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JJ Irani · 7 October 2007, 04:36 AM

Okay guys,

You've just won say....$10 million with a lucky lotto ticket. What would you do with it?

I would.....

1. Make some sound investments.

2. Keep aside a fair amount for some real worthy charity.

3. Take the whole family over to my AD for a Rolex buying splurge.

4. (And this is the best bit)....organize a world tour for me and the wifey and try and visit each and every friend of mine on TRF!!

Cheers - JJ

JAD3703 · 7 October 2007, 04:40 AM

I always get worried when I see you start off a post with this kind of title, JJ. I wonder if I'm going to open the post up and see sheep-love.

Seriously, though:

1. Pay off my family, my wife's family, friends and give some money away to some organizations that I already donate to, taking up about $4 million (I would be in a rather magnaminous mood, after all).

2. Invest a bunch of what's left.

3. My wife and I would retire from the Army, find a place in Ottawa and dig-in for the long-term.

4. Buy four watches that I've always wanted (IWC Mark XVI, Panerai GMT w/Power Reserve Indicator - their new manufacture movement, A. Lange und Zohne Perpetual Calendar and finally, a Kobold Large Soarway Diver).

5. My wife would buy her beloved Porsche Caymen S.

6. And we'd travel the world rather extensively for a while and figure out what I want to do when I grow up ...

James

JJ Irani · 7 October 2007, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JAD3703

I always get worried when I see you start off a post with this kind of title, JJ. I wonder if I'm going to open the post up and see sheep-love.

James

redshirt1957 · 7 October 2007, 04:59 AM

Easy..save a third, spend a third, give away a third.

EvEr34 · 7 October 2007, 05:01 AM

turn it into 20 million

JJ Irani · 7 October 2007, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by EvEr34

turn it into 20 million

timebroker · 7 October 2007, 05:09 AM

Nice house in the Bahamas, Maledives, New Zealand, Hawaii, India (maybe Nepal), Argentina, Costa Rica and Canada.

Expanding my watch collection.

Maybe start up an AD.

Traveling, yacht to sail from one house to the other.

And setup something to fund small schools in some of those countries.

All the rest would be needed to pay taxes on those houses

Tools · 7 October 2007, 05:36 AM

10 million doesn't go as far as it used to..

Letsgodiving · 7 October 2007, 05:44 AM

I still need... uh.. I mean want #2.

RBKcigar · 7 October 2007, 06:09 AM

I'd buy some crap that i dont REALY need, and a house in OC, and probably start up a resturaunt.

greenfan · 7 October 2007, 06:14 AM

Well, 10 million dollars...

* a house in Athens.......2 million
* a house in London.......2 million
* 2 millions to each of my dayghters
* 120.000 for my car
* 100.000 for my wife's car
* 200.000 for some luxury holidays
* 80.000 for clothes, watches and other shopping
* 1,5 million to the bank for our retirement...

Downing · 7 October 2007, 06:37 AM

Share some with my family, enough to make everyone happy.

Then sell the house, the car, pretty much everything I own except for my laptop, flamenco guitar and scuba equipment.

Fly to Belize. Buy small beach house. Dive daily. Play guitar daily. Occasionally order books and DVDs online.

Drive up to Cozumel/Playa/Cancun every now and then to see what's new at the Rolex store.

My needs are few.

Tools · 7 October 2007, 06:46 AM

I don't need much...Just the bare essentials:

JAD3703 · 7 October 2007, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tools

I don't need much...Just the bare essentials:

That is one sweet looking boat, Larry. All wood?

James

Andad · 7 October 2007, 12:14 PM

I'd give it to Chris (blue Bull) to buy some SS Daytonas.

chieftd · 7 October 2007, 01:33 PM

with paying off my house here in Hawaii. A paid for house in paradise is a good thing. :)

I would then buy a house for my parents and siblings each. Of course the wife and I would need new his and hers Rose gold Day-dates. :)

I'd be sure to invest 3 to 5 million to ensure I would never have to work again.

Oh yeah, would need some 4 wheel toys too, probably a BMW 750 for me and a Nissan 350Z for the wife. She digs that car for some reason.

Its fun to fantasize about getting a sh!t load of cash but then reality sets in as I open up the Ramein noodles package for my dinner. :)

Regards from paradise. Tim

chris_nor_cal · 7 October 2007, 01:40 PM

i would pay my parents house off, and send them on a 30th anniversary trip theyd never forget. i'd buy myself a house, buy my sister a house. Buy myself a fun car, a solid 18k blue sub, and invest the rest.

abigsecret · 7 October 2007, 04:37 PM

- I would pay of all houses in my family (incl. cousins)
- give my hubby the beemer he always wanted
- give my daddy the Harley he wants
- my brother would get a plain ticket to come and visit me!
- I would fund hospitals, and schools
- the rest would go to investments, and college-funds for my future children!
- as for myself.... I would probably keep doing what I'm doing... I get bored otherwise.

Warped · 8 October 2007, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tools

10 million doesn't go as far as it used to..

Correct!.

After all JJ did not say which currency. The nearest dollar currency to me is Zimbabwe. 10 million Zimbabwe Dollars only buys a loaf of bread.

Shola · 8 October 2007, 02:21 AM

I'd move to Montego Bay, Jamaica, and buy a condo in South Beach, Miami. I'd also leave a life of leisure :)

JJ Irani · 8 October 2007, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Warped

Correct!.

After all JJ did not say which currency. The nearest dollar currency to me is Zimbabwe. 10 million Zimbabwe Dollars only buys a loaf of bread.

10 million US Dollars, guys!!

daunwaun · 8 October 2007, 03:18 AM

i would get jj a hair transplant.

JJ Irani · 8 October 2007, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daunwaun

i would get jj a hair transplant.

I don't want one!!

daunwaun · 8 October 2007, 03:22 AM

you look like your taking over the world in your avatar

no dont know what i would do? is the government taking half lol??

JJ Irani · 8 October 2007, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daunwaun

you look like your taking over the world in your avatar

no dont know what i would do? is the government taking half lol??

In NZ, if you won the big Lotto - no matter how huge the amount - you get to keep it ALL - no taxes whatsoever!!

mikey · 8 October 2007, 03:47 AM

I like this thread JJ.
1. I would have claimed my prize in a different name and asked not to be photographed.
2. I would buy a Ferrari 360 Modena and drive across America and photograph all the beauty.
3. I would purchase a home that I really like.
4.I would help charities, fund highschool and college scholarships and live low key.
Extended Family and peers would never be happy with anything I would do for them, so I would only help my close family. I would not make new friends.

Buddy Inspiration · 8 October 2007, 05:34 AM

I would move to the French Riviera and become a coke snorting playboy whose only friends would be the supermodels hanging around in Jimmy'z in Monaco.

When the money is finished I would probably beg my wife to take me back saying that I had a mid life crisis...

JAD3703 · 8 October 2007, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

In NZ, if you won the big Lotto - no matter how huge the amount - you get to keep it ALL - no taxes whatsoever!!

Yep, same here in Canada. Which is ironic, considering that they seem to tax everything else!

James

timebroker · 8 October 2007, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAD3703

Yep, same here in Canada. Which is ironic, considering that they seem to tax everything else!

James

If ye think about how many times something has been taxed from raw material to end product you wonder how they can make Rolex that cheap

Belgium too, no taxes on lottery winnings.

JAD3703 · 8 October 2007, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timebroker

If ye think about how many times something has been taxed from raw material to end product you wonder how they can make Rolex that cheap

Belgium too, no taxes on lottery winnings.

Yep, I hear you, Filip. I find the entire concept of various levels of government dipping into everyone's pockets all along the economic ladder to be obscene, especially considering how poorly they manage and spend it!

James

7 October 2007, 04:36 AM	#1
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,319	Some more fantasizing, guys...what would you do if you won 10 million dollars? Okay guys, You've just won say....$10 million with a lucky lotto ticket. What would you do with it? I would..... 1. Make some sound investments. 2. Keep aside a fair amount for some real worthy charity. 3. Take the whole family over to my AD for a Rolex buying splurge. 4. (And this is the best bit)....organize a world tour for me and the wifey and try and visit each and every friend of mine on TRF!! Cheers - JJ __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

7 October 2007, 06:14 AM	#11
greenfan "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: George Location: Athens Greece Watch: GMT II 16710 Coke Posts: 1,046	Well, 10 million dollars... * a house in Athens.......2 million * a house in London.......2 million * 2 millions to each of my dayghters * 120.000 for my car * 100.000 for my wife's car * 200.000 for some luxury holidays * 80.000 for clothes, watches and other shopping * 1,5 million to the bank for our retirement... __________________ $C:\Documents and Settings\George.HOME\My Documents\My Pictures\Rolex$

7 October 2007, 06:37 AM	#12
Downing "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Real Name: Downing Location: Portland, Oregon Watch: SD ExpII GO Nav ND Posts: 1,640	Share some with my family, enough to make everyone happy. Then sell the house, the car, pretty much everything I own except for my laptop, flamenco guitar and scuba equipment. Fly to Belize. Buy small beach house. Dive daily. Play guitar daily. Occasionally order books and DVDs online. Drive up to Cozumel/Playa/Cancun every now and then to see what's new at the Rolex store. My needs are few. __________________ One if by land, one if by sea, one if by air and one uh, just to tell time. Rolex Explorer II White Rolex Sea-Dweller Glashütte Original Navigator Panerai 183 G Black Seal

7 October 2007, 12:14 PM	#15
Andad 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Eddie Location: Australia Watch: A few. Posts: 37,534	I'd give it to Chris (blue Bull) to buy some SS Daytonas. __________________ E

7 October 2007, 01:33 PM	#16
chieftd "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Real Name: Tim Location: Kapolei Hawaii Watch: Blue Sub, YM16623 Posts: 1,369	Lots of possibilities but I think I would start with paying off my house here in Hawaii. A paid for house in paradise is a good thing. :) I would then buy a house for my parents and siblings each. Of course the wife and I would need new his and hers Rose gold Day-dates. :) I'd be sure to invest 3 to 5 million to ensure I would never have to work again. Oh yeah, would need some 4 wheel toys too, probably a BMW 750 for me and a Nissan 350Z for the wife. She digs that car for some reason. Its fun to fantasize about getting a sh!t load of cash but then reality sets in as I open up the Ramein noodles package for my dinner. :) Regards from paradise. Tim

7 October 2007, 04:40 AM	#2
JAD3703 Non-Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UTC-5 Toronto, ON Posts: 515	I always get worried when I see you start off a post with this kind of title, JJ. I wonder if I'm going to open the post up and see sheep-love. Seriously, though: 1. Pay off my family, my wife's family, friends and give some money away to some organizations that I already donate to, taking up about $4 million (I would be in a rather magnaminous mood, after all). 2. Invest a bunch of what's left. 3. My wife and I would retire from the Army, find a place in Ottawa and dig-in for the long-term. 4. Buy four watches that I've always wanted (IWC Mark XVI, Panerai GMT w/Power Reserve Indicator - their new manufacture movement, A. Lange und Zohne Perpetual Calendar and finally, a Kobold Large Soarway Diver). 5. My wife would buy her beloved Porsche Caymen S. 6. And we'd travel the world rather extensively for a while and figure out what I want to do when I grow up ... James __________________ "AUT VIAM INVENIAM AUT FACIAM - "I'll either find a way or make one"

7 October 2007, 04:59 AM	#4
redshirt1957 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Bubba Location: Bitsyville! Watch: Blue YM today! Posts: 10,053	Easy..save a third, spend a third, give away a third.

7 October 2007, 05:01 AM	#5
EvEr34 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Real Name: Mike Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,909	turn it into 20 million

7 October 2007, 05:09 AM	#7
timebroker "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Real Name: Filip Location: Belgium Posts: 1,619	Nice house in the Bahamas, Maledives, New Zealand, Hawaii, India (maybe Nepal), Argentina, Costa Rica and Canada. Expanding my watch collection. Maybe start up an AD. Traveling, yacht to sail from one house to the other. And setup something to fund small schools in some of those countries. All the rest would be needed to pay taxes on those houses

7 October 2007, 05:36 AM	#8
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,516	10 million doesn't go as far as it used to..

7 October 2007, 05:44 AM	#9
Letsgodiving "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Real Name: Mike Location: Virginia, US Watch: SD 16600 Posts: 4,319	I still need... uh.. I mean want #2.

7 October 2007, 06:09 AM	#10
RBKcigar Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Brent Location: CA Posts: 24	I'd buy some crap that i dont REALY need, and a house in OC, and probably start up a resturaunt.

7 October 2007, 06:46 AM	#13
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,516	I don't need much...Just the bare essentials:

7 October 2007, 01:40 PM	#17
chris_nor_cal "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: CA Posts: 688	i would pay my parents house off, and send them on a 30th anniversary trip theyd never forget. i'd buy myself a house, buy my sister a house. Buy myself a fun car, a solid 18k blue sub, and invest the rest. __________________

7 October 2007, 04:37 PM	#18
abigsecret "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Mireyna Location: s o t r Watch: your back! Posts: 2,282	- I would pay of all houses in my family (incl. cousins) - give my hubby the beemer he always wanted - give my daddy the Harley he wants - my brother would get a plain ticket to come and visit me! - I would fund hospitals, and schools - the rest would go to investments, and college-funds for my future children! - as for myself.... I would probably keep doing what I'm doing... I get bored otherwise. __________________ #6267 He who knows no foreign language does not know his own.-Goethe

8 October 2007, 02:21 AM	#20
Shola "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Shola Location: South East Watch: Rolex Submariner Posts: 90	I'd move to Montego Bay, Jamaica, and buy a condo in South Beach, Miami. I'd also leave a life of leisure :)

8 October 2007, 03:18 AM	#22
daunwaun "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Ken Location: toronto Watch: 18K YG Day Date Posts: 2,985	i would get jj a hair transplant. __________________ DAUNWAUN

8 October 2007, 03:22 AM	#24
daunwaun "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Ken Location: toronto Watch: 18K YG Day Date Posts: 2,985	you look like your taking over the world in your avatar no dont know what i would do? is the government taking half lol?? __________________ DAUNWAUN

8 October 2007, 03:47 AM	#26
mikey "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Watch: Oysterdate 6694 Posts: 2,713	I like this thread JJ. 1. I would have claimed my prize in a different name and asked not to be photographed. 2. I would buy a Ferrari 360 Modena and drive across America and photograph all the beauty. 3. I would purchase a home that I really like. 4.I would help charities, fund highschool and college scholarships and live low key. Extended Family and peers would never be happy with anything I would do for them, so I would only help my close family. I would not make new friends.

8 October 2007, 05:34 AM	#27
Buddy Inspiration "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Under the surface Posts: 8	Easy... I would move to the French Riviera and become a coke snorting playboy whose only friends would be the supermodels hanging around in Jimmy'z in Monaco. When the money is finished I would probably beg my wife to take me back saying that I had a mid life crisis...

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