Foo - If you were to win the big lottery...

What would you do?

I'd claim it anonymously through an attorney in order to protect my family's privacy, do some traveling... and then we get into territory where the wife and I tend to have differing views...

I'd use it to buy food. After I built my solid gold rocket car.

Can you claim through a Trust?

1) I'll get a house, nicely located close to the best schools for my kiddos.
2) A NEW CAR! Nothing expensive, some common cheapo car... but NEW!
3) Computers
4) Gunz
5) Pay debt (I don't have much but Fiance does).

I'll dedicate full time to my kiddos and when they are in school I would go to college to provide example for kiddos. Probably buy a 2nd home for the kiddos, on a trust... and let ex live there. But it would be at the far frikin' side of the school district! As far away as possible while still making it practical to continue the 50% 50% kiddo-custody.

I'd pay off my mortgage and retire. Then travel to Italy and take cooking classes.

1. Pay off everything
2. Invest some of it
3. Take some class at a local college
4. Open a store front for some photography of mine
5. Spoil my kids with my time and not have to worry about work/bills
6. Fly with my Dad to Europe to watch some live soccer games and also back to where he as born and met my mom :)
7. Pay everything off for my sister and her husband and money to spare.

I'd take a lot of classes on things like welding, bike and motorbike frame building, house building, plumbing, etc. then start a 2 wheeler (or 3 wheeler) business or something.

I would also give quite a lot of the money to family and friends. and what not.

I'd become a supervillain, hire a bunch of henchmen, hollow out a volcano, get a white cat and some Mid-Century Modern furniture, and find some super-scientist to hassle.

What would you do?

Since I have no self control, I would no doubt destroy myself...................

I'd become a supervillain, hire a bunch of henchmen, hollow out a volcano, get a white cat and some Mid-Century Modern furniture, and find some super-scientist to hassle.

The most respectable response thus far.:thumb:

Claim it. Put it in a tax free fund and siphon off the interest. I'd never touch the balance, continue to work part time. I'd pay bills with my work pay and buy things i want with the interest.

Buy a new bike of course! House renovations starting with a new bathroom then new kitchen and laundry. Build a double garage as a workshop/mens retreat (with toilet/kitchen/bathroom facilities) in the backyard. Then an extended cycling holiday starting in Europe and travelling the world until I'd been everywhere or got sick of it. Then...how much did you say I won???

I'd buy Ruben's used Hyundai since it's maintenance record is impeccable.

What would you do?

I'd claim it anonymously through an attorney in order to protect my family's privacy, do some traveling... and then we get into territory where the wife and I tend to have differing views...

Hmmm..

Cycling-wise, probably create a bike I've been toying with in my mind for a while. I'm thinking of an ultra lightweight full-suspension frame with drop bars and brifters, although I'd need to spend some money on R&D to get brifters that worked with hydraulic disc brakes. Then enjoy a bike that is rigid enough to give me fun on the road and bouncy enough to not jar my teeth loose if I go off road.

Aside from that... I'd be tempted to turn it into a huge pile of £10 notes, sprawl across the pile, take a photo of myself with both middle fingers extended, post it (the photo, not the money) to the taxman, and emigrate.

Gain control of all bike sales in the US and double the price of every thing.
Bribe law makers into putting a tax on all bikes, and parts and there fore
tripling the price of all bikes and parts. Out law drops. Out law silly looking
bike outfits. Require emission control devices, seat belts, and Anti lock
brakes on bikes. Out law carbon fiber. Make training wheels mandatory.


I never said I was a nice person.

I'd buy lots of land in the mountains in various states.

First, split up the money to make my parents, sister, and sister/brother-in-laws lives much easier.

Second, move closer to my family.

Third, set up a relatively simple lifestyle. Get more involved with Jack Russell Rescues. Would also love to run a business which benefits society is some way.

Fourth, do more travelling.

My answers would have been much different in my 20's and 30's.

Buy a newer house in the same general area where I live now. Keep the old house, and buy a few more in the neighborhood, fix them up (they're all 50 yo, starting to need major repairs on plumbing and electrical, termite tenting too), then rent them out to make some income. The rest would be put in a diversified investment portfolio and I'd live off that income, too. Buy a new bike (Surly Troll or Ogre, or a Salsa Fargo). Probably do some traveling, including bike tours, but nothing too grand or spendy. When I die have all my assets sold and converted to cash, and have the entire pile of bills burned to keep my greedy good-for-nothin' relatives from getting hold of it.

I would buy my now defunct boarding school and run it right.

First, buy new house in same neighborhood or tear down and rebuild ours.

Pay off anything my parents owe and same for wife's mother.

Sent up college accounts for both boys.

Travel a little with the family.

Find a job that I really loved, like working in the nursery industry, boat industry or bicycle industry

I would buy AIRWOLF!
http://www.rotaryaction.com/images/airwolf3.jpg

Then I would do the smarter things mentioned above.

Yeah, I'd think I'd pick Airwolf over Blue Thunder as well.

The local food bank would be happy if I won a big jackpot. I'd also treat Cbad Rider to a case of 2 buck Chuck Shiraz.

I'd become a supervillain, hire a bunch of henchmen, hollow out a volcano, get a white cat and some Mid-Century Modern furniture, and find some super-scientist to hassle.

I LIKE the way you think!

I really don't know. Maybe I should buy a ticket and see what happens...

What would you do?

I'd use it to spend whats left of my life with my wife and daughters, my dad too. Just chilin' livin' life. Ya know? :)

I'd deliver pizza in a Ferrari.

I'd dress up like a vagrant and ask people to buy me food at the nearby restaurant. If they did, I'd give them a stack of 20s.

I'd still eat at places like Outback, but I'd tip with fifties.

I'd buy my Muay Thai gym some new damn heavy bags. Seriously, they're like frickin rocks.

I'd go to college and study everything.

The toughest part is: I'd want to give money to family, but I don't know how to approach it.

Claim it. Put it in a tax free fund and siphon off the interest. I'd never touch the balance, continue to work part time. I'd pay bills with my work pay and buy things i want with the interest.

This...I'd still work for the city but now instead of being a lowly inspector, I'd be the President of Dallas. Believe me, there will be changes!

I really don't know. Maybe I should buy a ticket and see what happens...

That's the technicality I never seem to get past.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A939QRRSNV4

I'd deliver pizza in a Ferrari.

I'd dress up like a vagrant and ask people to buy me food at the nearby restaurant. If they did, I'd give them a stack of 20s.

I'd still eat at places like Outback, but I'd tip with fifties.

I'd buy my Muay Thai gym some new damn heavy bags. Seriously, they're like frickin rocks.

I'd go to college and study everything.

The toughest part is: I'd want to give money to family, but I don't know how to approach it.

I'd leave a nickle or dime if the service was good, if not I would buy the place and fire the bastard.
Oh, That's what I do now! Never mind.

I'd deliver pizza in a Ferrari.

I'd dress up like a vagrant and ask people to buy me food at the nearby restaurant. If they did, I'd give them a stack of 20s.

I'd still eat at places like Outback, but I'd tip with fifties.

I'd buy my Muay Thai gym some new damn heavy bags. Seriously, they're like frickin rocks.

I'd go to college and study everything.

The toughest part is: I'd want to give money to family, but I don't know how to approach it.

I would have my driver drive me to the house in this to deliver pizza.
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My daughter was a PowerBall winner in 1995. She bought a nice house, a Porsche 911, still works,
and has adopter five kids in the last ten years. Lost her husband to a stroke a couple years ago,
he was 42.

She still has a great job, travels all over the world, takes the kids with her. And for the most part
has a really simple life. Of course she has people that do the house work, yard work. She still does
most of the cooking.
They have an indoor pool. Not a real large one.

Side note, My 11 year old granddaughter will start the 11th grade this fall, she will be twelve in
April. She will miss graduating at thirteen by just over a month.

I would have my driver drive me to the house in this to deliver pizza.
237153

My compliments on your selection of a driver!:thumb:

Get a nice oceanfront house in Abaco or St. Vincent. A great satellite internet connection. Relax when I want, work when I want and have enough money to pay any medical bills. The rest I'd find a way to share. Probably to bicycle related organizations.

Batman....

I'd still eat at places like Outback, but I'd tip with fifties.

I'd eat at places where the waitress might expect a tip of $3-4 and look out for the waitress who's having a really crappy day but doing her best to give me the best service she can regardless. Then leave her a tip of two $1 bills with a $100 tucked in the middle, with a sticky note on it saying I know it's a $100 and to have a great day.

Pay off all our debt
Redo our house (don't want to move until the kids are out of school)
Buy some toys (custom bikes, home theater stuff, etc.)
Probably some land somewhere in the Rockies
Quit my corporate job and finish school to get a teaching certificate and teach/coach high school
Start up a foundation helping kids (everything from food, housing, scholarships, job skill training, etc.)

As soon as I found out I would trade my car for a nice pickup truck.
Head to the boat dealership and get a big deckboat.
Buy some land out in the country but nearby to build my own shooting range(just for me).
Buy a nice bike in all categories.
Enduro motorcycle.
I own a house but would probably upgrade.. My GF is in dental school and wouldn't quit so maybe stay due to convenience.
Work part time and Live life as usual.

I would have my driver drive me to the house in this to deliver pizza.
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Good luck making it safe to your destination. How is she supposed to negotiate the gas and brakes with that choice in footwear? :bang:

If we would get in a accident I could eat the pizza and drink the beer in the full bar thats in the car

The local food bank would be happy if I won a big jackpot. I'd also treat Cbad Rider to a case of 2 buck Chuck Shiraz.

I don't know if I like it yet; I'll let you know. :)


I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.

I would open a little welding/boatbuilding shop and work when I want to and goof off when I want to.
I would buy enough property to have a private mountain bike trail and shooting range.

Pay off the blackmailers to keep my secrets safe.
Give the ex-wives hush money.

And due to continuing spinal issues, I'd get a replacement spine made out of titanium. :D

and I'd get a replacement spine made out of titanium. :D

In WWII, my uncle claimed to have gotten an aluminum rib. Go for it.

, I'd get a replacement spine made out of titanium. :D

Who not carbon fiber? Are you afraid that it will "asplode"?

I would:

-take the nicest apartment in my present apartment complex. At my age now, I have no interest in owning property. Besides, I like everything on one level. It's very efficient.

-Not one, but two Peter Mooney bikes. One fixed, one multi. Reynolds 853 and fancy chrome lug work all the way. Yes, I'd still ride my Gunnar.

-how much money we talking here? Over a hundred million, like the person (still unknown as of 2/13/12) who just won the powerball? Veddy well my brothers, time for a nice hospital. Top Doctors, best equipment, best staff. Got insurance? Good. No insurance? Not a problem, you're entitled to the best care and treatment here. regardless.

-Now, it's off to Italy with CBadRider for some cooking classes, but I adamantly refuse to have anything to do with squid. :notamused:

-Buy the world a Coke? Ok, but it must either be Mexican coke, or Kosher Coke, that is for sale around passover time. This has real sugar in it, not that High Fructose corn nonsense.

I would: Take my boy ahsposo to the world's finest grindhouses in my Gulfstream and then leave his sorry ass in Minsk one night. Penniless. Cuz he's a tool.

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Who not carbon fiber? Are you afraid that it will "asplode"?

I'm a retro-grouch. I would go for lugged steel, but the interior of my body is probably not an ideal environment for a metal that corrodes. So, titanium it is.

They're doing amazing things with carbonized/calcified rattan, of all things.

In all seriousness, if I hit The Big One, I'd spend some money on toys: Staggerwing Beech, Beech 18, On-Mark Marksman.

I'd comission one good sailboat-- probably a gaffrig schooner, 75-80'LOD, something like Spike Africa-- and a couple power cruisers, probably William Hand's Claire and an Atkin Haven. Id buy a good big ocean-going tugboat, one of the old USN YTs. I'd like some classic rolling stock to include a '70 Mustang Mach I and a '53 Power Wagon. I'd like land in the Driftless Region, a good big spread-- at least a section and maybe more. I'd want a pretty well-equipped machine shop and a pretty well-equipped wood shop so I could play with some of the ideas I have sketched out. I'd certainly enlist the aid of a good tax attorney ("There is nothing inherently sinister in so arranging one's life as to pay the lowest taxes legally available" ~ Learned Hand) and make sure my niece and nephew could attend the college of their choice without worrying themselves or my sister. My mom would never worry about money again either.


That's about not even half of it. The rest? I'd like to sail or steam to Gibraltar and spend two years doing a cycling/sailing/eating tour of the Mediterranean Rim. I want to do a bunch of travel. And of course I want to do big lines of good blow off a call girl's rump.

I would consult with someone far more knowledgable than myself on saving and investing(my father). I would immediately buy my girlfriend her dream engagement ring but hold off until reasonable time of proposal, ya know when we complete school and such. And by the time that is over im sure my head will have exploded