If You Received a Million Dollars, What Would You Do With It?

I would

STOP POSTING

 

A small house in a well to do DC neighborhood, approximately 1,000,000

 

A million doen't make you rich anymore. Conservatively invested it only yields about 60K before taxes. That means you can buy a $250K house and a 40K car for you and your spouse. You can get away with not working but you have to live fairly modestly. And don't be giving any of it away, if you need long-term assisted living when you are older you will blow through it pretty quick.

The best plan is probaly just to change from a job where you make more money at but don't enjoy to a job that pays less but you do enjoy. Maximizing your positive time and minimizing your negative time is the secret to life.

Jeep

 

Nevermind...I can't read.

I'd buy a badass Winnebago and follow DMB around for an entire tour.

 

i think ya'll gotta realize that the reason people that win the lottery do not have long term richness, is that they don't save. you need to save at least 20% somehow to be able to maintain whatever you buy. gas prices are high, electricity, insurance, it all costs alot.

now i know this wasn't done as a serious thing...but i just think it should be taken into account, otherwise you got all your stuff for about a year, and then you're screwed.

 

I would take out 50 grand and just go nuts buying **** I always wanted. The rest I'd definitely get invested.

 

Excellent!

 

I'd buy a Carribean cruise for two for Manny and RM95, just to patch everything up.

Then I would buy myself an old Ranchero, have it fixed up all pimpy nice, some charity, then invest the rest. Oh, I'd probably buy Mrs. B-Bob some new clothes in there too.

 

If you did A-C, D would not be big.

 

We'd gladly accept, but things are fine between us. The patching is complete.

 

A professor stood before his Philosophy 101 class and had some items in
front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
jar.

He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open
areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the
jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of
course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if
the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous - - yes.

The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and
proceeded to pour the entire contents in!to the jar effectively filling
the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to
recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the
important things - - your family, your partner, your health, your
children, your friends, your favorite passions - - things that if
everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be
full." "The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your
house, your car. The sand is everything else - - the small stuff."

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room
for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for your life. If you spend all
your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the
things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are
critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get
medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. Play another 18. There
will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and
fix the disposal."

"Take care of the golf balls first - - the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer
represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes
to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always
room for a couple of beers!!"

 

OK so that's a buzz kill.....let's make it 100 million!

A house on #1 at the Aspen Glen Country Club
A suite at the Four Seasons on Nevis
A house on 17 Mile Drive with a membership at Cypress Point
A Gulfstream G 500 that I can fly between them.
A McLaren Mercedes to drive around the Laguna Seca track.
And 2 Bi supermodel girlfriends.

Now that's dreamcasting!

 

trade in my passat for an m5...also get an x5.
pay of my mothers debt.
put 250K towards a house for my sister.
spend 250K remodeling my house.
invest the rest in real estate.

and write clutch a fat check so i can get my serach function back!

 

I'd buy about 20 acres between Nanaimo and Cambell River, and build a nice house on it.

The house would be a bed and breakfast that I'd mysteriously only have openings for a few times a month.....just enough to pay the bills.

I'd fish, crab, and read a lot.

For the rest of my life.

 

you live in BC? or is there another nanaimo and cambell river?

 

Find you a good woman and see what other types of threads you could create.

 

Other than that one above, have I ever made a drunk post?

 

Pay off bills, help out my family, the usual things.

I may consider a move to another city for a while, just for the experience.

 

Nope, right now I'm stuck in Houston.

But I love BC, and I just got back from spending a few weeks there. Still....a full two weeks wasn't enough time for all the places we went.

Even though I was there when it was announced, I wasn't quick enough to get into Roots before the 2010 sweatshirts were sold out. All we got were the T's.