If you were a (cash) billionaire...?
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If only.
My list would look something like:
A first class, year long world tour holiday for the four of us.
Pay off the family mortgages for those that could use the help.
Nice house in the UK. Doesn't have to be an outrageous mansion but something with a bit of land under some of which I could build one of those batcave things. Employ full time housekeeper, chef, groundsman and a driver.
Private school for my boys
House and day boat in Mallorca
House with housekeeper somewhere near Nurburg which I could use and rent out for B&B and a separate storage unit with 10 x GT3RSs for my friends and I to play with. Pay a local firm to keep them tip top and ready for action.
Learn to fly. Buy a plane
Philanthropy.
My list would look something like:
A first class, year long world tour holiday for the four of us.
Pay off the family mortgages for those that could use the help.
Nice house in the UK. Doesn't have to be an outrageous mansion but something with a bit of land under some of which I could build one of those batcave things. Employ full time housekeeper, chef, groundsman and a driver.
Private school for my boys
House and day boat in Mallorca
House with housekeeper somewhere near Nurburg which I could use and rent out for B&B and a separate storage unit with 10 x GT3RSs for my friends and I to play with. Pay a local firm to keep them tip top and ready for action.
Learn to fly. Buy a plane
Philanthropy.
a said:
Google what happens to lottery winners that try to give family cash. To give you a hint, people who win >£70m are 120 times more likely to be murdered by a family member than average. The ones that stay alive almost never stay on good terms with "loved ones".
You have to understand what that actually means. You start with an incredibly small number so, yes, 120 times more likely to be murdered maybe, but the number was so low to begin with that even with the £70 million you are still incredibly unlikely to be murdered by a family member.Its the same way they tell you that "sausages are 100x more likely to cause a heart attack than roast beef" or some such nonsense. You start at a chance of 1 in 10,000,000,000 and move up to 1 in 100,000,000 or thereabouts.
Just thought of something else. I'd pay a small fortune to someone who could write a computer virus designed to permanently delete any electronic copy of "Come On Eileen" on any device connected to the internet.
To eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
To eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
Dog Star said:
Cats. I'd have a lot of cats, and I would engage in a huge project to help stray cats and cats homes to stop them breeding.
Happy cats everywhere would make me happy.
With a username like Dog Star I would be worried what was going to happen to all those cats once you had them comfortable and relaxed.Happy cats everywhere would make me happy.
coyft said:
A billion in cash is quite a difficult sum to get your head around.
Let's say I have £100,000 in savings all in cash. That's 10,000 times less, so in comparative terms a billionaire might view prices something like this:-
Mercedes S class £100k, would be £10.
First class travel £10k - £1.
Night out £1k - £0.10
Nice house £3m - £300.
Quite staggering when you look at it like that.
yeah that is pretty insane when you view it like thatLet's say I have £100,000 in savings all in cash. That's 10,000 times less, so in comparative terms a billionaire might view prices something like this:-
Mercedes S class £100k, would be £10.
First class travel £10k - £1.
Night out £1k - £0.10
Nice house £3m - £300.
Quite staggering when you look at it like that.
MiniMan64 said:
Can I build my own private railway and build a steam train?
(Nothing to do with the fact I've been at the National Railway Museum today)
I would do that. Maybe build modern replicas of successful steam (and diesel) locomotives that were never preserved and don't exist any more.(Nothing to do with the fact I've been at the National Railway Museum today)
I'd also get my ARDS licence and take up historic motor racing, having paid for professional tuition and a few historic single seaters and sports cars.
I'd buy a nice house somewhere near my railway line.
I would find the names and addresses of those who move next to motor racing circuits and then try to get them shut down, then pay them to either shut the f
k up or to move somewhere else.A Lake, Forrest, large Barn and a Race Track plus a house of some description. I would then fill the Barn with a variety of race cars, rally cars, hot rods and some regular run of the mill supercars. When I am not tinkering with cars in the Barn I will be fishing or walking my herd of dogs in the woods.
Goodbye everyone.
Goodbye everyone.
Zetec-S said:
Just thought of something else. I'd pay a small fortune to someone who could write a computer virus designed to permanently delete any electronic copy of "Come On Eileen" on any device connected to the internet.
To eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
I would pay you £10 to add 'Birdhouse in Your Soul' or whatever sTo eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
te it's called by the <can't even bring myself to remember their name>.Thank you.
Fastchas said:
Zetec-S said:
Just thought of something else. I'd pay a small fortune to someone who could write a computer virus designed to permanently delete any electronic copy of "Come On Eileen" on any device connected to the internet.
To eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
I would pay you £10 to add 'Birdhouse in Your Soul' or whatever sTo eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
te it's called by the <can't even bring myself to remember their name>.Thank you.
Steady on. You've only got a billion you know.Zetec-S said:
Just thought of something else. I'd pay a small fortune to someone who could write a computer virus designed to permanently delete any electronic copy of "Come On Eileen" on any device connected to the internet.
To eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
With a billion you could fund a terminator style robot to do the smashing up of the hard copies, call it "The Eileeminator"To eradicate any hard copies, the virus would also be designed to hack any device with a microphone, as soon as it detected the first few chords it would report back the location and my crack team of ninja assassins would be despatched to permanently destroy it.
Ooor ri ooh ri rayyyyyyyy................
Da dah dah dan dan
Da dah dan dan dan
Do de doo do doooo * Terminator music
I may be a bit board a work today
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