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Icarium

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Posted: March 19 2014 at 08:00

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

Rick Robson View Drop Down

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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

Please, when that happens, don't forget to advise your cat to respect and be friend of your mouse too...

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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.

Ouuch ! I'm realizing now there is no country to move to when i win the lottery...

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB

ExittheLemming View Drop Down

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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:44

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

Blacksword View Drop Down

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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

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

HolyMoly

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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:21

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.

My other avatar is a Porsche

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

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HolyMoly

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Posted: March 19 2014 at 07:19

I would pay most of it to the government in the form of taxes.

My other avatar is a Porsche

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

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Stool Man

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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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