[i]but I never fantasise about being rich either[/i]
Well, that seemed to me to be what this thread is about... yeah?
I'm far from car obssessed, but I have got an imagination, ffs.
but I never fantasise about being rich either - I feel guilty enough about the excessive amount of money I have now! I'm more interested in things I might achieve with enough effort and luck...
Not everyone does SfB which is exactly my point.
can you get hammerite in a nice lilac?
LHS - why did you bother reading a thread entitled "Daydreaming about a lottery win..."? You must have had a fair idea that it would make your liberal, priggish blood boil?
If I saw a thread entitled "What's your favourite charity" - I'd leave well alone.
DS
If I saw a thread entitled "What's your favourite charity" - I'd leave well alone.
Yeah, its quite obvious you have no interest in charity.
Ha...the internet is a wonderful place full of people who know best.
Anyway, back on topic...I'd buy an Aston Martin...first.
But I'd need a lot more than £800k if I'm to buy myself all the luxuries I deserve.
More than £800k! Don't be greedy. Go and wash your mind for having such thoughts.
I feel terrible for thinking about spending lots of imaginary money on something I haven't got...
But I've just popped outside and imagined giving all the money to someone with a charity box outside, and now I feel much better.
I've just imagined putting some of my imaginary pound coins in an imaginary sock and hitting somebody imaginary over the head with it. I feel much better also.
[i]the syndicate in work hate me, they all want to win millions each. where as i would only want to win about £300k, pay off debt, mortgage and have enough to retire early.[/i]
You are either:
1 Old and/or don't expect to live long
2 Already minted, so should just retire anyway
or
3 Have the life style of a hermit, with no needs.
In my 40's and healthy, married and 3 kids - I reckon that £2m is the minimum we'd need to not ever worry about money.
And Range Rover is the answer, plus a 2 door Bentley.
Jeez, why the f should someone be banned, knocked over the head & insulted just because they would prefer to give to charity rather than buy an expensive car, eggy or what!
Over the past few years me and Harry the Spider have organised, at great personal (but not financial) cost, a few races known as Hit the North.
We don't go on about what we did with the money that we made, suffice to say that it would have been enough for us to go out and buy a car each.
But we didn't.
We gave it all to charity.
LHS - how much have you given away to charity? I can tell you that me and him have given away (give or take a few quid) about 10 ****ing grand.
Now p1ss off and stop being such a dick.
p.s. for the record, if I won the lottery I'd give some to charity, sure I would. But I'd also have so much stuff that I'd probably have to buy an aircraft hangar to put it all in. I'll let you know if that happens, obviously.
LHS - why did you bother reading a thread entitled "Daydreaming about a lottery win..."?
because it's pathetic ? At least my daydream's about shagging :o)
If I won the lottery I'd never go on this forum again, in fact I'd pay to have it destroyed.
in fact I'd pay to have it destroyed.
it's more likely to be hit by a meteorite :o)
" LHS - Member
+1 for the Audi Q5 but they have a tiny weeny boot.
Like the look of that Range Rover. "
quoted from another thread
MMmmm was you daydreaming LHS or will you be buying soon,shame on you...... 😉
At least my daydream's about shagging :o)
There's a small chance of winning the lottery though 🙂
In Leominster, where I grew up there's a row of old almshouses. Above the door is a picture of an axe, and below that is inscribed:
"He who gives away all before he is dead, let 'em take this hatchet, and knock 'em on the head"
The point being that you can give to charity, but you also have moral grounds for keeping some of it yourself.
Cars - £100k (more than one)
Houses - £1m (three or four modest ones about the place)
£5-10m - invested for personal income
£90m - invested for charitable works Gates style
Is that so wrong?
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I was thinking about this earlier. I'd have one of these:
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and a pad in the highlands somewhere. Preferably near a distillery.
Now p1ss off and stop being such a dick.
Again, pointless insults. Grow up.
Guess a few nerves have been touched.
Funny how someone can be chastised for wanting to support charities yet seemingly hero worshiped for wanting to spend £150k on a supercar instead.
MMmmm was you daydreaming LHS or will you be buying soon,
On average i give more to charity each year than i spend on cars. You?
But we didn't.
We gave it all to charity.
Good for you.
On average i give more to charity each year than i spend on cars. You?
me too, but my car spend is £0 so far this lifetime 🙂
Nobody has disputed that giving to charity is a good thing.
The OP's original post wasn't about that though!,it was the hypothetical question below.
What would the massive blow a reasonable sized wad on? It must be suitable for a family of four and all the crap that goes with one
I'm pretty sure that most people would donate a sizeable chunk to their charity of choice if they dropped a huge lotto win.
Funny how someone can be chastised for wanting to support charities
That's not why you were chastised, I believe.
After having read all of this I have taken time to reflect and if I win the lottery I won't be spending it on a BMW M5 Touring.
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I'll get one of these instead.
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My priority is to try to use the money to get some Private health care in the hope that this would help them both improve their quality of life. Not sure after that and a house (rented all my life). Fiesta/Focus/Fabia/Octavia? Choices choices. Oh and a ST4 or EX9?
quality post that terrahawk 😆
I'd go for something like this:
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Big comfy 4wd for day to day use and a Kimberly Karavan to take the bikes an friends away for a weekend.
On average i give more to charity each year than i spend on cars. You?
no i don't, not anywhere near, but then im not judging people by how much they spend on xyz like you are....i do hope you own absolutley nothing that you don't need....
Have you noticed how a lot of people who run charities have nice cars?
Back on topic, I'd replace my Transporter with a new one, might even splash out on a few extras, pop up roof, leather seats, alloys etc.
Have you noticed how a lot of people who run charities have nice cars?
hmmm, I get your drift, there's no point supporting charity because most of it will be nicked by the grasping staff? Good call!
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ok...iDave has found a must have.
I'll use it to fly to my Aston Martin.
Wouldn't one of these make a lot more sense?
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At a run time of 30 minutes, I'd get significantly more use out of the jet pack SpongeBob 🙂
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And maybe a Singular Swift or one of those carbon Niners, but I think Im dreaming as Im only five eight.
Id sort out my family and close friends and give some cash to charity, well some more than I already do anyway.
Doesn't giving to charity take the resposibility away from the governments?
Probably, some charities shouldnt need to exist but unfortunately they do.
I'd buy a flash car, helicopter and smoke big fat Cuban cigars and light them with £50 notes. I'd still use charity shop bags as bin liners though.
Got £95k to blow.....
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If I won 75m I would buy every house and pub in the village I was brought up in to make it my own feudal village.
boringly, someone did some basic maths taking into account future inflation projections and calculated that £2m ish was needed for a thirtysomething to sustain a lifestyle comparable to the UK average wage earner if that lottery winner wanted to give up work...
anyway, £10m and I'm letting all my mates buy silly cars on the proviso I'm on their insurance 🙂 I'd get a flat in the middle of New York, not only investment but party central at the same time !!!
Would you buy a garage for the Batmobile as well?
GlitterGary - Member
Would you buy a garage for the Batmobile as well?
What a silly question!
I would buy the Wayne Manor to go on top of it as well and relocate it up to my current abode up here in West Lothian 😉
"Would you buy a garage for the Batmobile as well? "
'kin great cave surely ?
They had one of those George Barris designed batmobiles on display at Fort perch Rock in New Brighton years ago but they used to get quite pis*y if you climbed over the wire and sat in it.
