If you won the lottery ...

[guppie01 0]

Pay off the bills & mortgage.
College fund for the teenager.
Buy a B&B in New Zealand / or start a NPO for battered women and children.
Invest the rest.

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"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?"
Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU
OMG, is she okay?

[futuredivot 0]

1) Give a heartfelt thanks to the person that bought me a ticket
2) Take the annual payments so that no matter how stupid I got-there would be be more cash around the corner
3) Change my phone service
4) Pretend I don't know you guys if we see each other on the street

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

[BillyVance 34]

I would definitely pay off the mortgages and other debts, build up my daughters' college funds, and invest 90% of the rest, leaving us enough to have a nice vacation and also set up college funds for our relatives' kids.

I might also invest in a state-of-the-art security system that'll recognize pan-handlers and blast them with machine-gun paintball weapons when they get close enough.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[millertimeunc 0]

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1) Put about $1m away as an income fund; make that my "backup" money that would provide me income even if everything else failed.

2) Start a company, Seawanhaka Systems, specializing in power electronics. Specifically aftermarket DC/DC converters for hybrids and electric vehicles, solid state lighting ballasts for theatrical and stage lighting, BMS (battery management systems) for electric vehicles and direct-to-grid solar inverters. Start sales via Internet sales then branch out to small EV/LEV manufacturers and theatrical production companies.

Eventually get into EV systems manufacture, including motor inverters, inductive chargers and control systems.

2) Start a brewery specializing in skydiving themed beers. Get John Campbell down from Montana for six months to help start it. Start with a 20 gallon system, a dozen fermentors, a few bright tanks and a semiautomatic bottler/capper. That would allow a throughput of about 18 cases or 8 corny kegs per day, which would be enough to get our 'feet wet' so to speak. Start with some favorites (a chocolate porter, a wheat, a fruit ale, a clean lager) and then branch out into a few seasonals (sours, barrel aged stouts.) Give a bunch away free to Jump for the Cause, the World Team etc both for fundraising and to get the beer out there.

Eventually move to a 10 barrel system allowing both infusion and decoction mashing and add temp-controlled conical fermentors.

Figure I need about 5 million for all the above, assuming the companies can turn a profit within about 4 years.

Agree with everything except the lager part. Lager is swill.

The best things in life are dangerous.

[airdvr 210]

Buy a yacht with a flag says "Chillin the most"...

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[millertimeunc 0]

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Buy a yacht with a flag says "Chillin the most"...

What then? Maybe rock that bitch up and down the coast?

The best things in life are dangerous.

[billvon 2,991]

> Lager is swill.

Ever had Hangar 24 Helles, Kona Longboard, Anchor Steam, Rouge Morimoto or Bruery Humulus? There are Marzen/Octoberfest beers, Eisbocks, Doppelbocks, Schwartzbiers and Imperial Pilsners.

Lagers often get a bad name because light American beers are lagers. (And they're harder to brew well, so many small breweries steer clear of them and stick to ale yeasts.) But done well they can be a lot more subtle than ales, and the longer lagering lets the beer become cleaner without filtering (which leads to short shelf lives and skunky beer.)

[AggieDave 6]

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Lagers often get a bad name because light American beers are lagers. (And they're harder to brew well, so many small breweries steer clear of them and stick to ale yeasts.) But done well they can be a lot more subtle than ales, and the longer lagering lets the beer become cleaner without filtering (which leads to short shelf lives and skunky beer.)

What is funny is the story of Budweiser beer and where the concept for the recipe came from. I wonder how many European Beer Snobs (tm) know that story?

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[guppykf 0]

1. First and foremost I would buy out the front page of the paper stating that I would be hiring a financial adviser, give to charities and persons of my choosing; if a financial adviser, charity or person contacts me without me soliciting their services that they would be immediately rejected...dont want unknown relatives to come out the woodwork..LOL. After that was settled I would
2. Pay the immediate family's mortgages off and give them the same warning as number 1 regarding additional monies.
3. Open an indoor adventure park with a ski resort on one side and an indoor waterpark on the other...I've wanted to do this for years. Probably start with one side and as earn ROI I would open the other side.
4. Invest and live off 5% of the winnings.
5. Get the heck out of the country for awhile til the hype dies down over my winning the lottery.

THRIVING IN MY DASH!!

[billvon 2,991]

>Open an indoor adventure park with a ski resort on one side and an indoor
>waterpark on the other . . .

Use one as a heatsink for the other. Would probably have to go underground.

[JohnDeere 0]

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resetting the clock on mortgage payments since it is a tax advantage.

Thats some funny shit there!

Nothing opens like a Deere!

You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers!

[skyrider 0]

Pay for my Inlaws to have a full time live in nurse ,(That Speaks English as a first language)..

Buy a new house on at least 30 acres...(not this damn littel 1/8th acre lot)

Get my wife to relax for the first time since she met me!


Just for starters!

[countzero 7]

get out of debt. invest most of the rest. set up an account so i can make some descent money off the interest. i would splurge on a new rig and a vacation in arizona with lots of coach jumps and tunnel time so i can learn to freefly with the big boys.

diamonds are a dawgs best friend

[Squeak 17]

i already own my house so i'd pay of my investment mortgage, buy a couple more bikes, a 2 bigish motorhomes (one in Nth America one in Europe) invest a bucket load and then travel in the motorhomes.
First port of call ELOY TUNNEL, and i'd hire Amy for sky and Jason for Tunnel and spend a month getting goodI'd also pay for a bunch of friends to come play with me in AZ

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[skyrider 0]

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i already own my house so i'd pay of my investment mortgage, buy a couple more bikes, a 2 bigish motorhomes (one in Nth America one in Europe) invest a bucket load and then travel in the motorhomes.
First port of call ELOY TUNNEL, and i'd hire Amy for sky and Jason for Tunnel and spend a month getting goodI'd also pay for a bunch of friends to come play with me in AZ

I would liek to sacrifice myself and Volunteer to store your RV, tilll you come to Americaa and need to use it....

I'm giving that way!

[Amazon 7]

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i already own my house so i'd pay of my investment mortgage, buy a couple more bikes, a 2 bigish motorhomes (one in Nth America one in Europe) invest a bucket load and then travel in the motorhomes.
First port of call ELOY TUNNEL, and i'd hire Amy for sky and Jason for Tunnel and spend a month getting goodI'd also pay for a bunch of friends to come play with me in AZ

LOL.. I take it the spare bedroom as not so bad huh

[Squeak 17]

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i already own my house so i'd pay of my investment mortgage, buy a couple more bikes, a 2 bigish motorhomes (one in Nth America one in Europe) invest a bucket load and then travel in the motorhomes.
First port of call ELOY TUNNEL, and i'd hire Amy for sky and Jason for Tunnel and spend a month getting goodI'd also pay for a bunch of friends to come play with me in AZ

LOL.. I take it the spare bedroom as not so bad huh

Yeah but in my motorhome you'll be able to open the fridge






Gypsy, when i win you can look after my Motorhome in my absence and i wont even charge you rental

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Amazon 7]

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i already own my house so i'd pay of my investment mortgage, buy a couple more bikes, a 2 bigish motorhomes (one in Nth America one in Europe) invest a bucket load and then travel in the motorhomes.
First port of call ELOY TUNNEL, and i'd hire Amy for sky and Jason for Tunnel and spend a month getting goodI'd also pay for a bunch of friends to come play with me in AZ

LOL.. I take it the spare bedroom as not so bad huh

Yeah but in my motorhome you'll be able to open the fridge






Gypsy, when i win you can look after my Motorhome in my absence and i wont even charge you rental

DUDE.. that fridge is[EVIL]...... [EVIL] I tell ya

One huge science experiment. thats what happens in the land of moss and mold when you unplug the damn thing.

[popsjumper 2]

Two true stories:

1. At one departmental staff meeting, we were discussing the lottery. I told my boss, who was a real asshole, "If I win, I'm coming in the next day to shit on your desk. That'll be the last time you ever see me."

2. One of Georgia's early winners said, on national TV, I'm gonna buy me a double-wide and move back to Alabama!"

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[AggieDave 6]

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One of Georgia's early winners said, on national TV, I'm gonna buy me a double-wide and move back to Alabama!"

So why is it that Hans didn't move?

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[JohnMitchell 16]

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Agree with everything except the lager part. Lager is swill.

Says the guy who's screen name if millertimeunc? Boy, don'tcha know that's a pilsner lager?


P.S. Changed my mind. If I win the lottery I'm going to go brew beer with Billvon.

[pontiacgtp00 0]

I wouldn't say a word to anyone at all except my parents and a couple friends I've known since elementary school. I'd give away a few hundred thousand to them. I'd live in an average sized house with a pretty big garage. Then spend the rest on never working again, traveling, and automotive projects.

[NealFitz 0]

go skydiving with it all the way...................free boogies woooooo with the perris jump jet permanently available ;)

Dudeist Skydiver #170
You do not need a parachute to skydive, you only need one to skydive again

[StangMan90 0]

First, I'd tell my kids to start applying to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc.
Then I'd inform my boss that I'd like to spend more time with my family.

After that, I'd buy every house in my neighborhood so that my family and friends could all live in a comfortable area with the people they like to be around.

Set up a family/friends lending trust with incredibly reasonable terms and interest rates (but still with the legal obligation to repay). No handouts, but generous nonetheless.

Then maybe a jumpsuit or two and a new rig.

After that, an open-cockpit biplane and lessons to learn how to fly it.

As far as "financial advisors" go, I wouldn't trust one as far as I could throw him/her. They are the ones that got us into this mess we call an economy. And while I'm on the subject, screw the banks too. I'd support my local credit union even more than I do now.

And finally, I would donate a building to my home DZ with separate men's/women's locker rooms with bathrooms and showers and a nice big common area with comfy couches and big-screen HD TV with surround sound. I'd leave it up to somebody else to do the other necessary decorating (beer fridge, cheesy photos, Velvet Elvis, etc.).

After that, life would be perfect.

simplify

[elias123 0]

How much are the winnings? Depending on that, I would throw 75-80% on the bank, use the rest on getting my ass in the air as much as possible.
I'd use the other 75-80% of the money (seeing that the winnings would be a very considerable amount) to buy a house later on my life, so I don't owe nobody shit!

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane"