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Post by everso on Jul 6, 2011 15:44:55 GMT
We always do the lottery and lately we've been doing the Euro Millions too. Frankly, I think it's all a waste of money but Mr. E. lives in hope because he won £10 two weeks running. Anyhow, what's worrying me is how much the Euro Millions has increased to - £166,000,000. How would anybody cope with winning such a large amount? What would you do with all that money?  |
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Post by jean on Jul 6, 2011 16:02:40 GMT
I'll start worrying about that when I get it.
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Post by everso on Jul 6, 2011 16:49:33 GMT
I was thinking about this the other day. Supposing we won the jackpot, we'd most likely make sure our family was taken care of. But how much to give them? Anything over, say, £5 million, must affect their lives considerably. I'm not talking about buying a nice house, having a lovely holiday and being able to drive a quality car, but would they give up work? If so, is it likely they'd regret it? (Depends I suppose on what they do for a living). Would there be problems as to who you give money to? I certainly wouldn't want any publicity. I'd be too afraid of being kidnapped or, worse still, my children and grandchildren kidnapped!
Obviously donation to charity comes into it as well. That must bring satisfaction, knowing you can really make a difference.
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Post by riotgrrl on Jul 6, 2011 20:12:52 GMT
The thing is not to GIVE to charity, but to use your great wealth to set up a charitable trust.
Then the charities apply to you, and you set the criteria for applications. You get to fund new projects, or support the admin of smaller, less attractive charities. It fills the day - assuming you've given up work - as you're working as a Trustee, reading applications and attending meetings to decide who gets what money.
That's what I would do.
I'd buy every flat in this block (there's another 5) and turn my whole tenement into one great big f-off townhouse. (Or maybe just the other 2 on the top floor and have a big penthouse). I don't think I could be bothered getting a new house. I liike living here.
And I'd get a kindle AND a new camera AND perfume, so I wouldn't have to pick just one for my birthday present this year.
Maybe even an iPad.
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jul 6, 2011 21:23:06 GMT
We've worked this out....we'd set up a trust, buy houses for all the children to live in and a few hundred others to rent out to give them an income. They would have to work, administering the property portfolio between them to assure themselves of a salary. While we are givin' it large all over the world with the remaining 100 million!!  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 6, 2011 21:44:17 GMT
I'd buy a nice little island, build a sickeningly expensive fortress-villa there, get a cool yacht, a learjet, a helicopter and some guns...because after buying all that I would be skint again and would have to become a pirate to fund my extravagant lifestyle.  I'm also thinking that would help me out come the "zombie apocalypse" (it's gonna happen one day, I just know it). AH |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jul 6, 2011 22:26:33 GMT
A 'leerjet'? is that a fast machine to ogle girls in?
**pedantry is my reason for living**
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 7, 2011 16:14:31 GMT
Bollocks on a bike!  Corrected mistake, although way too late to escape the intentions of the Boninator.  AH |
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Post by Weyland on Jul 7, 2011 16:27:49 GMT
Bollocks on a bike! Corrected mistake, although way too late to escape the intentions of the Boninator. AH I'm shocked. SHOCKED! I thought it was a particularly good pun. By the way — what exactly ARE the intentions of the Boninator? We MUST be told. Perhaps she'd like to enlighten us in that regard . . . |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jul 7, 2011 17:48:34 GMT
Bollocks on a bike! Corrected mistake, although way too late to escape the intentions of the Boninator. AH I'm shocked. SHOCKED! I thought it was a particularly good pun. By the way — what exactly ARE the intentions of the Boninator? We MUST be told. Perhaps she'd like to enlighten us in that regard . . . If I told you then I would have to kill you...sorry.... |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 8, 2011 5:41:11 GMT
I didn't know it was wrong. I don't know anything about jets.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 20:22:36 GMT
Just keep farming till its all gone ........ :/
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Post by housesparrow on Jul 12, 2011 19:21:59 GMT
Ha ha, Farmer.
I fell out with my best friend once over our lottery millions. We both had shemes to set up charities, and we wondered if they could work together. However mine was for drug addicts and hers was for kids, and she thought that the needs of my beneficiaries would have to be curbed to protect hers.....
...what a daft thing to have a row about!
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Post by sesley on Jul 14, 2011 18:43:10 GMT
give away to family and to the National Autisitc society and to Help the Heroes and have fun with the rest.
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