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If I won the lottery I'd pay to have my Tourettes, OCD, and Depression cured. I don't care how - I just need it gone so I can work and live a "normal" life.
I'd smile for the first time -
and mean it.
Then I'd fly all of you to TX to have some sort of large party and thank you for all the great advice I learned on here in person.
I guess you made a history by winning more than $5 million. That's great.. I am trying to win lottery and prizes...I think this would be useful for amazing prizes..
I guess you made a history by winning more than $5 million. That's great.. I am trying to win lottery and prizes...I think this would be useful for amazing prizes..
If I won more than $5 million, I would build myself a custom home and the two things it would need to have would be an indoor pool and one heck of an awesome garage! The garage would be every car guy's dream, it would be fully heated/air conditioned with a media room inside of it too. It would have a hoist for working on the cars as well as a detailing area so I could wash and wax my cars in the winter time.
Sometimes the pic is there and sometime it isn’t –weird!
It is a pic of a beautiful garage lined with Ferraris.
If I really won the lottery, first thing I would do is take care of family. Get’em out of debt, buy cars and houses. Then friends.
After I was settled down with where I wanted to live and all I would put a self sustaining org. together that will help children. Many kids are sick or hungry or abused or poor. I’d do my best to fix that.
I then would fund a legal support team for things I believe in. It would be a God fearing, anti-aclu, put the 10 commandments back on the wall, prayer in school type of organization.
I would also start an org. that will help good people get ahead – “to help those that help themselves” with job training and support and that type of thing. Of course we would have a special program for veterans.
When all that was handled then my 1964 Riviera would be taken down to the frame and every nut and bolt restored!
Hey Joe,
Agreed, take care of family first and friends second.
However, there is a small stipulation: The friends who are truly struggling due to some of life's unfairness should truly be helped. I have a select few close friends to whom I would truly give the shirt off of my back in a blizzard(even one here at MOL). I have no sympathy for people who ignore their situation in life and do not work hard to get ahead or even or work hard for the things that they need or want.
Help out some more with my community and church. Get a job,(most likely working on cars where I could spend more time with my family) Probably a detailing business.
Children need mentors. They need to have some insight from those of us who have struggled to see that at times life is unfair but education is the key to their long term success. STAY IN SCHOOL!
The Ten Commandments are the basis of my own personal religion, however, I do not force them on anyone. I do feel that they should be displayed in every school, however, no one should be forced to believe. Prayer and belief in a religion is needed in life, regardless of Religion, Race or Creed.
All in all I agree with you wholeheartedly:
1. Take care of family. I think I have seen a true dedication to family from all of the members of MOL.
2. Take care of the hard working friends who need to get ahead.
3. Everyone needs to have faith, regardless of you denomination.
4. Help the community and world where I can make some kind of difference.
5. Last but not least, take care of yourself. Without that none of the above would be possible.
Sometimes the pic is there and sometime it isn’t –weird!
It is a pic of a beautiful garage lined with Ferraris.
If I really won the lottery, first thing I would do is take care of family. Get’em out of debt, buy cars and houses. Then friends.
After I was settled down with where I wanted to live and all I would put a self sustaining org. together that will help children. Many kids are sick or hungry or abused or poor. I’d do my best to fix that.
I then would fund a legal support team for things I believe in. It would be a God fearing, anti-aclu, put the 10 commandments back on the wall, prayer in school type of organization.
I would also start an org. that will help good people get ahead – “to help those that help themselves” with job training and support and that type of thing. Of course we would have a special program for veterans.
When all that was handled then my 1964 Riviera would be taken down to the frame and every nut and bolt restored!
I would continue the life I lead(I am retired) with the purchase of a new garage with attached house. Kids college funds fully stocked,the wife's college loan paid in full, and all of my personal bills paid off.
Then I would volunteer more for Boy Scouts(my son is involved), volunteer in reading programs for the disabled and disadvantaged(my wife's passion) and spend more time helping the elderly of this country. A good place to start is visits to rest homes as well as hospitals weekly. Since I am in an Army town I would do things to support our troops and their families as well.
I traveled all my life during my work career. I would like to stay home and enjoy the surroundings. Make new friends and be a community volunteer and supporter of local charities.
Like the rest of you, I would pay off my bills, my kids bills. Buy each of them thier own house. Set up college funds for the grandkids. Do some traveling. Buy a business for the kids to run and give to charities.
I'd go back to school depending on how much I won. Like Mike-in-Orange said, cost of living is high in California. Winning $1 mil is only $50k per year for 20 years before taxes. Most folks in their 30's or younger will not be retired within 20 years.
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