NHMJXJ Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 The first thing I would spend the $$ on is about 35% going to taxes. After that, I have no clue. (First, I would have to buy a ticket.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I’d probably buy that 4cyl comanche near you for a summertime daily driver. Pay off my debt, buy a couple of the larger parcels of land around town. Have Moonstone timber frame build me a house. Actually two, a house for my wife on one parcel and a cabin for me on another with a decent sized steel building so l can build my own rigs in all the free time I’ll have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I'd sit on it for a year. Then Pay any outstanding debt. Then carry-on with life remembering those that treated me well before I had money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said: I'd sit on it for a year. Then Pay any outstanding debt. Then carry-on with life remembering those that treated me well before I had money. I’ve always liked you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ωhm Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Make a complete fool of myself. But just in case it’s not me, I too, have always liked @MiNi Beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyav8r Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Take the $800 M cash payout (I doubt I’ll be around another 29 years to take the annual payout option), pay the taxes, put $10 M to $20 M in the bank (to have a little “walking around” money), take care of my kids/grandkids/great-grandkids/sister/brother, then set up a charitable foundation to benefit: churches and missionaries, scholarship funds, medical care for families without insurance, children’s hospitals, cancer research, Alzheimer’s research, homes for disabled veterans, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I think I would buy that MJ Dana 44 I’ve been looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 a million to invest in property. a million for projects now and down the road. buy every single house on the other side of the creek and tear it all down and put the trees back. then start donating til it runs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howeitsdone Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Let's say 50% to gov to be conservative. So with 775 mil there is no way I need that. 1. Pay off debts 2. Keep maybe 5-10 million for myself and build businesses 3. Give 1 million each to family/friends 4. Donate donate donate But, I too, would have to buy a ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 wait, I gotta buy a ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHMJXJ Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Pete M said: wait, I gotta buy a ticket? Your odds are about the same either way, but you can't win unless you buy a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHMJXJ Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 I wouldn't tell a soul. Like@MiNi Beast, I'd sit on it for a while. I'd seek out that law firm that represented the last big winner, so as to collect anonymously, and take the cash option (which, by the way is about half BEFORE taxes). Then I'd let the dust settle, the world knowing it's been claimed. Meanwhile I'd set a up a trust with a group of named benefactors (family and true friends) who would receive "enough" to meet unexpected expenses. I don't want anyone to hurt so I'd make sure they're covered in times of need, but extraordinary sums of money can do more harm than good. Thereafter I'd ease into retirement from work and practice anonymous philanthropy for fully vetted causes. And of course, buy an island and some really cool beach, trail and ocean crafts to escape to a few weeks each year! It's up to $1,600,000,000 and I have a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Nobody won. What are your plans for $2+ billion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 A matching front axle for the D44 I would have bought with the $1.5B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 9 hours ago, neohic said: Nobody won. What are your plans for $2+ billion? Buy a comanche camper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said: Buy a comanche camper You know you don’t need that kind of cash, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Just now, neohic said: You know you don’t need that kind of cash, right? I knew there was going to be a response like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 minute ago, 89 MJ said: I knew there was going to be a response like that! I’m getting that predictable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, neohic said: I’m getting that predictable? Yes, but rightfully so. That thing should’ve sold long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, 89 MJ said: Yes, but rightfully so. That thing should’ve sold long ago. Yeah its just awaiting me to go pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 There's a little ramshackle place up the road from my house that a nice older lady started a cat rescue operation out of (Smitty's Cat Rescue). It would anonymously become the most premier cat shelter operation on the planet courtesy of a random donation. Other than that, Mjeff87 and his wife and four cats would cease to exist anywhere. Anywhere. I'll leave the garage door unlocked....you all can have all the tools in it, and the beer left in the fridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 I would buy a house. Then I’d make a donation so CC can be around forever, and then I’d buy my own island. You’re all welcome to join me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 ok, change of plans. since I'd probably be moving my folks into something better anyways, I'll skip anything with the sub behind them and start buying up more and more land so it can't be turned into subs. more public parks = better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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