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So if you won the lottery, what sort of irresponsible behavior will you engage it?
#1
So yeah don't talk to me about paying off the house, "retiring nicely" or sending your loser grandkids to college. I ain't hearin' it.

My trouble is that over the years I've had way too many hobbies, any one of which could instantly soak up a random windfall.

I'll start us off, by throwing a dart at one of my evergreen (and certainly terminally moribund) ones:

I'll luxuriantly explore every vintage Lansing speaker, pre-'80s. JB or Altec. I'll play with the Paragons, the VOOT / Valencias / Barcelonas and more. Consumer (home) models and commercial, I'll consider them all. Why don't we toss in several vintage Tannoy and such, also? Will we be looking at vintage Western Electric and others? Of course.

Of course I'll want to first refurb one or more of the barns here firstly, for a proper party venue. And there will of course be ancillary gear to go along with them. Source material should naturally all be from vintage Ampex tape machines playing the master tapes of course. Will I require Studers and BTR's? Yes. And proper tube supplies of course.
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#2
New house, pay off sisters' houses, some friends' houses.

Buy vacation homes in Pacific Northwest, Hawaii.

Grand world tour: Phase 1, Italy, Greece, Spain. Phase 2 Scandinavia, Phase 3 Eastern Europe. Phase 4, Turkey, Israel, Jordan. Phase 5, South Africa. Phase 6 China, Thailand, SE Asia. Phase 7 Antartica. Phase 8 Australia and New Zealand. Phase 9 England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland.

Custom made shoes.

Tesla SUV

iMac Pro

Daily massages. Weekly acupuncture

Psychedlic therapy

Benchmark amps, DAC/Premp. Orion+ Speakers

Large donations to charities and politics

Live-in chef and maid-maybe

Some discreet plastic surgery (jowls and eyes.

Athletic trainer and in-house equipment.

Meditation coach.

Huge fracking party for all my friends.
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#3
If "the barns here" are anywhere it snows... you are doing it wrong.
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#4
anonymouse1 wrote:
Huge fracking party for all my friends.

Didnt really work all that well for Billy Ray Valentine...
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#5
I'd set up a personal zoo where I could play with the animals.

Personal waterpark with penguins and otters anyone?
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#6
The forumnites must be aging, the obvious answer is -

Hookers and Booze

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#7
I’d start with indoor riding arena for the horses, indoor climbing wall with autobelay and a zip line at the top, a swimming treadmill, hydroponics system in a greenhouse.... a ten pack of my favorite hiking shoes. A small oceanfront house with a boat launch and a Valley Avocet LV to paddle there. I think I’ve spent enough!
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#8
My zoo would have a mermaid and a unicorn. I'm sure I could pay some Chinese geneticists to create me some.
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#9
Confusedmiley-score010:
Ombligo wrote:
The forumnites must be aging, the obvious answer is -

Hookers and Booze

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#10
With my windfall, I would buy a completely tricked-out Mac Pro with wheels, and use it to browse the web. With the remaining $15 I would buy snacks.
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