ------------- 
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:30am
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Buy a massive garage. Buy as many classic cars I could. Wait 20 years. Re-sell them for Mucho profit. |
Posted By: travis75
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:36am
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Posted By: BooksAndLeaves
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 12:13pm
that and I'd get a helicopter and fly to Cedric's house ------------- 01001001 00100000 01100111 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110101 01100111 01101000 01110100 00101110 00101110 00101110 |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 12:16pm
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I'd probably spend like $50 million on a nice car, house and parents a
house. After that the rest would be invested or put in the bank.
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 12:30pm
I thought about that, but I don't know if it's actually going on sale...pretty awsome though.... ------------- |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 12:37pm
| as dumb as it sounds, i would just take a million or two and give the rest away. mabye charitys or some foundation or something, for some reason i dont like the thought of having that much money...it changes a lot of stuff, friends, family, id rather just take what i need, help out any friends who are in any kind of trouble, and give the rest away. |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 12:41pm
| Start a heli-ski company |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 12:49pm
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Buy myself a decent house, to avoid that particular debt later. Put enough aside to finish school. After that I would invest every dollar and live off the interest. I'd still be a police officer and an army reservist- I'd be one of those quiet millionaires you hear about now and then who lives a modest life and then leaves a couple hundred mil when he dies. Lottery winnings aren't taxed here in Canada. Assuming a diverse investment portfolio I could probably get a secure 10% a year- that's 15 mil a year to play with; most of that would probably go right back into the principal- I couldn't possibly spend all that. I'd make sure my kids were set up so they could enter life educated and debt free, and then give them each five mil or so once they hit 25 if they were free of legal troubles etc. As I got older and smarter and close to dying I'd set up most of it in a charitable trust with the principal remaining untouched, half the interest a year going to charity and the other half going into the principal so it could continue to grow. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 1:00pm
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A Ferrari.. and a Hummer. Then a Log Cabin in Maine. THen a M4 with a nice rail system and some fun gadgets. A custom built chopper. BMW 7 Series. A nice house. nothing to big though. Just enough garages to fit my cars. Then I would invest in something I like.
Maybe buy that new 6.68mm gun. I dont remember the name of it. But its really nice. Put a good chunk in the bank. Donate to the wounded troops. Buy some Dragonskin or something. You know, useful stuff. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 1:18pm
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me and some co-workers have thought about this because we recently started a lottery pool. First thing I would do, contact a good CPA and lawyer. Last thing you want to happen to your money is for it to disappear. as for spending: 1) about a $500,000 shopping spree. I'd build an absolute top of the line computer system, a laptop, a complete new wardrobe, and just anything else that I wanted that I have always just had to walk by. I'd probably take a few friends with me too on that shopping trip 2.) I'd find a nice apartment here in down town milwaukee. If not an apartment, a very nice condo. 3.) furnish my place 4.) put away most of all the rest of it, and make sure my family will be taken care of. No one in my family will be using the excuse "I can't go to college because I can't afford it". 5.) Travel. Everywhere. edit: oh yeah... i'd have a dollar give away on here too. Free dollars for everyone! |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 2:08pm
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I'd donate it all to some social organization like Planned Parenthood.
I can earn my own money and be happy. There are others out there that need it way more than I do. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 2:10pm
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my thoughts exactly |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 2:40pm
| Another thing: buy a rally car and a trophy truck. |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 2:44pm
Same. -------------
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 2:58pm
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Oh yeah, I'd travel too... BTW, Hairball, that sounds cool, what is it? ------------- |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 3:19pm
 Rally Lancer Evo FTW! Well, I quoted the wrong post, but my statement stands. ------------- I need a new Sig... |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 3:19pm
| Oh yea I'd pick up a Lockheed X plane...I seen this show year or so ago where Lockheed and Boeing were coming up with a plane that can take off like a helicopter and hover then shift the jets to propell it forward. That would be some fun stuff right there. |
Posted By: dmp4892.
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:07pm
| The harrier can do that. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:30pm
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links/pics or shens |
Posted By: BooksAndLeaves
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:33pm
he's right...harriers have been around for awhile now... ------------- 01001001 00100000 01100111 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110101 01100111 01101000 01110100 00101110 00101110 00101110 |
Posted By: dmp4892.
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:36pm
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There's four jets that can be rotated to some extent. Diagram:  |
Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:40pm
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On the new JSF, or whatever they're calling it now, there's a single rotatable jet on the back that can do that....I think I heard that they cancelled that project though....
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Posted By: dmp4892.
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:55pm
| I don't understand how that would work though. It would cause more thrust in the rear... causing the front to go down. |
Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 5:03pm
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The computers adjust things well enough to keep it level until they can move the jet to the proper position, I think....
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 6:18pm
| Yea I had heard of the harrier jet, but the Lockheed was soppused to be an improvement I believe. The Lockheed if I remember right had one massive jet in the middle that turned and what not. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 6:25pm
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Aside from investing/ charity stuff: I'd pay to finish all my schooling, as well as both my sisters schooling. Pay off anything we dont have paid off (cars, house, whatever)
As for new stuff. I'd try to get my hands on a Cadillac Cien: 
As well as probably a Gallardo: 
Oh, and of course, an STI: 
and Toyota Tacoma 
I'd buy a pile of new clothes. I'd build a wicked gaming PC, and (when it comes out) get the best intel G5 I could. Home entertainment system, and an absolutly killer music collection. And a hottub. All the way. |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 7:19pm
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 7:26pm
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^Nice gun^
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 7:50pm
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I don't know exactly how I'd split it, but the general idea goes like this:
Land. As much as I can get, and just sit on it. Set aside enough to pay taxes on said land/house/school. Fund my dad's start ups, he has so many ideas... Buy a few small things. (Car, comp, pb stuff) Charity. |
Posted By: NJnets5
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 8:16pm
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this is an awesome thread. i would probably spend about 2 million buying everyone in my family a nice car of their choice. about 1/3 of it on charity. a nice house for my mom/dad and grandmas. buy the new jersey nets. help friends and their families with money problems. a couple nice pball guns and start an organization that helps families in need. o yea, and buy a private jet...or 5. ------------- Tippmann 98 Custom -Response Trigger -Double Trigger -32 Degrees NightStick Barrel -Pen Spring Mod -Straw Mod -Polished Internals -Co2 -18 bps "You are unique...just like everyone else" |
Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 8:25pm
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Buy a house for myself, brother, mother, and father.
Clothes Car Charity College Education Invest |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 8:50pm
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I can't believe you people didn't know about the Harrier... As for me though,
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 8:57pm
DeTrevni wins the internet. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:02pm
ive heard of the harrier, i know what it is, but ive never heard of those capabilities. the only thing ive ever seen it do it land the president on an aircraft carrier edit- my apologies, just saw the other posts |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:03pm
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I've seen one of them at the airshow here. Hovered and all that good stuff. /thread hijack ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:10pm
| Heck, if you've played GTA: San Andreas you should know about the harrier |
Posted By: NJnets5
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 9:26pm
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best game of all time...besides ghost recon 2 imo ------------- Tippmann 98 Custom -Response Trigger -Double Trigger -32 Degrees NightStick Barrel -Pen Spring Mod -Straw Mod -Polished Internals -Co2 -18 bps "You are unique...just like everyone else" |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:02pm
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:23pm
  id have my dream marker and i nice set of grills to impress people. id probably keep the house i have now, buy a nice car when i turn 16 next year. the rest i would use for college and to set my family up nice. i wouldnt really spend alot until the end of high school, since id rather let people know me by who i am now than someone who just has alot of money and buys there friends. |
Posted By: Biteme132
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:33pm
what a **edited**ing loser! I ought to  and steal the rest of the money.------------- . |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:35pm
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well see thats the thing. i would take one of that million and set up a defensive perimeter around my house. and besides, youd have to get me before i gave it all away |
Posted By: Biteme132
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:37pm
haha. ok then. that works too. ------------- . |
Posted By: NJnets5
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 11:41pm
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this one kid at my school pays people to be his friend. he gve me 30$ to go to the mall with him and paid someone to go with him to hawaii. ------------- Tippmann 98 Custom -Response Trigger -Double Trigger -32 Degrees NightStick Barrel -Pen Spring Mod -Straw Mod -Polished Internals -Co2 -18 bps "You are unique...just like everyone else" |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:00am
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buy everyone in my family house/car then buy some nice import cars, invest in land and real estate, some nice quads- ltr 450, YFZ 450 '07, grizzly 660, rhino sport edition, some nice paintball guns-DM6, PM6, and bank a lot of it, live off intrest, and make sure all of my friends and family never have to worry about money again. i would donate a lot too. i would get some guns too, d-eagles and m-16, then also a helicopter and private jet, and a yacht. cuz every rich person needs a private just/helicopter and a yacht. ------------- 
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:06am
count me in on that |
Posted By: tyranny
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:35am
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I would put the money in the bank. Then with the interest, I would buy a 1994 Landcruiser, a 1964 Lincoln navigator (convertible), and buy back the family lake cabin. After that I would just blow the annual interest on whatever I felt like. edit. Woohoo 1800 posts!! |
Posted By: Mateo
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:36am
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Posted By: travis75
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:55am
 Asimo FTW ------------- Hey MPAA, Guess what? 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0! |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 1:26am
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damn....i get the feeling thats where awesome-o in south park came from. i cant believe i never noticed that before |
Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 1:28am
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I have more than a fealing
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 1:31am
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I would buy a Remmington Model 70 with a 10x Luepold scope and a harris adjustable bi-pod... then have my own personal shooting range build right next to my new house with my corvette's and mustangs ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Farcry0092
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 11:11am
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y would you put it outside? im gonna put one in my basement next to the basketball court and bowling alley. |
Posted By: pimptastik
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 11:54am
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bank. cars, house, clothes,travel. ------------- <no ginormous sigs please> |
Posted By: battlefreak
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:05pm
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1000 acers that borders national forest for p balling and hunting 5000 sqft log home 3000 sqft garage to work on my rods and my corvettes and i would buy many more guns to expand my military collection ------------- 
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Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 1:54pm
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I don't understand why anyone is saying anything about paying for college and whatnot.
The purpose of college is to get the knowledge/skills to get a good job that supplies enough money to live comfortably.... If you have $150+ mil, why on Earth do you need college? I personally would not go to college and never work another day of my life. I'd buy a nice $1 mil or so house and pimp it out with some sweet flatscreens and a bomb sound system. I'd have a game room with pool table, arcade-type games and etc. As far as cars go, I'd get a Lincoln Towncar for everyday driving and a convertible Corvette for when I need to get somewhere fast. If I got bored and decided to make a business endeavor, I'd complete one of my life goals and open a headshop called "Bongs 'R Us" right next to a restaurant called "Munchies." I'd drop a few mil on the effort to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and use my vaporizer every day for the rest of my life. With whatever was left (should still be over $100 mil), I'd invest 50% in stocks/bonds, 25% in the bank, and 25% in land. ------------- 
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Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 2:00pm
You, sir, would make a fine millionaire.  ------------- u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted Men are from Magmar, women are from Venusaur. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 2:06pm
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^^^With a gold crapper... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 2:37pm
It's because we're not all lazy stoners...  No seriously though, I would still go through school, because I like learning, and I would still go into teaching, because I think I will really like my work. I really think I would get bored just living it up all the time. If I didn't work, I've have to start some sort of non-profit group to work with or something....However, if I did hit it, I'd prolly start an uber paintball field, and if that went well, I probably wouldn't teach...I don't know...nevermind..lol.. ------------- |
Posted By: Farcry0092
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 3:02pm
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exactly my idea except without the teaching. i want to go into military engineering |
Posted By: darkSIDEofMOON
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 3:14pm
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pay all of families stuff buy my friends all out of things travel the world own tons of houses and live in them all have like 1000 cars or something... die poor!! j/p give save most and give it to my kids when i pass |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 4:03pm
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Pay off all outstanding debts. Pay off 4 year college tuition. Finish college. Buy a small home in Orlando or Atlanta. Pay off completly. Put 75% of whats left over in the bank, and never touch it, just keep using the interest. Take the other 35% and invest it. Most in mutual funds, the rest in medium risk stocks. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 4:07pm
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Posted By: djrox
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 4:50pm
I would buy a third world country and mess with all the people there. ------------- campaignforliberty.com - campaignforliberty.com |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 4:55pm
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Posted By: newport
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 5:11pm
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Dude, don't get married.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 5:44pm
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Posted By: battlefreak
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 8:54pm
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