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arclight · Jun 3, 2004, 10:57 pm

http://www.lotterypost.com/news-86475.htm

I saw this story a while back, and for some reason remebered it today. Is this not proof of the real stupitidy that exists in America today? She wins that much money, and cannot buy health insurance? Did she not have a freaking job? What irresponsible morons.
It is a pleasant thought to think that by betting a dollar or so, you might win a couple million. And I would like to think that if that happened to me, I would invest smartly in various markets, buy a few nice properties here and there and really go all out on a few of my own business ventures.
At the very least, I do not believe I would end up deep in the hole with only a trailer home to show for it. I think I would manage to break even.

But... Am I the stupid one, because I won't even bet the first dollar? I just happen to think people who play the lottery are as idiotic and irresponsible as the morons who buy twenty packs of cigarettes and then break out the welfare card to pay for milk and bread. Or maybe I need to loosen up, 'cause hey, its promoting the social good, right!?

Mia · Jun 3, 2004, 11:06 pm

I want look this up, but a friend told me of a news story about how the majority of huge lotto winners end up bankrupt. How can anyone be that stupid, much less so many?

It was a good idea for the economy, though. Apparently all of the money won gets spent!

miguetoo · Jun 4, 2004, 01:02 am

me win..? sleep.. eat.. school.. eat.. sleep..

Mia · Jun 4, 2004, 03:51 am

Get my grad degree in psyc, AND a law degree (then watch out, world!) and act in community theater and audition for real parts for the hell of it.

Start the biggest homeless shelter/counseling center ever.

Set up my family and a trust for all neices/nephews, etc. to go to college.

Travel the world.

Give heavily to charity (especially Habitat for Humanity)

Have a bad-ass wardrobe and nice house(s). The latest BMW. Some jewelery.

A boy toy (just kidding!)

The list goes on. Man, that would be cool!

Compugasm · Jun 4, 2004, 04:20 am

* Pay off all debt (parents debt too).
* Quit job.
* Move to Arizona.
* Build adobe style house like Luke Skywalker had.
* Generate my own modest electricty/water needs.
* Put whatever is left in bank, live off interest.
* Hope they never find me. No TV, No Internet. Just leave me alone.

Total cost = $100,000 - 150,000.

John · Jun 4, 2004, 09:38 am

Buy a huge estate.. Buy an M4-A1,A3 off the black market and jsut have a heap of fun pretending im an SAS trooper!

Mr.Vicchio · Jun 4, 2004, 10:26 am

I would invest some, start a video game company and make some kick ass games.

Gorgo · Jun 4, 2004, 10:54 am

Can't seem to get the link.

I'd probably go back to school. Maybe go to Europe first. Give my kids a few bucks. Maybe I'd even give my ex-wife some if I won enough.

John · Jun 4, 2004, 12:08 pm

Hmmm a million dollars if invested right.. You wouldnt have to go back to school!

Gorgo · Jun 4, 2004, 12:35 pm

No. That's why I'd want to.

castille · Jun 5, 2004, 04:05 am

Put 90% into property, use 5% to upgrade lifestyle, and 5% into the business.

If you won $1 million in a lottery:

At a standard approximate 10% return on property (thats low but I included factors such as shitbreak tenants, costs to learn about property investing, legal issues etc etc), you would get $100K per year. Now how exactly can a lottery winner go bankrupt? Its beyond logical reason, except humans are clearly stupid.

Christ even if you're so dumb you dont know how to invest, you could still earn $50K per year from an ING account!

bugsbunny04 · Jun 12, 2004, 05:46 am

Invest all but $200,000. Then buy a GTO, a Lunati stroker rotating assembly to make it a 392 cid, a vortech supercharger, a weiand manifold with fog nitrous bosses, and a nitrous kit with which to spray in about 400 more horse power, plus a roll cage, a set of rear wheels with slicks on them for racing, and a few gauges to put on the a-pillar, which will all cost about 55,000$. Also, I'd get a dually truck with a diesal (about $40,000), a trailer for my GTO and tools, a mini camper that can either stand alone or ride on a dually (about $20,000), plus a complete assortment of shop tools...mig welder, jacks, stands, air compressor, ect, everything but a dyno, because I wanna be able to move on no more than 2 hours notice. (about 20,000) and then I'd buy a Polaris ATV for off road fun and a Nissan Frontier for a daily driver (about 5,000/25,000), I'd take the rest of the 200,000 to a gun show, and leave with very little of it left, and plenty of toys.

...if you posted the above, you might be a redneck.

Jun 12, 2004, 09:35 pm

-- Buy a really nice computer (you know one of those 15000 dollar 500 jillion Terrabyte 15 gig video card ones

)

-- Buy something nice for the girlfriend (hehehe.. nothing to "loosen up" a girl when you're underage to drink like buying her something expensive)

-- Build a skatepark.

-- Get a cool car.

I figure I'd still have a few million after that... suppose 3 million... I'd put 2 of it away, invest a half mil in stocks, and with the remaining money I would create my own rap CD.

YES!

bugsbunny04 · Jun 13, 2004, 05:27 am

Quote:

Originally posted by Gregory,
-- Buy a really nice computer (you know one of those 15000 dollar 500 jillion Terrabyte 15 gig video card ones )

-- Buy something nice for the girlfriend (hehehe.. nothing to "loosen up" a girl when you're underage to drink like buying her something expensive)

-- Build a skatepark.

-- Get a cool car.

I figure I'd still have a few million after that... suppose 3 million... I'd put 2 of it away, invest a half mil in stocks, and with the remaining money I would create my own rap CD.

YES!

Yup, your 14 alright. Look Skippy, define a cool car! And I happen to think your taste in music is probably, in your language, "wack", or something.

Go get some old Metallica, or Iron Maiden, or Pantera, or Slayer, or whatever. I'll send you a list of songs to download.

Jun 13, 2004, 08:32 am

Fine, We can exhange-- My Chamillionaire/Mike Jones/Paulwall/Jedi Mind Tricks/Tupac for your metallica stuff

bugsbunny04 · Jun 13, 2004, 08:51 am

Quote:

Originally posted by Gregory,
Fine, We can exhange-- My Chamillionaire/Mike Jones/Paulwall/Jedi Mind Tricks/Tupac for your metallica stuff

I'm farmiliar with tupac, and I know what Jedi mind tricks are, as long as you mean Star Wars, but I have no idea what all the rest of that stuff is.

Plaything48 · Jun 13, 2004, 09:58 am

Jedi Mind Tricks is a rap artist. Don't even start a debate about music taste.

bugsbunny04 · Jun 13, 2004, 05:37 pm

Quote:

Originally posted by Plaything48,
Jedi Mind Tricks is a rap artist. Don't even start a debate about music taste.

Watch me.

Jun 3, 2004, 10:57 pm	#1 (permalink)
arclight Molten Ash Posts: 53	http://www.lotterypost.com/news-86475.htm I saw this story a while back, and for some reason remebered it today. Is this not proof of the real stupitidy that exists in America today? She wins that much money, and cannot buy health insurance? Did she not have a freaking job? What irresponsible morons. It is a pleasant thought to think that by betting a dollar or so, you might win a couple million. And I would like to think that if that happened to me, I would invest smartly in various markets, buy a few nice properties here and there and really go all out on a few of my own business ventures. At the very least, I do not believe I would end up deep in the hole with only a trailer home to show for it. I think I would manage to break even. But... Am I the stupid one, because I won't even bet the first dollar? I just happen to think people who play the lottery are as idiotic and irresponsible as the morons who buy twenty packs of cigarettes and then break out the welfare card to pay for milk and bread. Or maybe I need to loosen up, 'cause hey, its promoting the social good, right!? "Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice." -- Abraham Lincoln

Jun 3, 2004, 11:06 pm	#2 (permalink)
Mia Retired Posts: 7,312	I want look this up, but a friend told me of a news story about how the majority of huge lotto winners end up bankrupt. How can anyone be that stupid, much less so many? It was a good idea for the economy, though. Apparently all of the money won gets spent! "...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and you know how I feel about church services." Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Jun 4, 2004, 03:51 am	#4 (permalink)
Mia Retired Posts: 7,312	Get my grad degree in psyc, AND a law degree (then watch out, world!) and act in community theater and audition for real parts for the hell of it. Start the biggest homeless shelter/counseling center ever. Set up my family and a trust for all neices/nephews, etc. to go to college. Travel the world. Give heavily to charity (especially Habitat for Humanity) Have a bad-ass wardrobe and nice house(s). The latest BMW. Some jewelery. A boy toy (just kidding!) The list goes on. Man, that would be cool! "...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and you know how I feel about church services." Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Jun 4, 2004, 04:20 am	#5 (permalink)
Compugasm Son of X51 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,236	* Pay off all debt (parents debt too). * Quit job. * Move to Arizona. * Build adobe style house like Luke Skywalker had. * Generate my own modest electricty/water needs. * Put whatever is left in bank, live off interest. * Hope they never find me. No TV, No Internet. Just leave me alone. Total cost = $100,000 - 150,000. http://www.compugasm.com/

Jun 4, 2004, 09:38 am	#6 (permalink)
John Molten Ash Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 118	Buy a huge estate.. Buy an M4-A1,A3 off the black market and jsut have a heap of fun pretending im an SAS trooper! Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato

Jun 4, 2004, 01:02 am	#3 (permalink)
miguetoo Sedimentary Rock Posts: 4	me win..? sleep.. eat.. school.. eat.. sleep..

Jun 4, 2004, 10:26 am	#7 (permalink)
Mr.Vicchio Navy Veteran Location: Texas Posts: 6,335	I would invest some, start a video game company and make some kick ass games. Einstein's "Theory of Relativity" is still being challenged to this day, but by consensus Global Warming is a fact... that's REAL science at work, why didn't Albert just go that route?

Jun 4, 2004, 10:54 am	#8 (permalink)
Gorgo BANNED-Warned multiple times about instigating. User then reported topics multiple times to mess with staff. Posts: 4,412	Can't seem to get the link. I'd probably go back to school. Maybe go to Europe first. Give my kids a few bucks. Maybe I'd even give my ex-wife some if I won enough.

Jun 4, 2004, 12:08 pm	#9 (permalink)
John Molten Ash Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 118	Hmmm a million dollars if invested right.. You wouldnt have to go back to school! Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato

Jun 4, 2004, 12:35 pm	#10 (permalink)
Gorgo BANNED-Warned multiple times about instigating. User then reported topics multiple times to mess with staff. Posts: 4,412	No. That's why I'd want to.

Jun 5, 2004, 04:05 am	#11 (permalink)
castille Citizen #21521 Posts: 2,599	Put 90% into property, use 5% to upgrade lifestyle, and 5% into the business. If you won $1 million in a lottery: At a standard approximate 10% return on property (thats low but I included factors such as shitbreak tenants, costs to learn about property investing, legal issues etc etc), you would get $100K per year. Now how exactly can a lottery winner go bankrupt? Its beyond logical reason, except humans are clearly stupid. Christ even if you're so dumb you dont know how to invest, you could still earn $50K per year from an ING account! Ideological loyalty is the act of giving your soul to a vague concept, to be manipulated by people smarter than you.

Jun 12, 2004, 05:46 am	#12 (permalink)
bugsbunny04 Untrained Fodder Location: Alabama Posts: 1,354	Invest all but $200,000. Then buy a GTO, a Lunati stroker rotating assembly to make it a 392 cid, a vortech supercharger, a weiand manifold with fog nitrous bosses, and a nitrous kit with which to spray in about 400 more horse power, plus a roll cage, a set of rear wheels with slicks on them for racing, and a few gauges to put on the a-pillar, which will all cost about 55,000$. Also, I'd get a dually truck with a diesal (about $40,000), a trailer for my GTO and tools, a mini camper that can either stand alone or ride on a dually (about $20,000), plus a complete assortment of shop tools...mig welder, jacks, stands, air compressor, ect, everything but a dyno, because I wanna be able to move on no more than 2 hours notice. (about 20,000) and then I'd buy a Polaris ATV for off road fun and a Nissan Frontier for a daily driver (about 5,000/25,000), I'd take the rest of the 200,000 to a gun show, and leave with very little of it left, and plenty of toys. ...if you posted the above, you might be a redneck. Clean toe caps and a filthy mouth! Low morals and high morale!

Jun 12, 2004, 09:35 pm	#13 (permalink)
Gregory Guest Posts: n/a	-- Buy a really nice computer (you know one of those 15000 dollar 500 jillion Terrabyte 15 gig video card ones ) -- Buy something nice for the girlfriend (hehehe.. nothing to "loosen up" a girl when you're underage to drink like buying her something expensive) -- Build a skatepark. -- Get a cool car. I figure I'd still have a few million after that... suppose 3 million... I'd put 2 of it away, invest a half mil in stocks, and with the remaining money I would create my own rap CD. YES!

Jun 13, 2004, 08:32 am	#15 (permalink)
Gregory Guest Posts: n/a	Fine, We can exhange-- My Chamillionaire/Mike Jones/Paulwall/Jedi Mind Tricks/Tupac for your metallica stuff

Jun 13, 2004, 09:58 am	#17 (permalink)
Plaything48 Igneous Magma Location: London baby, yeah! Posts: 198	Jedi Mind Tricks is a rap artist. Don't even start a debate about music taste. A man has two reasons for doing anything --- a good reason and the real reason. Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.