I'd buy lots of land and develope it...
What would you buy if you won Power Ball
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i would....
set up college funds for my kids, and my nephews and nieces (including grad school; however long they want to be in school would be picked up by me)
buy a couple of properties. one would be in an urban setting, and one in a mountain setting. ideally it would be a place which is easy to get to, so i'd actually get some use out of it, so that eliminates a lot of places.
so for an urban setting, i'd get a nice 2-3BR condo in either boston or NYC (if i expanded the range to europe, i'd consider copenhagen, paris, or prague).
mountain setting would be in the rockies or similar somewhere...probably CO, but maybe NM or AZ. the property would have some great terrain for building trails, and ideally a river/stream too, so i could get back to doing some fishing.
i'd also look to buy a ~100-500 acre chunk of land in NH or VT, build a small, manageable cabin on the property, and make a kick-ass bike park for my friends and me.
i'd give a chunk of $ to my college, anonymously. don't need some building w/ my name on it. in fact, i'd give it to be used solely for tuition aid and not construction.
i would use a good chunk of $ to lure some bands out of retirement, and stage a personal music festival. bands included:
husker du
the stooges
uncle tupelo
the smiths
swervedriver
black flag
butthole surfers
pink floyd
guided by voices (sprout/mitchell lineup)
able tasmans
black sabbath
bob dylan and the band
the delgados
pavement
funkadelic
the jam
savage republic
big black
the verlaines
the wipers.
i doubt i'd have any money left after that.
set up college funds for my kids, and my nephews and nieces (including grad school; however long they want to be in school would be picked up by me)
buy a couple of properties. one would be in an urban setting, and one in a mountain setting. ideally it would be a place which is easy to get to, so i'd actually get some use out of it, so that eliminates a lot of places.
so for an urban setting, i'd get a nice 2-3BR condo in either boston or NYC (if i expanded the range to europe, i'd consider copenhagen, paris, or prague).
mountain setting would be in the rockies or similar somewhere...probably CO, but maybe NM or AZ. the property would have some great terrain for building trails, and ideally a river/stream too, so i could get back to doing some fishing.
i'd also look to buy a ~100-500 acre chunk of land in NH or VT, build a small, manageable cabin on the property, and make a kick-ass bike park for my friends and me.
i'd give a chunk of $ to my college, anonymously. don't need some building w/ my name on it. in fact, i'd give it to be used solely for tuition aid and not construction.
i would use a good chunk of $ to lure some bands out of retirement, and stage a personal music festival. bands included:
husker du
the stooges
uncle tupelo
the smiths
swervedriver
black flag
butthole surfers
pink floyd
guided by voices (sprout/mitchell lineup)
able tasmans
black sabbath
bob dylan and the band
the delgados
pavement
funkadelic
the jam
savage republic
big black
the verlaines
the wipers.
i doubt i'd have any money left after that.
can you invite Van Halen and can i come?narlus said:
narlus said:
I'd be down with those bands... toss in the English Beat too..
they can play 'the shed'.
you're a Delgados fan? really? that's awesome. they didn't get near the accolades they should have. their recent newsletter said that a 2lp Peel Sessions release is in the works.N8 said:
narlus said:
Heard them from a friend in the mid/late 90's...
Dish some out to the family
Set up college funds for the niece and nephews
Buy some new bikes and quads
Probably end of buying a few places to call "home"
Lots and lots of traveling...and hire a super hot nanny for the dogs to babysit at home and on the road
Set up college funds for the niece and nephews
Buy some new bikes and quads
Probably end of buying a few places to call "home"
Lots and lots of traveling...and hire a super hot nanny for the dogs to babysit at home and on the road
I'd buy YOU, and make you play dress up with me! I hear you're pretty cheap, N8.N8 said:Or you could just by some other nerds to play D&D dress up time with....
And I would give a few million to Narlus after he hosts the awsome concert... as long as I have tickets that is.
all monkeys are invited to the concert.
I hear all you people talking about what you'd buy.
But what would you do with the other 75 million?
But what would you do with the other 75 million?
Dude - that'll insure your kids and grandkids and great-grandkids are spoiled little $hits. You wouldn't want that, would you?Ciaran said:
I'd try to spend every fu**in' penny before I die. Then in my will I'd give the rest to charity.
i think that might not cover The Smiths or Pink Floyd's asking price. :trophy_brSkaredShtles said:I hear all you people talking about what you'd buy.
But what would you do with the other 75 million?
Ok, this is the guide to: How to blow $81 Million
Homes:
Main House:
Somewhere in SoCal12,000sq ft. with 12 car garage, on about 10 acres $15 Million
Vacation Homes:
Ranch in Arizona $4million
Condo in New York $2 million
Condo in Chicago $2 Million
Condo at N* $1 million
Ranch in Moab $3 million
House in Vail $3 million
Total Cost of Housing : $30million
Vehicles:
Ferarri: Enzo, F420, 612 S, F50 $2.4 million
Rovers: Disco2, D90, D110, D130, RRS, RR, $.55 million
Other: M5, 760li, S65, SL65, SLR Mclaren, CGT, 911 GT3, (3) F350 Super Duty, Unimog $2 Million
Custom Mercedes/Freightliner race rig/RV $1 million
Helicopter $20million
Total vehicle cost : 41 million
$15 million spending money and cost of living money
Invest remaining $10 million to insure that you can pay for your toys til youre dead.
Homes:
Main House:
Somewhere in SoCal12,000sq ft. with 12 car garage, on about 10 acres $15 Million
Vacation Homes:
Ranch in Arizona $4million
Condo in New York $2 million
Condo in Chicago $2 Million
Condo at N* $1 million
Ranch in Moab $3 million
House in Vail $3 million
Total Cost of Housing : $30million
Vehicles:
Ferarri: Enzo, F420, 612 S, F50 $2.4 million
Rovers: Disco2, D90, D110, D130, RRS, RR, $.55 million
Other: M5, 760li, S65, SL65, SLR Mclaren, CGT, 911 GT3, (3) F350 Super Duty, Unimog $2 Million
Custom Mercedes/Freightliner race rig/RV $1 million
Helicopter $20million
Total vehicle cost : 41 million
$15 million spending money and cost of living money
Invest remaining $10 million to insure that you can pay for your toys til youre dead.
will the 15MM spending $ cover the maintenance and tax costs of those houses and vehicles? debatable.
Pfft.narlus said:all monkeys are invited to the concert.
I'm only going if it's open bar.
i will personally contract w/ Deschutes to make 3 different beers just for this festival.
catering will be done by redbones.
catering will be done by redbones.
Thanks, man. But I'll just take the new digs, so my bike has a warm place to sleep at night. Or, I could lock it up to the brass poleloco said:
I want narlus to win the Powerball.
You better make good on this party talk!
You better make good on this party talk!
Can I come?narlus said:
Buy RM and ban him for life.sanjuro said:
Although I like N8. I wouldn't ban him.
I would probably just give all the cash to Narlus.narlus said:
On second thought...naaaah!!
Too obvious.SkaredShtles said:
I am going to create a think tank in Silicon Valley to redesign the OSI network model to add an 8th layer: Allow everyone but N8 from accessing the Internet.
Then you won't have to hear from N8 on pinkbike, mtbr, etc after my Russian hacker team stops him from posting on RM.
And I'd buy you a real life ticket to the "gimp" scene from Pulp Fiction.loco said:
Me?
Pay off all family bills, all mortgages, etc etc. Buy a crapload of bikes and guitars, donate a buttload to the SPCA and Humane Society, then buy a nice house to surround with a large high wall so people couldn't bother me, a few nice cars, and then come and go as I please.
I would get it all in gold coins and swim like Scrooge McDuck.
I'd buy 2 chicks at the same time man, that's what I'd buy
BurlyShirley said:
HA!! that's freakin greatness right there
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hahahaha - but you'd do it without the mullet???Cooter Brown said:
Change my identity [multiple times] and go on the run from all the media and scammers.
Buy lots of land. Some investment, some conservation, some recreational, and some just for kicks [buy up popular horse trails and make them MTB only access :eviltongu ]
Buy Narlus' house.
Set up the Fam.
Get held for ransom in some central american country and die.
Buy lots of land. Some investment, some conservation, some recreational, and some just for kicks [buy up popular horse trails and make them MTB only access :eviltongu ]
Buy Narlus' house.
Set up the Fam.
Get held for ransom in some central american country and die.
loco said:
hell no!
I'd buy me a makeup artist that specialized in mullets too
i would buy a ****load of land in colorado. id build a nice house on that land and then i would build an awesome trail system. id get a decent car i guess. the rest of the money would be used to help out the fam and then id keep it for my kids and travelling and bikes, lots and lots of bikes.
