Power of Ten (dollars)

[WARNINGWARNING]

I recently read about a waitress who was left a $10,000 tip. NICE

This got me to thinking about how on occasion I'd fantasize about winning the lottery.

Which in turn reminds me that one MEEEELion dollars (pinky to mouth à là Dr. Evil) does not go as far as it used to.

SO.

what would you buy/do
if you won $10?
$100?
$1,000?
$10,000?
$100,000?
$1,000,000?
$10,000,000?
$100,000,000?
you can go on as far as you'd like*.

10 ~ put it in my wallet and spend on lunch, gas whatever.
100 ~ go out to eat. buy a toy.(plus above)
1,000 ~ pay off some bills.(plus above)
10,000 ~ pay down home equity.(plus above)
100,000 ~ pay down mortgage. (plus above)
1,000,000 ~ add to 401k, do something fun...a trip? (plus above)
10,000,000 ~ Open my own store/business (plus above). I think this is the point where I might become more generous and philanthropic. Help out my extended family...

I think I would feel pretty secure at this amount (or beyond).

*Since this is fantasy, I am convieniently ignored taxes. Those are take home figures.

PS. I heard the waitress at first spoke of helping her family, who had always helped her. Then she mentianed a Jeep she had her eye on. $10,000 gets burned up QUICK.

 

[R. Richard]

$100,000,000: Pay off my bills, as far as the money would go.

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

$100,000,000: Pay off my bills, as far as the money would go.

gotta give the man credit!

 

[cantdog]

Unless he's hiring hits.... payoff can be costly if you use pros.

 

[SeaCat]

Okay, I'm not a greedy gus.

Believe it or not I would be more than happy with $5K.

That would allow me to pay off a couple of bills, get the supplies I need to redo my place, and get a couple of toys.

I don't want a lot of money, I would just get into trouble with it. I'm one of those sick individuals who has to work.

As for helping others in my family? My parents have plenty of the Long Green. They want for nothing. My brother and sister? Hah.

If my sister would ever lower herself to working then she wouldn't have a problem, but she seems intent on staying on Welfare and blaming the rest of society for her problems. (She was given a job making twice as much as I do, but she quit because she had to get up at 0700 and this was ruining the lifestyle she was used to.)

If my brother would stop trying to impress everyone with how much money he was making he would be doing just fine. He doesn't need two cars and a pickup truck, not to mention two motorcycles. (His wife neither drives nor rides.) He does not need a house with 8 bedrooms, a foyer, a living room, a front room, a dining room and an eat in kitchen. Now did he need the ten acres of land and the in ground swimming pool as well as hot tub.

Me? I'm doing just fine. I have a decent car I'm making payments on. (For another two years.) I have a Mobile Home I'm fixing up and enough food to keep body and soul together. Give me another year or so and this place will not only be a redneck palace but it will be as storm proof as many of the newer houses going up in south Florida. Give me another year or so and I'll have paid of my car and I'll have the toys I want. (Two Laptops with a wireless router. An external Hard drive for archiving and a printer. A small 14 foot boat and a smallish Cruiser type Motorcycle.)

Cat

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

SeaCat~
It is good to be content. It is fun to fantasize.
I have no pressing needs, ery thankful for that. Nor longing for a bigger better house or cars. I would always work.

I was recently given a $20 gift card for coffee from an anonymous source. apparently it was from someone I did a project for without charge. It could be one of several people. I am greatful and pleased on many levels. I like coffee<(with lots of crap it it), I enjoy helping people and I think they may have enjoyed the mysterious payback.

SeaCat, I think you could find something to do with $1,000,000 if you won it.

BTW I have only played the lottery 2 or three times just for giggles.

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

Funny.. I just noticed that it was posting Cats & Dogs up there.

Cat & Dog singular.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

$10? - let my kids spend it
$100? - take my husband out to dinner
$1,000? - pay bills
$10,000? - pay off all the bills except the mortgage
$100,000? - pay off my student loans, the rest goes toward the mortgage
$1,000,000? - pay everything off and invest
$10,000,000? - hire an accountant, pay everything off, invest, start a chain of birth centers around the U.S., build my husband's business, pay off certain family members' debts, travel everywhere, and give lots to charities I believe in...
$100,000,000? - faint, hire an accountant, pay everything off, invest, start a chain of birth centers around the U.S., build my husband's business, pay off certain family members' debts, travel everywhere, and give lots to charities I believe in...

 

[Aurora Black]

Since this is a fantasy...

$100,000,000 would satisfy me damn well. I'd buy my dream house in the Caribbean, travel the world, pay off the bills of all my loved ones and set my parents up in a nice ranch house out west.

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

$100,000,000 would satisfy me damn well. I'd buy my dream house in the Caribbean, travel the world, pay off the bills of all my loved ones and set my parents up in a nice ranch house out west.

Would $10,000 be a bit "annoying"?
Like, not quite enough to buy a car. Wouldn't make you financially secure.

It is somethng I pondered when I thought about the waitress and her tip.
I was thinking "This is GREAT!... BUT, if only it had been $100,000 etc"

I have felt that (fleetingly) when receiving bonuses at work. I am not ungrateful. I just tend to fantasize. I am comfortable and EXTREMELY blessed (not wealthy).

 

[Aurora Black]

Would $10,000 be a bit "annoying"?
Like, not quite enough to buy a car. Wouldn't make you financially secure.

It is somethng I pondered when I thought about the waitress and her tip.
I was thinking "This is GREAT!... BUT, if only it had been $100,000 etc"

I have felt that (fleetingly) when receiving bonuses at work. I am not ungrateful. I just tend to fantasize. I am comfortable and EXTREMELY blessed (not wealthy).

Comfortable is nice.

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

Comfortable is nice.

very.

I am thankful for that. Even during financial struggles I felt comfortable or confident that it would work out.

I have had a few "paths" before me which could have led to wealth (or something closer) and I am glad I did not take them. Dollars are not my goal. I still, on occasion, imagine; "what ifs."

 

[Aurora Black]

"What if I won the lottery?"

"What if my stocks went through the roof, making me a billionaire overnight?"

"What if (insert big publishing house here) called and offered me a six figure book contract?"

No harm in daydreaming.

 

[TheEarl]

£10 would be spent on comfort-food.
£100 would be put into my bank account to make the balance better.
£1,000 would be put into my bank account to make the balance better.
£10,000 would be invested, with an eye towards my student loans.
£100,000 would be invested, with an eye towards a steady supplemental income off the interest.
£1,000,000 would do me nicely. If I invested £700,000 then I might expect to see 5%pa returns after tax. That would be £35,000 per year income, meaning that I wouldn't need to work. I would use £250,000 to buy a house and the other £50,000 would be for helping my friends and family.

Yes, £1m would do just fine.

The Earl

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

£10 would be spent on comfort-food.
£100 would be put into my bank account to make the balance better.
£1,000 would be put into my bank account to make the balance better.
£10,000 would be invested, with an eye towards my student loans.
£100,000 would be invested, with an eye towards a steady supplemental income off the interest.
£1,000,000 would do me nicely. If I invested £700,000 then I might expect to see 5%pa returns after tax. That would be £35,000 per year income, meaning that I wouldn't need to work. I would use £250,000 to buy a house and the other £50,000 would be for helping my friends and family.

Yes, £1m would do just fine.

The Earl

The Earl~
Your fantasy is so HUGE! about twice mine.

 

[NoJo]

No matter how much I won, I'd start by buying a friend of mine an airline ticket to London. If it was < $10,000, 2-way. If it was $1,000,000, probably one-way.

 

[TheEarl]

Actually, Joe's got a good idea. If I had £10,000 or even £2,000 then I'd start planning my next trip to Texas, assuming they'd have me.

The Earl