If you got rich young....

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nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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I could build a fantastic dome house, and buy at least a couple acres of land in each direction. Probably in the mountains somewhere.
Hm... maybe a bit more land than that, so I could build a road-style track to drive my cars on in any way I please, and space to run the dirt bikes/dune buggies/horses. Plenty of money left over, and I don't know why I'd ever need to leave my estate.
 

BSEagle1

Senior member
Oct 28, 2002
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I'd probably join a volunteer fire department, write when I feel like it, and spend the rest of the time doing whatever I please :p
 

NiKeFiDO

Diamond Member
May 21, 2004
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Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: archcommus
Rich as in $100 million, young as in 20 years old,

what would you do for the rest of your life?

Sure it'd be nice to quit work and travel and go out and have fun every night with your SO or friends or whatever but wouldn't you run out of stuff to do after a year or so and be like "Damn, now what?"?

Get richer.

thats about right
 

DaShen

Lifer
Dec 1, 2000
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Originally posted by: archcommus
Rich as in $100 million, young as in 20 years old,

what would you do for the rest of your life?

Sure it'd be nice to quit work and travel and go out and have fun every night with your SO or friends or whatever but wouldn't you run out of stuff to do after a year or so and be like "Damn, now what?"?

Bike across the world! That would cover 3-4 years at least. After that, start a business and charitable foundation.
 

habib89

Diamond Member
Jan 17, 2001
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quit work.. buy a few new cars.. give parents some money.. buy a house.. go back to school
 

Rubycon

Madame President
Aug 10, 2005
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Money was never a problem in the family so we never really thought about it.

It's the "new money" folks that are the most annoying.

:)
 

K1052

Elite Member
Aug 21, 2003
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Buy out a chunk of ownership in the family company, invest the remainder conservatively, and work same the job that I currently do.



 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: ruffilb
Originally posted by: Azzith
buy the most powerfullest sword in WoW.

BoP, fool.

Pay 39 people to play WoW full time and raid with you, where you are the master looter, therefore, you get the sword .... Is that what you would do ???

muahahahahahahahaah
 

Abe Froman

Golden Member
Dec 14, 2004
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I would keep working, but on the condition that no one was busting my b@lls. If that didn't work out, I would get a job I loved to do, but didn't pay enought for me to live my lifestyle the way I want to
 

BriGy86

Diamond Member
Sep 10, 2004
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i understand why some people would work, but i personally wouldn't (its probably because of the jobs i've had)

i would try to make life as comfortable as possible for me, my close friends and family

i've always told myself i'd give at least 1 mill. to my former church

(haven't set foot there in 5 years, but they taught religion the right way, all they asked was that i believe in something and didn't force it down our throats, from my experience there, they were all good people and would do the right thing with the donation)

organized religion just isn't for me though
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: laurenlex
How can you tire of yacthing, flying, skiing, fishing, hunting, fast cars and hot women?

trust me it gets old (except the women).

ie:
learning stuff just because you can, but you're not really interested in just because you're bored, gets old.

My thread
 

dexvx

Diamond Member
Feb 2, 2000
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I dont get the impulsiveness of acitvely spending a large portion of time to earn money when you have $100 million already. Thats more than enough to live extremely comfortably off just the raw interest alone (2% APR = 2million/year).

Anyways, I'd build myself a huge underground bunker in case World War III comes.
 

kranky

Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Orsorum
Originally posted by: Orsorum
Originally posted by: sygyzy
$20M to help easy the national debt of oh TRILLIONS? I don't think any private citizen has ever donated money for the national debt. Do you think they'd even apply it to the debt? That might buy a few toilet seats at the rate the government wastes money.

I've heard anecdotal evidence of senior citizens (who lived through the Depression) specifically sending in an additional check with their tax returns. The checks are earmarked "For the National Debt" or something similar. I don't know the veracity of such tales, but I agree with the sentiment.

Bump for anyone who's heard of this.

It's true. I've seen it referred to in either the IRS annual report or another annual goverment agency report. People send in money every year to be applied against the national debt. Guess what - it's deductible as a charitible contribution!

 

EyeMWing

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Jun 13, 2003
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Originally posted by: dexvx
I dont get the impulsiveness of acitvely spending a large portion of time to earn money when you have $100 million already. Thats more than enough to live extremely comfortably off just the raw interest alone (2% APR = 2million/year).

Anyways, I'd build myself a huge underground bunker in case World War III comes.

I agree - the first few years would be heavy spending - houses, cars, that kind of thing. After that though, it's just coasting.
 

TheToOTaLL

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Oct 7, 2001
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Retire to an island in the South Pacific (near Australia), build a phat house, and throw the rest into savings and live off the interest.

I'd rather not be around when the US goes to crap....