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Question of the Day (02-28-10)

Cloud9Gal

Cloud9Gal

~Fury of the Winds~


If you won megabucks at the lottery, what would be the first thing you would buy?

**However, before answering, remember that it can't be something for you, and can't be something the other person needs.

QOTD was submitted by: Cheezyflier
Thanks CF :)
 
Can I donate 10% to my church first....

Then, fund the research for Hydrogen or water as an alternative use for gasoline - ....


And perhaps fund a research for the possible cure of uncurable sickness - NOT FDA regulated....


And... my list will go on and on...
 
One of our family friends runs a wildlife rehabilitation center. She is like a grandma to me. Her only income now is a tiny bit from the government and what she gets from driving a school bus. I'd pay off whatever is left on her house and get her some new supplies and whatever else she wants. I've learned so much from volunteering out there.

Not a penny of my winnings would go to a church. :mixedsmi:
 
no question about it.... I'd buy a Pagani Zonda or possibly a Lamborghini Diablo or Countach, then again possibly a Gallardo...:icon_lol:
 
Smoothie said:
no question about it.... I'd buy a Pagani Zonda or possibly a Lamborghini Diablo or Countach, then again possibly a Gallardo...:icon_lol:
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"remember that it can't be something for you"


I'll gratefully accept your gracious gift,Matt ....Diablo please...not fussed on the Gallardo and the Countach is for Medallion man with fake chest wig! :icon_lol:
 
it won't be for me it will be for my lead foot :icon_lol: ok if it can't be something for me.... i don't know possibly set up days on firing ranges for disabled/injured service personnel... or track days with said car(s) of course i'll have to drive the cars to/from venues :icon_lol:

seriously though i'd have an issue with donating money to the church after in effect gambling... then again my first thought has always been to buy a Ferrari Superamerica for my mum... a Lamborghini Countach for my dad, a mini for my brother... whats left i'd buy my ferrari then just bank it, let it gain interest, i'd even keep working :icon_lol:
 
10% To my church, first thing.

I'd pay off mom's home. Then...... a plane! a real one. Not a payware beauty, but a bonified, actual, real deal plane, and a nice hanger for it, with a chair in front of it so I can stare at that beautiful thing...

:d
 
First I would establish a foundation with a 3-pronged mission to 1) help animals (in support of organizations like Best Friends in Utah) and organizations to help get animals there, 2) to provide educational assistance to the qualified needy, and 3) to support immediate relief organizations like soup kitchens.
 
Milton~ You and I think alike in this aspect! I, as well, would donate money to help save endangered animals. Ever since I moved to PA, I've always said that, should I hit it "BIG"one day, I would pay to get some of the deer out of PA and moved to Canada. Every day, on my way to work, I see them laying dead on the sides of I-79.
I would also donate to local soup kitchens, I would have houses built for the poor and needy. I would also help develop and sponsor different educational programs for children who's parents simply can't afford to send them to college.

Like Chacha said, the list goes on and on..
 
Sorry C9G, with the rules you stipulated, you can't do any of that. Can't be for you, and can't be something they need. I think "poor and needy" disqualifies them.... You've pretty much eliminated any charity, either by the fact that they need it, and thus can't have it, or if it is unnecesary to them, then you would be doing it for you (makes you feel better by doing something for others).

So, dang it, you can't really do something selfless under those stipulations.

Brian
 
AckAck said:
Sorry C9G, with the rules you stipulated, you can't do any of that. Can't be for you, and can't be something they need. I think "poor and needy" disqualifies them.... You've pretty much eliminated any charity, either by the fact that they need it, and thus can't have it, or if it is unnecesary to them, then you would be doing it for you (makes you feel better by doing something for others).

So, dang it, you can't really do something selfless under those stipulations.

Brian
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I hate it when you burst my bubble like that! :pop4:

LOL!

OK, let's blame Cheezy for all those stipulations.....:173go1:
 
Cloud9Gal said:
I hate it when you burst my bubble like that! :pop4:

LOL!

OK, let's blame Cheezy for all those stipulations.....:173go1:
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actually, i would have killed 2 birds with one stone by using a different solution.
thin the heard with an organized hunt, (less deer on the road to be hit by cars) then put the meat to good use by making stew at the soup kitchens. that way everyone wins! :applause:
but, that's outside the scope of the thread so i won't post that :icon_lol:
 
First thing I would buy is a nice little chunk of land out in the country, build a modest Italian style farm-house on the land, then a chicken coup. Bring a nice stock of good egg-laying chickens, and let Deb live her dream of carrying a wicker basket out to the hen house each morning to gather eggs. That has been a dream of hers since she was a little girl and saw The Wizard of Oz for the first time. Every time she sees a basket or a chicken, she gets this look in her eye and I know what she is thinking.

Give some to help abandoned and abused animals, definitely.

OBIO
 
Under those rules, I'd probably help out the local horse rescues. They're always in a bind for funds.

After that as much as I'd like to own my own airplane, I doubt I would because I'll never get past the medical for a license. So, my flying has to be either on my computer or the back of a horse. So I'd spend a bunch on my horses.
 
If i won "the Big Buck" and could not "buy something for me" i would offer paying the debts (mortgage, insurance, taxes...) for everyone i know and care about.

Organize 3 months offduty for SOH people and go touring the worlds plane nuts museums with those that wish to join... Dulles or Duxford, Berlin to the N.Y City Aircraft carrier.

Organize 2 months offduty for subsim people and take a tour around the sorlds most famous naval/sub museums. from HMS Victory to U-505 in Chicago...

Then i would get a Job with the Leir foundation, NY...:icon_lol:
Or a Job at one of said Plane Museums.
 
Cloud9Gal said:
I hate it when you burst my bubble like that! :pop4:

LOL!

OK, let's blame Cheezy for all those stipulations.....:173go1:
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If you take that logic one step further, there may be no correct answers. In most cases anything you donate would be tax deductable, therefore benefiting YOU. :pop4:

--WH
 
I'd buy a motel 6 or something along that line, fix and or repair the rooms into one room apartments for the homeless around here.
 
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