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Topic: What would you do first if you became a billionaire?
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D for Defiant
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posted August 13, 2006 03:04 AM
 
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Wednesday
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From: The big C... Canada :)
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted August 13, 2006 04:20 AM
You're so Aquarius, eh? Laboratory?  As for me, well I'd put the money into my account and pay my Visa bill first and foremost... I really don't have many to buy right now. I'd just save it for traveling. Oh I just remember I want a 60 GB iPod, so after paying off my Visa bill, I'd get an iPod  IP: Logged |
Charlotte
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From: USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted August 13, 2006 04:29 AM
FAINT!!! LOLI think the first thing that I would do is go down to our local shelter and choose some famlies that were in need... Help get them on their feet.
Then, I would buy my dream house! IP: Logged |
D for Defiant
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posted August 13, 2006 10:46 AM
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fayte.m
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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted August 13, 2006 11:19 AM
Put the money in several accounts.
Pay off all my debts.
Buy some new contact lenses.
Then from there....
An efficient small handicapped acessable house, on at least ten acreas away from boom boxers.
A new bed.
Voice recognition for a new computer.
A tens unit.
A tricycle.
Hire tutors to teach me several languages.
From there,
Help folks to help themselves, several ideas in mind not going to list at this time.
Invest in and or start an alternatve energy business,and find ways to make these things affordable and or free for folks.
A lab for my electrical/magnetic experiments.
A psychic research center and psychic detective agency.------------------
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~I am still learning~ Michangelo
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The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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double trouble gemini
Knowflake Posts: 458
From: uae
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted August 13, 2006 12:48 PM
if i win a $billion$
thing(things) i would do...1- divide the 1 billion into 1 millions and save them in diffrent banks. 2- buy my own house in one of the most peaceful and happy! happy! places in the world. 3-buy an expensive,cool,classy,durable car. 4- a generous amount in my fix deposit.... so i can enjoy my retirement... 5- get back to work!!... (a billion isnt enought to fullfill all my dreams.. need a 9-5 too  ) ME: 
Asc Virgo
Sun Gem 10th house
Mars Gem 9th house
Moon Sag 4th house
Nept Sag 4th house
merc Cancer 10th house
Mars Cancer 10th house
Jupt Libra 1st house
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lotusheartone
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From: MOther & Father GOd
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted August 13, 2006 12:50 PM
Give half away. ...  IP: Logged |
double trouble gemini
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From: uae
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted August 13, 2006 12:54 PM
lotusheartone
i dont mind receiving half...
(just kidding... thats very very generous of u.. )
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lotusheartone
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From: MOther & Father GOd
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posted August 13, 2006 12:57 PM
hehe..double trouble gemini I'll keep you in Mind  IP: Logged |
fayte.m
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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted August 13, 2006 01:52 PM
I tried that before as to how I would spend it.
I could NOT spend it easily on just me.
Most I would end up giving away.
Half is more than I really would know what to do with...at least personally.
Even much less, I personally would have no use for.So most of it would be used on other than myself.
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Age is a State of Mind. Change Your Mind!
~I intend to continue learning forever~Enigma
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
-NEXUS-
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cappyme
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posted August 13, 2006 05:49 PM
If you become a billionaire, you still wont be a billionaire. Those damn taxes will take up lots of money! Ok I'm sorry, I'm a bit too practical so I'd deposit it into the bank and live like a miser . And then the money would increase yeah so after 10 years, I would use some money to join a library (for books), then buy a playstation and for the normal household chores (like paying my bills) (I would still have loads of money left because I deposited it into the bank). With the rest of the money, I'd open a shelter for poor homeless kids in India who are forced to work just in order to survive  . They would get all their basic neccesities there, food/clothing/shelter and education. So this way I'd help them . ------------------
Now listen, I know you've got to think about your image, cause image is important to you, because of course your friends are gonna dictate your actions through the rest of your lives, and I wouldn't want you to step away from them and become an individual, that would almost be too much! IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
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From: ohio
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posted August 13, 2006 07:03 PM
House, car, both environmentally friendly.Invest in my hobbies, explore worthy causes to fund, and take care of my kids' futures. I'd adopt some children, have more children, and have a large family in which I could devote myself and my resources to helping children grow up in a positive, enriching environment. IP: Logged |
BlueTopaz124
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From: Portland, OR
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted August 13, 2006 10:34 PM
Go to Switzerland and open a tax-free bank account.Then, give some money away to charities close to my heart, travel and help my family & friends. Change my phone number and make it unlisted and get a P.O. box. My Moon is in Aquarius in my 2nd house natally, so for me financial security is hugely connected to peace of mind and my moods. Saturn though, shares the same house, so for me, money and lessons...bleh I think Jupiter and the 2nd house would be having a cosmic rendevous. IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross
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From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted August 13, 2006 10:47 PM
15 colonics in 30 days
Parasite Cleanse
Liver/Gallbladder Cleanse
Kidney Cleanse
Lymphatic Cleanse
Candida Cleanse
(All that would be under $3,000)And
Everything in Chapter 6 of
"Natural Cures THEY Don't Want You To Know About" Then I'd move to rural Ireland or something.
Some little cottage by the sea
with one of those meandering rock walls,
and some wild sheep wandering nearby. Then I'd make a HUGE donation to
"Doctors Without Borders",
and fund research studies in natural medicine. Then I'd buy a personal sauna. That's about it.
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Sun/VenusRx/MC/Uranus in Pisces Decan of Scorpio
Aquarius Moon in the 1st
Capricorn Ascendant
(there's a link to my chart in my signature)
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WaterNymph
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From: London, UK
Registered: May 2005
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posted August 15, 2006 07:20 PM
First thing that comes to mind is giving something to charity - but it makes more sense to pay my bills first, so that. Then decide on charities. Then be very boring put it in the bank, then continue life as always only shop more  Both are a mix of Pisces Sun & Virgo Moon.
Not forgetting my Sun & ASC square Jupiter, giving me the urge to spend it all on one day
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jehovah81
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From: auckland, new zealand
Registered: May 2006
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posted August 15, 2006 10:44 PM
hey if i won a billion dollars first i would buy myself and those who are with me lunch with what is ever in my pocket, then i would take 500,000 for myself and give the rest to my VIRGO mother i wouldnt know what to do with it honestly. But i would love to see the world, and leave the division part up to her of where the money would be spent lol.Tahiti would be my first stop, the south pacific, then asia, europe,and then the americas no where cold though. ------------------
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BlueTopaz124
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From: Portland, OR
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted August 16, 2006 12:26 AM
I would go check out all the cool places around the planet I've always been curious about and saw on TV: The Galapagos Islands to see and the wildlife and funny birds, India to see the Taj Mahal, Switzerland, The Alps, soo many placesIP: Logged |
DayDreamer
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posted August 16, 2006 12:56 AM
Pay off my debts
Quit my job
Invest in further education
Which includes travelling the World
Giving to Charities
I would buy homes for my parents and siblings
After that...I'd have to think about I'd do with the rest.Now Im using the Equal house system only. Sun/Mars in Aquarius 9th hs
Gemini Ascendant
Ruler of chart, Mercury in Aqua 8th hs opp Jupiter in Leo 2rd hs.
Second hs cusp is in Cancer.
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AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted August 16, 2006 02:56 AM
Wait... no one would throw an LL extravaganza party, and invite and pay for everyone's way? With all these charitable people here the networking could really create something meaningful. We could have our own charities, and become professional charity fundraisers. IP: Logged |
D for Defiant
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posted August 16, 2006 03:59 AM
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1scorp
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posted August 16, 2006 09:46 AM
Hmmm... How much money are you talking about? If it was an outrageous sum. Pay off debt. Give at least half to various charities Invest what was left Give my condo (paid off and rent free) to a dear friend who is having a tough time. Give generously to family and close friends. i.e. pay off their debt, etc. Adopt a sibling for my lil' Aqua. I've been hounding my mother about opening her own bakery... so I would just buy a place, get it set up, and "force" her into it. She'd love it. Purchase a small house on the beach Purchase a large cabin in the mountains Travel Would not spoil anyone "rotten". As I have a strong sense of the value of a dollar. (damn responsiblity) Ahhh... yeah, I probably would spoil them just a little I would still have to work or else I would go crazy! However, I'd most likely invest my time into charity work. Edit - I forgot houses. Sun - 1/2
The rest of my Scorpio placements are in the 2nd house. All Libra is in 1st house Neptune in Sag. - 3rd house Jupiter in Leo - 10th house Saturn in Virgo - 11th house
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Scorpio sun, venus, mars, mercury, and uranus
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AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
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posted August 16, 2006 03:29 PM
If I came across a great sum of money I'd:
Pay off my debt - of course, who wouldn't?
Buy a new car and house - which would probably take me awhile making sure everything's perfect.
Quit my job.
Take a vacation. Actually, bump that to the top of the list. Nothing like a little vacation to clear your mind, so you can figure out what you're going to do with all that money.
Start a charity to help people adopt.
Start companies, and/or become a venture capitalist.
Invest heavily
Commit myself to either my new businesses or creating new works of art and utility.
I would also feel very strongly toward helping out people who really need it, which aren't necessarily the people that are looking for it. Perhaps I'd become a life coach. IP: Logged |
Kim Rogers
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From: Watertown MN USA
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted August 17, 2006 03:00 AM
Uhh, I'd buy stuff.  IP: Logged |
Lauren
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posted August 19, 2006 02:47 PM
1. give half to people who need it more than I do. 2. buy my close friends something cool they've always wanted but never had the money to get 3. see a damn good financial adviser or a few so I can invest in the right places 4. hopefully get my own plane in my backyard so I can pick up and go whenever lol IP: Logged |
Isis
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From: CA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted August 19, 2006 04:09 PM
The first thing I would do is pay off my house. Then I'd put 50K into an account and buy one of those round the world airline tix (first or biz class - no more travelling sardine class! woot!!!) where you pick a direction, west or east, and you can go anywhere you want so long as you keep in the general direction, until you get back to where you started. Bora Bora, here I come!!! While I was travelling I would arrange to have all my parents bills paid off, as well as paying off my sister and brother's house for them. I would give my stepsister the money she needs to help her daughter with spina bifida get all the surgeries she needs. When I got back from globetrotting, I would then arrange to set up and fund an organization like the SPCA in Mexico City. I would buy property all over the world, with an emphasis on tropical locales. I would invest a good portion of the money and set up a charitable foundation which uses the dividends to fund charitable contributions in perpetuity. I might even call the Russians and see if I can get myself a ride to the Space Station
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