If somebody dropped $100 million in your lap

[Darrell KSR]

...would you continue doing what you are doing (as employment?)

[bigsky]

No, and not just no, but expletive deleted no

[dan_bgblue]

Quit my current job before the ink dried on the money, and turn one of my two hobbies into a career. Might not make a lot of money, but I dang sure would have a lot of fun trying.

[Doc]

I would likely work but work pro bono

[dan_bgblue]

Just had a thought. Is 100 mil enough money to buy a small island nation?

[CitizenBBN]

I'm of two minds. I might keep doing what I'm doing, but use some of the money to make the capital investments that it would be done differently. Obviously with that kind of financial security we sure wouldn't work as hard.

The other one, the smart one, is thinking I'd get a nice place in Key West and die of liver failure, rich and happy.

[bigsky]

... The other one, the smart one, is thinking I'd get a nice place in Key West and die of liver failure, rich and happy.

perfect

[CitizenBBN]

perfect

It's the smart move. Surely I can find something there to occupy my days, maybe write apps and such, work a few days a week on that sort of thing, get 10 hours sleep every night I'm not partying.

Would sure be nice to try it for six months and see how it goes.

[Lfbj00]

I wouldn't even clean out my locker here at the Big Brown Plane Facilty!!! They can have it all....

[KSRBEvans]

I don't think I'd keep doing what I'm doing, but I'd do something else.

It would take me a couple of years of thinking about it while sitting on a Caribbean beach to figure it out, though.

[suncat05]

I'd retire so fast it'd make the Sheriff's head spin!
My wife and I would of course find ways to invest that money and make it grow and work for us and our kids. Family gets taken care of first. Period.
Work? Well, I probably would continue to do a bit of gunsmithing. Aside from that, the hardest work I would intend to do would be hefting those 12 ounce curls.

[Darrell KSR]

I have evolved over the last few years. Have helped a lot of people, and have had a lot of very grateful people. Have had a few that made me very frustrated.

I have always said I'd keep working doing what I'm doing, but be much more selective on what matters I work on and who I help. I think I'd have to take a break and then re-figure it out now, though. Might do the same thing. Might do something different. It makes me think I'd follow BEvans' plan of taking some time off (I might say 3-6 months, though) before figuring it out.

[Doc]

While I say I would continue to work but do so pro bono, I'd certainly do it at a different pace. Odds are I'd work for rescues and other "worthy" causes. I could see me doing things like disaster rescue where I'd travel to locations, work with service animals, or animal rescue groups but do it at a slower pace and not 9-5, 52 weeks a year.

[blueboss]

I would continue to work, but I'd be on very thin ice. More importantly I would not let the owners of the company know about my financial situation. Then the first small piddly thing that they asked me to do that o disagreed with I would say "you know what? I'm done you run it" and then just leave.

100 mil is enough to take care of the kids and live happily ever after.


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[kingcat]

I'd like to own and oversee a large farm which could employ my family and friends. It would be my goal to see that children who might visit with their families experience old fashion down on the farm fun.
Feed the chickens, pony rides, milking, simple planting with a promise to maintain their produce until the next visit, safe tree climbing, fruit picking, pumpkin seed toss, and anything connected to a historical American farm and harvest theme. Even an old early 1900's replicated county fair and small midway.

Lots of places like this, but they all seem to be overpriced, profit oriented, companies with very little of the children's theme park appeal.
That old farm lifestyle is slowly disappearing and is too important a part of our culture to discard

I can envision children on a hike through a corn field or pumpkin patch getting the surprise of a lifetime when OZ's scarecrow appears and performs.

Things like those which would make my six young grand kids flash those awesome smiles I thrive on.

[BigBluePappy]

I voted for continuing my present job, just not as much. It is an exciting time with all the growth possibilities at my work. I would just scale back to a 40 hour week instead of the average of 60...

[CGWildcat]

I would be gone from my job so quick! It would be a stop in the bosses office for about 5 seconds and say, "I'm out, good luck" as I hand him my resignation that says, "I'm out bitches" with my signature and date. I would grab my foghorn leghorn doll with the cigar, all my challenge coins, my old mountain dew bottle and RC cola Kentucky wildcat bottle from on top my desk, and assorted UK stuff. Not much else.

Id then offer my landlord enough money to make her say yes to selling us the house. Make a ton of improvements over the next few months, while getting my "stay at home" stepson out of the house quicker than my resignation. (22 is old enough). I'd set up my daughter and son in law and their 3 awesome kids, while doing the same for my son and his new bride (in 2 weeks). Probably pay their rent and school for the next year and half while they finish up college.

I'd buy a studio/gallery space for my photography. Create some different rooms within, for different types of shots, hire a very small staff, 2-3 people as needed only, not full time, but make sure they were compensated appropriately for their time.

Travel to some very amazing places and capture it all, after buying a large format camera so I can adorn your walls!! Then come back to Kentucky and find about 20 bottles of the hard to find/buy Pappy Van Winkle. I'd also have quite the wine cellar with some very very good vintage wines.

Then go make a large K fund donation so I can get the seats I want for Football and that little round ball game we play too. Make those seats available to whomever I choose when I cant make it back for games.

I'd also pay off my stepdaughters student loans, she probably wouldnt accept anything else, but I'd make sure she had it. I'd also make some kind of an anonymous donation to a couple of my old shipmates and their families who struggle like the rest of us, but more importantly had my back and helped me up when I was at my lowest during my AD time. The guys you take a call 24/7 for.

Once all thats taken care of, I'll fly down to the Carribbean and see what the rest of you guys are up to. Show you a few local spots in the virgin islands.