$1,000,000,000

[kstar]

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]

Hookers & blow.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by kstar

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]

Originally Posted by DasBoot

Hookers & blow.

You left out the other pic.

[126coupe]

If it was in cash I would put it in a box and sit tight

[kstar]

Originally Posted by Minkoff

If it was in cash I would put it in a box and sit tight

Lock box?

[968rz]

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]

Originally Posted by kstar

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]

buy a fully equipped farm and t bill the remainer

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by carambola

buy a fully equipped farm and t bill the remainer

Farm??

[kstar]

Originally Posted by DARISC

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.

[RWebb]

get a krups toaster -german, right?

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

[kstar]

Originally Posted by RWebb

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?

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]

Originally Posted by kstar

.....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]

Originally Posted by RWebb

get a krups toaster -german, right?

Mein last name begins mit Sch - is gut, ya?

[Gogar]

If I had a billion dollars, I would make sure to tell as few people as possible about it.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Gogar

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]

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]

Originally Posted by kstar

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]

Originally Posted by kstar

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