$550 Million- What Would You Do?

I'd buy the word "coral" and sue the crap out of anyone who used it.

Originally Posted by fyrefocks

I'd buy the word "coral" and sue the crap out of anyone who used it.

LOL!!!!! Perfect!

Buy my Kids there own house so they stop coming to mine. Build a nice House for me and the wife with a huge piece of property I can hunt and fish on. Make a sizable donation to my fellow Soldiers Wounded Warrior Fund. Build my own rescue center for animals. Drink a lot of beer. Buy the company I work for and fire all the office People for being holes in the payroll. Drink some more beer.

Dave, I've wondered about a trust, but then I think the trust information is public. Will have to wait and find out, when I win, if ever.

From the Oregon Lottery site.

5 - If I win a big prize, can I remain anonymous?

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And Dave, sex with animals is still legal in Germany, but they are working to change that. So if you hurry, you can go there and get your porcupine fix. If you can't get to Germany fast enough, then you'll have to go to Belgium, Denmark or Sweden, though Stockholm is considering a change in the legislation.

Wowzers Pugs, thanks for enabling!

Originally Posted by dave partington

Wowzers Pugs, thanks for enabling!

It is a funny thing Dave, I was reading the BBC's web news earlier today and that was the most read story. So it was serendipity that I knew that.

What's the BBC?

is to contact a good lawyer to set up some kind of charitable foundation to make sure the "excess" (that I don't need) would go to causes of MY choosing, and to keep the gov't's grubby paws off as much as possible!

Only THEN would I have some fun with it!

I'd pay off all of my bills - mortgage, car, student loans, etc. Then, I would travel, maybe a trip around the world, plus it's always been a dream of mine to see the Northern Lights. In between trips, I would do some volunteer work. Plus, I could afford a personal trainer who I'd probably fire after a month or two. When I was ready to retire, I'd become a snow bird spending winters in Arizona and summers in the wilds of Ontario, Canada. If only I'd remembered to buy a ticket.

I'd give to my two favorite charities... possibly build a new home at one of them (I still work there)... set up college funds for my kids... Buy a big but modest house - with a SNAKE ROOM and another room to raise my own feeders...

Then I'd make sure that I didn't EVER have to worry about asking "how much" something was... just live off of the interest except for special purchases. LOL.