if you won next tues $90M lottery... - Page 2

pgc hunter · #21 26-06-2009, 02:41 AM

If I won:

1. Buy a property in NW WA,
2. Get a 40" SDM
3. Get a 14" TMB Apo refractor with several smaller auxilary refractors for that "coolness" effect",
4. Put the 40" dob in a 15x15m observatory with adjecent bedroom and kitchen,
5. Chuck the refractor in a massive dome and pretend I'm Percival Lowell,
6. Build an airstrip on my property
8. Get a pilot license and buy a plane
9. Not work another day in my life

Shame it ain't gonna happen

snowyskiesau · #22 26-06-2009, 03:56 AM

Not a big wish list:. I'm pretty boring - I don't want to travel, don't want a flash car. I'd be happy with:

1. A nice place to live
2. A shed big enough for all the tools I would buy (see 3)
3. Tools to fill the shed (see 2)

The remainder 'd probably invest and give the yearly income to charity - less a little tool money for me

andrew2008 · #23 26-06-2009, 09:32 AM

Would do all the usual stuff like sharing with family and setting myself up. Probably go back to uni. Love to study conservation and ecology and would be more than happy to work doing this knowing i didn't need to.

One thing id really love to do would be to buy a ticket on Virgin Galactic.

MrB (Simon) · #24 26-06-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lacad01

The secondary protector is a garbage bin!!

The secondary is as big as your primary

Moon (James) · #25 26-06-2009, 03:49 PM

I wonder how many tickets they will sell?
If recon if they sell less than 75 Million tickets, it's a good investment. You can cover all the combinations with just $54 million.
Is my maths right?

GrahamL · #26 26-06-2009, 06:45 PM

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Is my maths right?

Probably .. but if 10 others get it right also your possibly in a touch of trouble ?

1.. wake up wed morning and realise it was a dream .. again

2.. briefly try to convince oneself it wasn't .. but as the head clears
realise it was .. but still get a chuckle out of it .

3.. Come home from work to find the letterbox holding a fistfull of bills .

Kevnool (Kev) · #27 26-06-2009, 08:11 PM

I would just keep poking along.

duncan · #28 26-06-2009, 09:27 PM

Hi All,

Ah!!!! Gotta love Houghy's Reply

"definitely buy a property in a nice location, a multitude of different scopes on offer to use, travel to all the good events and go to the eclipse - no matter where it is.

OK OK - actually i would do as i am told by SWMBO "

But oh so true. I guess it's moments like this we show our true love!
ONYA HOUGHY

Cheers,
Duncan
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PCH (Paul) · #29 26-06-2009, 10:49 PM

My wife said ..... "what about all the begging letters?"

I told her we'd still keep sending them !

norm · #30 26-06-2009, 11:25 PM

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blown 454 engine in them

Not a 351? Geez Jen you like'em big!!!

what's that saying...."turbos are nice, but I rather be blown..."

Clear Skies Norm

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #31 26-06-2009, 11:42 PM

If I won the lot, I guess I would pay someone to follow me around and lift mt Meade onto and off its mount for me....to save my Back.

A second storey on the house with a dome on it sounds OK too.
HMMMMMMMMMM

Jen · #32 27-06-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by norm

Not a 351? Geez Jen you like'em big!!!

what's that saying...."turbos are nice, but I rather be blown..."

Clear Skies Norm

yep thats the one

Ric · #33 28-06-2009, 12:48 AM

I'd reckon the first purchase would be to order two new Cat 1 tankers and two Cat 7 trucks for our Rural Fire Brigade.

I would definitely retire and devote more time to the RFS

One can only dream

Enchilada · #34 28-06-2009, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jen

Buy myself a few corvettes 1 for each day of the week

(my dream car) 1958, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973 models all with a blown 454 engine in them

Jen,
Surely (with 90 mill) you would arrange your own personal concert with P!ink, wouldn't you (and still get change)?

Jen · #35 28-06-2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Enchilada

Jen,
Surely (with 90 mill) you would arrange your own personal concert with P!ink, wouldn't you (and still get change)?

oh yeah that would be awsome she can play at my birthday party every year I would just hire out the rod laver arena hehe better still i would own rod laver arena

(ok jen comes back down to reality)

Alchemy (Clive) · #36 28-06-2009, 01:03 PM

if i ever got given a ticket and it won

pay off all my debts

buy a few more acres up the road in a darker location, build the dream home on it. plus the spicky looking dome with a very expensive setup in it.

travel a bit and see things ( not too much though3-4 weeks ayear would be fine)

not much else im pretty happy as it is.

MrB (Simon) · #37 28-06-2009, 01:25 PM

You guys should save your money, I have the winning ticket right here

Jen · #38 28-06-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MrB

You guys should save your money, I have the winning ticket right here

Nahah i have the winning ticket

Baddad (Marty) · #39 29-06-2009, 08:10 AM

Hi Jen,

Your Corvettes, Will they all be the same colour?

Will they be green?

Will they be PINK?

Cheers Marty

stephenb (Stephen) · #40 29-06-2009, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

If I won:

1. Buy a property in NW WA,
2. Get a 40" SDM
3. Get a 14" TMB Apo refractor with several smaller auxilary refractors for that "coolness" effect",
4. Put the 40" dob in a 15x15m observatory with adjecent bedroom and kitchen,
5. Chuck the refractor in a massive dome and pretend I'm Percival Lowell,
6. Build an airstrip on my property
8. Get a pilot license and buy a plane
9. Not work another day in my life

Shame it ain't gonna happen

If I win the $90 Mil, I'll shout you a 40" SDM