Kyle Maguire
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so I see the mega millions is up to $550 million now. has anybody ever had lottery luck? what would you do if you won? what would you buy? I am interested to hear what you guys have to say.
Anyone with luck?
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I would hit me and my wife's brothers and sisters and my mother in law (only living parent) with a million each. Then i have some close friends that I would pay off their mortgages and give them some spending money.
Payoff all my debt, fix up the house, try to buy back my first car that I sold. The guy is still restoring it, a 1968 Mustang 428 Cobra Jet fastback. Biggest mistake selling it after owning it for 20 years.
Go on a vacation. Try to make as many peoples lives better.
Payoff all my debt, fix up the house, try to buy back my first car that I sold. The guy is still restoring it, a 1968 Mustang 428 Cobra Jet fastback. Biggest mistake selling it after owning it for 20 years.
Go on a vacation. Try to make as many peoples lives better.
scott degroot
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I won't lie...hookers and blow...what could go wrong.
After taxes you would only get about $250-$275 million.
I would give over $200 million+ of the money to my children and grandchildren...give a nice chunk to my favorite charities, and probably just blow the remaining $5-$10 million on myself. I'm 67 years old so I would not have much time to spend the rest...:bwahaha:
...Rich
I would give over $200 million+ of the money to my children and grandchildren...give a nice chunk to my favorite charities, and probably just blow the remaining $5-$10 million on myself. I'm 67 years old so I would not have much time to spend the rest...:bwahaha:
...Rich
My grandmother's best friend while growing up and through college is the lady in Virgina (West VA?) that won the hundreds of millions some years back; I forget the actual amount. Since my grandmother had not spoken to her in many years, she did not want to contact her to congratulate her because of the way it would look (sad conundrum). My grandparents also have very strong feelings about the morality of the lottery. The winner contacted my grandmother, though, through a letter. She is widowed and really didn't quite know what to do with the money. She only played the lottery as a hobby, not so much a hope to strike it big.
Anyway, she won more money than she knew what to do with as a widowed retiree. She has given a lot of money to charity and friends and family. She sends my grandparents a $1,000 check each month which my grandparents have not spent a dime of. The objected but she has to get rid of the money or it just gets lost to taxes and time as she has nobody to leave it to. That kind of money has a way of just compounding on itself and spending it does not necessarily deplete it. She has built a wing on an educational hospital among other charities of which I am not really informed.
The only material thing she bought herself was a Cadillac. Still living in the same modest home. Still living exactly as she did before except for one unfortunate side effect. She now has an addiction to gambling. She will hop on a jet to Vegas, spend a few hours and couple hundred thousand at the casinos and fly back. I guess it's not so bad. For the most part, though, she claims it has not significantly changed her life.
I need to ask my grandparents how she's doing.
Anyway, she won more money than she knew what to do with as a widowed retiree. She has given a lot of money to charity and friends and family. She sends my grandparents a $1,000 check each month which my grandparents have not spent a dime of. The objected but she has to get rid of the money or it just gets lost to taxes and time as she has nobody to leave it to. That kind of money has a way of just compounding on itself and spending it does not necessarily deplete it. She has built a wing on an educational hospital among other charities of which I am not really informed.
The only material thing she bought herself was a Cadillac. Still living in the same modest home. Still living exactly as she did before except for one unfortunate side effect. She now has an addiction to gambling. She will hop on a jet to Vegas, spend a few hours and couple hundred thousand at the casinos and fly back. I guess it's not so bad. For the most part, though, she claims it has not significantly changed her life.
I need to ask my grandparents how she's doing.
Brett Hartwig
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I am impressed with all the well thought out plans and the incredible generosity you all have to help those in need. With that being said...I gotta go with the hookers and blow. What could go wrong?
Mark K 2
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I matched four numbers on Powerball once.
If I won big, I would continue working for my EMS department and hospital, both part-time. I'd buy a new Explorer and live in my current apartment for a while. I'd pay off my debts and hire an accountant to manage my money. I'm told that I'm a humble person and I wouldn't do much different than I'm doing now.
If I won big, I would continue working for my EMS department and hospital, both part-time. I'd buy a new Explorer and live in my current apartment for a while. I'd pay off my debts and hire an accountant to manage my money. I'm told that I'm a humble person and I wouldn't do much different than I'm doing now.
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EddieS'04
In Memoriam 1950-2022
I dont play the Lotto.
If I did and won. 15% to 20% to my church. 10% to a Protestant mission of my choice. 10% to a local organization that deals with boy's and girl's. The impoverished, drug adiction programs, and single parent homes that need help. 5% to my local PD and 5% to our VFD. 10% to the MS foundation, my sister has MS. 10% to JDF, family members and freinds deal with diabete's.
That leaves me 30% to spend on family and myself. For myself I hope there is enough to build a home. Outside of city limits,no rules. So I can have a large temp controled garage work shop, and 2 styles of lifts. The house doesnt' need to be much. That is an area I never cared about keeping up with the Jones family. Im comfortable with 1000sq ft house. I just want an area to build cars like I use too. At 63 Im a wus, tired of doing it in the driveway.....LOL
If I did and won. 15% to 20% to my church. 10% to a Protestant mission of my choice. 10% to a local organization that deals with boy's and girl's. The impoverished, drug adiction programs, and single parent homes that need help. 5% to my local PD and 5% to our VFD. 10% to the MS foundation, my sister has MS. 10% to JDF, family members and freinds deal with diabete's.
That leaves me 30% to spend on family and myself. For myself I hope there is enough to build a home. Outside of city limits,no rules. So I can have a large temp controled garage work shop, and 2 styles of lifts. The house doesnt' need to be much. That is an area I never cared about keeping up with the Jones family. Im comfortable with 1000sq ft house. I just want an area to build cars like I use too. At 63 Im a wus, tired of doing it in the driveway.....LOL
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Richard McAlister
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I'd pay it on my bills, as far as it wouild go.
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Gavin Allan
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Hookers and blow here. Why waste it on other crap?
Richard Toms
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Looks like $656 million or something today.
I am only 33. Winning this would not make me retire early. I have 10 years on the job.
Dreams are nice. I know for what I would do. I promised I would take care of others before myself. I would pay all my parents/brother/uncle/aunt/girlfriend bills all off. Then of course my own. I would donate money to the Boy Scouts of America. Mainly because I am an Eagle Scout and am proud for what I earned and would love to give back.
I would continue to work the crappy job I have delivering beer/liquor/wine at this county job I have just because of the benefits. I promised my helper on the truck who is a former 17 year chef that I would build a restaurant and allow him to run it and tend to it.
I would then propose to marry my 5 year relationship with my girlfriend and then build a few dream homes.
I am only 33. Winning this would not make me retire early. I have 10 years on the job.
Dreams are nice. I know for what I would do. I promised I would take care of others before myself. I would pay all my parents/brother/uncle/aunt/girlfriend bills all off. Then of course my own. I would donate money to the Boy Scouts of America. Mainly because I am an Eagle Scout and am proud for what I earned and would love to give back.
I would continue to work the crappy job I have delivering beer/liquor/wine at this county job I have just because of the benefits. I promised my helper on the truck who is a former 17 year chef that I would build a restaurant and allow him to run it and tend to it.
I would then propose to marry my 5 year relationship with my girlfriend and then build a few dream homes.
Duane Foster
Active Member
Eddie, a friend of mine wanted to build a large garage behind his house to build his cars in, but the city wouldn't allow a building the size he wanted. It did, however, let him build 2 slightly smaller buildings that together give him more room than the 1 bigger one he wanted to put up. He just has to walk outside to go from one to the other. One is basically storage for cars and parts, while the other one is set up as a shop with a lift and work area, with plenty of room for 2 cars and a lot of parts. I think when I was there he had his '70 Torino Cobra and '70 Richard Petty Torino in the shop building and his wife's '69 Mustang and son's '69 Montego in the other.
Robert Thomas
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Buy beer for me and my fiends, the rest I would just waste.
EddieS'04
In Memoriam 1950-2022
Duane,
The '70 Torino Cobra, was a fine looking car. When I was @ fort bliss elpaso in '73. My XO, had one for sale. I thought about long and hard. The $$ wasnt there.
The latter and last Torino body styles' sucked, IMO...
The '70 Torino Cobra, was a fine looking car. When I was @ fort bliss elpaso in '73. My XO, had one for sale. I thought about long and hard. The $$ wasnt there.
The latter and last Torino body styles' sucked, IMO...
I would take my family on the road. Imagine the education I could get my children with a hired tutor and showing them history by the book and then showing them where it happened.
Tom
Tom
Gavin Allan
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Take 'em to Detroit and show them the remains of a once-great world leader in Technology and Manufacturing. Show them what has happened to this country...
Kevin Lang
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Good luck. With so much revisionist history going around, both in signs/material and spewing from the mouths of the tour guides, going to a national park would probably be "anti-educational".
My personal "favorite" was watching the introduction video at Monticello's museum and seeing how someone went to great lengths to work obama in there, as if he were relevant in any way, shape or form to Thomas Jefferson's presidency and personal residence. Better get to Mt. Rushmore fast, before he gets himself on that.
