Post by richb on Jan 8, 2017 8:56:30 GMT
I'd probably spend most of it on women,boozing and gambling. The rest I'd just waste. ;-)
Seriously though, I don't play the lottery having long ago decided it is a stealth tax on the poor and gullible.
Back when I was poor student and having lived in a fairly deprived area, it would make me sad to see the queues of mostly old folks at the corner shop on a Saturday teatime handing over loads of money for the faint hopes of winning something for their families. Even today I see people who can't really afford it buying scratchcards for £5 or £10 a pop all to entertain the fantasy of escaping a miserable existence. It just makes me sad.
Anyway, assuming I did come into that kind of money I'd pay off mortgages for myself and close family. Probably have a pretty home, nothing too flash, on my beloved Northumberland coast and certainly do a lot of travelling. Another modest winter home in the Florida Keys would be nice. Fair to say that a reasonable proportion would be invested to give an income I could then live on and share with good causes.
Very easy to get caught up in the fantasy isn't it.
Seriously though, I don't play the lottery having long ago decided it is a stealth tax on the poor and gullible.
Back when I was poor student and having lived in a fairly deprived area, it would make me sad to see the queues of mostly old folks at the corner shop on a Saturday teatime handing over loads of money for the faint hopes of winning something for their families. Even today I see people who can't really afford it buying scratchcards for £5 or £10 a pop all to entertain the fantasy of escaping a miserable existence. It just makes me sad.
Anyway, assuming I did come into that kind of money I'd pay off mortgages for myself and close family. Probably have a pretty home, nothing too flash, on my beloved Northumberland coast and certainly do a lot of travelling. Another modest winter home in the Florida Keys would be nice. Fair to say that a reasonable proportion would be invested to give an income I could then live on and share with good causes.
Very easy to get caught up in the fantasy isn't it.
