The lottery doesn’t corrupt everyone

[Larry Edgerton]

Talk is cheap but the vast majority of what "seem to be" reasonably sane people, who win the lottery for what gaggingly seems to be a small sum of money (perhaps sub 10 mil means your going to pocket 4 by the time your done) say that they are planning on going back to work in the morning. I think many people in business and the trades would relish the opportunity to be able to, without conscience, worry, and so on, fulfill their business obligations and sleep a night without worry or conscience.

Im sure there are plenty of dirtbags who would just take the money and run but most people in business are in it for higher reasons. Pride, moral conscience, doing the right thing, etc.. While Im not saying I would work at the level I work now if I hit the lottery my very next day would consist of doing exactly what I did today until my obligations were met to my satisfaction.

If I won 10M I would give you all my tools and never look back. Then in 6 months I would probably visit the Martin dealer. I was in WV yesterday, what a pretty state.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Im sure there are plenty of dirtbags who would just take the money and run

LOL- - Just call me "Dirty Dick" - -Supreme Commander of the " Dirt Pile"..


Pfffftttt - to all the altruistic stuff, I'd grab that fortune, buy myself a big old D9 Cat - and some property - and then build the shell of a house on it, just so I could ram that big old D9 right through it - - then do it all over again!!

That would be my job!!!




Of course - that would be after my wife cut me in on some of the loot....
Two chances of that happening - - Slim and None & Slim just left town...

Oh well a guy can dream right? .

[Adam Grund]

I play once, maybe twice a year if I feel froggy, so the odds of it happening are not in my favor.
But, the conversation comes up often, and being in our early 30’s, the wife and I are pretty much on the same page with what life would be like. Don’t know what would actually happen until you have that chunk of money shoved in front of you, but we’d like to hope it would go as planned.
Probably build a house on a good amount of acreage (because I don’t like people and love my space) but not a super elaborate house by any means- 350-400k tops (Ohio, for housing cost example) still work, but probably not at the same job, and not full time. Maybe same career (don’t know on that one, I already think it’s going down the dumper and fear what it looks like in even 10yrs) But I’m confident in my thinking that no matter how many hobbies you have, you go from blue collar 50-60+ hrs all your life to nothing- you’re only going to last a few years until you’re bored out of your dome. Having a bit of income, and some structure of your time, without the stress of making a living.
Basically live a modest upper middle class life, having the amenities we desire for our hobbies, and trying hard to not appear to the outside world (friends neighbors etc) that we have a sack of money. All the while keeping it real teaching our kids what the value of a dollar is.

Boy it’s nice to dream every once In a while.

[Jim Andrew]

Dreaming is all it is, this morning on the news they were talking about the huge powerball jackpot, then at the end said your odds of winning are one in 200 million. I won't be buying a ticket.