What would you do with your money?

[m1469]

Okay, if you had a wad of money come your way, say the equivelent to $500,000, what would you do with it?

You know, only enough to get you somewhere different, but not enough to retire on and set you up forever without a care.  

m1469

[Rob47]

What else is there to do except live large until it runs out, then go back to being poor.  That is North American poor, which in the big picture really isn't that poor at all.

your friend
Rob

[Tash]

CAN I HAVE IT NOW!!! ok i'm buying myself a steinway grand if i can afford it. otherwise some form of grand piano that is less than $500 000. and then with the hopefully money left over i'll buy myself a funky car. and then pay off my uni fees. and then save the rest (or not depends on how much i have left i'm sure i could find something to spend it on!)


OH no that goes to the official pianoforum meeting and it'll pay for everyone's flights and accomodation to wherever we decide to meet!

[bernhard]

CAN I HAVE IT NOW!!! ok i'm buying myself a steinway grand if i can afford it. otherwise some form of grand piano that is less than $500 000. and then with the hopefully money left over i'll buy myself a funky car. and then pay off my uni fees. and then save the rest (or not depends on how much i have left i'm sure i could find something to spend it on!)


OH no that goes to the official pianoforum meeting and it'll pay for everyone's flights and accomodation to wherever we decide to meet!

What!?

No diamond tiaras?!?!

[janice]

I would give it away to needy people (Seriously).  I could care less whether I got that amount of money.  Yeah, it would be nice because then I could buy my loved ones nice things. I would maybe buy another grand piano.  I won't give up my Kawai for anything!  But I'm not a materialistic person, and I'm not in need of anything, really.  I'm not a "do gooder", but it would be so neat to be able to give that money away to people who need it!

[Tash]

What!?

No diamond tiaras?!?!

OH i forgot! oh yes i'll have to have one of them too!

[donjuan]

I think I will be the only responsible person here and say I would invest it.  --> If it grows large enough, you can live off the interest collected and quit your job.  Teach piano for fun!! Collect unemployment insurance!!  AND, if you invest well in a sturdy but lucrative place (depends on where you live, here where I am, gold is a good choice) you can keep the investment going so your future generations can be rich too!!

500 000$ is MORE than enough to start benefitting from interest right now.  Before you know it, it grows to a million, and YOU can get a 6-digit yearly income from no job!

donjuan

[janice]

donjuan, you have been appointed to be my personal financial advisor!  I'm gonna fire the old one!  (as if I'm rich enough in the first place to have one! dream on, Janice!)

[donjuan]

donjuan, you have been appointed to be my personal financial advisor!  I'm gonna fire the old one!  (as if I'm rich enough in the first place to have one! dream on, Janice!)

lol!  I was considering being an accountant..
hmm

[Spatula]

lol!  I was considering being an accountant..
hmm

Yeah I do a bit of what tash's tiera did and Janice would do, and then invest the rest into RRSPs or stock or somethink stable...(er... yeah why not Nortel or BreX or Enron...those are pretty stable stuff to invest even thought they might not exist very well...yeah cough cough cough)

[Spatula]

oh and btw, I am actually trying to get my CGA...certified general accounting designation ...eventually.

I still have to get a diaploma...then a degree...then CGA...hello 10 years more of school!  

[classicarts]

m1469, I'll buy you a new piano my dear friend.

[m1469]

Well, I did not notice that this thread had been pulled back up... and then I saw this :

m1469, I'll buy you a new piano my dear friend.

 




okay, classicarts 

[ted]

Good heavens m1469, where I am, either US500,000 or NZ 500,000 would be quite enough to enable me to stop work and to see me through to the final curtain thank you very much ! What on earth must the cost of living be like where you are ?!

Actually, you should ask Reginald Robinson, the ragtime composer who has just received a grant of precisely that amount. I suggested to a mutual friend that he live off it and stop working. She thought it could be done, so either you have high material standards or we're talking about different countries.

[gorbee natcase]

I would spend it all on paper clips, and see how big I could make the chain

[tompilk]

I would spend it all on paper clips, and see how big I could make the chain

No... I would buy elastic bands and see how big a ball I could get...

Look at the longest paper clip chain... wrapped around as a fence!!!

[gorbee natcase]

thats increadible

the elastic bands could be streatched miles long between 2 people and if 1 let go it would take ages before you went OH SHHHHHIIIIITTT!!!!!!

[thalbergmad]

I would stage an attempt on the world domino toppling record.

[tompilk]

Visit here for domino toppling:
https://www.recordholders.org/en/records/domino-toppling.html
This uses exactly 3000 dominoes:

[m1469]

Good heavens m1469, where I am, either US500,000 or NZ 500,000 would be quite enough to enable me to stop work and to see me through to the final curtain thank you very much ! What on earth must the cost of living be like where you are ?!

Actually, you should ask Reginald Robinson, the ragtime composer who has just received a grant of precisely that amount. I suggested to a mutual friend that he live off it and stop working. She thought it could be done, so either you have high material standards or we're talking about different countries.

Well, I would venture to say that I do not currently have high material standards (I do appreciate quality, but that's a whole other subject) and it would be the latter portion of your last sentence.  The cost of living is quite high where I live, actually, so you are correct. 

hmmmm.... grants sound yummy 


m1469