Posted by Bret4207 on September 16, 2013 at 04:17:29 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Hitting the lottey posted by showcrop on September 15, 2013 at 17:42:45:
showcrop said: (quoted from post at 17:42:45 09/15/13)
Bret4207 said: (quoted from post at 15:29:45 09/15/13) I don't play or believe in the lottery being anything but a voluntary tax on hopeless dreamers and fools, but since we're "what iffing"-
I'd pay off all my debt and my wifes debt, after hiring the slickest CPA/Attorney I could find. I'd send my oldest boy to college under rigid stipulations. I'd get my oldest girl debt free and fix up her home. The I'd probably build my wife the home she really wants, or more likely try and buy it since it sits on the farm next to us. I'd finish our new church building and turn a little corner store/wide spot in the road into a mini version of a Vermont tourist trap designed around our local Amish country and our lakes. I'd aim to provide some jobs related to local products and agriculture.
Or maybe I'd be real smart and get the heck out of NY!
What I want to know is would you keep the sheep? There are some things that I would do for our church, but you have to be very careful with that because there are those who would love to point out where the money came from.
Yup, I think I would. The sheep, the goats, the horses, the cows. But I'd hire some stuff done that I'm trying to do, like fencing. I'd love to hire fencing done the way I want. And I'd be able to build the kind of sheep I want, a hair breed with lots of heavy muscling. I'd have time to mess with the horses and really learn to plow well with them. I'd surely fix the barn up and add an additional wing for more stock. I'd fix my garage/shop up like I want so I could work on my stuff. ANd I'd have enough extra to get the $44.00 worth of liner o-rings I need to get my D4 finished.
It'd mostly be finishing the little stuff that I'd be able to do. I never seem to get things totally done, drives me nuts.
Oh yeah, and I'd hire somebody to take care of the STUPID POOL!!!! That pool has got to be the ultimate pain in the backside man has ever invented.
As far as the church goes, we actually have a bazillionaire member. She inherited huge gobs money from some relative in Germany- hotels, ships, a bunch of prosperous companies. She and her husband won't supply the $150K we need because it wasn't her or his idea to build a new church that has good floors, is easy to heat and has functional electrical power. She simply won't do it. But she drives to church in her $100k-paid-for-in-cash BMW. To me, and I love her in spite of this, it seems pretty petty to see falling membership in the church because the building is falling to pieces and not try to help. But it's their money, not mine.
It's kind of funny, they never had a pot to pee in before she inherited. HE was/is a shyster that was always one step ahead of the law, but always managed to scape through somehow. He used to drive a ratty S-10 and was always developing some scheme for more bucks. The other day we we're talking and he got on me about my old Burb, my old tractors, my old buildings and started in on how I should do this and that. I reminded him that I wasn't in his position and he says, "I don't care about money anymore, it doesn't matter." Well naturally I responded that it was real easy for him to say that...NOW! He sort of smiled and said, "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Selective memory is a wonderful thing sometimes.
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 04:30:52 09/16/13.
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