If I won the powerball.....

If I won the Powerball......(485 Million)


I would move out of Indiana, but I don't think I would just live in just one place. I would have a ton of land. I would have a nice house, but nothing extravagant.

I would incorporate scrap metal into my home. Each room would have a different theme.

Bathroom- Copper. Would have a nice shine to it. Would be fun doing work on a copper toilet.

Kitchen- Stainless steel. Modern. Sleek. Wife wouldn't hate me.

Bedroom- Aluminum. Lightweight. Sturdy.

Living room- Silver. No idea how to incorporate this, but if I was that loaded, I would probably would have a silver end table.


What would you do with lots of millions of dollars?

Originally Posted by sledge

5. Find new ways to fill all of my new found "Free time"

It's a lot of fun taking old switches and outlets apart for the brass.

I'd buy KZ a warehouse to store all his weird fridges in.

Then I'd buy his current weird fridge an make it able to cool things again, an attach wheels. Then buy a new truck an hitch custom made for it, an I'd pull it everywhere with me, an name it george, an love it an hug it an...oops..

I'd buy every scrap room member a cooler. I'd say forum member, but there are way to many of you. Said cooler would be filled with beverages of their choice.

I'd then buy me my very own sandbar or island, retire to enjoy a life of cooler, an grills while investing my money in various scrap deals to keep me amused.

I'd also fly all the Cooler Pullers out for a grand party...it'd be a BYB party. Bring your own Bail.

I'd rent a convention center invite everyone to it for a SMF meet up. Drinks an food provided!

I would also fund a quote research program, an the perfect traveling cooler research program.

Am I being serious or am I kidding? When I win, you'll find out.

Sirscrapalot - It's not my fault you think the voices are scary. I find them quite soothing.

In all honesty .... i might just tear up the ticket and not tell anybody. I wouldn't know how to live that kind of life.

If I win, I'll pay for 5 of the schools for ya Burt.

Long as you promise to cook me a meal whenever I'm nearby.

I'd also like to add...I very rarely if ever play. My wife will when it gets big like this. I also find life to be risky enough for me. I gamble with buying an selling scrap, an so forth an so on. If I were to win I'd honestly either die from shock, or I dunno what. As someone else said..I could never live like "rich" people. As my wife would say..I'm pbr an hamburgers an steaks. Fancy food is weird.

An no..I don't really drink PBR..unless you buy it an bring it to me. lol. I never turn down free beverages, but I don't buy it.

I still stand by my first post. Those are fun things..not.."rich people" things.

Sirscrapalot - Goes golfing to sweet home Alabama with a keg attached to his cart.

I'd go out and buy my father a newer combine, tractor, and pickup. Not brand new- that's a waste of money, but nicer...

I'd then go to work. Without doing something, why live?

Well if this rolls over it will set a record for the largest amount. Here is how it became so large so far...

12/03/14 54 30 32 46 25 26 3 40,000,000
12/06/14 43 22 49 15 12 14 2 50,000,000
12/10/14 48 34 55 44 54 10 2 60,000,000
12/13/14 05 13 43 55 28 33 3 70,000,000
12/17/14 47 31 48 38 22 15 3 80,000,000
12/20/14 19 15 56 31 14 05 5 90,000,000
12/24/14 46 11 12 47 50 22 4 100,000,000
12/27/14 36 14 10 11 07 15 2 110,000,000
12/31/14 40 27 17 53 37 35 2 120,000,000
01/03/15 04 43 46 55 18 25 3 132,600,000
01/07/15 47 49 59 15 14 10 2 147,400,000
01/10/15 19 08 29 02 28 19 5 160,300,000
01/14/15 10 04 53 02 41 22 5 176,600,000
01/17/15 15 27 23 36 16 09 2 190,400,000
01/21/15 57 12 28 15 11 23 4 211,200,000
01/24/15 19 16 20 33 29 10 2 235,200,000
01/28/15 49 24 12 36 35 01 5 259,900,000
01/31/15 16 05 50 11 26 34 2 285,800,000
02/04/15 51 52 36 24 56 22 2 324,700,000
02/07/15 34 58 05 21 10 33 5 394,500,000

I don't have children, but they wouldn't get anything unless it was in the form of a salary.

The fact that I had to earn everything that I own has made me who I am. I wouldn't want anyone to not have that experience.

As an outdoorsman and educator, there is only one dream left to be fulfilled. After high school I wanted to homestead in the Yukon in Canada, a hermit of sorts. Because of a wrestling scholarship, I got a degree in education. Years in education provided certification in Project Adventure, certification as an archery instructor, scuba diving instructor, winter survival, educating youth, counseling, motivation, goal setting, etc. Personal experiences such as training horses, training dogs, farming, hunting, fishing, etc. provide a well rounded back ground.

So my dream would be to start a school for troubled youth in the middle of no where. To give you an idea of no where, helicopters would be needed to haul building supplies, mail would be delivered by airplane, pack trains would be used to move to civilization, etc. Any one could be sentenced there, to graduate they only have to walk away on their own. To stay warm they have to cut fire wood, to eat they have to farm and hunt, to move things they have to train animals, to take a bath they have to haul water and heat it, so on. The idea is to teach lifestyles are based on effort. If they are failing on the schooling portion of the program, they will not be allowed to cut firewood, plant crops, work with animals, or haul water until they finish studying. Self sufficiency would be the only common core standard of this education.

Of course anyone from the forum could visit, but you will have to negotiate with the residents for food and a warm place to sleep. I wanted to buy my first lottery ticket ever today, but forgot. Maybe next week.

Patriot my sister works with trouble teens there in South Dakota, Trying hard to provide a education, diversion away from crime, addictions and violent/abusive homes. For such a low per capitol population, that state has more than it's share of troubled youth. Your idea is exactly what she is recommending to the existing governor. She has made a lot of reforms there, but has nothing but horror stories still! The Native American youth in particular have dire needs, as the statistics indicate a continued state of hopelessness, without a big change of direction. The rural isolated camps would help reestablish some of their "lost heritage" also empowering them to heal and learn a better quality of life. Play the lottery and I hope you are the winner.

If i won tha powerball .. first i would pay off all my debts ... then buy myself a new Caddy-Rack ... then buy a NASCAR team ... what was left i'd bury it in fruit jars ...