What could you do with 15.5 mllion......the 365.mil jackpot was reduced to 15.5 mil.split 8 ways...What would you do with your 15.5 mil. if it was you???

Make more money

Pay off all my bills first thing. Then I would invest in going to medical school to become a surgeon like I always wanted.

The employees of a meat packing plant held the lucky ticket in Saturday`s 365-million-dollar Powerball drawing. They have opted to take a lump sum payout of 124-point-one-million-dollars that will be divided eight ways.

The divisions amount to 22-point-one million-dollars a piece.

are you using an after tax figure?

Of course I could be off a million or two. :)

I would set up a $2 million endowment at my synagoguge, then put the rest into blind trusts offshore, buy a honkin' house and a yacht in the Carribean and then dissapear into the sunshine with my wife as soon as my kids graduate from college. After the house and yacht are bought and my temple is covered, I figure I'll have 10 million left. 1 million to each of my kids in a blind trust that they cannot touch until their 35th birthdays (3 kids), another $750,000 to pay for their educations ($250K each), and the rest for me to live on and give out in charity in ad-hoc ways for the rest of my life.

Wouldnt' suck.

Buy a carerra GT, pay off my bills, and invest the rest.

Pay off the bills first and foremost. I'd probably keep my car. I'd buy a comfortable house (nothing fancy or huge, something to the tune of maybe 4-bedroom, ~4000 sq-ft on say 5 wooded acres or so) which would be "teched" out to no end. I may buy a truck and a fifth-wheel. Most of it I'd invest and let mature. Hell I may even keep working just to keep the boredom down, although I may drop down to part time. I've never been a flashy, fancy person.

Hide from relatives and old friends and vanish without a trace. Yes, I am surrounded by parasites and black holes.

first thing i would do is remove all the hair from my neck down with laser.... i mean ALL the hair from the neck down. then buy a new wardrobe.... nothing but silk touches this body from now on. :aroused:

Don't screw my life up by being infatuated with money.

pay off my bills and house, slap genuine ms kits on my baby 8, buy myself F430 and '07 911 Turbo and wife bentley continental gt....

most important, take a little chunck out to finance my flight training :)

buy a shit load of things for myself, family, and friends.

become probably the richest cop in America.

Let's see... 15.5 millions... carry the .5...

31 chicks at the same time. :D:

first thing i would do is remove all the hair from my neck down with laser.... i mean ALL the hair from the neck down. then buy a new wardrobe.... nothing but silk touches this body from now on. :aroused:
You do realize that laser removal is not permanent, right? Though with $15 million you could afford to do it every few months :D

Gotta take at least ten percent off the top first. Then I'd let it draw interest until it accrued enough to pay off my house. Then I'd wait until it gained enough interest to buy another, much larger and fancier home. Rent out the first house, and buy more rental property as the interest keeps pouring in. With that kind of dollar amount you can live more than easily just by living off of the interest. When I have kids I'd give them each a number of rental homes that they have to maintain. Then maybe they will still know what it's like to have some responsibility.

Before the kids come I'd buy 100 or so acres of land and put a rally-like and asphalt track on it. Probably even a 1/4 mile strip. Build a 5000 square foot metal building to house my car collection in, and not be seen or heard from for a week or two at a time.

I'd build a tree house in our yard....

But really, I would start investing it all. Pretty boring, but you don't want to be some dude who wins the lottery and then 4 years later is living in a van down by the river. Of course I'd probably get one of those fancy 900+ whp PR RX-8's first. I know I could buy a much nicer car, but what fun is that.

Pay my bills...give some cash to my close friends and family...and go to work the next day. I'm far too young to retire. I need the challenge.

I'd build a tree house in our yard....



We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner ...


.... but we would!

I would hire 50 ninjas to fight in my backyard all day and night. That way when I'm eating cereal in the morning I can look out the window and watch ninjas go at each other.

I'd also buy Schwartz Mazda just to fire the GM and service manager, as well as the cowardly fella who thought he was clever and "anonymously" contacted me here. I hope you're reading this, asshole. :balls:

I would buy a small development (10 houses maybe) and let all the people important to me live there. They would cover taxes and maintenance at least, but the extravagent monthly block parties would be on me, and they would be refriggindiculous.

I'd buy a powerful computer and hone my photochop skills, send a mob of papparazzi to Calgary and get some great shots of Rotten42. I would then spend about an hour or two a day photochopping him in various compromising situations. :bootyshak

I would hire 50 ninjas to fight in my backyard all day and night. That way when I'm eating cereal in the morning I can look out the window and watch ninjas go at each other.

I'd also buy Schwartz Mazda just to fire the GM and service manager, as well as the cowardly fella who thought he was clever and "anonymously" contacted me here. I hope you're reading this, asshole. :balls:

I would buy a small development (10 houses maybe) and let all the people important to me live there. They would cover taxes and maintenance at least, but the extravagent monthly block parties would be on me, and they would be refriggindiculous.

I'd buy a powerful computer and hone my photochop skills, send a mob of papparazzi to Calgary and get some great shots of Rotten42. I would then spend about an hour or two a day photochopping him in various compromising situations. :bootyshak


them I would hire Todd Bertuzzi to protect me from those ninjas...they wouldn't stand a chance. :)


Frankly I would be more scared of you driving your French Titanium Silver car anywhere within 4 blocks of my faster Velocity Red car...


the curse....the curse!!!

The $15 million each is after taxes. I predict from the history of group wins and the stats that 7 of the 8 will be broke within 2 to 3 years because that sudden amount in people's hands without a clue or plan to spend and invest, they will wish they had not won later on. They can enjoy the sun now but if they spend loosely and wildly and behave like they are the Donald, well, easy math will tell you they will fail to hold on to most of it. That's the big Lie Lotteries tell people. $365 Million was just the number when in reality after taxes it was 1/3 of that amount, Yes, I can imagine many would like to have that 1/3 as would I. Just to see if I could be wise with it and invest wisely and put some away for a rainy day and so forth. It was good to see a Vietnamease get one of the prizes and say he will send some to his fam members in Vietnam. I hope all of them take a course or get serious financial advice or they will be looking for job and work again just like the rest of us losers. A lottery is really a hidden tax on the poor. Its a way for a state to fund certain areas and of course the IRS makes off of this stuff big time. The IRS does nothing but sit back and collect millions for doing nothing. Its a hidden tax for sure that preys mostly on people who are so down and out that they think if they spend a hundred on it from their wefare check that they can get out of their circumstances only to find out its not so. Interesting that the lottery does not tell how many tickets sold were losers. I know in Colorado alone, 10 million tickets were sold and they all lost the big win. That's a lot of tickets and this state has never had a powerball winner.

id buy everyone a green dress

The IRS does nothing but sit back and collect millions for doing nothing.

well that is its job actually. collection of taxes ( a little bit of investigation)

That's the big Lie Lotteries tell people. $365 Million was just the number when in reality after taxes it was 1/3 of that amount

That's not all from taxes. When you win you can choose to get an annuity spread out over 30 years for the full amount or just get an upfront payout for much less. Everyone always goes for the upfront payment so it's always less than advertised, even before taxes are figured in.

Also, the Powerball lottery isn't any different from people who think they can play professional sports, or become a celebrity, or make easy money on the stock market, or some other get-rich quick scheme. People like to dream about having lots of money without having to do a lot of work. The people who fund the lottery by buying tickets are only hurting themselves (unless they win of course) and the money that the government gets from it is presumably used to help pay for things. It's sort of a taxation on risk-taking (or stupidity if you wanted to be a jerk about it).

The Powerball lottery is played in 28 states and according to the organisers of the game, the chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 146m. CNN cited a statistic that said the likelihood of dying in a fatal road accident on the way to buy a ticket was five times higher than the chance of a win.

My grandpa always said that buying lottery tickets was a tax on stupidity.

My grandpa always said that buying lottery tickets was a tax on stupidity.

Maybe I'm your grandpa. Did anyone see that movie "The Stupids" with the "I'm My Own Grandpa" song? Sadly, this isn't even the first time I've made mention of that movie on this forum. Guess that really says something about me.

Maybe I'm your grandpa. Did anyone see that movie "The Stupids" with the "I'm My Own Grandpa" song? Sadly, this isn't even the first time I've made mention of that movie on this forum. Guess that really says something about me.

Why are you older than dirt like me? I am a grandpa with 5 grandkids. :cwm27:

Why are you older than dirt like me? I am a grandpa with 5 grandkids. :cwm27:

Nah, I'm only 24. But I'm pretty cynical and I forget stuff a lot. So what'd you guys have back before dirt was invented? Was it liquid hot magma? Begin the unneccessarily slow moving dipping mechanism. What a great movie.

Man, I get so off track so fast.

id buy everyone a green dress
But not a real green dress, that's cruel...

Nah, I'm only 24. But I'm pretty cynical and I forget stuff a lot. So what'd you guys have back before dirt was invented? Was it liquid hot magma? Begin the unneccessarily slow moving dipping mechanism. What a great movie.

Man, I get so off track so fast.

We had glass to walk to on! :mdrmed:

I would set up a $2 million endowment at my synagoguge, then put the rest into blind trusts offshore, buy a honkin' house and a yacht in the Carribean and then dissapear into the sunshine with my wife as soon as my kids graduate from college. After the house and yacht are bought and my temple is covered, I figure I'll have 10 million left. 1 million to each of my kids in a blind trust that they cannot touch until their 35th birthdays (3 kids), another $750,000 to pay for their educations ($250K each), and the rest for me to live on and give out in charity in ad-hoc ways for the rest of my life.

Wouldnt' suck.

Either your definition of "yacht" is different than the norm or you have no idea what these pups cost. Let me give you a hint; If the hull is anything other than metal it ain't a yacht and the thing better be 30m (100ft) or longer. Otherwise the thing is just a boat.

by Barenaked Ladies


Lyrics:

If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you a house
(I would buy you a house)
If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car
(A nice Reliant automobile)
If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like open the fridge and stuff
There would already be laid out foods for us
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things

They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon
Well, can you blame 'em
Uh, yeah

If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat
(But not a real fur coat that's cruel)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet
(Yep, like a llama or an emu)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains
(Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones)
And If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars
Now, we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm

If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you a green dress
(But not a real green dress, that's cruel)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you some art
(A Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you a monkey
(Haven't you always wanted a monkey)

If I had a million dollars
I’d buy your love

If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I'd be rich

Let me give you a hint; If the hull is anything other than metal it ain't a yacht and the thing better be 30m (100ft) or longer. Otherwise the thing is just a boat.


yacht

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/620219/2/istockphoto_620219_yachting_at_the_wind.jpg

yacht hull

http://www.yachtworks.net/images/wood%20hull%20repair.jpg

yacht

http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newpictures04/Nerd-7-woodYacht-wah.jpg

etc

http://yachtbroker.escapeartist.com/images/2390.jpg

1931 TRUMPY WOOD MOTOR YACHT

http://www.lincolnshireprop.com/museum/trumpy.jpg

i could go on like this all day

oh nearly forgot the USS Sequoia

http://deepblade.net/journal/yacht.jpg

I would quit doing homework for these last 8 weeks of my bachelor's degree. :D:

zoom44, probably a good idea to post the lyrics to the whole song. Otherwise it was pretty likely that we were going to post that entire song, one line at a time. Oh, we're so predictable.

we still can. we could even make up our own new lines:)

dont you think i kinda "pwned" babylou about the "yachts are only made of metal" thing:D:

dont you think i kinda "pwned" babylou about the "yachts are only made of metal" thingYeah, this one costs around $3.5 million and is made almost entirely of carbon fiber:

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1109166/0

well look at that- not metal AND less than 100' and yet its a yacht

we still can. we could even make up our own new lines:)

dont you think i kinda "pwned" babylou about the "yachts are only made of metal" thing
Those piss ant 20m wooden jobs you posted are boats not yachts. Hell some of those boats are contained on board a real yacht for when the chef goes into port to buy fresh food for the dinner. The last picture you posted looked like the USS Minnow or something. How about you visit www.yachtspotter.com

yacht
n : an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for
cruising or racing [syn: racing yacht]

Yacht \Yacht\ (y[o^]t), n. [D. jagt, jacht; perhaps properly, a
chase, hunting, from. jagen to chase, hunt, akin to G. jagen,
OHG. jag[=o]n, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG.
g[=a]hi quick, sudden (cf. Gay).] (Naut.)
A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for
private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to
convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a
seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.

yacht Pronunciation (yät)
n.
Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels, generally with smart graceful lines, used for pleasure cruises or racing.

how about you enlarge your knowledge base ;)

see? all yachts - http://www.americascupnews.com/apr00.htm

ohhhhh molded!!!!!! you got molded!!! :pow:

sorry the little jr. high kid in me wanted to talk. :hahano:

. How about you visit www.yachtspotter.com


They call Yachts over 100 feet mega yachts on that very site that you posted babylou and they don't say the smaller ones can't be yachts....

"Yachtspotter.com was the first gateway on the internet for the amateurs of megayachts (yachts over 100 feet). It's a not-for-profit website."


Zoom pwned ju

They call Yachts over 100 feet mega yachts on that very site that you posted babylou and they don't say the smaller ones can't be yachts....

"Yachtspotter.com was the first gateway on the internet for the amateurs of megayachts (yachts over 100 feet). It's a not-for-profit website."


Zoom pwned ju

Whatever, jeez you guys are such nerds. I could care less if I got "pwned" or whatever lingo you want to use. Go take your woman on that 15m 1931 wooded SS Minnow and see what happens when a guy with my definition of yacht passes by.

perfect response. thank you

your defintion would lay anchor and stand aside. my wife would probably say "look at that damn big boat" and then go back to enjoying being on the Sequoia. See its not the size of the Yacht but who's riding it (or has ridden it) that Matters.

a little history to broaden your horizon:):

The Sequoia Presidential Yacht is fully restored, 104-foot, 1925 Trumpy-designed yacht that has served more than nine Presidents. It is thus not a surprise that Congress designated the Sequoia a National Historic Landmark. This is perhaps the most important piece of Americana in private hands, and it may be the most famous vessel in America.

The Sequoia was the scene of some of America's most historic events: It was used during the Harding administration to enforce Prohibition; Herbert Hoover promoted his use of the Sequoia during the Depression in a misguided effort to elevate the spirit of a starving public; FDR and Eisenhower planned D-day; Truman decided to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and later conducted the world's first nuclear arms control summit; Eisenhower entertained Korean War veterans; Kennedy celebrated his last (46th) birthday party; LBJ lobbied for civil rights legislation, and planned Vietnam War strategy; Nixon negotiated the first arms control treaty with the Soviet Union, and later decided to resign; Gerald Ford conducted cabinet meetings on board; Ronald Reagan met all of the nation's 50 Governors at the Sequoia's gangplank; and George Bush negotiated with the Chinese Premier.

During World War II, Roosevelt and Eisenhower planned European war strategy with Winston Churchill and Field Marshall Montgomery, respectively. Churchill also enjoyed relaxing on deck while FDR fished in the Potomac River.

LBJ entertained all of the African ambassadors and other leaders. Nixon and Henry Kissinger negotiated with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhev, the architect of detente, and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin for the first American-Soviet arms control treaty.

Ironically, on approximately the 30th anniversary of Truman deciding (on the Sequoia) to drop a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japanese Emperor Hirhito and his wife came to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Ford and to cruise the Potomac River on the Sequoia.

etc etc

http://www.sequoiayacht.com/index.cfm?content=1