So, what would you do if you won the lottery?

[conjur]

Originally posted by: NathanBWF
pay off all my debts then live off the interest for the rest of my life....and then do 2 at once!

Well...have to buy a p1mp ride first!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Pay off the massive massive debt my parents accumulated after the flood 6 years ago, then use the rest of the money to pay for college. I'd also probably blow a bunch of cash on expensive items of "racy" nature. At the very least I'd have to buy a Real Doll. I hear those things are flippin' amazing.

You would still go to college?

Definitely! There's so many things I want to learn, mostly Japanese and C++. I enjoy coding, particularly when I find my knowledge is applicable to the games I play. (Hell, I taught myself the first year of CS classes by modding Tribes before I ever took a class) Japanese... well I like anime and shibari porn.

Meh.

Yeah, I guess. There are still things I want to learn, also... But I wouldn't make a full schedule out of it.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Clear all my debts (damned student loans) then get a nice new car. Nothing exorbant though. Put the rest into long-term investments and have one hell of a nest egg for my future house.

- M4H

 

[rocadelpunk]

i'd give it all to charity.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i'd give it all to charity.

- M4H

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i'd give it all to charity.

- M4H

 

[isekii]

I'd put it in the bank and just live off the interest.

 

[Kenny]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i'd give it all to charity.

You'd be better off donating the dollar than losing it to the lotto system.

 

[Joony]

Hmm, pay off morgage and bills. Get myself a loaded IS300, make my uber computer, donate some of it, make some uber airsoft guns. Rest into the bank

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i'd give it all to charity.

A sweet sentiment, but I've learned that sometimes you need to keep some stuff for yourself, lest you wind up being the people charity donates to. Floods teach you quickly that way.

 

[anno]

2 million after tax.. so.. I can "spend" all that?

first I'd fix my house. remodel it, I guess.. new floors, paint, add a screened porch, maybe do the kitchen, definitely redo the master bath. or.. I could move instead, but.. I like this house, and where it is.. don't really need a bigger one. it's not that fancy a house, I expect I'd have a hard time spending 100k on it, so.. there's still lots to spend.

then I'd buy cars.. a matrix for my daughter because that's what she wants, a used SUV of some sort for my son because he needs to prove he can take care of a car first.. well.. he needs to prove he can drive first, actually.. so far he's refused to get his license, maybe that'd be the incentive he needed.. whatever is the safest one. my husband.. he can drive the kids car for a while while his car goes off and gets itself as fixed up as it can, that'd make him happier than a new car. I like my car, so.. I will keep it. so.. I think I'd be hard pressed to spend 100k on cars too, so there's still a lot left.

then.. I'd take everyone to disneyworld.. the cruise and then 7-10 days at disneyworld.. my whole family, my husband's whole family, the kid next door and my daughter's boyfriend and a friend for my son to hang out with because he'd have more fun that way.. so.. how many people is that.. 10 and 9 and 3.. 22 people. that's going to be a little spendy but... maybe I could do that for 100k too? so.. I have 1.7 million left..

ok.. I'd put 250k in trust for each of the kids to become theirs when they're 30.. 35, maybe.. I want them to have to work, to have to learn how to work, and save, and acheive goals on their own, so.. I think that's what I'd do. so.. I have 2 kids, I have 1.2 million left.

then I'd invest 1 million and hope it earns some money, is it realistic to expect it'd earn 8%? and we'd add half that 8% to our annual income, that would improve our standard of living plenty but not excessively.. and.. yeah, that'd be perfect. with that increased income I would get someone to come in and mop floors and stuff every other week so I don't have to do that because I ::hate:: mopping floors.. that'd be what I did for ME 'stead of a new car! and the other half of the 8% (or more than that, if we're lucky and it earns really good interest?) will be the savings.. for stuff that doesn't fit in the new budget..

so I have 200k left.. that's the 10% I'd give away. I think I'd probably give it to virginia tech and usc (the one in south carolina), endow a scholarship or two.. investing in people. I think.. I might change my mind if I actually got to make that decision.

hmm.. I forgot to pay off my house.. heh. well.. maybe I'd do that too.. or maybe I wouldn't.. wouldn't really matter much either way.

 

[stormbv]

I could finally build a shack in the woods and start writing my manifesto...

 

[DrPizza]

Invest a bunch of it so I'd never have to worry about running out of money...
In the short term, I'd do everything in my power to get even with people who annoy me or piss me off.... Not get even... get back at them ten times over. They wanna play their obnoxious stereo loud? I'll play Lawrence Welk or something 10 times louder... I'll put as many accessories as possible on an old rusty ford and hang out with the ricers (subtlely mocking them)... Buy all my stuff at garage sales and salvation army....

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Clear all my debts (damned student loans) then get a nice new car. Nothing exorbant though. Put the rest into long-term investments and have one hell of a nest egg for my future house.

- M4H

Pretty much what I'd do.

 

[Anubis]

Id disappear. Just pack up and leave without a trace and tell no one about it. it would be so great

 

[Turkish]

If I won $2 million dollars? I would sell everything I have, my house, car, pc, clothes, dvds, tv, furniture, books, cds, everything... I mean, whatever I have!... then go disappear for a year, probably go to somewhere like south america or maybe go north to the pole, and after that one year disappearing period, buy a house in italy or spain and live off interest with my loved ones...

 

[Konigin]

Invest 1.5 million. Buy a Z. Go on vacation. Give whatever is left of the .5 after spending to my parents to squander as they may.

 

[nativesunshine]

Buy a new car...(something practical though...)

Give some to parents to help them pay off their debts, etc.

Give some to charity

Save the rest and collect interest

w00t.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: nativesunshine
Give some to parents to help them pay off their debts, etc.

Ah, that was the other thing I would do.

Buy my dad that BMW 735 he's been dreaming of owning for years.

- M4H

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: anno
2 million after tax.. so.. I can "spend" all that?

first I'd fix my house. remodel it, I guess.. new floors, paint, add a screened porch, maybe do the kitchen, definitely redo the master bath. or.. I could move instead, but.. I like this house, and where it is.. don't really need a bigger one. it's not that fancy a house, I expect I'd have a hard time spending 100k on it, so.. there's still lots to spend.

then I'd buy cars.. a matrix for my daughter because that's what she wants, a used SUV of some sort for my son because he needs to prove he can take care of a car first.. well.. he needs to prove he can drive first, actually.. so far he's refused to get his license, maybe that'd be the incentive he needed.. whatever is the safest one. my husband.. he can drive the kids car for a while while his car goes off and gets itself as fixed up as it can, that'd make him happier than a new car. I like my car, so.. I will keep it. so.. I think I'd be hard pressed to spend 100k on cars too, so there's still a lot left.

then.. I'd take everyone to disneyworld.. the cruise and then 7-10 days at disneyworld.. my whole family, my husband's whole family, the kid next door and my daughter's boyfriend and a friend for my son to hang out with because he'd have more fun that way.. so.. how many people is that.. 10 and 9 and 3.. 22 people. that's going to be a little spendy but... maybe I could do that for 100k too? so.. I have 1.7 million left..

ok.. I'd put 250k in trust for each of the kids to become theirs when they're 30.. 35, maybe.. I want them to have to work, to have to learn how to work, and save, and acheive goals on their own, so.. I think that's what I'd do. so.. I have 2 kids, I have 1.2 million left.

then I'd invest 1 million and hope it earns some money, is it realistic to expect it'd earn 8%? and we'd add half that 8% to our annual income, that would improve our standard of living plenty but not excessively.. and.. yeah, that'd be perfect. with that increased income I would get someone to come in and mop floors and stuff every other week so I don't have to do that because I ::hate:: mopping floors.. that'd be what I did for ME 'stead of a new car! and the other half of the 8% (or more than that, if we're lucky and it earns really good interest?) will be the savings.. for stuff that doesn't fit in the new budget..

so I have 200k left.. that's the 10% I'd give away. I think I'd probably give it to virginia tech and usc (the one in south carolina), endow a scholarship or two.. investing in people. I think.. I might change my mind if I actually got to make that decision.

hmm.. I forgot to pay off my house.. heh. well.. maybe I'd do that too.. or maybe I wouldn't.. wouldn't really matter much either way.

oh you dont need to give any money to virginia tech... they already have a lot of money by ripping off students like me increasing tutiton every other semester
maybe you should convince them to fire that apple head Frank Beamer so they wont have to spend a couple million dollars on his ass every year

 

[anno]

oh you dont need to give any money to virginia tech... they already have a lot of money by ripping off students like me increasing tutiton every other semester
maybe you should convince them to fire that apple head Frank Beamer so they wont have to spend a couple million dollars on his ass every year

I wasn't planning on giving it to THEM.. I was planning on giving it to an endowment so they could give pieces of it to someone like you!

my husband and I both graduated from virginia tech.. long long time ago.. and I expect both my kids will go through USC (the one in south carolina), one of 'em is there already.. so.. they seemed the logical choices for this hypothetical bestowing of monies I don't have.

I can't believe you don't like it there.. well.. aside from the school is school thing.. I'd move back to southwestern virginia in a heartbeat, money was no object my kids didn't object (they would.. is home to me but here is home to them.. but.. maybe someday..).. there aren't many places prettier.

 

[astroview]

Buy a bar, work at said bar, buy a BMW 5 series. Perhaps go to school still part time to have people to hang out with. Party a lot.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

pay off debt. buy 2 cars. stick the rest away. put cousins and nephews through college.

 

[tm37]

RIced Neon.

That is all

 

[isaacmacdonald]

quit my job, go to college for the next ten years... maybe become a professor.