If i hit the lotto.....
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easy-e said:
if it takes a lotto win for you to get there.........well then I fell sorry for ya dude....
I would buy a diamond chestnut like Micheal Jackson, sit on my ass and do absolutely nothing
I would immediately quit my job, purchase a condo in one of the pool hotspots on the U.S. mainland, make preparations to make frequent trips to the Phillipines as well as work with a good coach, and work on my game full-time for two years. After that, you'd better pray to God that you play better than shortstop speed if you're going to woof at me, buddy!
I would party like there was no tomorrow. 2 Chics at once "anyway" How about a harem of them?
VIProfessor said:I would immediately quit my job, purchase a condo in one of the pool hotspots on the U.S. mainland, make preparations to make frequent trips to the Phillipines as well as work with a good coach, and work on my game full-time for two years. After that, you'd better pray to God that you play better than shortstop speed if you're going to woof at me, buddy!
Nice drop in!
I would have my attorney and my accountant set up a blind trust to claim the prize in a fictitious name.
Then I wouldn't have all the new leaches that come with a lottery win, and I wouldn't lose my real friends & family (many winners do.)
In the end I'd spend a lot more time doing the things I enjoy, and a lot less doing the things I don't. And I'd help some people who were truly in need.
Then I wouldn't have all the new leaches that come with a lottery win, and I wouldn't lose my real friends & family (many winners do.)
In the end I'd spend a lot more time doing the things I enjoy, and a lot less doing the things I don't. And I'd help some people who were truly in need.
I'd be consulting with a contract/tax attorney I trust BEFORE I turned the ticket in. After that? Probably not much...but then I'm old, happily married for over 32 years. Probably a place with a dream game room...you know, 9', 8', bar box, billiards, and snooker tables. Juke box okay, but NO TV allowed. Oh, and I'd want to keep a low profile...no "bling", no $$$ cars, that kind of stuff.
Money gives one more choices...I'd hope to make good ones. Depending on the amount won, there are some area charities I'd like to make happy, such as a local no kill animal shelter.
Money gives one more choices...I'd hope to make good ones. Depending on the amount won, there are some area charities I'd like to make happy, such as a local no kill animal shelter.
It depends on how much money we are talking about.
If it is a few million I would open up a pool room. If it is a big jack pot (20 million) I would hold an million dollar invitational tournament or challenge match, where the winner would get 1 million.
How does Thorsten Hohmann vs. John Schmidt in a 2000 point 14.1 match sound? 1 million to the winner $500 000 to the loser, and an extra $500 000 to the player who runs 500 balls or more.
If it is a few million I would open up a pool room. If it is a big jack pot (20 million) I would hold an million dollar invitational tournament or challenge match, where the winner would get 1 million.
How does Thorsten Hohmann vs. John Schmidt in a 2000 point 14.1 match sound? 1 million to the winner $500 000 to the loser, and an extra $500 000 to the player who runs 500 balls or more.
poolchic said:If i hit the lotto i would love to match up with anyone in the world.....Just to see how well i would do
What would you do?
If I won the lotto I'd retire and still not gamble. Of course, you have to play the lotto to win, don't you?
poolchic said:If i hit the lotto i would love to match up with anyone in the world.....Just to see how well i would do
What would you do?
i'd like to match up with you, Ms. Poolchic.........
DCP
I used to do a career development course and would have people really answer this question, in writing. Take a few weeks to come up with the best answer. Then I would tell them to go do it now!
If what you really want to do is own a pool room, go to work in one now. Because you are where you want to be, you will be the best employee in the business. Someone will come along and ask you to run another room. Then you?ll buy your own room. Your buddies will tell you how ?lucky? you are but it comes down to the idea that if you are doing what you truly love, you will be better at it than other people and life pays a premium for those who are good at what they do.
There is no place I would rather be, and nothing I would rather be doing that what I am doing right now. Can you say that!
I am retired, but I could say it before I was retired too. And this is only by way of saying that I really believe these ideas are true.
OK back to the jokes.
If what you really want to do is own a pool room, go to work in one now. Because you are where you want to be, you will be the best employee in the business. Someone will come along and ask you to run another room. Then you?ll buy your own room. Your buddies will tell you how ?lucky? you are but it comes down to the idea that if you are doing what you truly love, you will be better at it than other people and life pays a premium for those who are good at what they do.
There is no place I would rather be, and nothing I would rather be doing that what I am doing right now. Can you say that!
I am retired, but I could say it before I was retired too. And this is only by way of saying that I really believe these ideas are true.
OK back to the jokes.
JoeW said:
Joe, I think there is a distinction to be made between saying "There is no place I'd rather be." and saying "I'm satisfied with where I am now and how I got here." I personally would rather already be retired and just enjoying pool, reading (a lot), maybe even take another class or two, but I made decisions that were apparently right at the time which didn't go exactly as planned. I made choices like sending my kids to a Jesuit High School which I knew would prevent me from retiring when I wanted to, but it was what my kids needed. However, I can say I have no regrets and would do it all the same. That's the distinction I think should be made. Many, many people are not where they would prefer to be, but they are where they have to be to have done what they needed to do.