Powerball Jackpot - $425mil!

[GURPS (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Think big! What would you do?

buy 5000 acres in Wyoming ....

.... build a well stocked house and disappear off of the grid

oh and the garage of my dreams

[huntr1]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Think big! What would you do?

Move out of MD before claiming the ticket. Pay off my debit. Pay off my parents' debit. Pay off my in-laws' debit. Buy a piece of property to be the home of my Boy Scout troop, with a big meeting space for the boys, and with secure storage for the troop trailer and troop gear. Buy a big piece of waterfront property across the bridge in Va and build a scout camp.

[dave1959]

I'd get up and go right back to work.....








just long enough for someone to piss me off... Then I'd walk out and never look back.

[luvmygdaughters]

Always said if I was fortunate enough to win millions in a lottery, I would continue to work, although, it would make it alot easier to call in sick.

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Originally Posted by GURPS

buy 5000 acres in Wyoming ....

.... build a well stocked house and disappear off of the grid
oh and the garage of my dreams

THAT'S a plan

[TPD]

Like a true farmer, if I won, I would get a bigger tractor and combine and keep farming till the money ran out!

[inkah]

Originally Posted by bulldog

Buy land. Lots of land and manage it for wildlife. Hunting and fishing would be my way of life and my "giving back" would include opening up my land to introduce young people, especially troubled young people to these very down-to-earth activities that can play a big part in setting your moral compass pointing in the right direction. Entry to the program would be easy, continued participation would not be easy and would be based on said participant meeting a set of life goals that would place them on the road to independant success in life.

You could do that now. At least in part. I have an "at risk" kid that wants to learn to hunt...

[inkah]

I would build a house for my buddy the quad and equip it for he and his family's care. Then tour the world with my kids: hit every state and every continent. Would probably buy a few places to land (apartment/cottage/etc - small stuff).

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by TPD

Like a true farmer, if I won, I would get a bigger tractor and combine and keep farming till the money ran out!

Yes!!!

[ArkRescue (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

$150 mil in trust for what? If you are saying spend $40 million, assuming you are 40-ish, that's $1 million a year for, effectively, the rest of your life. You probably live off of something like $50-100,000 a year now so, that alone is 10-20 times what you have now so, we can call your living expenses taken care of for the rest of your life, yeah?

Why not do something with the rest of it as well? Think big! What would you do?

I would fund as many free spay & neuter surgeries for cats and dogs as I could afford. I bet that would make a dent in the over-population problem in this Country ...