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$600 Million - What to do with all that cabbage....
Greg
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So, Powerball is up to 500 million dollars and its always fun to speculate what you would do with all that cabbage.
Me, I'm paying off the house, the car, making sure my kids are taken care of.
I'm getting my entire family out of debt, my parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncle and even the in-laws.
I will give the 13 people on my staff one million buckeroos but they must all give me a hand written resignation so that I can turn them all in at the same time.
I'm going to donate money to some charities, schools and such.
ipads for all the forum members as of this time and date.
Open me a diner. Nothing big, something that seats about 20-30 people.
Get my wife the red 1980something ragtop Jeep Wrangler she's always wanted.
Me, I'm paying off the house, the car, making sure my kids are taken care of.
I'm getting my entire family out of debt, my parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncle and even the in-laws.
I will give the 13 people on my staff one million buckeroos but they must all give me a hand written resignation so that I can turn them all in at the same time.
I'm going to donate money to some charities, schools and such.
ipads for all the forum members as of this time and date.
Open me a diner. Nothing big, something that seats about 20-30 people.
Get my wife the red 1980something ragtop Jeep Wrangler she's always wanted.
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I would put away at least 2 million to make sure my youngest son has his college taken care of.
Also would move to Biloxi MS and build myself a nice house. Then pay off my girlfriends student loans and tell her she can retire if she wants too.
Would offer Steve Ditko 3 million bucks to appear at Coast Con.
Open up a collectibles/comic shop.
Donate money to Children's miracle network and CBLDF.
Then in 2016 I would run for president. As an independent.
Doubt I would get a new car,but with that much money I could afford the gas to drive my Olds Delta 88 all the time.
Oh would give Ben Edlund whatever amount he wanted to draw and write issue 13 of the Tick.
Would also give 2 million to my oldest son. Knowing him he would keep working. But at least he wouldn't have to worry about money.
Why? Because I'd be the guy to buy the lifesize Terminator, the lifesize Battlestar Galactica Centurion, the lifesize Batman and Superman statues, etc., etc., etc., and I'd place them all around my house.
I simply can't be trusted with that kinda money. Oh, sure, there would be a lot of charity, too, but I'd still waste too much money on useless, giant crap.
You'd get the same letter if you offered him $20, but still, Steve is who he is.
I would also build a house with a basement that had a gym, a poker room and a bar.
I would then spend the rest of my life reading, writing, watching great movies and having a weekly poker game with my friends.
I'm a simple man and I want simple pleasures.
Oh, and I'd buy velvet beds for the crickets on my podcast.
Maybe buy a professional sports team.
New tech gadgets. I wouldn't mind splurging for iPads for everyone here too.
This is of course after I pay off the house and debt for myself and my family and donating to various charities and such.
But I'm with @EarthGBilly, God probably won't ever let me have this kind of money. But I bought 5 just in case he changes his mind. $-)
I'd give a couple of million to my parents, grandparents, and the same for my girlfriend's.
Then, I'd marry the girl.
Then I'll have a house constructed. She can do all the designing and stuff, I just want a Batcave. And a movie-theater-style room.
Also, I'd save the majority of what's left of the money. My kid (when we have one) is never going to have to worry about money.
Not the crystal palace version. The one with the Big Door and the Giant Key.
I considered the Batcave, but figured the Fortress would have better wifi.
1'd give my mom a lot.
I'd find out where the dead center of the U.S is and build a nice size house that has room for my games,movies and comics....So what I'm saying is I'd have a nice size arcade,a theater and comic shop in my house.
I'd start up a chain of movie theaters that don't follow the ratings system and we'd show all types of movie from B to main stream and everything in between.
I'd open up a wild life reserve,the largest zoo in the U.S and ship in some of the top vets around.
I'd learn as many martial arts as I could but would focus on Goju-Ryu and Krav Maga
I'd stop having wild fantasies because with all that money there isn't much that I couldn't do.
As far as frivolous purchases. Action 1, Detective 27, AF 15, all the keys. Some Torchy, Phantom Lady, and nice condition non-slabbed ECs.
My 2 favorite people at work would be taken care of. And, like Greg, we'd walk out at the same time.
For my spare time, i'd hit the best sporting event of each weekend. Mich-OSU, Ky Derby, World Cup, Super Bowl, Final Four.
I'd help artists and creators travel to any cons they could not afford.
That's a start.
Oh yeah, I'd buy the original paintings of Frazetta's Golden Girl and Death Dealer.
You: You don't really think you're going to win do you?
Me: Someone's gotta win, right?
You: Do you know what your chance of you winning the Power Ball is?
Me: Like, a million to one?
You: Try something more like 1 in 175,223,510.
Me:
Sadly, neither of them was me.
No Fortress for me.
Last evening, not only did we find a hole in our roof, but about twenty minutes before the numbers were drawn, water started coming down into my mancave from the bathroom directly above it. Right in the middle of the room between my computer desk and comics. Thankfully nothing but the room's ceiling was damaged. The piping between the two floors sprung a leak and had been pooling.
I guess, eventhough I wasn't planning to, I get to work on the mancave, put up some new drywall and paint...oh yay! That's always fun 8-|
600 million is up for grabs folks.
Find a way to make all poop 3 wipers.
Build a wild life refuge for felines.
Buy all the comics and games I want.
Donate a shit ton of it to diff charities like the C.D.C, the Christopher Revee Foundation,the A.S.P.C.A and a bunch of others.
oh.. ipads for the forum.. Best idea ever, Greg.
Or... maybe I'll just order a pizza for everybody...
I'd also have a lost weekend in the casinos. I've been watching as&#oles treat my coworkers and I like s#*t for the past twenty years. I would play 1000 a hand BJ, bottle service, full comp. I'd tip like crazy and have a blast.