If YOU won the $540 million....

[src9000]

Well, I'd buy you a green dress
But not real green dress that's cruel






...
I'd be rich.

[jstream]

Build a new house around my new workshop

[blowtorch]

One thing I'd do is get a Swart amp and a J Backlund design guitar. Okay that's two

[Telefone]

I would have a lot of very rich friends

[Duncas]

id love just to single handedly put a well in every 3rd world village and just go around helping people.


truth is id probably become just a reclusive lonely man.


anyone ever played the sims games and put the unlimited money cheat on? im pretty sure id get bored of the money

[blowtorch]

cheeseheads, the last three posts. four now

edited oops it skipped one

[boldaslove71]

I always liked the idea of getting a touring bus (with driver) and following the weather. No particular destination in mind.

Like most, I would also like to take care of my family and set up sensible investments for the future. I would like my son to know the value of work.

A nice plot of land to satisfy my fiance's desire for great danes (in addition to our boxer). I like the dog rescue / retirement home idea as well.

I would like to set up education funds for kids to learn guitar. Same goes for woodworking as I am amazed by the masterpieces I see built by fellow TDPRI folk.

[blowtorch]

wow another one. apparantly a lot of sconnies are hoping to win! : )

[BobbyZ]

I'd get a set of big chrome stacks and Supper Swampers for the old Dodge pickup.
Oh and get the radio fixed.
Sure would be nice if the radio worked.

[emu!]

Guys! Guys! Guys!

It's only 396 million after taxes...keep it real now...

[roadkillbill]

.....go downtown, buy a mercury or two.....

[Boubou]

Of course in addition to my dog rescue shelter/ retirement home I would get an abcdefghijklmnnopqrstuvwxy box

[Eric71]

I was thinking about this, and after throwing a little bit of money to my immediate family and me (like maybe 250k each), I'm not sure what else I'd do. Lock it away somewhere, maybe give it away? Buy a block downtown and turn it into an urban garden?

It could become an albatross really quickly, which is one reason why I don't play the lottery: I don't really want to win. So why am I posting in this thread? No idea.

[Red Square]

I wouldn't do anything much differently than I do now. I'm pretty happy as is.
And for sure I wouldn't tell anybody.

The thing about having a lot of money that most people fail to realize is that it isn't the money...what you can buy that is important...it is the security. That is why you hear of millionaires that died, who lived in little apartments and lived very frugally. They get that stuff doesn't make you happy.
And you hear of lottery winners that totally go off the rails and die very soon.

[John Backlund]

Originally Posted by blowtorch

One thing I'd do is get a Swart amp and a J Backlund design guitar. Okay that's two

540 million? Will that still buy a Backlund? Those damn things are kinda spendy.

[TeleTown]

First off > do or build something special for my mom & dads grave sites, take care of my older Brother, open up the coolest Tele & Amp store with full services; get my good friend Paul of Cave Creek Guitars to run it. As for myself, well id keep on being a working cowboy. Im good at it and i love what i do. Great feeling when your rideing an honest horse. When its over> I wanna be able say " its been a hell of a ride"!

[blowtorch]

Originally Posted by John Backlund

540 million? Will that still buy a Backlund? Those damn things are kinda spendy.

[ifallalot]

Buy a house on Neptune in Encinitas/Leucadia

Pay off debts

Invest

Take a leave of absence at work to do some traveling

Have the piece of mind knowing that I could buy any guitar, amp or surfboard I want

Invest more

Set up a trust for my son

[Brad Pittiful]

Originally Posted by Red Square

I wouldn't do anything much differently than I do now. I'm pretty happy as is.
And for sure I wouldn't tell anybody.

The thing about having a lot of money that most people fail to realize is that it isn't the money...what you can buy that is important...it is the security. That is why you hear of millionaires that died, who lived in little apartments and lived very frugally. They get that stuff doesn't make you happy.
And you hear of lottery winners that totally go off the rails and die very soon.

exactly...thats what most lottery winners fail to realize...this is your payday...its a one time thing...you wont be getting this again next year or anytime after...so be smart...dont go spending it like there is more coming later...if youre able to live on what you make now then set the winnings up to pay yourself a million a year or something

thats what a financial adviser is for...they will crunch the numbers so that you can give X amount away (friends...family...charity)...and have some money that you can go on a spending spree of sorts...but after thats over with you will still have enough there to set yourself up so that youll never have a money worry again...this way you can concentrate on other worries ha!

maybe they can give you 30 million to spent in lets say 30 days...but after the 30 days you cant have any assets...then you can get the 300 million...you wont spend it cause youll be sick and tired of spending money

hmmm sounds like a film eh

[blowtorch]

"set yourself up so that youll never have a money worry again..."

I think there are always money worries. even if the worries are "I have a lot of money and people know it."