Show Me The Money!
Jan. 9th, 2016 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sg_wonderlandThank goodness the American media has something to talk about besides He Whose Name I Am Tired of Hearing. Powerball fever sweeps the nation! Every TV channel is doing live stand-ups of folks buying lottery tickets.
The jackpot is unimaginable. I mean, I literally cannot wrap my head around that kind of money. If one person wins and takes the cash pay-out, they will win nearly $500,000,000. Yes, that is five hundred million dollars!
And, of course, the next question is: what would you do with that kind of money. (Yes, I have a ticket. How could you not?) Buy a house, buy ten houses? An island? A car for every day of the week?
I would take care of my family first. None of my siblings would have to worry about mortgages or car payments or how they are going to send their kids to college.
I would build myself a nice house. Not Highclere Castle but something that has enough room to have company and has plenty of outdoor space and a good view. And, unfortunately, it would also have to include gates and fences because the nuts would be swarming the place.
Get a nice set of wheels. I don't need an Italian sports car but a nice spacious SUV might be nice.
I would build three things for my community. A new library and a new community center that includes things like a fitness center and a movie theater, or something for the young folks to do. And some type of venue for live music, plays, etc. There is such a wealth of musical talent in my area; I'd like to foster that somehow.
I would set up a foundation through which to funnel all the donation requests you know you're going to get. I'd like to focus on scholarships, mental health issues, food insecurity, employment opportunities.
I'd take myself off to do some things strictly for myself. Travel to Hawaii and Ireland, two of my dream trips. Visit some of my online friends; Australia and England, here I come! Maybe take in some Stargate cons, see some folks live and in person. Attend some University of Kentucky basketball games. Even some of those away from home, like Italy or the Bahamas......
If you hear a big thunk around 11PM local time, it'll be me falling out of the recliner.......
The jackpot is unimaginable. I mean, I literally cannot wrap my head around that kind of money. If one person wins and takes the cash pay-out, they will win nearly $500,000,000. Yes, that is five hundred million dollars!
And, of course, the next question is: what would you do with that kind of money. (Yes, I have a ticket. How could you not?) Buy a house, buy ten houses? An island? A car for every day of the week?
I would take care of my family first. None of my siblings would have to worry about mortgages or car payments or how they are going to send their kids to college.
I would build myself a nice house. Not Highclere Castle but something that has enough room to have company and has plenty of outdoor space and a good view. And, unfortunately, it would also have to include gates and fences because the nuts would be swarming the place.
Get a nice set of wheels. I don't need an Italian sports car but a nice spacious SUV might be nice.
I would build three things for my community. A new library and a new community center that includes things like a fitness center and a movie theater, or something for the young folks to do. And some type of venue for live music, plays, etc. There is such a wealth of musical talent in my area; I'd like to foster that somehow.
I would set up a foundation through which to funnel all the donation requests you know you're going to get. I'd like to focus on scholarships, mental health issues, food insecurity, employment opportunities.
I'd take myself off to do some things strictly for myself. Travel to Hawaii and Ireland, two of my dream trips. Visit some of my online friends; Australia and England, here I come! Maybe take in some Stargate cons, see some folks live and in person. Attend some University of Kentucky basketball games. Even some of those away from home, like Italy or the Bahamas......
If you hear a big thunk around 11PM local time, it'll be me falling out of the recliner.......
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Date: 2016-01-09 02:43 pm (UTC)If I won?.....well first priority, make sure my son doesn't have to worry about money and debt again ever in his life....buy him a ticket to fly to Australia next month to go with his new girlfriend to attend her brother's wedding....
And then I'd buy a nice little condo in Vancouver, spending 6 months of the year there, and the other 6 months split between here in England (moving down to Cornwall immediately from SE Kent) and travelling the world...
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Date: 2016-01-09 03:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-09 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-09 04:35 pm (UTC)I wondered how he plays across the pond! I am lucky enough to live in a state with an insubstantial number of electoral votes so no candidates will visit us and our airwaves are not flooded with campaign ads.
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Date: 2016-01-10 11:23 am (UTC)The petition to ban him from the UK garnered the highest ever total for a Government petition. When the total for such petitions reaches 100,000 signatures, the matter has to be considered for a debate in Parliament (it's over 500,000, which doesn't sound a lot but is vast, considering the usual apathy that surrounds such things). That debate will happen soon. We've banned people for hate speech before - I see no reason why this is any different. He spreads hate and divisiveness wherever he goes. I doubt he will be banned, to be honest, politics being what it is, but at least he knows he's far from welcome. And his money isn't welcome in Scotland either. Vile, disgusting creature.
In other news: Things can only get better, right? RIGHT???