I would get fat, fatter even. I would have every gadget under the sun and be bored after 10 minutes with all of them. I would become listless, unfeeling and unfocused. There is a lot to be said for having just enough and wanting more than having it all and being a waste of space.
thats where you are going wrong, your not thinking outside the box.
i'd make my own film, it wouldn't be up to hollywood standards, but it would feature lots of women in various states of undress having a wrestle.
then i'd build my own rollercoaster, but not for kids, id make tramps ride it to see them sick up.
then i'd round the tramps and the women up, put them on inflatable crocodiles, and have them reinact the battle of midway in my olympic sized swimming pool.
Pay off the mortgage, sort out my money so that I never have to work again, and use the rest to form an evil-no-good-no-evil-no-oohwhatagiveaway empire.
If you're going to be called nasty, you might as well do it properly.
I'd buy 2 hot rodded VW Beetles, one metallic purple, one spearmint green. I'd buy a house but not a huge one, I don't understand all these millionaires and their huge houses?
....and while I was thinking about what to do with the rest of it I'd transfer it from my US account to my LLoyds account so uncle sam couldn't tax the fuck out of it. I wouldn't be spending it in England really that much (although if I had that money I could pretty much go back and forth as many times as I liked), So I wouldn't really lose anything by doing that.
I'd buy a nice but not too large house and an electric car and live comfortably for the rest of my life. I would carry on working though as when I'm old 2-3 Million will won't be worth much.
I'd quit my job for starters, buy a nice flat somewhere then sort out the money so i wouldn't run out. Oh, and i'd also have drug fuelled sex sessions with ?100 an hour hookers!
Travel...that would take up 10-20 years. Pursue my interests which are many and varied and are time consuming, spend mucho time with 20yr old women, buy a yahcht and do a few around the world races/events etc, learn to fly and spend some time doing that, learn to play the piano properly, etc etc....I could fill 5 lifetimes with stuff to do.
People who say they would get bored or do get bored simply do not know how to live.
Take a holiday, and have a lot of tradesmen in to refit the house.
Buy another motorcycle, maybe pay to do a uni degree.
Then I'd open up a little shop, with awkward opening hours, where I buy and sell retro stuff, but really it's just a big building to indulge my hobby, and runs at a small loss every year. :)
anonymously donate a fair bit of it to various charities, and try to safely invest a lot of it to see me comfortably into my old age.
When I said what I'd do if I won the lottery, I was talking a million or 2.
Should I ever win a huge rollover, of tens of millions, then I'd see if I could pay the Russians to take me into space. If this could be arranged before m GCSE coursework on lunar observations is due in, this would be great. :D
If it was the euro millions I wold jack the job in and
At my work mates to quit too, just so I can land my employers in the shit
Apart from that the list is as follows:
Buy:
vintage Rickenbacker 370-12
A nice Gibson Firebird
A Binson Echorec
A nice Audi or Alpha GTV
A house about the same size as my current one (but in the country)
After that I would put money away for my kids university years
Then best of all quit my job and do a job that I feel contribues something useful to the world and not have to worry if it's well paid or not
I'd quit work, and sort out my finances so that I'd never have to work again.
Then I'd get a few things out of my system, like travelling to Australia to see some of my family. Then I'd go to the States, cos I've always wanted to go there.
Once back home, we'd try for another kid (the current financial climate has put a stop to this). I'd move into a detached house with a massive garden, so I can play music and movies as loud as I frigging want and have big parties in the summer. A hot tub is a must.
I'd take several holidays a year, probably every half/full term. Not necessarily abroad, just to places like Center Parcs.
I'd have a private cinema, get an XBOX 260 and/or PS3 and indulge in some serious playing time on Resident Evil 5, Oblivion, GTA IV and the like.
If it was a mega win, like a 60 million euro-lottery jackpot, I'd pay off many of my friends and family's mortgages.
As THX mentioned, I'd pay the Russians the ?15 million or so for a week on the International Space Station.
I never understand these lottery winners who get bored and end up going back to work. A chance to break free from the shackles that society puts you in, and they choose to go back :???: Ah well, takes all sorts I suppose.
You don't need to win the lotto to learn to fly. I earn a typical IT workers salary, but I own a 50% share in a light aircraft, and a 33% share in a glider. You just have to align your priorities to afford it, and not buy more plane than you can afford to fuel and maintain if you plan to own rather than rent.
It's more affordable in the US than it is here, too. And Houston is an excellent place to be a private pilot - there are loads of small airfields (most Houstonians think Houston has 2 airports - Hobby and IAH, but in reality there are something like 20 public use airports in the vicinity of the city). One of the aircraft owners that I was friends with in Houston was a cable TV man. He made his plane affordable by leasing it to the Bay Area Aero Club (it was a really nicely presented Cessna 150 that looked like it was factory fresh despite being older than me). If you want to learn to fly, do it sooner rather than later.
I flew from coast to coast in the US in a 2 month sort of adventure thingy before I left, in an ancient Cessna 140 (it was built in 1946, and a very marginal aircraft for crossing the Sierra Nevadas). Some day I hope to be able to do it again.
Going back to the original question, if I won the huge El Gordo jackpot, I'd start a ferry company and break the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's monopoly.
Who are all these one and two post wonders that keep posting their wares in there, surely they are not all seperate individuals?
As for flying, it's one of those things that is "costly, but doable". I could've learned to fly, but it would've meant giving up so much other stuff that I like.
As for flying, it's one of those things that is "costly, but doable". I could've learned to fly, but it would've meant giving up so much other stuff that I like.
So are a lot of things in life. You just have to decide whether the rewards are worth the tradeoffs.
I can actually get my bike airborne for about 1/2 of second on the Clapham by=pass anyway. LOL
You must be familiar (even if you've never been there) with the Ballaugh Brige on the Isle of Man TT circuit. I got my car airborne on it once :-)
(Actually, that's not hard around here, many of the roads are in terrible shape and have humps that'll easily send a 4 door saloon airborne at 50mph. You can tell where they are because there's sump scrape marks on the lee side of them).
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There, I've just depressed me now.
i'd make my own film, it wouldn't be up to hollywood standards, but it would feature lots of women in various states of undress having a wrestle.
then i'd build my own rollercoaster, but not for kids, id make tramps ride it to see them sick up.
then i'd round the tramps and the women up, put them on inflatable crocodiles, and have them reinact the battle of midway in my olympic sized swimming pool.
sweet.
If you're going to be called nasty, you might as well do it properly.
....and while I was thinking about what to do with the rest of it I'd transfer it from my US account to my LLoyds account so uncle sam couldn't tax the fuck out of it. I wouldn't be spending it in England really that much (although if I had that money I could pretty much go back and forth as many times as I liked), So I wouldn't really lose anything by doing that.
Would make the money shot interesting :-D
My wife would try and donate loads to charity.
People who say they would get bored or do get bored simply do not know how to live.
Buy another motorcycle, maybe pay to do a uni degree.
Then I'd open up a little shop, with awkward opening hours, where I buy and sell retro stuff, but really it's just a big building to indulge my hobby, and runs at a small loss every year. :)
anonymously donate a fair bit of it to various charities, and try to safely invest a lot of it to see me comfortably into my old age.
you'd have to win the Euro millions rollover, all on your own, to come close to the Hilton fortune,.
Should I ever win a huge rollover, of tens of millions, then I'd see if I could pay the Russians to take me into space. If this could be arranged before m GCSE coursework on lunar observations is due in, this would be great. :D
At my work mates to quit too, just so I can land my employers in the shit
Apart from that the list is as follows:
Buy:
vintage Rickenbacker 370-12
A nice Gibson Firebird
A Binson Echorec
A nice Audi or Alpha GTV
A house about the same size as my current one (but in the country)
After that I would put money away for my kids university years
Then best of all quit my job and do a job that I feel contribues something useful to the world and not have to worry if it's well paid or not
Then I'd get a few things out of my system, like travelling to Australia to see some of my family. Then I'd go to the States, cos I've always wanted to go there.
Once back home, we'd try for another kid (the current financial climate has put a stop to this). I'd move into a detached house with a massive garden, so I can play music and movies as loud as I frigging want and have big parties in the summer. A hot tub is a must.
I'd take several holidays a year, probably every half/full term. Not necessarily abroad, just to places like Center Parcs.
I'd have a private cinema, get an XBOX 260 and/or PS3 and indulge in some serious playing time on Resident Evil 5, Oblivion, GTA IV and the like.
If it was a mega win, like a 60 million euro-lottery jackpot, I'd pay off many of my friends and family's mortgages.
As THX mentioned, I'd pay the Russians the ?15 million or so for a week on the International Space Station.
I never understand these lottery winners who get bored and end up going back to work. A chance to break free from the shackles that society puts you in, and they choose to go back :???: Ah well, takes all sorts I suppose.
You don't need to win the lotto to learn to fly. I earn a typical IT workers salary, but I own a 50% share in a light aircraft, and a 33% share in a glider. You just have to align your priorities to afford it, and not buy more plane than you can afford to fuel and maintain if you plan to own rather than rent.
It's more affordable in the US than it is here, too. And Houston is an excellent place to be a private pilot - there are loads of small airfields (most Houstonians think Houston has 2 airports - Hobby and IAH, but in reality there are something like 20 public use airports in the vicinity of the city). One of the aircraft owners that I was friends with in Houston was a cable TV man. He made his plane affordable by leasing it to the Bay Area Aero Club (it was a really nicely presented Cessna 150 that looked like it was factory fresh despite being older than me). If you want to learn to fly, do it sooner rather than later.
I flew from coast to coast in the US in a 2 month sort of adventure thingy before I left, in an ancient Cessna 140 (it was built in 1946, and a very marginal aircraft for crossing the Sierra Nevadas). Some day I hope to be able to do it again.
You saw that Jonathan Creek episode didn't you. :D
misteaksmistrakesmisyaleserrurs— oh, sod it.Who are all these one and two post wonders that keep posting their wares in there, surely they are not all seperate individuals?
As for flying, it's one of those things that is "costly, but doable". I could've learned to fly, but it would've meant giving up so much other stuff that I like.
So are a lot of things in life. You just have to decide whether the rewards are worth the tradeoffs.
I did. :)
I can actually get my bike airborne for about 1/2 of second on the Clapham by=pass anyway. LOL
You must be familiar (even if you've never been there) with the Ballaugh Brige on the Isle of Man TT circuit. I got my car airborne on it once :-)
(Actually, that's not hard around here, many of the roads are in terrible shape and have humps that'll easily send a 4 door saloon airborne at 50mph. You can tell where they are because there's sump scrape marks on the lee side of them).
Haha! with the US lottery winnings, and doing that you'd be broke again in less than a week :lol:
he said invite, not pay for.... :-D