Powerball

[ReliableOstrich]

i would not quit, i would keep showing up but basically do nothing. everyday i'd wear a more outrageous costume until i was let go. thus allowing me to collect unemployment.

 

[West Duval Nole]

I would not stop working, buy anything new or do anything different other than maybe get help for my compulsive habit of lying.

 

[funksouljon]

i would not quit, i would keep showing up but basically do nothing. everyday i'd wear a more outrageous costume until i was let go. thus allowing me to collect unemployment.

Hahaha, but with $300 million, it wouldn't be worth your time to collect that pittance!

I have joked with one peer about going in and just telling everyone like it is without worrying it they don't want to hear "bad news". He looks at me and "Holy Crap, you already won! How much?"

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Hahaha, but with $300 million, it wouldn't be worth your time to collect that pittance!

I have joked with one peer about going in and just telling everyone like it is without worrying it they don't want to hear "bad news". He looks at me and "Holy Crap, you already won! How much?"

with $300m i'd have all the time in the world to collect all sorts of pittances and trivial nonsense.

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Wouldja?

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[Nole-4-Life]

I'd setup my kids and mom and in-laws. Buy a gulf-front place in the Plantation at St. George. Never work an honest hour again. Fish and relax. I don't think I'd get bored.

Probably take the 20 year annuity. Around $20 million a year. No chance I can blow the whole wad if I don't have it. I could live on $20 million a year.

 

[BarryB1081]

Or I could use buying a 1,000 acre ranch as motivation... I still shoot all the time by the way, haven't heard anything from my neighbor lately.

Maybe there's a correlation between you shooting all the time and your neighbor's silence?

 

[LesClaypool]

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

Maybe there's a correlation between you shooting all the time and your neighbor's silence?

What kind of correlation?

 

[BarryB1081]

What kind of correlation?

"Stray" round; turkey buzzards circling over his property?

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

"Stray" round; turkey buzzards circling over his property?

I'd never admit to that and I'm sure the pleasant old man would be sorely missed.

 

[SoddyNole]

with $300m i'd have all the time in the world to collect all sorts of pittances and trivial nonsense.

And I think most do to their detriment. Their lives become enshrouded in a pampered lifestyle that ends up consuming ones time and efforts. Trivialities become the sum of who you are. To give some meaning of existence they soon find out the newfound wealth becomes the community's white knight. The money will never satisfy the needs and while one can make a difference in a few lives, the world will not change. They find themselves faced with a mountain of lies from family members, charity organizers, professionals, to those wanting to make them richer. You will soon have a good reason to lose trust in those around you and most importantly in yourself.

From a financial perspective, there is a peace and tranquility in having very little that others "need".

 

[NDallasRuss]

You will soon have a good reason to lose trust in those around you and most importantly in yourself.

Luckily that's my default setting - it would be good to have the money to go with it.

 

[GA.NOLE]

Redhead , Brunettes and Blondes and copious amounts of blow.

No brown sugar or asians? Come on!

 

[billanole]

No brown sugar or asians? Come on!

He just needs a little time to get there.

 

[seminole97]

From a financial perspective, there is a peace and tranquility in having very little that others "need".

Agree with your overall sentiment.
But peace can be found at any level by recognizing their "needs" are not claims on you.

 

[1handsomenole]

Did I miss it or did anyone mention how drop dead beautimus she is. And any fool could tell with one look into those eyes how smart and caring she is. (a lot like me)
Address or phone # ?

My sentiments, exactly....

 

[SoddyNole]

Taking the annuity option is what most people should do.

http://www.businessinsider.com/shou...or-the-lump-sum-if-you-win-the-lottery-2013-9

But every money manager wanting your cash will strongly advise against it.

 

[Cantaloupehead]

I'm certain that you and i see business in a different way. I only see work as the means by which to take care of my family and do all of the things that I want to in this world. If I win the lottery, it removes the part of my life that exists only as a necessity, and expands my ability to care for my family, and my ability to see/do/accomplish everything in this world that I want to.

That is when you find out how much work and limited means protected you from your wants.

 

[goldmom]

Taking the annuity option is what most people should do.

http://www.businessinsider.com/shou...or-the-lump-sum-if-you-win-the-lottery-2013-9

But every money manager wanting your cash will strongly advise against it.

It's a logical argument which presumes that the state remains solvent twenty years down the road and can continue to fund the annuity.
Didn't Illinois recently suspend sales of some lottery products?
It does merit giving some thought to getting "while the getting is good" and stashing your cash after setting up a trust that issues its members a pre-determined amount annually.

 

[62Nole]

One of the very first things I would do with big money....... I buy the Hiney Winery in Swansea, S.C. Would keep the current folks to run it.
That would be the brothers, Hiney-- Big Red and Thor.
And, of course their sister Ophelia Hiney would remain as head bookkeeper.

 

[SoddyNole]

It's a logical argument which presumes that the state remains solvent twenty years down the road and can continue to fund the annuity.
Didn't Illinois recently suspend sales of some lottery products?
It does merit giving some thought to getting "while the getting is good" and stashing your cash after setting up a trust that issues its members a pre-determined amount annually.

Good point and had not heard of this. I seem to remember back in the day when the Florida Lottery began it was a cash cow. Fast forward to today and it doesn't surprise me that some of these lottery departments are getting picked clean before covering their obligations. If what is happening in IL becomes more prevalent in other stats, one would think sales would take a shard downturn.