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kstar 10-25-2008 06:25 PM
$1,000,000,000
 
A million dollars was once the mark for wealth, but times have changed.

If you had $1,000,000,000 in cash, what would you do with it?

DasBoot 10-25-2008 06:29 PM
Hookers & blow.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...nu/cocaine.jpg

DARISC 10-25-2008 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kstar (Post 4261689)
A million dollars was once the mark for wealth, but times have changed.

If you had $1,000,000,000 in cash, what would you do with it?
Probably be in a miserable anguished state of anxiety while trying to resolve what worthy causes and what percent of my fortune I should give to each (keeping a couple of mil for meself, of course).

kstar 10-25-2008 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by DasBoot (Post 4261695)
You left out the other pic.

126coupe 10-25-2008 06:40 PM
If it was in cash I would put it in a box and sit tight:)

kstar 10-25-2008 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Minkoff (Post 4261714)
If it was in cash I would put it in a box and sit tight:)
Lock box?

968rz 10-25-2008 06:44 PM
I'm with Minkoff, that really is not a lot any more.
Better to add it to the retirement account and hope for interest as it will cost more than that to live in a trailer house soon.

DARISC 10-25-2008 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kstar (Post 4261712)
You left out the other pic.
Whazzat? Some abrasive compound for sharpening razor blades?

Oh, hey Kurt - what toaster did you settle on (me needs a new one)?

carambola 10-25-2008 06:50 PM
buy a fully equipped farm and t bill the remainer

126coupe 10-25-2008 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by carambola (Post 4261729)
buy a fully equipped farm and t bill the remainer
Farm??http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1224989706.jpg

kstar 10-25-2008 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DARISC (Post 4261726)
Whazzat? Some abrasive compound for sharpening razor blades?

Oh, hey Kurt - what toaster did you settle on (me needs a new one)?
After all the debate, I got a Sunbeam Oster at Target. It's black, so it looks really nice after a waxing, but after rain and a few toastings, not so good.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1224990139.jpg

RWebb 10-25-2008 07:27 PM
get a krups toaster -german, right?

put the 1M into a good stock fund sometime this coming week -- wait a few years - bang!

kstar 10-25-2008 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 4261791)
get a krups toaster -german, right?

put the 1M into a good stock fund sometime this coming week -- wait a few years - bang!
How about a billion dollars?

Quote:
A million dollars was once the mark for wealth, but times have changed.

If you had $1,000,000,000 in cash, what would you do with it?

DARISC 10-25-2008 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by kstar (Post 4261744)
.....I got a Sunbeam Oster at Target. It's black, so it looks really nice after a waxing, but after rain and a few toastings, not so good.
How plebeian!

Goin' to Target tomorrow ta git me one! What? $29.99?

Is it practical to use as a DT - like DD (Daily Driver)?

DARISC 10-25-2008 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 4261791)
get a krups toaster -german, right?
Mein last name begins mit Sch - is gut, ya?

Gogar 10-25-2008 07:46 PM
If I had a billion dollars, I would make sure to tell as few people as possible about it.

DARISC 10-25-2008 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Gogar (Post 4261818)
If I had a billion dollars, I would make sure to tell as few people as possible about it.
You would have to have your multi-million $ multicar garage located a discrete distance from your humble abode, ya?

kstar 10-25-2008 07:50 PM
If one wanted to simply generate interest and preserve the principal, what would be the safest place?

I'm guessing that one could get 3 to 5% yield safely, perhaps with some type of tax free bond.

$30M to $50M a year would work.

Tobra 10-25-2008 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by kstar (Post 4261718)
Lock box?
safe, safety deposit box perhaps, buy a bank to use their vault perhaps

that much dough would take up a lot of space

RWebb 10-25-2008 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kstar (Post 4261800)
How about a billion dollars?
i'd set up my own institutes for doing good things - mainly preserving the environment; research into alt. energy; elec. cars etc.

not being entirely pure of heart i would drive my ass over to visit them in one of my fleet of vintage and modern sports cars


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