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If you had a million dollars...

Posted: 2002-11-16 12:49pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
What would you do with it? What about a billion? A thousand? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand?

Posted: 2002-11-16 12:56pm
by Mike_6002
A Billion: Buy A Perry Class Frigate and become a sea pirate

Everything else: invest ti'll I have money to but frigate

Posted: 2002-11-16 12:58pm
by spongyblue
I would walk into the Squadron headquarters with my big carboard check that says"Pay to the order of A1c Spongyblue One Billion Dollsrs and zero cents"under my arm, a pair of cutoff BDU shorts, beach bum sandels, a t-shirt that says"Bitchin"on it a big orange afro and sideburns down to my fuckin chin and say to the Commander"So long and thanks for all the fish", buy a cool ass car and start driving to who the fuck knows where. And buy a dog

Posted: 2002-11-16 01:05pm
by Mr Bean
Anything under a Billion invest it make it grow to BE a billion

At a Billion invest it make it grow, and put up the fund

If I'm killed before my time the person who "eliminates" my killer gets 100 Million

Then store it overseas as I know the Swiss will abided by it :twisted:

Posted: 2002-11-16 01:14pm
by punkgothhippie
I would start a publishing company for amatuer authors. And buy a car, a lot of cars. A bunch of houses too, all over the place:-)

Posted: 2002-11-16 02:24pm
by Raptor 597
If a billion, immeaditely invest half in the Stock Exchange, and 1/4 too too me secret microsoft takeover. And the other 1/4 goes too my 'The Offical Future World Dictators Fund' and I invest that too, in a year I have 40% Microsoft, and if Bill doesn't give 11% more percent points, I'll jump ship too linux & Mac causing a great Schism in which Bill concedes aganist superior computing. Then becoming World Leader thr sheer economics and takingover the US Goverment, on the path too world domination. :twisted: If below I invest 5 years so I can make my above plan.

Edit: Oh, and I would buy my new Custom Super Computer in which I might overthrow the NSA. :twisted:

Re: If you had a million dollars...

Posted: 2002-11-16 02:28pm
by Next of Kin
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:What would you do with it? What about a billion? A thousand? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand?
I would buy all those fancy dijon ketchups!

Posted: 2002-11-16 02:35pm
by aerius
A billion should be enough to buy off the judicial system so I can go kill or severely maim some people and get away with it if I get caught.

Posted: 2002-11-16 02:42pm
by Wicked Pilot
With a billion dollars...

I would give back to the community by building a modern well equiped K-12 private school in my hometown of Baton Rouge. This school would cater to underprivilaged children in the area. Admission would be totally free, and the quality of the education would be top notched. All students would be required to live on campus, where meals, supplies, mental/health care, and whatever else needed would be provided free of charge. All teachers would be required to have a master's in education, and proper credentials in the subjects they intend to teach, as well as a positive A type attitute toward their profession. Science, math, and computers will be the core cirriculum in the upper grades of this school. College prep is the name of the game here. Sports and the arts will also be well funded and encouraged, but will take a back seat to academics. Upon graduation, students will be given full scholarships to whatever college they are admitted too, wether it be local, or ivy leage.

That is what I'd to with the money. And if I have any left over, I'll buy a destroyer and go play pirate with Mike. Errrrr.

Posted: 2002-11-16 02:59pm
by Mike_6002
Wicked Pilot wrote:With a billion dollars...

I would give back to the community by building a modern well equiped K-12 private school in my hometown of Baton Rouge. This school would cater to underprivilaged children in the area. Admission would be totally free, and the quality of the education would be top notched. All students would be required to live on campus, where meals, supplies, mental/health care, and whatever else needed would be provided free of charge. All teachers would be required to have a master's in education, and proper credentials in the subjects they intend to teach, as well as a positive A type attitute toward their profession. Science, math, and computers will be the core cirriculum in the upper grades of this school. College prep is the name of the game here. Sports and the arts will also be well funded and encouraged, but will take a back seat to academics. Upon graduation, students will be given full scholarships to whatever college they are admitted too, wether it be local, or ivy leage.

That is what I'd to with the money. And if I have any left over, I'll buy a destroyer and go play pirate with Mike. Errrrr.
Nothing like pirating, good idea, the southern US need serious educational funding, instead of that Friagte i will upgrade to a slighlty used AEGIS Cruiser with lots of Tomhawk's and Harpoons :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Posted: 2002-11-16 03:29pm
by TrailerParkJawa
A billion dollars: Id either become a pirate like Mike or buy a huge tract of land for wilderness preservation. Mike and I could join forces and hire Sea Skimmer as a technical advisor. Wicked pilot can be my ships helicopter pilot, aviation boss. :lol: My primary mission would be to plunder the seas of women with B and C cups.


A million dollars:

1. Buy my current condo outright, give it to my mom. --- $225,000
2. Buy a new condo in very nice development in San Ramon. -- $380,000
3. Buy a new car, give my current car to my mom. -- $20,000
4. Give my dad a hundred thousand. -- $100,000
5. Give 50,000 to some agency that preservers wilderness -- $50,000
6. Put 100,000 in the bank. - $100,000
7. Divy the rest up between family and closest friends. -- $125,000

Ten Thousand Dollars:

This would give me another 5-6 months time to find a new job.

A thousand Dollars:

Id pay my bills for the month of December.

Posted: 2002-11-16 03:33pm
by Mike_6002
TrailerParkJawa wrote:A billion dollars: Id either become a pirate like Mike or buy a huge tract of land for wilderness preservation. Mike and I could join forces and hire Sea Skimmer as a technical advisor. :lol: My primary mission would be to plunder the seas of women with B and C cups.


A million dollars:

1. Buy my current condo outright, give it to my mom. --- $225,000
2. Buy a new condo in very nice development in San Ramon. -- $380,000
3. Buy a new car, give my current car to my mom. -- $20,000
4. Give my dad a hundred thousand. -- $100,000
5. Give 50,000 to some agency that preservers wilderness -- $50,000
6. Put 100,000 in the bank. - $100,000
7. Divy the rest up between family and closest friends. -- $125,000

Ten Thousand Dollars:

This would give me another 5-6 months time to find a new job.

A thousand Dollars:

Id pay my bills for the month of December.
Good idea, I go hunt down the asspirates of the west indes, and plunder cruise ships, who'se going to stop me with a AEGIS cruiser in the West Indies who could nail US aircraft from 25 miles away, and with 10,000 or less help setup merchindasie for SD.Net/Fourms (need ideas for that) or go on a Vintage star wars action figure spree (lots of vintage stormtroopers...........can never have enough)

Posted: 2002-11-16 03:34pm
by Larz
1 million: Invest some of it, the rest I'd probably use to get my car working and looking really nice, buy more hobby stuff, upgrade computer, and maybe upgrade living sturcture.

Below a Million: Invest it very wisely.

Posted: 2002-11-16 04:03pm
by neoolong
I would start my personal quest to take over the world. Mu hahahahaha. :twisted:

Posted: 2002-11-16 04:30pm
by Sea Skimmer
With a billion one of two things

[1] Get dinosaurs cloned so I can hunt them from my new AH-53F Attack Super Stallion
[2] Build an ultimate naval strike WIG aircraft with every conceivable missile, gun and bomb along with lasers and a 500-ton payload. Go hunting in the Arabian Sea. Mike will be my first target.

Posted: 2002-11-16 04:33pm
by Mike_6002
What did I offend you.............................

Hmmm..................maybe instead I by lot's of surplus soviet bombers and lots of Mi-8's and pirate like that or stick to an Uber AEGIS Cruiser that has ever modren CIWS computer possible and 30-mm Avenager turrets

Posted: 2002-11-16 06:29pm
by Sea Skimmer
Mike_6002 wrote:What did I offend you.............................

Hmmm..................maybe instead I by lot's of surplus soviet bombers and lots of Mi-8's and pirate like that or stick to an Uber AEGIS Cruiser that has ever modren CIWS computer possible and 30-mm Avenager turrets
You spammed.

Even a DDG-51 costs a billion dollars, a cruiser that goes beyound a Tico would cost 1.5-2 billion.

And I'd just lay some Cluster Gulfs in your path.

Posted: 2002-11-16 06:30pm
by Mike_6002
I conceed

Posted: 2002-11-17 12:14am
by The Dark
If I had a million dollars:
Barenaked Ladies wrote: If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you a K-Car (a nice Reliant automobile)
If I Had $1000000 I'd buy your love.

If I Had $1000000
I'd build a tree fort in our yard.
If I Had $1000000
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard.
If I Had $1000000
Maybe we could put a refrigerator in there.
(Wouldn't that be fabulous)

If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat that's cruel)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you an exotic pet (Like a llama or an emu)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones)
If I Had $1000000 I'd buy your love

If I Had $1000000
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I Had $1000000
We'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I Had $1000000
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner.
(But we would eat Kraft Dinner. Of course we would, we'd just eat more.
And buy really expensive ketchup with it.
That's right, all the fanciest Dijon Ketchup. Mmmmmm.)

If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?)
If I Had $1000000 I'd buy your love
:D :wink: :D

Posted: 2002-11-17 12:15am
by haas mark
1) Viola. Must have that viola.
2) Car. Preferably one of my choice, but whatever.
3) House.
4) Computer that I can do all the necessary stuff on.
5) Everything I need to survive.

Posted: 2002-11-17 01:37am
by Zaia
Hate to be realistic, but no matter how much I got, I would start off by paying off my goddamn student loans and my parents' bills.

After that, if I had mucho dinero, I'd:

1. send my parents to Europe, since my mom's always wanted to go and has not yet, and then send them to New Orleans because my dad's always wanted to go and has not yet.
2. send my brother Mike to Idaho to visit his best friend, and then to someplace exotic and exciting with said best friend.
3. rent an IMAX theatre so my brother Matt could play PS2 games in there for as long as he wanted--scratch that, I'd buy my brother Matt an IMAX theatre so he could whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
4. visit my friends in Australia who I miss like crazy, buy a house in Salamanca, and marry an Aussie so I can have dual citizenship!
5. take my best friend Katy to Tahiti since we got gipped out of our trip due to those bastard guys who hijacked Fiji when I was there and delayed my flight (Fiji = Eeeeeeeeeeeevil :evil: ).
6. take my other best friend Sarah to Italia to put our remedial Italian to use like we've been planning for a year or two now...
7. buy my parents a new house/get my dad the sportscar of his choice.
8. buy myself an Audi TT, silver and a Porsche Carrera, silver :twisted:
9. take my friends on a nice, lonnnnnnnng cruise together.
10.I'd buy Patrick his viola and get him started on some lessons, and I'd SEND HIM TO SAN FRANCISCO!!!. :wink:

Hmmm, I'm sure there's more, but that'll do, pig. :wink:

Posted: 2002-11-17 01:43am
by fgalkin
1 billion:

1)Buy houses around the world
2)By cars, choppers, planes.
3)invest money so it becomes even more.
4)buy an island
5)establish a pirate base on the island
6) use the loot to train army
7)take over the world.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Posted: 2002-11-17 01:45am
by haas mark
Zaia wrote:10.I'd buy Patrick his viola and get him started on some lessons, and I'd SEND HIM TO SAN FRANCISCO!!!. :wink:
*HUGS!!!!* Thank you!!!

Posted: 2002-11-17 01:46am
by weemadando
Lets see...

1 million. Buy black market weapons and start the revolution. Use left-over cash to fund an "escape option".

1 billion. Buy weapons legally. Start the revolution. Once the Howard government has been overthrown and replaced by a government that realises that we ARE part of Asia whether we like it or not and that the US is NOT our bestest friend in the whole wide world. Then I'd start a corporation dedicated to creating an island in the pacific that has a 4000m mountain on it for skiing, and hell, is nice all year round at the base. An impossible dream I know. But thousands of suckers with cash don't.

Re: If you had a million dollars...

Posted: 2002-11-17 02:00am
by jegs2
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:What would you do with it? What about a billion? A thousand? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand?
If I had a million dollars, I'd give ten percent to my church (actually, I'd spread it throughout various Christian charities). Then I'd pay off my debts (which are unfortunately considerable as of now). Finally, I'd invest the rest in a CD.