$117,000,000 - What would you do with this?

[ZalmanEmmes]

As you know this self made millionaire (before the win) won the mega jackpot and took home after taxes $117 million bucks.

I know what I'd do with alot of that money. Just wondering what you guys would do with this kind of cash?!!??!

[RachelR]

Quit my job, buy a new Nikon and head off to backpack across Scotland.

[CinaC]

Quit my job, buy a lot of land, buy a BIG house, and a bunch of cars, and a few garages, and then a big extension to my house, and buy out a few gun stores, and buy more cars, and a few more garages, and a few more extensions to the house, and donate money to Towson U. so they could rename Linthicum Hall "Crazy in a Jeep Hall" ...

[RachelR]

A big house for all of our cats

[CinaC]

Yeah, a REALLY big house.

"Why do you want twenty-five fireplaces and nineteen kitchens?"

"Eh, why the hell not!"

[RachelR]

Umm.. who cares about the kitchen? I can think of other rooms to concentrate on..

[Law573]

Hmmm.... let's see. I'd quit my job and then I'd beat feet to some tropical place with lots of sun and umbrella drinks

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[Piper]

I'd quit my job, buy every single Kimber made, buy a really good camera with lenses and head off to Ireland then to Italy with my best friend.

After I had enough of that, I'd keep applying to be a police officer till I was hired. Money or not, it's what I want to do.

[CinaC]

"Ok, so, let me get this straight ... you want me to build a wing to your house that looks like the interior of the DEATH STAR? From Star Wars? With a garbage chute and a bottomless pit? Uh, okaaaay ..."

[JustaGuard]

I would buy my job and appoint someone else to run it.

Then, being 18, Id probably spend it all on cars, women and booze.

[shooter1201]

I want to know where Uncle Sugar gets off stealing $198 million of it.

[JKT]

I would set up accounts so that I could live off the interest.

Then, I would resign my position, find a LARGE tract of land, and build a good-sized house near the middle of it, complete with a shooting range, and start doing some of the things I can't afford to do now: shoot more often, get back into photography in a bigger way, and just enjoy life.

I would also set up a trust fund (anonymously) for the children of some of my co-workers, so that they could afford to send them to college, and probably buy a bunch of houses around town to rent, at a lower-than-going rate for LEO's.

I realize that it doesn't sound that bad for a 3 bedroom house to rent for $600-800 per month, but with our pay scale, that is nearly as much as some newer Officers are taking home after deductions

Nah, haven't thought about it at all

[SGT Dave]

Pay off one of my credit cards.

[dkiefner]

>>>I want to know where Uncle Sugar gets off stealing $198 million of it.<<<

Actually, the gentleman elected to take the lump sum, which was about $170MM.

So, Uncle Sugar only got $53MM.

[wonderwoman]

I love this question because I get to go to dreamland! I think I answer it differently each time!

Purchase lots of land near water and mountains
Build an A Frame massive log cabin
(I'll leave out the naked male servants this time!)
Live with the man of my dreams in peace and harmony with nature
Set up a 30 bed home for abused children, women, (men if the need is identified) and pets in each province.
Give money to the Christian mission for overseas care.
Set up a fund where medical expenses will be paid for those with a life threatening illness and the inability to pay for treatment.
Buy Mike a new gun!

Gee, I could spend all morning on this!