OK You've just won the lottery!

Feuer Frei! · 05-09-10, 10:10 AM

Surprised no-one's offered to 'waste' their money on buying out Ubisoft?
SH6 anyone?

mookiemookie · 05-09-10, 10:22 AM

Take 10% and splurge. New home, car, trip, etc.

Invest the rest in tax-free municipal bonds. Live off the interest.

Platapus · 05-09-10, 10:40 AM

Immediately move to hide from the sudden influx of relatives who would just happen to take this time to "get to know me".

I don't know if I would quit my job. I might reclassify as a consultant and only work on the projects that interest me though.

But I would definitely, buy my farm out in the country for my animal rescue work.

I might have to buy a new hat.

UnderseaLcpl · 05-09-10, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Take 10% and splurge. New home, car, trip, etc.

Invest the rest in tax-free municipal bonds. Live off the interest.

You're lazy

Why not chart a course for a rewarding career aboard my pirate ship? Competitive wages, flexible hours, full medical and dental, and I'm planning on hiring ex-hooters girls for bar wenches

Thar be no map needed to find that booty, matey

Tchocky · 05-09-10, 11:02 AM

Lance, I can't help but feel that your entire plan is a build up to that Resarrrvations pun. Immense kudos!

Me, I don't know. Possibly a new hat. Definitely a new hat. Good idea.

frau kaleun · 05-09-10, 11:36 AM

1. Pay off all outstanding debts
2. Buy a new car
3. Buy a nice condo
4. Pay off debts/mortgages etc. for a very select group of close family & friends
5. Put a nice chunk away for retirement

I honestly don't know if I'd quit my job or not. We used to have a lottery pool for the Powerball at my office and everybody would throw in a dollar once a week and then if we won we'd divvy up the jackpot. The standing joke was that if we did win the big jackpot, nobody would show up the next day except for me and the office manager. Probably true. At the very least I'd keep at it until they were sorted as far as hiring/training someone else to do my job (since I'm the only one there who knows how to do 80% of what I do, and the cash flow is pretty much dependent on it getting done).

Maybe eventually, if I could live off the interest from investing what remained after 1-5 above, I could find something else I really wanted to do and not have to worry about making a living from it. I might volunteer here and there for causes close to my heart, or even look into the possibility of teaching martial arts as a vocation.

The main thing to me would be to get my life as it is now sorted out to my satisfaction, financially speaking, and to help the people I care for most do the same. After that - who knows?

I do know that I'd probably travel to a lot of places I've always wanted to visit but would likely never get to otherwise.

Unfortunately I don't wear hats so buying a new one would just seem wasteful.

Jimbuna · 05-09-10, 11:49 AM

1. Enjoy life to the full.

2. Ditto

3. Ditto

Wolfehunter · 05-09-10, 10:48 PM

1) Split it with my wife 50/50 and let her do what she wants with her half.
2) put 1 million away for my daughter so she has a chance for a better future.
3) Buy myself a nice car, and a shack far north with my own lake and mountain for a backyard.
4) help out a few people who helped me.
5) Live the rest of my life fishing and relaxing by my shack with my family...

Tchocky · 05-09-10, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Unfortunately I don't wear hats so buying a new one would just seem wasteful.

Pshaw. You've won the lottery! Time to start!

STEED · 05-09-10, 12:42 PM

Spend it all before the tax man gets a whiff of it.

frau kaleun · 05-09-10, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

Pshaw. You've won the lottery! Time to start!

Maybe you're right, this one looks nice:

HundertzehnGustav · 05-09-10, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

You're lazy

Why not chart a course for a rewarding career aboard my pirate ship? Competitive wages, flexible hours, full medical and dental, and I'm planning on hiring ex-hooters girls for bar wenches

That be no map needed to find that booty, matey

go sail off somalia? hunt down some tankers for additionalm revenue...

UnderseaLcpl · 05-10-10, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

go sail off somalia? hunt down some tankers for additionalm revenue...

Yaaaar! We needs an investment portfolio manager.... Ye be hired!

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Originally Posted by raymond 6751

That ship lounge. Heck of an idea! Man, that would be a blast and make a profit surely.

Ye be hired as well! We've an immediate opening for a PR specialist t' distribute advarrrrtising litratures an' learnins! I'm thinkin' we might have also have an openin' for yes-men if we go public

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Originally Posted by Chad

I'd invest in James' idea, can't go wrong with a pirate ship

Yer hired to design a 3-d model of a plank and build it so I can make ye walk it!

And Mark is hired to be the children's party coordinator, where he can sing that song all day long, complete with the outfit. I'll also need him to double-check HundertzehnGustav's investment reports and ensure they are both accurate and spelled corekly.

mookiemookie · 05-09-10, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

You're lazy

Why not chart a course for a rewarding career aboard my pirate ship? Competitive wages, flexible hours, full medical and dental, and I'm planning on hiring ex-hooters girls for bar wenches

That be no map needed to find that booty, matey

Yar-har-fiddle-dee-dee...

Chad · 05-09-10, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Yar-har-fiddle-dee-dee...

Nooooooo!

I'd invest in James' idea, can't go wrong with a pirate ship

05-09-10, 10:10 AM	#1
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05-09-10, 10:22 AM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Take 10% and splurge. New home, car, trip, etc. Invest the rest in tax-free municipal bonds. Live off the interest. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

05-09-10, 10:40 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Immediately move to hide from the sudden influx of relatives who would just happen to take this time to "get to know me". I don't know if I would quit my job. I might reclassify as a consultant and only work on the projects that interest me though. But I would definitely, buy my farm out in the country for my animal rescue work. I might have to buy a new hat. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-09-10, 11:02 AM	#5
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Lance, I can't help but feel that your entire plan is a build up to that Resarrrvations pun. Immense kudos! Me, I don't know. Possibly a new hat. Definitely a new hat. Good idea. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

05-09-10, 11:49 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,743 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1. Enjoy life to the full. 2. Ditto 3. Ditto __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-09-10, 11:36 AM	#6
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	1. Pay off all outstanding debts 2. Buy a new car 3. Buy a nice condo 4. Pay off debts/mortgages etc. for a very select group of close family & friends 5. Put a nice chunk away for retirement I honestly don't know if I'd quit my job or not. We used to have a lottery pool for the Powerball at my office and everybody would throw in a dollar once a week and then if we won we'd divvy up the jackpot. The standing joke was that if we did win the big jackpot, nobody would show up the next day except for me and the office manager. Probably true. At the very least I'd keep at it until they were sorted as far as hiring/training someone else to do my job (since I'm the only one there who knows how to do 80% of what I do, and the cash flow is pretty much dependent on it getting done). Maybe eventually, if I could live off the interest from investing what remained after 1-5 above, I could find something else I really wanted to do and not have to worry about making a living from it. I might volunteer here and there for causes close to my heart, or even look into the possibility of teaching martial arts as a vocation. The main thing to me would be to get my life as it is now sorted out to my satisfaction, financially speaking, and to help the people I care for most do the same. After that - who knows? I do know that I'd probably travel to a lot of places I've always wanted to visit but would likely never get to otherwise. Unfortunately I don't wear hats so buying a new one would just seem wasteful.

05-09-10, 10:48 PM	#8
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	1) Split it with my wife 50/50 and let her do what she wants with her half. 2) put 1 million away for my daughter so she has a chance for a better future. 3) Buy myself a nice car, and a shack far north with my own lake and mountain for a backyard. 4) help out a few people who helped me. 5) Live the rest of my life fishing and relaxing by my shack with my family... __________________

05-09-10, 12:42 PM	#10
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Spend it all before the tax man gets a whiff of it. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!