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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #15 - Jun 25^th, 2012, 9:20am

There are an awful lot of people who have hit "the big one" and found themselves in deep doo-doo in a couple of years.
Folks who have not had money consider such sums to be essentially infinite; they're not. Also, they are often easy prey for phony investment schemes and such.
First, hire a "money manager", and one from a solid firm you can trust.
And don't give them the whole thing.....Even trusted firms can go belly up. Look what just happened....

Anyway, it is fun to speculate. First thing we'd do is buy a house. A nice FLAT house with no stairs so that the wife could get around, and the dogs too. Big yard, well fenced. Attached garage and a full basement so I could have a good workspace (and indoor range....)
Then, we'd sign up for all the local arts-support groups. The art museum, COCA, The Zoo, (we'd end up "adopting" some critter or other), local theater groups.
We are both big arts fans and would love to be able to contribute.

Set up a trust fund for the granddaughter...

And of course I'd buy a really cool guitar... Maybe make a road trip to Elderly Instruments and check out their selection of Martin OMs.

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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #16 - Jun 25^th, 2012, 9:28am

A game farm and a animal rehab center and a pitbull rehab center. cause those are the things my wife and me loves. and then i would think of ways to make money. so i would have to open a strip club Grin

and manage it. jokes aside I would also put what I can away after the farms land stuff because on the farm i would like to be as self sustainable as possible.

but thats just me

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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #17 - Jun 26^th, 2012, 3:38pm

with dan on the monkeys, who wants a pet that throws it's poo at you ?

$20 milion eh - so that's £12.5million in real money (lol)

I'm not as philanthropic as you lot.

I'd make sure my family and close friends were taken care of - say £5 million.
Invest the rest on low interest zero risk bonds of some kind - or maybe just buy a shedload of platinum and found my own mini-bank. Even a 1 % interest off 7.5 million is 75,000 pounds - so if I could get 2-3 % I'd settle for that as a yearly income.
And then start travelling the world - in style, ships not planes - and meeting all the people I know from the internet.

That would take me a few years, I'd be in no rush.

And then just take life easy and do pretty much what I liked when I liked

I'd certainly look at staging the worlds largest meeting of slingers - pay airfares, travel costs etc.

Finish that with a truly phenomenal fireworks display. maybe make it an annual thing.

Build a cheese cave and a salami curing room.

Pay some technical whizz to make me really cool cutting edge electronic gadgets.

Yeah just enjoy the hell out of life

Actually the very first extravagance I would make is to employ my own taylor. So that all my garments were tailor made just for me. Every single thing from underwear on up to jeans - hell maybe even a suit made from smart fabric with active cooling.

I'm short and wide - I do not fit into any off the shelf clothing properly. Never have.
To actually own a pair of jeans that fitted comfirtably and properly would be a serious luxury.
At the moment I have to buy the next size up to what i actually am or the first time I bend my legs my thigh muscles split the seams.
Yeah luxury is clothes made just for you

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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3399 Gender:	Re: If you had $20 million dollars?? Reply #18 - Jun 26^th, 2012, 4:42pm Quote from curious_aardvark on Jun 26^th, 2012, 3:38pm: with dan on the monkeys, who wants a pet that throws it's poo at you ? And could potentially eat your face...
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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #19 - Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:16pm

Monkeys for everybody then!

10,000 points to Woonilsra for catching the reference.

I would have a place big enough for all my interests and to take care of my folks in-house when they need it. I would also make sure that funds were set aside, invested so that there was some kind of continued cash flow. I would travel. I would manage my own charity, but not sure what that would be. Finally, you can't necessarily buy happiness but money can take away some of the worry of taking care of yourself and family. If you didn't have to worry about money, then that would be one less thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNa4EMUWnAc

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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #20 - Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:20pm

Quote from Kinghero on Jun 25^th, 2012, 9:28am:

A game farm and a animal rehab center and a pitbull rehab center. cause those are the things my wife and me loves.

I like that idea. I'd have to do something for stray dogs, because I owe my life to one, and for abused animals. I'm not sure what... but some big bucks would go that way.

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curious_aardvark Slinging.org Administrator Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 9041 Gender:	Re: If you had $20 million dollars?? Reply #21 - Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:20pm Quote: you can't necessarily buy happiness I could
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1360 Gender:	Re: If you had $20 million dollars?? Reply #23 - Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:36pm I'd at least like enough money to try!
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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3399 Gender:	Re: If you had $20 million dollars?? Reply #24 - Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:49pm Quote from curious_aardvark on Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:20pm: Quote: you can't necessarily buy happiness I could You can probably buy happiness (which is a temporary thing, an emotion if you will), but you can't buy joy (which is more lasting and will be there even if you are broke).
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HurlinThom Interfector Viris Spurii Leverage artillerist Posts: 1390	Re: If you had $20 million dollars?? Reply #25 - Jun 27^th, 2012, 7:23pm Money might not necessarily buy happiness, but it won't neccessarily buy misery either. Some comedian once said "I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better."
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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #26 - Jun 28^th, 2012, 7:14am

Quote from Dan on Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:49pm:

Quote from curious_aardvark on Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:20pm:

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you can't necessarily buy happiness

I could

You can probably buy happiness (which is a temporary thing, an emotion if you will), but you can't buy joy (which is more lasting and will be there even if you are broke).

I think you're confusing religious faith with joy.

Now me, if I could afford to strip out my workshop and build a proper charcuterie processing and ageing room and chamber - the cheese and charcuterie I could produce would bring me endless joy

As indeed would being able to just charter a private jet and fly anywhere I wanted to go at a moment s notice from a small airfield without all the crap of customs and security etc you get at big airports.
That would make me both happy and joyous.

As indeed would being able to sort out my sisters money problems and ensure a decent future for my nieces.

Don't get me worng i'm not unhappy and I do get an awful lot of joy out of life. But a bucket load of cash would just increase that

(checks last weeks lottery ticket - still poor Sad

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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #27 - Jun 28^th, 2012, 10:13pm

Quote from Dan on Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:49pm:

Quote from curious_aardvark on Jun 27^th, 2012, 5:20pm:

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you can't necessarily buy happiness

I could

You can probably buy happiness (which is a temporary thing, an emotion if you will), but you can't buy joy (which is more lasting and will be there even if you are broke).

joy [joi] Show IPA
noun
1.
the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son's success.
2.
a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated: Her prose style is a pure joy.
3.
the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety.
4.
a state of happiness or felicity.

hap·pi·ness [hap-ee-nis] Show IPA
noun
1.
the quality or state of being happy.
2.
good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy.

Shall we call it a game of semantics? They look pretty similar to me.

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Masiakasaurus Slinging.org Moderator mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 4931 Gender:	Re: If you had $20 million dollars?? Reply #28 - Jun 28^th, 2012, 10:23pm Quote from Woonilsra on Jun 28^th, 2012, 10:13pm: Shall we call it a game of semantics? No, I think you're your disagreeing over the meaning of words.
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Re: If you had $20 million dollars??
Reply #29 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 8:04am

Quote from Masiakasaurus on Jun 28^th, 2012, 10:23pm:

Quote from Woonilsra on Jun 28^th, 2012, 10:13pm:

Shall we call it a game of semantics?

No, I think you're your disagreeing over the meaning of words. Wink

I think it's a little different in the Bible (hebrew/greek) than it is in common english. In theory, you can buy lots of Joy, but only in the form of dish soap or ice cream cups. Wink

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