Mega Millions - 1 BILLION DOLLARS

[BCClone]

I’m going to immediately change my name to something like John smith. Then claim the ticket, and immediately change my name back to BC. That way they can hunt down some John Smith and old BC will be reading about that poor sucker with that name being kidnapped.

 

[Clonehomer]

Might treat myself to a crop-dusting drone like the one I spotted this afternoon near me. Stopped and talked to the guy. He had a generator on his truck and would charge the battery for seven minutes so the drone would fly for eight. Cost him $30,000.

Why, if I won the billion, I would buy one for everyone on CF. Except for the Cheeto lovers. I would just spray them with the fungicide and then buy my way out of jail like rich people do.

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You could draw some interesting designs on lawns of your most favorite people with one of those.

For example:

From hijinks to real pain

The morning of Iowa's game against Illinois in 2005, you could kind of make out something written on the south end of the field.

www.thegazette.com

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

First order of business: donate 1 million to Blum and we will
Second order: leave the country to never be heard from again.

 

[tm3308]

I’m going to immediately change my name to something like John smith. Then claim the ticket, and immediately change my name back to BC. That way they can hunt down some John Smith and old BC will be reading about that poor sucker with that name being kidnapped.

I had the same thought, but you can't do that. Once you change it, you have to keep it for a year before you can change it again (with exceptions for marriage/divorce/etc.). I'd still probably do it, keep living where I do now for a year (and change to a PO box, get a new phone number, etc.), then change it back and move wherever I wanted to go.

 

[baller21]

With 600,000,000 you could easily afford your own private island.

 

[BCClone]

I had the same thought, but you can't do that. Once you change it, you have to keep it for a year before you can change it again (with exceptions for marriage/divorce/etc.). I'd still probably do it, keep living where I do now for a year (and change to a PO box, get a new phone number, etc.), then change it back and move wherever I wanted to go.

I’m married so maybe we could get divorced and then remarried right away and solve that.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I remember arguing with a teacher as a 14 year old high schooler that if she randomly won a million dollars she said she would retire the next day. I said no shot.

Yes a million dollars is amazing but it wouldn’t last you the rest of your life without working. She wasn’t that old, maybe early 40s at most. I guess if she didn’t change her lifestyle one iota, maybe?

I just remember the class being mad at me for saying a million dollars wasn’t that much to live off of the rest of your life. I eventually convinced the teacher to show the guy that won the first “Who wants to be a millionaire” say basically the exact same thing as me and it was eventually dropped.

A million dollars isn't buy yachts money, but if you went and invested a million in an annuity you could easily be pulling down 70k/year for the next 50 years. You could certainly live decently comfortably on that in many places.

 

[houjix]

A million dollars isn't buy yachts money, but if you went and invested a million in an annuity you could easily be pulling down 70k/year for the next 50 years. You could certainly live decently comfortably on that in many places.

I was explaining to my youngest how little a million dollars really is when I told him how many years it takes my wife and I to earn that much. Then I had him do the math on how much money we'd need for the next 30-40 years if we stopped working today (excluding inflation of course). Then I had him conceptualize $1B in those terms and explained generational wealth. His head almost exploded.

 

[Drew0311]

I would 100 percent be one of those guys on a yacht with everyone saying “she is with him for the money”. Also, I would 100 percent know that’s why she was with me and be ok with that.


When is the next drawing btw

 

[isufbcurt]

I would 100 percent be one of those guys on a yacht with everyone saying “she is with him for the money”. Also, I would 100 percent know that’s why she was with me and be ok with that.


When is the next drawing btw

tonight

 

[Sousaclone]

I do think it's mildly humorous that our insurance / risk manager is the one coordinating our office pool.

Also need to go buy my individual ticket.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Last day working for me. Can't wait.

 

[nfrine]

Last day working for me. Can't wait.

How can we tell?

 

[mynameisjonas]

I’m going to immediately change my name to something like John smith. Then claim the ticket, and immediately change my name back to BC. That way they can hunt down some John Smith and old BC will be reading about that poor sucker with that name being kidnapped.

I’m pretty sure you can’t do that, but if you can that’s obviously the way to go.

 

[Clonehomer]

I’m pretty sure you can’t do that, but if you can that’s obviously the way to go.

When you see that Turd Ferguson won the Powerball, you'll know for sure whether you can do that.

 

[jcisuclones]

Bought a couple tickets this morning. To the two of you who said last week that we needed a new press tower at Jack Trice for aesthetic reasons and aesthetic reasons only, I'll grant you your wish when I win.

 

[BCClone]

When you see that Turd Ferguson won the Powerball, you'll know for sure whether you can do that.

I’d go bohemian style. Those names have no vowels, except one at that end possibly, so they are basically impossible to pronounce and spell. Therefore the kidnapper would struggle asking anyone where I lived.

 

[ricochet]

A million dollars isn't buy yachts money, but if you went and invested a million in an annuity you could easily be pulling down 70k/year for the next 50 years. You could certainly live decently comfortably on that in many places.

I'm not sure I believe that. You would have to at least be in your 60s to get an annuity that paid that much wouldn't you?

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I'm not sure I believe that. You would have to at least be in your 60s to get an annuity that paid that much wouldn't you?

I was figuring a reasonable 7% average rate of return. That's 70k right there

 

[snowcraig2.0]

I was figuring a reasonable 7% average rate of return. That's 70k right there

I always thought 5% was reasonable on this much money.