If you won the lottery

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queencitybuckeye
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Jan 24, 2010 10:38am
Other than "make it rain 24x7" and playing 300 holes of golf a week, if enough money was dropped on you where it was no longer is a concern, what would you actually do with your life?

I would sell the business and enroll in culinary school. After graduation, I'd open a small gastropub.
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wes_mantooth
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Jan 24, 2010 10:41am
Over dinner the other nite, this was a discussion. I said that I would be dead in less than a year. Too
many bad things that I would like to do if I had the money.
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Fab4Runner
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Jan 24, 2010 10:46am
I would buy season tickets to the Browns, Cavs and Indians...and that's all I know.
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brutus161
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Jan 24, 2010 10:46am
1. Debt free
2. Give every family member 500k, and say that is it. No more asking for money.
3. Finish the last 6 years of my Naval career.
4. Coach Little League baseball, biddy league football, and youth wrestling for the rest of my days.
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Benny The Jet
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Jan 24, 2010 10:49am
I'd help out the people who have helped me out over the year, buy a big boat, start an affordable charter fishing company, have another home in Florida on the water for the winter months in Ohio.
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miller45452003
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Jan 24, 2010 10:53am
Fab4Runner wrote: I would buy season tickets to the Browns, Cavs and Indians...and that's all I know.
lol...my thoughts exactly!!....and lotsa beer to go with them!:D
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IggyPride00
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Jan 24, 2010 10:54am
Get a piece of land and open a Pontiac farm to save all of the Firebirds, Trans Ams, Goats and other models I like that I could for other enthusiasts and just have fun restoring cars.
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Con_Alma
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Jan 24, 2010 10:57am
I don't know if a lot would change in our lives. I would keep working just maybe not as much. Maybe longer vacations while the kids are still in the house and before they leave for college.
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trackandccrunner
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Jan 24, 2010 11:22am
1)Pay off all debt
2)Go travel the world
3)Do whatever the fuck else I want.
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iclfan2
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Jan 24, 2010 11:25am
Quit work, do something I enjoy, help out some of my family that needs it more then me, give some to the Church I grew up in. Buy a home or 2. And do a ton of traveling.
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stroups
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Jan 24, 2010 11:44am
I would buy me a fur coat
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mtrulz
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Jan 24, 2010 11:46am
If my aunt had balls......

You know the rest.
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believer
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Jan 24, 2010 11:49am
1. Pay off all debt
2. Pay off the largest single debt each immediate family member owes with the stipulation that they NEVER come to me for future financial help.
3. Set aside a college fund for each kid with the stipulation that that aid is contingent upon getting a B average or better.
4. Donate a significant sum to my church.
5. Travel to Europe, Australia, and Israel.
6. Buy the world's fastest available personal computer, hook it up to the faster available ISP, and watch my money grow on-line.
7. Chair a local volunteer agency.
8. Match donations for the local Toys for Tots program.
9. Buy a quality comfortable ride.
10. Make home improvements.
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ernest_t_bass
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Jan 24, 2010 11:50am
stroups wrote: I would buy me a fur coat
But not a real fur coat, that's cruel.
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queencitybuckeye
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Jan 24, 2010 11:51am
mtrulz wrote: If my aunt had balls......

You know the rest.
Where you're from, that's not impossible. :)
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mtrulz
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Jan 24, 2010 11:56am
^^+1
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3reppom
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Jan 24, 2010 11:57am
if I won north of 150 Million I would pay off my debt from school, invest half. I would use my degree and work in marketing until I got bored at which time I would retire and spend the rest of the money traveling.
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gerb131
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Jan 24, 2010 12:00pm
I would sit on the porch and watch the rat race each morning knowing I won't be apart of it.
I would buy my woman the tits she/I have been wanting.
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wildcats20
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Jan 24, 2010 12:05pm
Pay off debts(credit cards, school loans)
Invest
Give some to charity, but not a lot. Yeah I'm a cheap bastard
Season tickets:
Floor seats at the Dean Dome
Reds
OSU football

And then maybe I'd give some to my parents. But what's the point in that? I'll get it back when they pass and neither one really needs it right now.
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Fab4Runner
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Jan 24, 2010 12:06pm
wildcats20 wrote: Pay off debts(credit cards, school loans)
Invest
Give some to charity, but not a lot. Yeah I'm a cheap bastard
Season tickets:
Floor seats at the Dean Dome
Reds
OSU football

And then maybe I'd give some to my parents. But what's the point in that? I'll get it back when they pass and neither one really needs it right now.
And then you'd take me on a vacation? ;)
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wildcats20
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Jan 24, 2010 12:08pm
Fab4Runner wrote:
wildcats20 wrote: Pay off debts(credit cards, school loans)
Invest
Give some to charity, but not a lot. Yeah I'm a cheap bastard
Season tickets:
Floor seats at the Dean Dome
Reds
OSU football

And then maybe I'd give some to my parents. But what's the point in that? I'll get it back when they pass and neither one really needs it right now.
And then you'd take me on a vacation? ;)
Nope. Since you posted on here earlier, you can take me on vacation :)
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derek bomar
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Jan 24, 2010 12:20pm
I often think about this....

I would buy a house for my parents and sister, and set aside enough money for my brother to buy one when he's old enough (contingent upon graduation from Ohio State). I'd get a nice place in Arlington and probably a winter house in Florida somewhere with a boat. I'd travel a lot and give some money to a few charities. I'd play in the WSOP. I'd also probably go to Vegas and put a million on red, just because I could (not sure if they'd let me...). I'd buy a new truck, sports car, and probably an old convertible for cruisin. My basement would be a full gym, and I would have the dopest man cave also. I would walk into my work and tell everyone I don't like to SMD, and those I do like I would give some cash to. I wouldn't give any to my aunts/uncles/cousins because they never helped out my parents or us when I was younger...so fuck em. I would fill a pool with coins and swim in it a la Scrooge McDuck. And finally, I would donate enough money to OSU to have something named after me and get season tix to OSU football games (and a dope parking spot) for life.

Also, my best friends wouldnt work any more either. I would pay them six figures a year to just be my entourage.
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Firad
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Jan 24, 2010 12:52pm
Travel the world with friends and make it rain internationally!
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O-Trap
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Jan 24, 2010 1:04pm
Pay off my own debts and those of my brother, his fiance, my parents, and my in-laws.

Give 10% to our local church plant.

Invest in my own, home-based, online business ("lay-off-proof" myself).

Invest in founding a non-profit that is dedicated to helping Karen (Burmese tribe) refugees integrate themselves into the North Akron community.

Invest the rest w/ an acquaintance of mine who owns an investment firm.
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Preacher
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Jan 24, 2010 1:05pm
Often thought about this.
Build a state of the Art Athletic Complex at the HS I coach at.
Build My three kids a house. Deposit 1 million each so they can spend the interest.
Invest half of the rest and do what ever I wanted for the rest of my life.

I would definately go to work at least the next day. ;)