With 5 Million Dollars, I Could.....

[VideoTechMan]

1. Buy myself some land, probably 5-10 acres

2. Buy a nice house, or have one built. I think a 3 bedroom house will do me just fine, I dont need a mansion like some do out there. With me living alone i'll have all the space I need!

3. Buy myself a new vehicle like a nice pickup truck. Im not into the overly expensive and classy type cars, just something that works well and takes me wherever I want to go.

4. Easily be able to buy all the video gear I need to get into my hobby full-time

5. Invest the rest of it and live off the interest.

6. Be able to catch up on all the hobbies that have been put off for a long time because of lack of money, especially my model train hobby which I cant wait to get back into again.


Will absolutely have no need for anymore jobs and no more credit, and will no longer need to depend on anyone else for anything, especially when it comes to jobs. Depending on people IMO is somewhat a weakness.


Ive couldve done a poll for this, but decided not to since everyone's answers will vary differently so decided not to do one for this post. Im pretty straightforward in what I would do with this kind of money. And to think, this could be a reality for me sometime soon too.

With so many hobbies I have, one can be rich and still be productive, and conservative as well.


VTM

[Grimey]

I'd buy some land and build a house specifically designed for home theatre. then i'd build from scratch the greatest home theatre system ever known, retire, and spend the rest of my life watching movies and bragging to my friends :P

oh, and surfing videohelp too.

[Devanshu]

Buy 5 million dollars worth of porn

[Rookie64]

Having a lot of money scares me for some reason - with it comes bigger worries or problems.

I'd probably give most of it away and just use enough to get by on, living a modest lifestyle.

What I'd like to buy more of mostly is time - and I don't mean a watch or clocks

Really, time is what goes by too fast...and I could do so much more if I had more time.

[Dr. DOS]

1. Quite Current Job
2. Apply at Home Depot
3. Pay off Mortgage
4. Pay off Dads Mortgage
5. Pay off In-Laws Mortgage
6. Hang out at Devanshu's house

[Cobra]

Start a business.

[pacmania_2001]

1. Travel the world in first class comfort with myself and a couple of friends.

2. Invest and live off the interest.

[northcat_8]

buy videohelp.com

buy a very large piece of land build me a house smack in the middle of it so my nearest neighbor is 3 miles away.

[Hardcoreruss]

I'd buy some land and build a house specifically designed for home theatre. then i'd build from scratch the greatest home theatre system ever known, retire, and spend the rest of my life watching movies and bragging to my friends :P

oh, and surfing videohelp too.

Sounds like my dream also

[pacmania_2001]

www.tropical-islands.com/

Thats what I'd do, buy an island and live the simple life.

[Capmaster]

www.tropical-islands.com/

Thats what I'd do, buy an island and live the simple life.

Lime Island is doable for me right now I had no idea that entire islands were so cheap 8) Hmmm ......sell the house here, buy the island, build a little house, live on the beach, get broadband and wireless on the island ...sit on the beach, drink beer and lurk on Videohelp the rest of my days ......

[SLICK RICK]

I'd buy some land and build a house specifically designed for home theatre. then i'd build from scratch the greatest home theatre system ever known, retire, and spend the rest of my life watching movies and bragging to my friends :P

oh, and surfing videohelp too.

[pacmania_2001]

Only problem is no internet access. Need to put in a big dish to leech it and TV from a satellite

[yoda313]

Hello,

1. Buy every single Star Wars item I don't already own (won't take much money! )

2. Buy a movie theater (so I could hook up my Xbox and a new Amd 64bit pc to the BIG screen! )

3. Buy a home.

4. Donate some to charity (no need to be greedy)

5. Buy a Dodge Viper and learn how to drive a stick shift)

6. Buy a t1 line so I could surf videohelp at lightning speed and beat capmaster to every single post! )

7............. Not sure, I'll let you know when I win the $5million!

Kevin

P.S. Is this US dollars????? (big difference depending on the country you know! )

[Devanshu]

6. Hang out at Devanshu's house

Well...now I feel obligated to tell you my real plan. With the 5 million dollars, I'm not going to buy the good porn. I would bankrupt the midget clown porn market and sell it all to capmaster for a profit. Then, I'd buy pornstars. Let's face it...3D is so much better.

[yoda313]

6. Hang out at Devanshu's house

Well...now I feel obligated to tell you my real plan. With the 5 million dollars, I'm not going to buy the good porn. I would bankrupt the midget clown porn market and sell it all to capmaster for a profit. Then, I'd buy pornstars. Let's face it...3D is so much better.

Hello,



Make sure that's a healthy profit! You still have to feed them to keep them alive!

Kevin

[Devanshu]

You still have to feed them to keep them alive!

Not a problem...we all know that cappy needs his daily dose so it wont be long before he comes begging.

[glockjs]

drugs and hookers

[Capmaster]

Only problem is no internet access. Need to put in a big dish to leech it and TV from a satellite

We've got satellite broadband in the US through Hughes, but I don't think Nicaragua is in the coverage area Have to hack a satellite Or ...if I did win the 5 mil, get someone to drop a land line out to the island and have T1. If money is no object, someone will do it for me

Not a problem...we all know that cappy needs his daily dose so it wont be long before he comes begging.

Yes. You're right. I need my hourly ...oops ....my "daily" dose

[VideoTechMan]

buy a very large piece of land build me a house smack in the middle of it so my nearest neighbor is 3 miles away.

I hear you there....that would be my ideal with too....get me a couple acres, build me a house and make it so the nearest person s at least 1/2 mile away from me. I hate being bothered with neighbors, make too much noise. With me being such a quiet person I'd like a quiet environment also.

EDIT: With all the good expensive video gear, we could all get together, even from overseas and make a feature-film on the daily activities of Videohelp! Could be a PG-13 or R movie

VTM

[ZAPPER]

5 mill ain't enough to do much. I could pay off some credit cards and tell the others that they will just have to wait. I could keep farming until the money runs out. I could open a liquer store, but I would drink up all the profits. After taxes and lawyers I would probably only be in the red just a little more than I could afford.

[Roundabout]

The first million is the hardest

Reminds me of the old Steve Martin schtick: "How to be a millionare"

Steve: "First, get a million dollars".

Anyway, with that kind of money, I would invest most of it and live off the investments. A large chunk would go into the stock market. It wouldn't be too hard to live off the dividends from some blue-chip stocks, that pay more than market interest (in the form of dividends).

Other than that, possibly buy a bit nicer home, and like you guys, I'd like somewhere quiet too. I wouldn't want more than an acre or so of land, so there's not too much to maintain, but far enough away for some privacy. Not the highest priority, but it would be something I'd think about.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Rule the world!

[ZAPPER]

drugs and hookers

And waste the rest!

[Ripper2860]

Buy back the soul I sold in exchange for my exquisite and humongous schlong.

Be careful what you wish for!

[ZAPPER]

Ripper

Where can I make one of those deals?

[Ripper2860]

Zapper --

I would tell you, but I am not, as I have decided to spare you from living my personal hell.

It's not all it's cut out to be my friend. IT interferes with my driving and over the years I have developed chronic back pain from the sheer weight.

I can't go anywhere without people pointing at IT and asking me if it's "real". Then there are the folks that want to take a picture standing next to IT or the guy who want a family picture with IT.

I'm tired getting into bar fights with jealous drunks who call me a freak and the constant taunting -- hey Elephant Man !!! Bludgening a man to the brink of death with IT is truly disturbing and has left emptional scars that will never heal. IT was made for love -- not war!

And the women -- they don't see me as a person -- for who I am. I'm just a means for their repeated sexual gratification. All they want is to do it -- over and over. They don't care about me -- only IT and what IT can do for them.

I have sought medical advise and have asked for a "reduction", but it seems that there has never been a male reduction performed, as no man has ever asked for one.

It is truly a curse -- one which few men can endure.

And besides -- I got a good thing going -- why would I give out my secret !!

[ZAPPER]

O' to walk a mile in your shoes

[Ripper2860]

O' to walk a mile in your shoes

Well, frankly -- if you were in my shoes, you would find it extremely difficult to walk 10 feet much less a mile. Yet another draw-back!

[indolikaa]

With 5 Million Bucks...


Well, I could buy Ripper a generous supply of electrical tape.