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When I win the lottery....
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Re: When I win the lottery....
This is more or less what I feel like. I don't play any of these unless they're at least 8 figures because if the odds are 1 in 262 million and I hit it, I sure don't want to have to work again. I want to be able to say "Wow, it's cold here, let's go to the Bahamas." And then just go. Or, the Patriots made the playoffs - I'll by club seats on Stub Hub. And hire a car service to drive me there and back.
I don't actually want to be rich, I just want to have the money to get out and experience the world without having to waste my time working
This is more or less what I feel like. I don't play any of these unless they're at least 8 figures because if the odds are 1 in 262 million and I hit it, I sure don't want to have to work again. I want to be able to say "Wow, it's cold here, let's go to the Bahamas." And then just go. Or, the Patriots made the playoffs - I'll by club seats on Stub Hub. And hire a car service to drive me there and back.
Hammer
We'll be back.
That WHOOSH sound you heard was us sailing right past that point a week or two ago.
Re: When I win the lottery....
Well, I would also like to keep getting paid. They wouldn't really agree to that. I tried.
p.s. I don't hate my job. I like my job, as far as being required to spend time somewhere 40+ hours a week goes. It's the whole "being required to spend time somewhere 40+ hours a week" that bothers me.
p.p.s. in Russia, job quits you.
Well, I would also like to keep getting paid. They wouldn't really agree to that. I tried.
p.s. I don't hate my job. I like my job, as far as being required to spend time somewhere 40+ hours a week goes. It's the whole "being required to spend time somewhere 40+ hours a week" that bothers me.
p.p.s. in Russia, job quits you.
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I could see $30K a year vs my $500. I'm just not buying that that was an accurate monthly budget.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Exactly. I don't understand people who say they need to keep working to "stay busy." I'm going to be quite busy visiting all the cool places I would never get to, and using my obscene wealth to try to right a few wrongs and help a few people. Plus the elaborate secret lair and the plan to take over the world. (Psst, Flag: it was me all along.)
Add in the hookers and blow and I've got a lot on my plate.
I don't actually want to be rich, I just want to have the money to get out and experience the world without having to waste my time working
Exactly. I don't understand people who say they need to keep working to "stay busy." I'm going to be quite busy visiting all the cool places I would never get to, and using my obscene wealth to try to right a few wrongs and help a few people. Plus the elaborate secret lair and the plan to take over the world. (Psst, Flag: it was me all along.)
Add in the hookers and blow and I've got a lot on my plate.
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Re: When I win the lottery....
Well, that's a good point. I knew I should've gotten it detailed in writing. I'll stop by her house on the way home.
Well, that's a good point. I knew I should've gotten it detailed in writing. I'll stop by her house on the way home.
aparch
Acetaminamerican
Re: When I win the lottery....
It seems like I read one time that one of those pre-printed fortune cookie slips hit a prize, and there were a few hundred claimants. I don't remember the details.
It seems like I read one time that one of those pre-printed fortune cookie slips hit a prize, and there were a few hundred claimants. I don't remember the details.
I overheard one clerk tell the other one, as it just happened.Re: When I win the lottery....
My cousin lives out in the country in VA. Their next door neighbor has a little hobby farm of ~50 acres, but he didn't seem all that handy, so my cousin helped him out with several projects around the farm. Come to find out, the guy was one of the original key players in AOL, and when they sold to Time Warner he walked away with 9 figures and now putters on his hobby farm for fun. Anywhoo...on 9/11, Mr. AOL Neighbor was in Chicago for some reason and couldn't get back home - planes grounded, buses and trains and rental cars were all sold out. So he called Mrs. AOL Neighbor to tell her that he couldn't get back home. Without flinching, she replied, "Hon, you have a hundred million dollars in the bank. Go buy a car and drive home." He replied, "Oh, I could do that, couldn't I?" So he went and picked up a used Subaru that he still uses as a utility vehicle on his farm.
Now *that's* staying grounded.
I've probably shared this story before, but it's fun and might be new to some:
My cousin lives out in the country in VA. Their next door neighbor has a little hobby farm of ~50 acres, but he didn't seem all that handy, so my cousin helped him out with several projects around the farm. Come to find out, the guy was one of the original key players in AOL, and when they sold to Time Warner he walked away with 9 figures and now putters on his hobby farm for fun. Anywhoo...on 9/11, Mr. AOL Neighbor was in Chicago for some reason and couldn't get back home - planes grounded, buses and trains and rental cars were all sold out. So he called Mrs. AOL Neighbor to tell her that he couldn't get back home. Without flinching, she replied, "Hon, you have a hundred million dollars in the bank. Go buy a car and drive home." He replied, "Oh, I could do that, couldn't I?" So he went and picked up a used Subaru that he still uses as a utility vehicle on his farm.
Now *that's* staying grounded.
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At least for me, both fun and new. Good story; thanks for posting it.
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: When I win the lottery....
I've seen all the altruistic things people would do, the selfless, the smart, the safe, etc. I'm completely on board with all of that. Now think, "the Purge". To be honest I would be scared shi*less not because I think I'm an idiot but because 7/10 of everyone else qualifies.
Aside from the right things you'd like to control, imagine one day of being a complete ******* and went for it all. Without destroying lives what's the most hedonistic day you'd have...
1. I would take a dozen friends to Thailand first class everything
2.....
Go...
I've seen all the altruistic things people would do, the selfless, the smart, the safe, etc. I'm completely on board with all of that. Now think, "the Purge". To be honest I would be scared shi*less not because I think I'm an idiot but because 7/10 of everyone else qualifies.
Aside from the right things you'd like to control, imagine one day of being a complete ******* and went for it all. Without destroying lives what's the most hedonistic day you'd have...
1. I would take a dozen friends to Thailand first class everything
2.....
Go...
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Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Monte Carlo.
ericredaxe
Veteran
Re: When I win the lottery....
Heli-skiing in Revelstoke with a dozen or so friends.
Heli-skiing in Revelstoke with a dozen or so friends.
