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Stool Man 
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 Topic: If you won the lottery...
Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:04 |
A man won almost 108 million pounds on the lottery the other day. If you won that much money, what would you do with it all? Be as detailed as you like, because short answers will probably only cover the first ten million or so.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:19 |
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I would pay most of it to the government in the form of taxes.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:21 |
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But... with what was left after that, I'd probably form a corporation to put the money into so the vultures couldn't get at it, and no one could make frivolous personal claims against my property just because they know I have a lot of dough. In other words, I would disown it as quickly as I could, in such a way that it would still be legally mine, but would be protected against people who make a living preying on people like me.
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:30 |
To be honest, I'd probably go a bit stupid and be dead within a year.. 
My needs are modest and my tastes basic. I don't have a family so I don't need more than two bedrooms; one for myself, one for all my crap. I'm a weak swimmer so I don't need a pool. I'm getting on a bit now so I don't rally need a gym or a tennis court. I'm scared of horses so I don't need stables....etc etc..
To be honest after paying off all my friends mortgages and debts, I'd probably just put aside enough to live on for the next 20 years or so, then give the rest to a variety of charities. I've no actual need for that amount of money. A couple of million may be good, I guess, but £100m is a surreal amount of money for which I have no actual practical use.
Edited by Blacksword - March 19 2014 at 07:33
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:44 |
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I would buy Prog Archives from MAX and add all my favourite absolutely non prog related bands next to his in Prog Related. Would pay off my sister and Mum and Dad's mortgages, buy my own house and car. Get a dog and cat. Buy a state of the art PC and all the music software I've ever dreamed of owning (and probably end up writing squat music)
Would travel the world for a couple of years visiting every famous football ground I could think of. Might invest in a tiny little local footie club and nurture them into a world giant. Oh yes, and squander the rest on booze, drugs, fast women and other worthy causes
Edited by ExittheLemming - March 19 2014 at 07:45
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:51 |
 HolyMoly wrote:
I would pay most of it to the government in the form of taxes.
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Ouuch ! I'm realizing now there is no country to move to when i win the lottery...
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:56 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
I would buy Prog Archives from MAX and add all my favourite absolutely non prog related bands next to his in Prog Related. Would pay off my sister and Mum and Dad's mortgages, buy my own house and car. Get a dog and cat. Buy a state of the art PC and all the music software I've ever dreamed of owning (and probably end up writing squat music)
Would travel the world for a couple of years visiting every famous football ground I could think of. Might invest in a tiny little local footie club and nurture them into a world giant. Oh yes, and squander the rest on booze, drugs, fast women and other worthy causes
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Please, when that happens, don't forget to advise your cat to respect and be friend of your mouse too...
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"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB
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Icarium
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:00 |
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i would buy a mellotrone, i would payed of my bills and loans, and done anything to remove depression of my head, do any mediacal things that i can to get a better life, with or withour psychic mental ilness, buy a Bugatti veyron just to have one, etc
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Dean
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:16 |
Dunno. £108 million.... that might just pay for daughter's wedding I suppose... 
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What?
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frippism
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:18 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
I would buy Prog Archives from MAX and add all my favourite absolutely non prog related bands next to his in Prog Related.
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f**king laughed my ass off
for me I'd probably get a crazy set of speakers, an awesome turntable and cd player, and build myself a recording studio with the best gear possible. The rest I'd invest either in charity or save for my children's tuition.
EDIT: possible future children that is
Edited by frippism - March 19 2014 at 08:18
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There be dragons
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HolyMoly
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:21 |
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^ you may have some already haww haw haw
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My other avatar is a Porsche
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:25 |
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blackjack and hookers
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chopper
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:50 |
Blacksword wrote:
To be honest after paying off all my friends mortgages and debts... |
I've always liked you Andy. 
To quote somebody, I would spend about £50 million on loose women, drink and gambling. The rest of it I would just waste.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:51 |
chopper wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
To be honest after paying off all my friends mortgages and debts... |
I've always liked you Andy.
To quote somebody, I would spend about £50 million on loose women, drink and gambling. The rest of it I would just waste. |
George Best it was 
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:54 |
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£108 million ($180 million) is more than I could ever reasonably hope to use. As HolyMoly said, the government will take their cut, and then I'd give the rest of it away. Say after taxes I'm left with $90 million, I might keep 10% of it.
Edited by Padraic - March 19 2014 at 08:55
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 09:05 |
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I'd upgrade my baseball season tickets from the bleachers to the luxury suites. I'd probably take a year off to tour all of the Major League ballparks since that has been long-term on my bucket list. I might actually learn to play an instrument. I think that I would like to be a benefactor to the Arts though. There are certainly plenty of bands in England/Europe that I would like to see get a chance to play the USA so that would be a worthy cause in my books. And lastly, I would become a reality TV star with no talent or natural ability but that everyone will want to tune in and watch every week just because I am rich. I think that there might be a market for that.
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 09:38 |
Id pay someone to update this site.
Might use up most of it that way though.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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lazland
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 10:07 |
Buy my local village pub, and allow the landlady to continue trading rent free, this to guarantee that at least I have somewhere to go for a drinkie in perpetua (lots of pubs are closing each week in the UK, and it is getting more difficult to make a living, especially in small villages such as mine).
The rest? Family, charity, the usual.
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Icarium
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 10:09 |
lazland wrote:
Buy my local village pub, and allow the landlady to continue trading rent free, this to guarantee that at least I have somewhere to go for a drinkie in perpetua (lots of pubs are closing each week in the UK, and it is getting more difficult to make a living, especially in small villages such as mine).
The rest? Family, charity, the usual. |
and buy and astroid and name it #gloink&%&pfffffffffffffmokney
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Padraic
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Posted: March 19 2014 at 10:15 |
aginor wrote:
lazland wrote:
Buy my local village pub, and allow the landlady to continue trading rent free, this to guarantee that at least I have somewhere to go for a drinkie in perpetua (lots of pubs are closing each week in the UK, and it is getting more difficult to make a living, especially in small villages such as mine).
The rest? Family, charity, the usual. |
and buy and astroid and name it #gloink&%&pfffffffffffffmokney |
Huh? Who would be selling an asteroid...  Never mind. I'm selling the asteroid. You'll love it. I'll knock 30% off the retail price, too, just because you're a progarchives member.
Edited by Padraic - March 19 2014 at 10:16
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