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2012/03/30 07:48:37
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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corpsesarefun wrote:With my 337.381072 million pounds I'd give £100 to each member of dakka, buy a large house in the states and proceed to live there in luxury.
feth the states. Hit up Sydney.
Nude beeches, and surfer girls are hard to refuse. Nothing tones the hindquarters like balancing on piece of buoyant foam while being pushed by a wave.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. |
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2012/03/30 08:20:34
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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LordofHats wrote:I'd build a fully functional replica of a Tiger tank. Then I'd build a bunch of replica Shermans and shoot at them for fun 
Awesome!
"Hey you, wandering drifters that no-one will miss, how would you like to have a fun day driving some Sherman tanks around? No cost, just drive it around my extensive estate miles from the eyes of the public. It'll be a blast!"
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2012/03/30 08:28:21
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Stubborn Dark Angels Veteran Sergeant
Behind you
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Have a heart attack and die.
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2012/03/30 10:06:48
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Take XXXTreme Couponing to the next level!
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2012/03/30 10:38:48
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Shas'ui with Bonding Knife
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i would build a 2,000 point death krops of kerig army.... ok, only most of a 2,000 point army, not sure that would cover a full 2,000 points.
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2012/03/30 10:48:10
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
Cruising Ultima Segmentum
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If I am being honest with myself I would probably buy a house and invite my best friends to live there, I would also make sure that my great grandparents and grandparents' bills and stuff were all paid so they could buy things they liked, probably do this for most of my family actually... then I would buy the materials needed to build my own WWII U-boat.Then I would probably save the rest for living an eccentric life as the man who lives in a U-boat for a few months with my friends as crew.
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2012/03/30 11:39:04
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Ancient Chaos Terminator
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Plans.. Ohh I have PLAN'S if I win....... But you have to take a couple of things into consideration... First, do you take the cash option or the yearly payout option? I would take the cash. So that 540 mill imediatly drops to 270 mill, since they take a 50% penalty for the cash option. Then you have to pay your Taxes on this new found wealth. Lottery winning count as gambeling winnings to the IRS so now you have to subtract almost 40% (in reality I thik its 37.6 % but 40% is a good round number to work from). So now you are left with 162 mil. Some states also have income tax so you will get hit agin. Now we are down to around 97 mill. Thats still a butload of cash though. The first thing I would do is divide that in half so now I have 2 chunks of 48.5 mill. One half goes into the bank to to grow/work, to take care of me and my family. The other 48.5 mill.. well I have a peice of property already, but I would add to it. I have a decent house but I would do some renovations. The I would build a castle.... A pretty big castle... Here let me show you....
www.castlemagic.com
Go look at the Jousting Castle...That would be the base building.. I would add to it... From my calculations I could build almost exactly what I want for about 25-30 Mill. Leaving me with around 20 mill to play with. I have some charitys I would give to. some people I would make sure get a boost. Then I would sit back and just enjoy...
Ohh and start saving all my fingernail clippings and never shave or get a haircut agin.... ever......
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"I have traveled trough the Realm of Death and brought back novelty pencils"
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
the band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light,and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out. |
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2012/03/30 11:51:42
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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-Give 50% to charity. I have a list.
-Find a crappy elementary. Promise all the kids college education if they can make it, when they reach 18. Victory!
-Wiener dog bling! TBone will look right gangster with titanium and diamond replacement teeth. I could use some myself too.
-Block party followed by fireworks show for the city.
-A full auto Tommy gun.
-Take the wife on our fabled trip to Italy, then start our USA victory tour on bikes and side cars a few years earlier than planned.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2012/03/30 12:31:06
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Blood-Raging Khorne Berserker
I don't even KNOW anymore.
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"I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man."
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2012/03/30 13:05:35
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Gitkikka wrote:"I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man."
Office Space for the win! 
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2012/03/30 13:54:03
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Madrak Ironhide
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Quit workin.
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2012/03/30 13:58:33
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Sneaky Sniper Drone
Mushroom village
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Genetically enhanced super hamsters 
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As much as I love Warhammer 40000 and all of it's awesomeness and grim darkness - I must here say Clone Commandos would won the day.
Brother Coa speaking against the imperium!?
This can't be unless....Alpharius, is that you? |
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2012/03/30 14:04:19
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Preacher of the Emperor
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Veteran Sergeant wrote:If 40K has Future Rifles, and Future Tanks, and Future Artillery, and Future Airplanes and Future Grenades and Future Bombs, then contextually Future Swords seem somewhat questionable to use, since it means crossing Future Open Space to get Future Shot At.
Polonius wrote:I categorically reject any statement that there is such a thing as too much boob.
Coolyo294 wrote:Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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2012/03/30 14:06:02
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos
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http://www.missilebases.com/properties
That is my first stop.
Then I'd open a nightclub or something. And I'd try to nail as many hot, hard-bodied young women as I could.
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Veteran Sergeant wrote:Oh wait. His fluff, at this point, has him coming to blows with Lionel, Angryon, Magnus, and The Emprah. One can only assume he went into the Eye of Terror because he still hadn't had a chance to punch enough Primarchs yet.
Albatross wrote:I guess we'll never know. That is, until Frazzled releases his long-awaited solo album 'Touch My Weiner'. Then we'll know.
warboss wrote:I marvel at their ability to shoot the entire foot off with a shotgun instead of pistol shooting individual toes off like most businesses would.
Mr Nobody wrote:Going to war naked always seems like a good idea until someone trips on gravel.
Ghidorah wrote: You need to quit hating and trying to control other haters hating on other people's hobbies that they are trying to control.
ShumaGorath wrote:Posting in a thread where fat nerds who play with toys make fun of fat nerds who wear costumes outdoors.
Marshal2Crusaders wrote:Good thing it wasn't attacked by the EC, or it would be the assault on Magnir's Crack.
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2012/03/30 14:09:21
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Solahma
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malfred wrote:Quit workin.
Aw, really? ): Automatically Appended Next Post: Lint wrote:http://www.missilebases.com/properties
Wow, thanks for sharing that! Very cool. I'd have prints from FallOut made to hang all over the place in a house like that.
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2012/03/30 14:18:05
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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Buy myself a good sandwich?
Seriously though, a lot of my focus would be in setting up trusts, etc and ensuring my family is taken care of for generations. My wife and I are fiscally conservative people...while we'd certainly spend money, we wouldn't do stupid stuff like buying yachts, jet planes, or houses all over the world. Maybe we'd splurge on a beach house in Delaware with a slip for a boat that the family could enjoy. But wealth preservation (and keeping *some* level of normalcy for our kids) would be the name of the game. Certain charities would get a check, and we might make some gifts to our alma maters. Boring stuff.
I would, however, be tempted to use a half mil to hire a bunch of the best mini sculptors as freelancers to work up new 28mm miniature lines, including Space Slann and Genestealer Cults. All just for me.
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2012/03/30 14:20:32
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Dominar
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I would buy a downtown parking lot in a major metropolitan area.
Then I would build a gas station right across from the parking lot. I would have the lowest gas prices in town; my gas station would operate at break-even, undercutting all of my competition.
THEN I would buy enough fully pimped out Escalades to fill the parking lot (~50), with a 20 foot high razorwire chain link fence and 24/7 on-site security. The escalades would be mounted on rollers so that each one could be run non-stop at roughly 60 mph.
Then I would not even live in that city.
It would be the ultimate expression of nihilistic disdain; every time someone stopped at my gas station to buy gas they would have to look at my fleet of gas guzzling escalades, each burning through 3 gallons of fuel per hour 24/7. And yet, they would! They would do so because I have the cheapest gas in town! Ah-haHAHAHAHA
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2012/03/30 15:08:11
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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Buy a working copy of Liberty Prime and a suit of Brotherhood of Steel T-51b power armour.
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Iron Warriors 442nd Grand Battalion: 10k points |
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2012/03/30 15:28:31
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
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Lots of drugs.
After that, who cares.
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Ever thought 40k would be a lot better with bears?
Codex: Bears.
NOW WITH MR BIGGLES AND HIS AMAZING FLYING CONTRAPTION |
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2012/03/30 15:44:49
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Battlefield Tourist
MN (Currently in WY)
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sourclams wrote:I would buy a downtown parking lot in a major metropolitan area.
Then I would build a gas station right across from the parking lot. I would have the lowest gas prices in town; my gas station would operate at break-even, undercutting all of my competition.
THEN I would buy enough fully pimped out Escalades to fill the parking lot (~50), with a 20 foot high razorwire chain link fence and 24/7 on-site security. The escalades would be mounted on rollers so that each one could be run non-stop at roughly 60 mph.
Then I would not even live in that city.
It would be the ultimate expression of nihilistic disdain; every time someone stopped at my gas station to buy gas they would have to look at my fleet of gas guzzling escalades, each burning through 3 gallons of fuel per hour 24/7. And yet, they would! They would do so because I have the cheapest gas in town! Ah-haHAHAHAHA
I take my hat off to you sir.
That is positively Bondian levels of villainy.
I would do a bunch of responsible stuff, like hire a lawyer, set-up some trusts, put stuff in investments, etc. Basically make sure I could lve comfortably off the interst forever, and never touch the principle.
If I had enough left over, I would consider starting a ThinkTank like the RAND Corporation.
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2012/03/30 15:48:27
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I think I'd take a nap. On my huge pile of money. Like a dragon.
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2012/03/30 16:07:03
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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$539M
Set myself and my family up for life with the 'spare change': $9M
Set up long term business investments for myself and family: $30M
Start a manned space program, separating all assets for legal reasons: $500M
- Set up escrow for salaries and pensions. $250M
- Set up fund for materials. $50M
- Set up fund for tooling. $100M
- Set up fund for operations. $100M
Recruiting is key. Get the right people and this could go far. Get the wrong people and it goes nowhere.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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2012/03/30 16:10:22
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Batmobile.
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DA:70S+G+M+B++I++Pw40k08+D++A++/fWD-R+T(M)DM+
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2012/03/30 16:18:37
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Pyre Troll
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kronk wrote: every Batmobile.
fixed that for ya
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2012/03/30 16:22:03
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Fireknife Shas'el
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1. donate millions to selected charities
2. Buy houses in Colorado, Miami and an apartment in NYC
3. Buy Lambroghini, and new f-250
4. Setup buisnesses
5. make MOAR money
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8000 Dark Angels  (No primaris)
10000 Lizardmen  (Fantasy I miss you)
3000 High Elves 
4000 Kel'shan Ta'u 
"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which." -Douglas Adams |
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2012/03/30 16:22:59
Subject: What would you do with $539 Million?
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Open the cafe I've been wanting to, buy a new motorcycle and begin a carer producing adult entertainment videos.
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"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.
I am Red/Black
Take The Magic Dual Colour Test - Beta today!
<small>Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.</small>I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent. |
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2012/03/30 17:17:13
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Buy a ton of land, build homes for myself and close relatives. Pay off debts, give my current home to a family in need and pay off the taxes on it for 10 years. Buy a few of the firearms that Ive drooled over for years. Buy a practical vehicle, buy a crazy rich guy vehicle. Donate to charities, invest. Done. Automatically Appended Next Post: FITZZ wrote: Open the cafe I've been wanting to, buy a new motorcycle and begin a carer producing adult entertainment videos.
Some might think that crazy/perverted. I say, its as close to a sure cash cow as anything could be
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2012/03/30 19:03:52
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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KingCracker wrote:Buy a ton of land, build homes for myself and close relatives. Pay off debts, give my current home to a family in need and pay off the taxes on it for 10 years. Buy a few of the firearms that Ive drooled over for years. Buy a practical vehicle, buy a crazy rich guy vehicle. Donate to charities, invest. Done.
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FITZZ wrote: Open the cafe I've been wanting to, buy a new motorcycle and begin a carer producing adult entertainment videos.
Some might think that crazy/perverted. I say, its as close to a sure cash cow as anything could be
Exactly my reasons behind using some of those windfalls to go into both the Cafe and " film" industries...both cater to basic human "needs" 
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"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.
I am Red/Black
Take The Magic Dual Colour Test - Beta today!
<small>Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.</small>I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent. |
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2012/03/30 20:03:51
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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KingCracker wrote:Buy a ton of land, build homes for myself and close relatives. Pay off debts, give my current home to a family in need and pay off the taxes on it for 10 years.
I think you'd have to let them pay the taxes so they'd have some skin in the game.
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2012/03/30 20:35:55
Subject: Re:What would you do with $539 Million?
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Veteran ORC
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If no one wins it, it's supposed to be up to $700M TONIGHT.
Holy crap.
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