Ok, Serious question... What *EXACTLY* Would you do with 5 Million US Dollars?

[The Doctor.]

Just curious.

Let's say you acquired $5M in disposable cash, whoever you are, what would you DO with it?

No answer is wrong.

I have my own answer too.

[rcrush]

1. Leave the country.

Can you leave the country with a bunch of cash?

[Courtesy Flush]

47. Not CASH cash

But I've read that casino chips are not considered currency, and you can carry them through customs without declaring them as such. I'm not a gambler, so I don't know how this stuff works.

[Courtesy Flush]

49. I would definitely get new seat covers for my pickup truck

maybe even have the body compounded and waxed. And I'd upgrade from cassette player to CD.

[Courtesy Flush]

50. That was supposed to be posted under the OP n/t

[wickerwoman]

80. How do you redeem them though?

Aren't chips issued by the casino?

[peace frog]

58. You can leave the country

but not with all of your cash all at once. There are different forms of residency you can establish in certain countries that are friendly to ex-pats, and from there you can set up financial relationships that allow you to legally and safely move your money from the US. Get an excellent tax/investment lawyer who has extensive experience in this arena, and it can be done.
Now all we have to do is get the 5 mil and it's adios muchachos. :evilgrin:

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. Plunk it all down on a single Pick 4 lottery ticket.

.
It would be kinda risky, but if I hit it... MAN, would I be set for life!!!
.

[The Straight Story]

3. Buy a house, car, stock up, and give money to family/friends

The rest I would put into municipal bonds, savings for property taxes and monthly expenses, and stock some away in cash.

[PJPhreak]

33. Spot on! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I'm with Straight Story...

[The Doctor.]

7. Damn! You and TSS! Freakin' philanthropists!

I have something that might actually come true.

I'll PM it to those interested.

Other than that... $5M means I go to work for real.

Anyone else feel that having a bundle would mean real work? I know that the people that walked into it, or were born into it don't feel that way.

How about you?

[The Straight Story]

11. I love to give to others and see them smile - one other thing I would do

Is start my own business. Have a few great ideals, and the money I would make I could use to help my kids and friends as well as those in the local community.

It takes money to make it they say - and I could write some serious posts about what that means but will save my fingers the typing.

Would it mean real work? For me - yeah it would. Once I had my house/car/etc (some security so I didn't worry so much) I would put some servers to work, which would mean I would be busting my ass day in and out to create some things (already have the ideas there and ready to roll).

And I would not need a nice place - a trailer with a little land would be nice, a new car - a cheap one, some money to live off of, computers, and I could do wonders.

Someday. Hopefully this job I interviewed for will pan out and I can start working on those dreams - the dream that someday I will be able to give my little girl and others a better life.

[The Doctor.]

17. God DAMNIT!

I see it everywhere!

People with dreams and vision, getting crushed under the weight of the current paradigm.

I'm working on it, right now, with people who get it, and in ways that I cannot share just yet.

Don't you dare lose touch with me. People like you mean the difference between the salvation of humanity and oblivion.

With everything I have ever been, and everything I intend to be, I know you must believe that... and I'm sure you got it long ago.



We aren't done yet.

[The Straight Story]

18. We will get there - only a matter of time. I am a patient man, some songs for you:

as the song goes....Till I collapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3oBZ4_TNys

And there is this one for baby girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iu5yeDM5Lk

[The Doctor.]

23. Well..

Sources of strength you are not without.

Baby Girl is adorable. Mine is about to be 7. Her first word was 'shoe'. I'm doomed.

My source of intention coincides with this;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufd-Ttvd5jI&feature=related

Do not watch. Close the window the first time you listen. The piece has a certain purity the video does no justice to. Put on headphones and close your eyes.

Thank you, I loved them both for different reasons. The first tells me much about you. The second about why you do what you do.

If you get all the way through "VX Gas Attack", and understand the meaning in the middle... let me know.

[The Straight Story]

26. Watching now - brb (nt)

[The Doctor.]

28. @*%^%$^*^!%^^%$^#$!!!!!

Really... even a hard-core Puppy-Head like myself would rather not watch the video they tacked on to this piece.

I get them. SP is about pain, and even a bit of rage... but the video drags the piece down. Listening to Bach while watching war footage might also have meaning, but... meh.

Oh well.

Good night brother, and good fortune.

It has to be somewhere.

[The Straight Story]

32. I can sum up that video:

"wasted views"

Feeling powerless, like one's life has no impact. Yet it does - on those we love, and those we reach out to posting online. We don't often see the impact of what we do, how 'our views' impact others. My views impact my daughter, my friends online, those I talk to each day.

Wasted views seems almost like a desire to have power in a world where we don't think we have much power, and yet we really do. Influence is not about power over others in a 'brutal' way so much as it is in how we communicate to others and plant the seed of change.

"with your eyes open, you know soft spoken changes nothing"

And yet, the soft spoken have often changed history over time - from Paul to the Dali Llama the soft spoken have, and will, continue to change things - just not with the force and speed of the more harsh spoken.

Just my 2 cents.

[The Doctor.]

35. Right... and the message is "Change"...

internalized.

Wasted views,
That's all they see blue,
Hot blood, guilt, optic nerve.
With the right attitude you will succeed, blue.
Self abusive recluse, too late for me.
Make shifting peace unsettling.
Crazy...doing crazy things.
Keep your eyes open, soft spoken changes nothing.
A view so cruel.
(a few)

Dogs body comatose, torchlight roast.
Disinterest. disinfect.
Retold, impressed by possession.
Insiders know, refresh, detained contest.
All that is pure, sure tonight, freeze in time.
Shadows climb, distracting override.
Instincts evolve, over and over.
Why can't you see this?

(do you, don't you want me to make you?
Coming down fast but don't let me brake you.
Only tell me tell me the answer.
You may be a lover but you aint no dancer)

Wasted truth.
Why call it all, blue?
Hot lines.
Eventual decline.
With the right attitude you will succeed, blue.
Resent that discontent.
Sidestep.
Define the state of things so far.
Crazy things, soft spoken..override.
With your eyes open, you know soft spoken changes nothing.
A view so cruel.
Nothing.

View so cruel
View so cruel
You so cruel
View so cruel
A view so cruel
A view so cruel
(..so cruel)

Try and take over, over the fringe.
Sloppy, eyesore, rotten, showstopper, skinpopper.
A babbler and dabbler.
Oh, change, change!
Nothing.
Nothing, so, no, nothing.
Go, down.
Go.

(now is the only thing that's real)

But it's not the message, it's the intention inherent in the textures.

Emminem has texture and intention... so I can dig. His message also happens to make sense... whether I agree with it or not.

If you like Emminem, but are about message too, then check out 'Immortal Technique'... they nail it ALL down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igt-jW4e8ts

If the Evangelicals had their way, they'd shut these guys up by any means.

[hyphenate]

5. house and a car

then live off the interest for awhile--it would certainly be more than what i'm getting now from disability. i've been working on a new fantasy story idea, and the rpotagonist lives in London, so i've been looking at real estate just to get an idea of what you get. the "penthouse" i've taken a liking to--me personally--is a three floor penthouse for 8 million pounds. so the 5 million dollars wouldn't even be a good down payment! i was so wishing i'd won that latest megamillions jackpot, which went for $144 million.

[asdjrocky]

6. I would give almost all of it away.

I figured out the other day all I need is 80,000 in the bank. With that, I could pretty much live the rest of my life.

I'd make sure my daughter and family had what they needed too.

And I'd fill my truck bed up with beer.

(Just kidding on that last part.)

[The Doctor.]

9. Great! I'll take the truck-bed full of beer!

And a few hundred-thou to employ a dozen people.

We're in a real fight, and I want to know if there are people willing to change everything within their power.

I imagine you would change many lives by giving 5 million away. You are a testament to the vibrance and hope of humanity.

I wish more people like yourself wound up with Wall-Street bonuses.

[asdjrocky]

15. The perfect way to have everything you want?

Want everything you have.

[The Doctor.]

19. Always.

Tonight, I made chicken and mashed-potatoes for myself and my 15 y/o son.

We watched a movie together before he went to bed.

We talked for a while about consciousness, psychology, and totally inane, off the wall stuff before, during, and after the movie.

I'm the wealthiest person alive.

I should go to bed now, but there is so much more wealth even here.

And I thank you, and those like you, for providing it.

[juajen]

83. Oh my goodness, I so agree! NT

[Kali]

8. buy family members out, buy the small place next door

fix infrastructure, a vehicle, some house maintence. there ought to be a fair amount left to help some folks, play around with - travel, donate, whatever

[mokawanis]

10. Vegas baby

I'd go to las Vegas with $100,000 and come home a week later. After taking another week off to recover I'd sit down with my wife and figure out what to do with the money.

[Artie Bucco]

12. Go to the World Cup with a few of my friends and family.

Buy three houses rent two out live in one, keep my little part time job for the health care and yeah.

[Zavulon]

13. Bank most of it.

I hardly believe that cash currently disposable will remain so for long.

[The Doctor.]

66. Nooooooo....

Use credit unions!

[Hippo_Tron]

14. I'd use a tiny fraction of it to live slightly beyond my means right now, save the rest

Buy some new clothes get a new car and by "new" I mean a nice used one, get some cool furniture, a new laptop, and a smartphone.
Probably take a sweet vacation with friends and buy my family members something nice. Probably give my parents enough to retire right now (if they wanted it).

Beyond that there's not much I can think of that I could spend the money on that would really make me happy. Furthermore I wouldn't want people to treat me differently because of money. On that note I would add that I would make a large charitable contribution to an organization I like but I would do so anonymously. The rest I would put away until there comes a time when I really feel I could put that kind of money to good use.

[AlienGirl]

16. First, get my teeth entirely fixed, including making 'em pretty

Then pay off my debt. Pay off some other people's,too.

Then invest enough so I could live on interest if I had to.

Then set up my revolving low-interest loan fund to cover non-insurance-covered care for transgendered people. It may extend beyond that, but right now TG people would be the focus, as their quality of life can be so greatly improved.

Then buy a house on a little land, make it as green as possible, and have a parrot rescue that provides behavioral rehabilitation to abused and neglected parrots. The parrot trainers would be survivors of domestic violence. This would be a way to use animal-assisted therapy to build confidence: to train parrots one needs to project a cautious confidence that works well on humans too.

Then...scholarships.

Tucker

[The Doctor.]

20. That would turn money into wealth.

If I had it to spare, right now, it'd be yours.

(Pssst... invest in 'off the grid' and personal stuff before wall street... though I'm sure you're ahead of that one)

[AlienGirl]

21. "Investment" doesn't necessarily mean Wall Street!

Home electricity production, resulting in selling energy back to the electric company, is high on my dream home list. Some arable land, too. Microloan investments have been working well for people. Then there are metals, bonds, and all that stuff.

My goal would be to work toward a better, more sustainable world that starts at my front door.

Tucker

[The Doctor.]

24. That's what I meant by "I'm sure you're ahead of that one".

Sorry I wasn't more clear.

Divine grant you your dreams. NGU.

[juajen]

84. I have to get new glasses.

I read that sentence as follows: "Then there are metals, blonds, and all that stuff." OMG, it is a funny morning.

[LibDemAlways]

22. Pay off my bills, finance my daughter's college education,

fix up my house and my mom's house, donate to charity, and then probably rent my house out, move to Victoria, BC, and retire.

[Blue-Jay]

25. Two chicks at once.

[The Doctor.]

30. You have low aspirations.

Just sayin'.

:evilgrin:

[Blue-Jay]

31. Low standards, too.

[The Doctor.]

36. You'll never be disappointed.

You are the enviable.

[old mark]

42. Per Sean Penn, 2 hookers and an 8-ball....nt

[grace0418]

54. Office Space works on so many levels.

:)

[Blue-Jay]

65. It never disappoints.

"PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does that mean?

[krispos42]

27. I'd buy a house in the same town as where my ex and my kid live.

That would be maybe $125k or so. Either that, or buy a house in the southern suburbs and go to college for... something... and move later on after I get my degree. Maybe offer the house as a bribe to my ex to get her to move someplace closer.

Pay off the mortgages of my two cousins in Illinios, and my parents. Probably 750k there.

Get my grandfather a decent apartment not far from where my grandmother is in assisted living. Take up paying the bills for both of them, or at least most of it. That'll probably run about $55k a year. Or maybe just buy him a smallish house... probably a better use of the money. It's Fairfield County, so even a smallish house would run about a quarter-million, but that's an investment. And then the yardwork would keep him busy.

I buy my brother a wedding for him and his girlfriend. Nothing crazy, but I'll tell him I'd cover it. Maybe like $10k or so.


I'd probably have to invest the rest and live off the interest, taking a monthly withdrawal. I'd probably work simply to keep busy and to stretch my winnings. If I got a degree, I'd find a fun job someplace.

I admit I'd be awfully tempted to buy a Light Sport Aircraft like this Allegro 2000 for $82k...



I don't know why, but it looks fun as hell. :-)

[The Doctor.]

29. Wow... that DOES look fun!

I might try to create high atomic weight stable elements for FTL stuff... but that's another story.

Meanwhile, anything that lessens the burden of many is the right thing.

[krispos42]

38. I saw one of those in real life

It's so light you can easily lift one of the wheels off the ground by pusing up on the wing with your bare hands. Mostly carbon-fiber and epoxy. I think it even had one of those whole-plane parachutes that attached to the fuselage.

The beautiful views you could see from that plane...


And if I bought a country home in Lakeville, well, there's a general-aviation airport there. I would only about 30 minutes flying time from my kid.

Hmmm... or I could stay here and be about an 75 minutes away instead of almost two and a half hours...

[Duer 157099]

34. Donate it all to DU

of course.

[The Doctor.]

37. Grovelbot 2.5...

That didn't take long.

;)

[juajen]

85. Bullshit! NT

[JTG of the PRB]

39. Buy a house, pay off the rest of my car, pay off the rest of my parents' mortgage....

... and then I'd probably quit my job and take some time to travel around the country doing whatever I felt like doing.

[proteus_lives]

40. Buy an ok house...give some to my parents and a couple friends.

Put the rest into bonds.

The only pure-me things I would do is some traveling and build the world's greatest comic book collection.

[old mark]

41. Buy another house, and a car, pay off everyone I owe, give some to siblings,

live off the interest. I hate to say this, but I don't really need the money - most of what I lust after is really not that expensive...Maybe an old car and a few toys, really nothing I couldn't afford now if I saved up for it.

I don't know if I'm contented or just dull.

mark

[hobbit709]

43. Pay my debts

Pay off a couple of friends debts on their houses. Move myself and my mother back to Vienna. Give money to some dog rescue groups. Get gastric bypass surgery.

[carlyhippy]

44. faint...when revived I would then pay off all bills, sell home furnished..

gather the family and move to Grand Cayman.

[Tailormyst]

45. Buy a small, remote farm and use some of the money to make it self sufficient

Then put the rest away to live off for the rest of my life. I can't imagine life without the constant crushing stress of living paycheck to paycheck.

[wickerwoman]

81. Yeah me too.

I would take about a million, buy a small boat and travel around the world for two or three years.

Then I'd buy a little farm and fix it up for about another million and then live off the interest from the rest of it.

[One_Life_To_Give]

46. Buy a Large Annuity

Say a guaranteed 2k/wk for life.

Then I might take a look at adjusting my career, semi-retirement perhaps.

[Auggie]

52. Same here

[Maine-ah]

48. pay off everything

then pay off everything for family members and if anything is left....well, probably stash it away somewhere.

[Rabrrrrrr]

51. Buy a house, then put the rest in a trust to live off the interest.

With someone standing as guard dog over the trust so that I can't just take money out willy nilly, which could quite possibly happen.

:blush:

I'd also buy an apartment in Japan.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

53. I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.

Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a millionaire I could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with money

[juajen]

86. Chicks dig men who know what to do with one woman, let alone

fumbling with two. Just sayin'. Money can only take you so far, Dude.

[grace0418]

55. I know it's true that money doesn't make you happy or solve every problem, but

currently all the problems I have in my life are due to money. We're miserable about our living situation, but can't move because of money. My husband wants to change his career but can't because a) he makes okay money and can't afford to be dicking around in this economy and b) he has the insurance for both of us, which I can't get because I'm a freelancer. We're having trouble conceiving but don't make enough money to adopt. So $5M would actually change a lot about my life for the better.

I would get us moved somewhere we want to live and start a family (either because it's probably easier to conceive when you're not stressed out all the time or by adoption). I'd help out some family members and charities. I'd invest the rest so he'd be free to explore whatever career would most inspire him. I'd keep doing what I love without having to worry about taking crap jobs to pay the bills.

It doesn't solve every problem but it sure solves quite a few big ones in my life.

Sigh...

[driver8]

56. I would definitely leave the Los Angeles area...

I would find a small town with good schools and very little traffic.

[Bucky]

57. Hire an agent to help me handle all the deadbeats who start hitting me up for loans.

Apparently one of the biggest problems lottery winners face is a near constant harassment for cash loans, charitable causes, sob stories, friends with debt problems

[muffin1]

59. Pay off house and car.

Build a huge, beautiful sanctuary for homeless animals. My hubby and I feed about 14 feral cats every single day. We have four adopted kitties living with us in a 700 square ft. house - we would definitely take more if we had the room and money to care for them.

This has been my dream for ages. I'm tired of spending my favorite season - winter - worrying about poor little animals with no warm place to sleep.

[bikebloke]

60. First change it to Euros

Then move to another country. Live modestly and learn to grow my own food.

So when do I get it?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

61. That is easy peasy!

1) Pay off the mortgages of my family's houses
2) Install solar/wind/geothermal at my family's houses so we can live off the grid
3) Buy an electric vehicle for getting around town and a hybrid for longer trips
4) Give $1 mil away to various charities
5) Hit the travel agent to make plans for the world tour my family would take
6) Sock away the rest to live off of

Can you tell it's a dream I indulge in often? :D

[The Doctor.]

67. Mine is similar.

Except that I would patent my inventions, start various businesses, and generally have to work harder than ever.

But the 'off the grid, travel a bit' part is definitely there.

[fizzgig]

62. pay off my debts

take care of my family and friends
donations, donations, donations
take a nice honeymoon with my husband
move!

[guitar man]

63. Invest it

in something as secure as I could find and quit my job!

[Cant trust em]

64. Put half into an untouchable savings account and let it accrue interest.

The other half goes into a different budget, which could be saved and spent.

Paying for my masters degree would be spending item #1.

Buying a house would be spending item #2.

Then I'd probably buy a really nice stereo system.

I'd make a few nice philanthropic gifts.

The remainder would be invested.

[Rhythm]

68. The vast majority would go to helping others in need...

Aside from a modest house and paying off our school loans, every other bit would go to helping others. We'd be able to take care of my s/o's family (many health/disability issues there), then take the rest and donate it to a local secular nonprofit org here that helps the poor who are facing financial crises (evictions/utility terminations/unaffordable medicines/etc...).

[WinkyDink]

69. 1. Move. 2. Buy an X-KE. 3. Buy the old man a Porsche. 4. Donate. 5. Buy myself a bauble.

[flvegan]

70. Pay off my house, give a chunk to family/friends, invest the rest.

I'd also start a business I've been contemplating, and I could do that worry-free.

In a couple years, it would be time for that Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670.

[noamnety]

71. We don't have a kitchen at my school.

As a result, we don't have a free lunch program even though many kids qualify - we don't have a facility that can pass inspection - only custodian sinks and bathroom sinks. I keep free bread and peanut butter in my room so kids don't go hungry, but that's not a real lunch program.

I'd get a trailer or geodome set up for a kitchen, quit my teaching job, hire a couple of struggling veterans to help out, build a greenhouse to grow veggies and run a lunch program for the school that was based on whole foods with real ingredients, made from scratch on site - no frozen Sisco shit.

[juajen]

87. That's a wonderful idea! You could build quite a few kitchens with

that money. Very good and worthy plan. In my mind, if I had that money, I would certainly give you your startup money and enough for you to be comfortable. I wish I were wealthy.

[noamnety]

93. thanks for the hypothetical virtual money!

I've spent a fair amount of time envisioning that, and the second have is running a communal living space for the veterans who work there to live in for free if they need housing. When we were in a different school building I ran a makeshift lunch program for the school in my spare time (while teaching full time, heh). I got burnt out trying to teach 5 classes a day and feed a few hundred people daily and clean pots and pans during my prep hour ... but I miss it all the same. It doesn't have the big vision that some people have; it would only affect a small corner of my world, but I do like to daydream about it sometimes.

[Yavin4]

72. Travel

My roommate is retired, and he has a ton of dough. Yet, all he does is sit around and watch TV all day.

Man, if I were him, I'd be touring Australia right about now.

[AsahinaKimi]

73. I am sure the first people who would want to know that question

Would be the IRS.. I wonder how much they would take off the top?

[jmowreader]

74. If you could buy a Senate seat for $5 million, I'd do that

Unfortunately, you can't. So here's what I'll do.

I am going to first go to college and get a Master's degree or a doctorate in some hard science--probably chemistry. I will then hire a handful of electronic engineers, chemists, a couple of doctors...and start a company devoted to developing a weed intoxication test.

We are next going to apply for a license from the DEA to conduct research with marijuana. After we get it, we are going to go to a city that would be proud to have a cutting-edge research facility and buy a bank branch. We won't be doing any banking in it; rather, we need the vault to handle the thousand pounds of weed we will require for research purposes. We'll need some testing equipment, like a strip-recording EEG, a strip-recording ECG, a GC/MS naturally...something tells me there is some combination of things your body does when you're stoned, and it's identifiable. The goal is to produce a little hundred-dollar box the test subject can stick two fingers into and have a "you're high" or a "you're not high" light come on. Once we have that, the bastard "drug test" will be a thing of the past--we'll have a test that can tell if you're stoned NOW, not one that says you were stoned sometime in the last month.

Besides, I'll have to hire hundreds and hundreds of willing people to be test subjects, and I have no doubt as to where I'll get them.

[juajen]

88. Well, I don't need a test. I can tell you're high if you think you

could buy a senate seat for five million!

Woops, my bad. You do know that you can't buy a senate seat for that amount of money.

[jmowreader]

92. It'll get you started, though

A Senate seat costs what, $25 million? You could definitely raise $25-$30 million with an expenditure of $5 million.

But I still think you'd be better off creating jobs with it. You could probably set up a rotational molding plant for $2 million and make cheap plastic crap that now comes exclusively from China in it.

[femmocrat]

75. Oceanfront property. n/t

[KG]

76. lots of drugs and 'hoes.

then i'd prolly just blow the rest on dumb stuff.

[stray cat]

77. Buy a house in the area - there goes 1 milion - the rest for retirement

[Generic Brad]

78. Relocate to the Pacific Northwest

And if I was not fishing, I would be on vacation fishing somewhere else.

[Lindsey]

79. Well, I have it in my head that I AM going to win the Lotto this

year. So I'm already making plans. Firstly, I'll quit my job. Then pay off my debt. I'll then buy a Condo for me, my brother, my sister, and my son. I'd then get a job that I really love (because I am incredibly unhappy with my job now). I'd put some of it in CD's and some safe investments so I can get some interest. I'll also be doing a little traveling (I've always wanted to go to Europe). And I've seen some "Office Space" fans here so I'd like to spend some time doing nothing.

[juajen]

82. Honestly, I would buy modest homes for my children who don't have one,

and I would pay off my mortgage; then, I would put two or three hundred thousand dollars in a bank account. Then I would do some serious giving to the homeless, the most important being dental work for young and old who are looking for work, and ones with dental infections. People should not be judged by the condition of their teeth, or die because of a tooth infection. This just haunts me, the need is so great and dentists are so greedy.

[laylah]

89. Pay off my daughters

student loans, set up trust funds for them, pay their dad back for all of his generousity these past 8 years we have been separated, help sibs in need, pay off debts, fix my house up, and take my happy ass to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival every June until I am no longer "mobile". The rest I would put back for a rainy day. OH, and after I fixed this house up, I'd sell it and buy a cabin up near Ward, Colorado and Michigan Lake.

[HughBeaumont]

90. Put 4M in an ultra-safe liquid account.

Even 5% interest on four million dollars is $200,000 per year. That'd be living money.

The other 1 M would be used for paying my house off and renovating it (I'd NEVER purchase a McMansion), getting an electric car, powering it off of solar/geothermal energy stores, getting a personal windmill, pay for my stepson's college and live/travel off the rest.

I'd never work again, because if you could do what you wanted to do, guarandamnteed it wouldn't be shackled to a fabric coated box working for someone else for 10 hours a day. I'd have meditation and workout hours. Creative writing and music hours. Whole months for travel. Do what I WANTED to do. I'd never have to worry about layoffs, deadlines or the constant treadmill of updating your skillset again.

Eventually, once the interest accumulates, I'd start giving money to the immediate family first (which I can do since it's small on each side) and then the cousins.

[sarge43]

91. Pay off the mortgage, then

fix up the place, starting with siding to the base boards that a parrot chewed on

look into solar panels and a propane fueled generator

give some to friends and family

set up an interest generating fund to have a little something coming in

redo the will so if I outlive Himself any money left goes to Nature Conservancy or a scholarship or both.

Oh yeah, extra room on the place for the books and DVDs I'll be buying by the semi load.

[hunter]

94. I'd donate the money to a University.

In return I'd get to be the official eccentric older person on campus whenever I was in town, sleeping in some forgotten room of the library, eating leftovers from the dining halls, and helping out with whatever odd research jobs need doing.

Then one day many years from now and without notice I'd be transported back to my home planet (wherever the hell that is) and never be seen or heard from again.

[TheMightyFavog]

95. Put cash in an international bank, Move overseas.

Perhaps to London.

But first, I would pay off my student loans -- in pennies.

[TheMightyFavog]

96. Put cash in an international bank, Move overseas.

Perhaps to London.

[LynzM]

97. Land. House. Reliable vehicles. Pay off debt for friends and family.

Build a sustainable off-grid existance. Invite others. :) Play music, drink homebrew. Donate a lot to charity.