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If You Won The Lottery, How Would You Spend It?
David:
I'd pay off my mortgage and then give my house away. I have a cousin who needs it more than I do.
Then I'd put all my stuff into storage until I decided where I want to live. Until then, I'd travel and stay at Top Hotels. I'd buy my Mom a home or condo anywhere she'd want. Plus put money in an account for her so she'd never worry about bills again.
I wouldn't work. As much as people say they'd still work, who'd have the time to? I might for a week or two. Drive up to work in a new Bentley. Tell the Bosses what I really think. LOL.
I hear good things about Palm Springs California. No snow! No earthquakes. No mudslides. No Hurricanes. No forest fires. And you are half way between Las Vegas and the Pacific coast. I could move there and have a nice house with a BIG garage!
Of course, I'd hire a hypnotist to put Jake Gyllenhaal under and tell him to fall in love with me. LOL. How much would that cost?
dot-matrix:
Retire, travel to all the places I've only dreamed of, raise and resuce Golden Retrievers to my hearts content make sure all my family was provided for and the children able to attend college, give money to feed, house and clothe those less fortunate than myself, buy 40 acre's in the mountains somewhere and build Bob's and my dream log home
ednbarby:
I'd pay off the mortgages on both our houses (we own a second one as a rental unit) and then give one of them to each of my brothers. If they didn't want to live mortgage-free in Boca Raton, FL for some reason, I'd give them to the first friends who wanted them - one very good friend who commutes an hour and a half to work each way and lives near one of them but can't afford to move unless she sells her house first would be a top candidate.
I'd give all our cars away, too - the two oldest to charity for the parts and the two newest to each of my brothers again (what the heck - they'd be down here anyway).
Then we'd travel all over the world. What better education for Will would there be than that? We'd have enough money to hire tutors for him everywhere we go, so he'd be kept up to speed on the three Rs and all that. In a few years, when we were ready to chill out and settle down again, we'd buy places in Manhattan, London, and San Francisco and make one of them - probably New York - our home base.
I'd love to give a bunch of money to a few organizations that are near and dear to my heart, too, and that could benefit the most from it - like Hospice, some homeless shelters, and the local animal shelters. It'd be lovely to give enough money to a large "kill" animal shelter down here so as to make it a non-kill shelter and to give enough money to a homeless shelter so that it could make a real, positive difference in those people's lives.
And I'd invest a good portion of it conservatively but heavily enough so that Will and his children and grandchildren would be set for life.
If I ever worked again, it'd just be something I'd really enjoy and always wanted to do, like starting my own dog-walking/sitting business in Manhattan or building and running a high-end drive-in theater that only shows movies *I* like - hey, I'd be ridiculously rich, so what would it matter if it made a boat load of money or not?
Kerry:
What's that old saying? "Beware what you wish for, because you might get it!" If that's the case, look out World, 'cause this is what I wish for! :D
* I would buy a vast rural estate in upstate New South Wales. It would encompass elements of river, shoreline, mountain, rainforest and waterfall. There is such acreage available now. I would name the property "Brokeback Mountain," so named after the mountain on the property, which I would legally rename "Brokeback Mountain." In the most private, secluded part of the estate, I would engage an architect to build a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright inspired house, organically in tune with the landscape. I would name the house "Cherry Cake Cottage."
* I would but a luxury, two-story, penthouse apartment in a skyscraper in Sydney, with spectacular harbour views.
* I would set-up a trust to award an annual prize to the best gay/lesbian artist in Australia. I would personally manage and administer this trust myself.
* I would open my own art dealership business, with accompanying galleries.
* I would give generous cash gifts to friends.
* I would make generous donations to my favourite charities, specifically AIDS charities.
* I would live happily ever after.
One can but dream! ;) :)
Kelda:
I would ensure my family did well out of it, give some to charity, pay off all my bills and then I would travel travel travel - come see all of you guys weherever you live! I would give up my job and once my itchy feet had died down a bit I may well do some volunteering.
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