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28 Jul 2004, 16:44
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Lonely analytic
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Imagine yourself winning the lottery
You just won a lottery and you have 13 million euro´s.
What would you do with it? (after you´ve changed it to pounds sterling for those anal about currency etc)
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28 Jul 2004, 16:50
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Rawr rawr
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Give it to me?
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28 Jul 2004, 16:52
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Give it to me?
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So you're going to give your lottery win to yourself?
OK, Einstein, what next?
ps.
Buy a house.
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28 Jul 2004, 16:55
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lolly roffle
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
I'ld pay off my student debts and any debts any of my direct family have (mortgages etc) and basically make sure they are 'ok' for life. I'ld buy myself a house then put a fair bit of the rest into something thats going to make me a hell of a lot of money quickly. When i have +400 million i'ld buy Rovers for £60 million or so and buy us a nice new team.
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28 Jul 2004, 16:58
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Motherfracker
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Give most of it to my family and make sure I'll have enough to be comfortable for the rest of my life.
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28 Jul 2004, 16:58
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criminally insane
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
I would probably buy a decent backpack and start going through all the cool places where no tourist has gone before. For some years, that is. I guess if I was alive after the enthusiasm went away, I'd know a little better what to do with the rest.
Then again, I would more likely get a "death by snoo-snoo (and alcohol)" before I even got to the plane.
-Zaps
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28 Jul 2004, 16:59
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Damn Dog
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
drugs and women
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28 Jul 2004, 17:04
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Aardvark is a funny word
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
buy bad religion and keep them locked in my new recording studio
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28 Jul 2004, 17:18
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Mr. Blobby
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Buy my mom and myself new houses, get driving lessons, buy a car and prepare for another x years of going to university \o/
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28 Jul 2004, 17:36
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Snake of the Sand
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
invest most of it and work very hard to keep my expenses sane. 13 milion euro's really isn't jack shit for cash when you think about it and most people who win money in lotteries are worse off financially within 5 years than they were to begin with .
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28 Jul 2004, 17:37
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I dunno...
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Give some away.
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28 Jul 2004, 17:49
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by Sandsnake
13 milion euro's really isn't jack shit for cash when you think about it
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Ignoring interest, buying the stuff I would probably buy (£1000 PC every year, for example), adding in my most expensive weekly food budget (which isn't really a budget; it's just me buying what I want to buy, and screw the cost), and £2000 for other luxuries, and another £2000 for bills, £6m would keep me going for 800 years. Make it £20,000 a year for luxuries and I'll still be fine.
Add in interest, and I'm laughing.
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28 Jul 2004, 17:54
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Gone
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
and I'm laughing.
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28 Jul 2004, 17:55
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Twisted
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Pay off debts. Probably buy a house, PC, take a holiday, give some to my close family type people and to my bfs close family type people. Er.. that's about it really.
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28 Jul 2004, 17:57
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Rawr rawr
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
So you're going to give your lottery win to yourself?
OK, Einstein, what next?
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Yes, that way I'm sure that it's all mine.
Muhahahahahahhahaha
And then I will buy a nuclear missile, paint "BOB" on it, and launch it at France.
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28 Jul 2004, 18:42
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Cute Kitten
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
I went through all this a number of times back when the lottery started (and have done on occasion since when the mood takes me). It generally equates to buy a nice house (approx £1mil at most), a nice little car (no more than £20k) give my immediate family a fair amount each, have a big party at a hotel so someone else has to do the catering and cleaning, go on a fancy holiday, and then invest what remains in some way or another. Maybe give property development a try too given I have the spare cash.So long as a decent amount was wisely invested it shouldnt be a problem having it last for a very long time. You just have to be sensible and not dash out and buy 5 cars and luxury homes for the whole family and so on.
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28 Jul 2004, 18:57
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Choice of Whacker sir?
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
1. Pay off family inclusive of me's debt
2. Go on the biggest bender you can possibly imagine, while telling no-one where i got all the money
3. Tell everyone the next day and work who is my friends
4. Bring sed likeable friends on holiday all expenses paid
5. Buy random cool things with about 3 mill
6. Buy a couple of medium rpiced houses in goo areas, keep one for meself and rent the rest out
7. Keep working at my job (idle hands are the devils playground)
8. stick rest of money into bank account, live off interest and rent income from houses
9. After few months start at step 4
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28 Jul 2004, 19:02
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Chief over all Monkeys
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
with 13 million euros? i'd live off the interest - it would be enough to satisfy my desires for now
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28 Jul 2004, 19:19
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Clerk
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Pay off immediate debts. Buy home for myself and friends. Give some away to family/friends (e.g. £50-£100,000 to anyone close to me).
Invest most of the rest in property in London to make a professional housing company.
Rest would go towards a trust for providing server/bandwidth for anti-system/pro-worker websites, etc.
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28 Jul 2004, 19:27
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Banned
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
I'd buy capmag.
<3 capmag
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28 Jul 2004, 19:35
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Damn Dog
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Invest most of the rest in property in London to make a professional housing company.
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what do you mean by professional housing company? (i think im being stupid, but you mean basically buying and selling housing for profit? or something else?)
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28 Jul 2004, 19:35
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Choice of Whacker sir?
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Vot iz dis capmag?
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28 Jul 2004, 19:36
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Banned
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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28 Jul 2004, 19:36
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by the_dastardley_chihuahua
what do you mean by professional housing company? (i think im being stupid, but you mean basically buying and selling housing for profit? or something else?)
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Renting them out.
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28 Jul 2004, 19:38
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Damn Dog
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
oh right, well doesnt that kinda go against the pro-worker ideal? since you are effectively inflating the already sky high housing market, forcing ordinary workers out of the market?
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28 Jul 2004, 19:49
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by the_dastardley_chihuahua
oh right, well doesnt that kinda go against the pro-worker ideal? since you are effectively inflating the already sky high housing market, forcing ordinary workers out of the market?
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He's bringing down the system from within, comerades.
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28 Jul 2004, 19:51
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Damn Dog
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
oh, thats cool, for a minute there i thought he was just being a hypocrite
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28 Jul 2004, 19:58
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Banned
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Buy planetarion and show you that tyranny is indeed better than communism cause look HAHA you are banned.
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28 Jul 2004, 20:11
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Registered User
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Pay off immediate debts. Buy home for myself and friends.
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You arent going to have enough for the home, it isnt a rollover.
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28 Jul 2004, 23:41
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Clerk
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
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Originally Posted by the_dastardley_chihuahua
oh right, well doesnt that kinda go against the pro-worker ideal? since you are effectively inflating the already sky high housing market, forcing ordinary workers out of the market?
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When I said "investing in property" I meant a combination of buying and building (eventually). Besides, a lot of property isn't actually suitable to be let out (due to poor repair, etc). So I'd basically be adding to the aggregate supply of housing in London.
Besides, I'm not concerned (at present) with owner occupiers. I don't really care if they are being forced out of the market.
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29 Jul 2004, 00:23
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The Bad Guy
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
Pay off my debts.
Buy small house for parents.
Buy small house for me.
Buy car.
Invest money into a low risk/low gain fund management scheme / debentures.
Retire.
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29 Jul 2004, 08:37
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Bored
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
I would buy PA, make it free, spam it on TV (should get a few extra players) and use admin tools to win each round.
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29 Jul 2004, 08:45
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Imagine yourself winning the lottery
I would build myself my dream house, modern astethic styling, large, spacious with a secret room only accessed by pulling a certain book in the bookshelf, large bunker accessed via a submarine type hatch or lift etc.
I'd buy a bunch of sports cars, spoil my parents and siblings. Give money to my family and then decide what to do with the rest.
I might even be able to get a gf then!
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