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Stuco · October 23rd, 2012, 07:56 PM

Imagine you have enough money to live on comfortably for the rest of your life, would you still work anyway?

Jupiter · October 23rd, 2012, 07:57 PM

I'd make stuff.

getbent · October 23rd, 2012, 07:58 PM

I would. I think people need to work.

mapletop · October 23rd, 2012, 08:08 PM

I'd open up a guitar shop with a small workshop in the back.

mindlobster · October 23rd, 2012, 08:17 PM

Hardly any difference between what I do for work and for fun, so I'd probably keep going, selectively.

OtherTom · October 23rd, 2012, 08:22 PM

Yes but it wouldn't be "work".

e-merlin · October 23rd, 2012, 08:22 PM

Oh, heck yes. I'd be building cars and guitars like a madman.

Uncle Joe · October 23rd, 2012, 08:23 PM

No. I would not work. It will never happen. Managing assets is work. I hope I get there someday.

kelnet · October 23rd, 2012, 08:24 PM

No freakin' way. If I had enough money, I can think of lots of ways to occupy my time rather than working.

jimd · October 23rd, 2012, 08:25 PM

I would dabble in engineering, maybe consult. I would get seriously good at guitar and my builds would be amazing.

Nick JD · October 23rd, 2012, 08:29 PM

I've heard a lot of people say that even if they won the lottery they'd still work.

BS.

They'd go into work and on the second day someone would say something that rubbed them slightly the wrong way. On the third day they'd get tuna instead of turkey in their lunch order.

On the fourth day someone would ask them for a loan. On the fifth someone would insult them for being at work with so much money - idiot.

One week. They'd be on the deck of a game fishing boat with a rod in one hand and a bourbon in the other.

Tele-Caster · October 23rd, 2012, 08:29 PM

I'd still work... But then, a lot folks don't consider anything I do for money now to be "work" in the true sense. The difference for me would be that I wouldn't work when I didn't feel like it, as I sometimes do now.

T-C

Brad Pittiful · October 23rd, 2012, 08:29 PM

id play... and by play id do stuff that would be fun and what some would call work...id also do some philanthropy

Bones · October 23rd, 2012, 08:33 PM

I would volunteer somewhere doing something I liked, but I wouldn't have a steady job

String Tree · October 23rd, 2012, 08:40 PM

I'd Love to find out!

Lenderman_k · October 23rd, 2012, 08:45 PM

I dont know what I would do, but I sure as hell wouldnt do what I currently do to pay the bills.

Schmikey · October 23rd, 2012, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bones

I would volunteer somewhere doing something I liked, but I wouldn't have a steady job

Volunteer at a food bank a couple of days per week, manage my assets, play guitar, putter around the house and yard. I'd find good ways to fill the 9-5 hours.

adjason · October 23rd, 2012, 08:55 PM

I'd try to make and sell furniture.........hopefully one day when I retire I will find out if this is feasable

Califiddler · October 23rd, 2012, 08:59 PM

No way. I will retire the day that I am financially able to.

I have plenty of musical instruments to keep me occupied. Add in a little exercise, a little golf, a little travel, I would never be bored.

backporch guy · October 23rd, 2012, 09:04 PM

No. Not at what I do for a living now. I would work at getting better at golf, guitar and fishing. Mrs. Backporch and I would travel some. If I found that I was bored with that, I would find something I enjoyed doing and do it. Probably would build a workshop and build guitars. Maybe learn how to build amps. My father worked until he was 80. When we forced him to retire, he was too old and sick to enjoy it. That's not gonna happen to me.

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Stuco Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 7,741	If you didn't have to work... Imagine you have enough money to live on comfortably for the rest of your life, would you still work anyway? __________________ -"You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do" J. Garcia

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Jupiter Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Osaka, Japan Age: 50 Posts: 6,771 6 Photos	I'd make stuff. __________________ If only we could use our evil powers For the good of mankind. --Tito and Tarantula Climbing Mt. Stupid since 1962

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getbent Super Moderator Telefied Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 25,442 37 Photos	I would. I think people need to work. __________________ "My favorite thing is when Don and Glenn are writing together, that is the stuff I like to play guitar to." -Joe Walsh.

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mindlobster Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: London England Posts: 976	Hardly any difference between what I do for work and for fun, so I'd probably keep going, selectively. __________________ "Never eat a light source." - Count Arthur Strong

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kelnet Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Port Moody, BC Age: 52 Posts: 12,538	No freakin' way. If I had enough money, I can think of lots of ways to occupy my time rather than working. __________________ In cyberspace, no-one can see you sneer.

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mapletop Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: vancouver Posts: 180	I'd open up a guitar shop with a small workshop in the back.

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OtherTom Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: State College PA Age: 55 Posts: 1,040	Yes but it wouldn't be "work".

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Uncle Joe Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 599	No. I would not work. It will never happen. Managing assets is work. I hope I get there someday.

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jimd Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Age: 46 Posts: 2,325	I would dabble in engineering, maybe consult. I would get seriously good at guitar and my builds would be amazing.

October 23rd, 2012, 08:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
Nick JD Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: May 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Age: 40 Posts: 13,513	I've heard a lot of people say that even if they won the lottery they'd still work. BS. They'd go into work and on the second day someone would say something that rubbed them slightly the wrong way. On the third day they'd get tuna instead of turkey in their lunch order. On the fourth day someone would ask them for a loan. On the fifth someone would insult them for being at work with so much money - idiot. One week. They'd be on the deck of a game fishing boat with a rod in one hand and a bourbon in the other. __________________ You need to roll the dice to be in the game.

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Tele-Caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tahlequah, OK Age: 48 Posts: 229	I'd still work... But then, a lot folks don't consider anything I do for money now to be "work" in the true sense. The difference for me would be that I wouldn't work when I didn't feel like it, as I sometimes do now. T-C

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Brad Pittiful Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philly Burbs Posts: 9,438	id play... and by play id do stuff that would be fun and what some would call work...id also do some philanthropy __________________ *No Signature Required.*

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Bones Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Luddite Island, NY Posts: 11,665 1 Photos	I would volunteer somewhere doing something I liked, but I wouldn't have a steady job

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String Tree Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 3,868	I'd Love to find out! __________________ Chicks dig me!

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Lenderman_k Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Bloomington, IN Age: 29 Posts: 600	I dont know what I would do, but I sure as hell wouldnt do what I currently do to pay the bills. __________________ "Last of the Hardcore Troubadours"

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adjason Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: virginia Posts: 1,903	I'd try to make and sell furniture.........hopefully one day when I retire I will find out if this is feasable

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Califiddler Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 2,111	No way. I will retire the day that I am financially able to. I have plenty of musical instruments to keep me occupied. Add in a little exercise, a little golf, a little travel, I would never be bored. __________________ "In the fiddler's house, all are dancers."

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backporch guy Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: new iberia, la 70563 Age: 60 Posts: 1,493 6 Photos	No. Not at what I do for a living now. I would work at getting better at golf, guitar and fishing. Mrs. Backporch and I would travel some. If I found that I was bored with that, I would find something I enjoyed doing and do it. Probably would build a workshop and build guitars. Maybe learn how to build amps. My father worked until he was 80. When we forced him to retire, he was too old and sick to enjoy it. That's not gonna happen to me.

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