[Closed] A colleague has just won £1 million!

Kryton, where did you purchase your 2 door 5 series? Ya bsttr!!! 🙂

To answer this seriously, are you that shallow about having zero's in your bank account, that you'd selfishly rip your parter away from her family and friends, that same with your kids and thier schooling, so you can live in the country

If it happened to us, I certainly wouldn't be doing any "ripping"

More like chasing and trying to keep up 🙂

mudplugga - Member
Kryton, where did you purchase your 2 door 5 series? Ya bsttr!!!

Image fail, I don't have one its for his benefit. Oh, and that's not me by the way either, I'd never drive with my teeth out.

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Backpack would be dusted off and I would be on a plane to South America to pick up where I left off.

Safe in the knowledge it's all taken care of, utterly sexy stuff.

Why anyone who has more than a tenner in their pocket would stay within nuking distance of Byker is beyond me 😕

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A couple of pints in the Byker on a Sunday afternoon or Friday night was always good for people watching.

ALthough last time back t appeared to have been taken over by students

I'm enjoying this thread, it has some interesting views. Besides it's always nice to imagine winning the lottery and deciding what you'd do with it. It's true that in the overall scheme of things £1m for a young family in London will give them a serious leg up, but won't allow them to stop working. Not if you want to have a reasonable lifestyle anyway.

I'd go mad not working, although I'd find time for more hols etc. if only eh?

There's one of those special draws on Saturday 14th where they have 10 prizes of one million pounds.. Everybody buy tickets and we'll see if there's another stw winner and more importantly whether 1 million pounds is enough.

Kryton57

To answer this seriously, are you that shallow about having zero's in your bank account, that you'd selfishly rip your parter away from her family and friends, that same with your kids and thier schooling, so you can live in the country, have a humble job an ride your bike a lot?

Kryton, you can say whatever you want, it's all just backtracking. You said

Kryton57

Not a massive amount of Money these day's is it.

Which is just absurd. I don't know many millionaires personally, but I've had dealings with quite a few over the years ranging from the guy who lives in a modest bungalow in the city, buys a new A6 every other year and definitely has £1m+ in the bank, to the guy who has a country mansion, twelve Ferraris and races them all around the world as a hobby, or the farmer who owns £4 million pounds worth of land and has about £700000 worth of kit to farm it, and what they all have in common is that £1 million would be a massive amount of money to them, as it would be to anyone with the exception of a few super rich people.

Fair enough, if we believe you, £1m wouldn't make a big difference to your circumstances (except your house, cars, kids education) but that's because you wouldn't let it. That's your prerogative, but don't spout drivel about £1m not being a lot of money.

May be you shouldn't edit the post for your own benefit jimjam, now lets see the original, in context:

Not a [b]massive[/b] amount of Money these day's is it. I wouldn't reactive by leaving my job.

[b]It'd pay the mortgage or trade up to a new yet sensible house, buy a couple of nice cars and decorate the place then the rest would be left for the kids/a rainy day.[/b]

[b]I'd still need to work though.[/b]

See, I highlighted the important bits for you. I didn't say it wasn't a lot of money, I said it wasn't massive THESE DAYS and then highlighted the potential changes - which actually aren't indicative of a percieved "millionaires lifestyle" - for me.

Sure, for different folks it has a different impact, I didn't deny that at all.

Not sure what your problem is tbh.

I also find it quite interesting on here that some people find that NOT wanting to leave London for the North, but just moving around to better premises and staying in London sickeningly materialistic. The assumption being that people like me would do that just to thumb my nose at you, which actually shows you have no appreciation of what London can give you at its most positive, you maintain the one eyed view that is the dirty capitalist centre of southern greed and cultural invasion and should not be approached.

Rockape's summary is the most level headed and correct to date:

It's true that in the overall scheme of things £1m for a young family in London will give them a serious leg up, but won't allow them to stop working. Not if you want to have a reasonable lifestyle anyway.

Would anyone else split it through the whole family?

I'd give 200k to parents, 100k to brother, 10k to each aunt and uncle (and leave it to them to split it between the kids), use a bit to get grandparents houses done up and more suitable for old age etc...

Probably make a donation to my local favourite charity too. 🙂

Kryton57 - Member

May be you shouldn't edit the post for your own benefit jimjam, now lets see the original, in context:

Not a massive amount of Money these day's is it. I wouldn't reactive by leaving my job.

It'd pay the mortgage or trade up to a new yet sensible house, buy a couple of nice cars and decorate the place then the rest would be left for the kids/a rainy day.

I'd still need to work though.

See, I highlighted the important bits for you. I didn't say it wasn't a lot of money, I said it wasn't massive THESE DAYS and then highlighted the potential changes - which actually aren't indicative of a percieved "millionaires lifestyle" - for me.

Sure, for different folks it has a different impact, I didn't deny that at all.

Not sure what your problem is tbh.

Contextualise it whatever way you want, you're still wrong. No one mentioned a "millionaires lifestyle", you were the second poster. You weighed in with "it's not a massive amount of money these days" and rightly caught flack for it. Fine, you wouldn't want to move, but you've proceeded to make snide, condescending comments about everyone else's lifestyle in defense of your own (which few if any covet), so don't act surprised that other posters aren't being sympathetic to your situation.

I don't think that by staying where you are you are being massively materialistic, country life is not for everyone.

A mil isn't a massive amount now when you consider the cost of things like property, getting a mil in 1974 would have given you a lifestyle that you would not get today, a house, cars and investments with a decent level of return. I deal with people in the million plus category all the time and generally the biggest idiots are the faux millionaires who maybe have one or two but want to act like they have 10. The 10M+ers you would find hard to spot mostly.

"The 10M+ers you would find hard to spot mostly" My ex-bosses are way above this in terms of net worth and you could never tell.

you're still wrong

How so? Only in your, and some others [i]opinion[/i], which is the point you seem to fail to accept, that some people are different and have different opinions that others.

but you've proceeded to make snide, condescending comments about everyone else's lifestyle in defense of your own

Please point these out?

I haven't at all, I've just stated and defend that one persons lifestyle ambitions aren't necessarily the same as the next persons, and that just because I chose to remain in London, how is that offensive to people? Or have I missed a national trait that all non- Londers are offended by Londoners?

Fwiw its you that's taken offense at a subset of words of your own choosing and are coming across all personal my friend.

And theres NZCol between our posts stating the same thing in his first line - care to have a pop at him?

Edit: I'll make it easy for you and do it your way:

NZCol - Member
A mil isn't a massive amount

Blimey NZCol how very dare you!

I read a thing about this, and apparently to like that lifestyle you need £3M. They call them Thrillionaires apparently.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4197848/Millionaires-arent-what-they-used-to-be.html

Not a massive amount of Money these day's is it. I wouldn't reactive by leaving my job.

I probably wouldn't leave my job either. From various salary threads on STW, quite a few people on here would earn more than that, after tax, before they retire, so quitting would actually be an overall pay cut (obviously you'd have more spare time). Personally my brain would rot if I didn't work.

Kryton57

How so? Only in your, and some others opinion, which is the point you seem to fail to accept, that some people are different and have different opinions that others.

A £1million windfall would put anyone into the extreme end of the wealth spectrum. Yes, it's a subjective issue, but if you're opinion differs from 90% of others there's a good chance you are wrong. Feel free to argue that beans don't make you fart, shit isn't smelly, and beer doesn't make you drunk. They're subjective of course, so you're entitled to your opinion.

Please point these out?

[i]"he can't appreciate not everyone wants to relocate thier family's to the outer reaches of Lancashire for the sake of saving a few pounds"

"You do know without London you'd be in the shit up there in your woodburning room with a view, don't you?"

"so why don't you grind some coffee, light the woodburner and take the time to think about that fact hat not everyone does or wants to live in the same way of life as you do?"

"There's a lot of jealousy and resentment in this thread."

"Hey, if you fancy a beer, I'll pop round. Hundreds of miles is nothing in my 5 series. "

"are you that shallow about having zero's in your bank account, that you'd selfishly rip your parter away from her family and friends, that same with your kids and thier schooling, so you can live in the country, have a humble job an ride your bike a lot?"[/i]

I see how you took that personally jimjam, so I'll reply, and then lets leave it at that shall we so that the thread will remain open:

"he can't appreciate not everyone wants to relocate thier family's to the outer reaches of Lancashire for the sake of saving a few pounds"

[b]Opinion, I'm entitled to it[/b]

"You do know without London you'd be in the shit up there in your woodburning room with a view, don't you?"

[b]London is arguably the financial heart of the UK, you know that right? And if you wiped it off the face of the Earth tomorrow wahtdo you think might happen?[/b]

"so why don't you grind some coffee, light the woodburner and take the time to think about that fact hat not everyone does or wants to live in the same way of life as you do?"

[b]An objective statement designed to draw parallels, I'm sorry you took offence. Btw I have a coffee grinder myself[/b]

"There's a lot of jealousy and resentment in this thread."

[b]Again you edited my post because it was followed by "/Troll" to signify I'd posted it sarcastically and deliberately as trolling [/b]

"Hey, if you fancy a beer, I'll pop round. Hundreds of miles is nothing in my 5 series. "

[b]Sarcasm - together with the atypical BMW image I posted and latter post again which you failed to post here, but the next poster understood it entirely so I would suggest its you and not me that is the issue - pure and simple I'm sorry you had a sense of humour fail. Btw I don't own a BMW 5 series[/b]

"are you that shallow about having zero's in your bank account, that you'd selfishly rip your parter away from her family and friends, that same with your kids and thier schooling, so you can live in the country, have a humble job an ride your bike a lot?"

[b]A response to your thread and one other, where I'm trying to iterate that my family's comfort is more important than the size of the numbers in my bank account, my apologies if you missed that point or my communication failed to work properly.[/b]

There there, better now?

There there, better now?

Aye, much better now. I've completely changed my mind. Thanks for helping me out with the old context thing there too, it was tricky to grasp.

Haven't you minions got some work to be getting on with?

Personally my brain would rot if I didn't work.

Maybe but sitting in an office staring at a computer for 8 hours 5 days a week isn't exactly healthy, so for those of us doomed to this horrible existence it's a bit of a no-brainer. And I don't think those of us who'd pack in work are suggesting we'd just sit around on our backsides all day watching Jeremy Kyle.

And I don't think those of us who'd pack in work are suggesting we'd just sit around on our backsides all day watching Jeremy Kyle.

Homes under the hammer, for the millionaire property investor 🙂

Cash in the Attic. I retired when i was 35, lasted a week, everybody else has a job so i realised it was a bit dull. Saying that, i now want to be retired again so might have to do something about it.

Update: the winner is 49 and doesn't want to retire so is going to continue in the same lab job until 55. The good thing is that she's a thoroughly nice person so everybody is thrilled for her.

I do love this place, it regularly has me in stitches....some cat posts about a colleague winning a cool mil and it quickly degenerates into the usual slanging match!

Good look to the woman, i like stories like that! However, what kimbers said on page 1, is she single?? 🙂

[i]globalti - Member

Update: the winner is 49 and doesn't want to retire so is going to continue in the same lab job until 55. The good thing is that she's a thoroughly nice person so everybody is thrilled for her.
[/i]Ah! A happy ending. I like happy endings.
🙂

[i](obviously you'd have more spare time). Personally my brain would rot if I didn't work. [/i]
And time, as some wise member mentioned earlier, is the real gift for winning £1M. So while some might shoot the dough in a way that would keep them working and feel fine about that. I wonder if folk here might consider the "flip side of the coin".
How important, how much more enriching would it be to your family and their lives, if you could afford to remain at home?
As for brain rot? Well, whatever.

I would certainly want to "sort out" my immediate family and make sure they were set up. That would include making some kind of provision for my 84 y.o. mum who is fanatically fit (leads a local Ramblers' group) but showing signs of getting injured easily so may need help in the next few years. I might bung a few quid to friends and even my loyal secretary, who tolerates my time-wasting habits [i]*cough* [/i] and covers for me, plus a couple of people I know in Africa to try to get them out of their financial doldrums.

getting a mil in 1974 would have given you a lifestyle that you would not get today, a house, cars and investments with a decent level of return

Average house price in 1974 was under £10k. If you'd got a million in 1974 and sunk it into property, you'd be in the top 1000 in Forbes' Rich List by now.

(Interesting reading about inflation: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/11159023/1974-vs-2014-how-cinema-costs-grew-faster-than-house-prices.html )

have a pop at me too if you like. i still think a million isn’t a huge amount of money. it would allow me to move down the road and gain a garden and 1 more bedroom or take the interest on the lump sum (at4% 40k) but thats not going to make a massive difference to my current situation.

i have no interest in moving to the north, that would take 10million so i could have another place in london with a helipad/helicopter/pilot to hand in the country property to get back to civilisation quickly.

it would allow me to move down the road and gain a garden and 1 more bedroom or take the interest on the lump sum (at4% 40k) but thats not going to make a massive difference to my current situation.

It would allow me to work when I choose, travel the world, spend more time with my kids, have total security, put more into society (volunteering and that) and see my family right.

You've been had, mate.

edit: - Sorry, I mis-read it.

Conflicting interests no?

In fairness Kryton that would would be an option 😀

10k, 100k, 1m, 10m,

IT DOESN'T MATTER

Most will still want 10% more than what they've got.

Chances are, our orginal lucky winner who would have been super happy with 3k more in her pocket this morning (taken off the top of my head she's on 30k ) will not be satisfied will 50k more in 6 months, a year, 2 years at tops

Greed..... it's a wonderful thing.

You've been had, mate.

really? i’ll not make assumptions about your situation like you have about mine but i’m very happy with my work/life which i wouldn’t swap for anyone else’s as i’m lucky enough to do a job i love doing and am paid well for doing so.
it’s certainly not a bed of roses but compared to a lot of people who loath their dull jobs, bosses and resent leaving the house on a monday morning I’m happy as a pig in sh*t.
i wouldn’t mind an extra bedroom and a walled south facing garden though.

You sound happy it must be said

the winner is 49 and doesn't want to retire so is going to continue in the same lab job until 55. The good thing is that she's a thoroughly nice person so everybody is thrilled for her.

Wonder who will be the first to have a crack on your Xmas do..... 😆

And I don't think those of us who'd pack in work are suggesting we'd just sit around on our backsides all day watching Jeremy Kyle.

Speak for yourself 🙂

And I'd have a massive telly, Livin' the dream!!

Nothing wrong with working in the City and owning a 5 series!!!

kwack - Member
Nothing wrong with working in the City and owning a 5 series!!!

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