You inherit a hundred millionn dollars.

Hey, ya know . . . I'd do something like this as well. There's a whole lot of property where I grew up that's been bought up and "developed" by rich idiots from NYC. It came close to ruining the character of the area, but the popping of the housing bubble seems to have put the brakes on the more egregious activities. Every time I'm up in NY I drive by places I explored as a kid and think "man, I'd like to buy that up just so that no-one can ruin it."

Now, what would you not do?

I would not have a big, ridiculous mansion built. No more space than I need and can keep clean without a housekeeping staff. Cleaning/servant robots are OK, though.

I would not buy a fleet of "fashion accessory" cars that I never drive. Probably have a small handfull of varied vehicles, but usefull ones that all get driven. By me. No chau...cheu...chou...no dude in a suit and funny hat asking me where we're going today.

No big attention-whoring parties for everyone I've ever known. No seeking fame or notoriety at all. No being easy to find.

No big tasteless mansions, no. But I would dearly love to get hold of one of those decommissioned missile silos and build me a by-God Fortress of Lanzitude.

Probably not a jet. I might buy myself something smaller, like a Cirrus or something that is more easily maintainable and not the ultimate money pit. 100 mil is a lot of dough, but you start buying and maintaining jet aircraft and you'll find yourself a pauper again soon enough.

Oh, I forgot. I'd have a driver! I hate driving. I would totally have a driver, I guess 3 since I'll need one for both shifts.

i would travel a lot....and buy a reasonable little 3 bedroom house to come home to with the most luxurious bathtub i could find.

i'd also probably be a lifetime student. i would learn a little bit of everything and as many languages as my brain could handle.

i'd invest most of it and live off the interest. charitable donations would also come out of the interest. i would never ever work for pay again.

I'd have a driver and personal assistant, whether I need them or not.

Also, a butler overseeing a cook and a housekeeper and landscaper/gardener.

My house would not be larger than maybe 3500-4000 square feet, but the property would be huge. Maybe 200+ acres.

Indoor pool, private shooting range in the basement... cool shit like that.

Oh, the dream!

I'd continue to travel and teach--not having a job is boring. I'd probably go back for my advanced degree at some point. I'd buy a bunch of Italian suits and a sports car, and a permanent but modest place in the States to crash. I'd pay someone full-time to maintain the place and cook for me. I'd relieve family debts and give to charity, and invest the rest.

Yeah, I'd go modest too. I'd build a 1,500sq ft house...as a disguise...on top of my 300,000sq ft bunker complete with nuclear power supply.

I don't know about a nuke reactor, but a couple diesel generators would not go amiss. I've even thought about a couple wind generators and some solar panels, with storage batteries somewhere on the property. My own well and sewage treatment, too. Ideally I wouldn't even be connected to municipal water and power. Maybe even direct satellite communications. Not gonna end the standoff by cutting of my utilities, fuckers!

The diesel is backup. I'm thinking submarine-like self containment. Of course, I'm just yanking your chain. I'd probably build an approximately 6,000-8,000sq ft home (including full basement) and a couple of smaller houses (2br/2bath) on the property for my parents and in-laws.

100 grand each to my mom and sister who are living at subsistence level in the dregs of South Carolina. (Mary may do the same for her sister if she wishes).

10 grand each to the nieces and nephews. Maybe a little extra to my sister's oldest, on the proviso that he use it to hire a hit on his useless bitch of a wife.

Buy a largish house with enough land that neighbors won't even hear me shooting my .45-70 in the back yard. The house will be big enough to have large separate display rooms for my models and Mary's doll houses, and a large work room for each of us.

Learn to fly. With an airplane. Possibly buy a Piper Cub (or similar) and put an airstrip in the yard.

Crack down and regain my drawing skills and work up a comic book series for self-publishing.

And that's pretty much all I aspire to - relaxation and hobbies.

IT'S MINE!!!! ALL MINE!!!! FUCK THE LOT OF YOU, IT'S MINE!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd probably take a modest vacation first, probably to Lahaina in Maui. Maybe just spend the first month hanging out, with nowhere to go, and all day to get there.

Once I got bored of that, I'd probably start a video game company and try and turn that $100 mil into $200 mil. With some of the shit game companies are coming out with nowadays, this seems very likely to succeed.

I'd spend the rest of my days writing stories for my video games.'

I'd also offer some to my parents, but it's not like they need it. I'd probably give a modest amount, say $50k, to my two best friends.

I'd immediately quit this job.

I'd probably take a year and do absolutely nothing except possibly travel (I've wanted to do that ever since reading Neil Peart's Ghost Rider, though I wouldn't do it on a motorcycle).

I'd buy a relatively large piece of property (200-300 acres) near the city, probably one that already has a sizeable house on it (there are a number of them currently for sale). I'd probably do nothing but raise chickens and relax for the rest of my life, though I could see myself going back to school and getting enough education so I can teach what I know to college kids so maybe at least a few of them actually become good at their job.

Oh, and I'd definitely buy a few nice cars (though not as many as you might think) and a handful of armored vehicles, plus I'd build facilities capable of storing and maintaining them (overhead lifts and such capable of pulling turrets and power packs).

I'd take care of a few close friends and family members, too, as well as contribute to some charities.

Invest in land and a house, probably somewhere in the midwest. Upgrade the computer, sock the rest away in investments and live on the interest. Oh, with the exception of the two broads at once deal, that's definitely happening.

After taking care of my family I'd keep working for the time being, but I'd buy up a shitload of real estate around the world. Waterfront mostly.

Once all my properties were bought and renovated to my liking - this would probably take a few years - I'd take a leave of absence from my job as I'd be a shareholder in the company by then and spend time travelling from property to property.

I'm actually most excited about the business prospects. One of the wealthiest men I know started with a small junkyard. He now owns outright or has an interest in about ten different businesses and is a millionaire several times over.

Over the years, I've had the opportunity to buy an interest in several local businesses, but I've never had the cash or desire to leave my retirement behind. Remove those issues, and I'd be all over it. One of my very best friends owns a sign, graphics, trophy, print, etc. shop. He's been trying to talk the wife and I into buying out his partner for a year.

I'd like nothing more than to invest in that company, buy new equipment so he'd stop having to outsource certain jobs (screen printing and some other small things), hire some people, and really get the show rolling. With that kind of financial backing, we could stand to take a hit to the bottom line for a year or two as the cost of equipment and relocating is mitigated.

I have another friend, from out of state, that has a great business and a great business plan. He just needs more cash than he has to make the transition from small business into medium business. I'd love to buy a share of that business and see that happen.

I'd love to invest everywhere, but that would spread me to thin on the human side of things. I'd want to be able to be personally involved in both ventures just because I think it'd be that much fun.

I used to think I'd keep working if I won the lottery or inherited a boat load or whatever, but the way work has gone since Christmas I would punch out of this crap in a heartbeat.

Oh... I just realized, yesterday was my 12th anniversary working for this same employer. That's 2x the amount of time I was in the military. Surreal!

Oh... is the gift tax already paid on this 100 million? Because if not, I'm going to advocate lowering taxes on the wealthy and campaign for Demiurge to get put in prison, somehow.

The flying thing does interest me, though I'd do it a bit different. Can a dude with glasses get a pilot's license? How big would a helicopter need to be to lift a short-wheelbase jeep and maybe 8-10 people?

I'm thinking, choppah from the compound to the airstrip, then some kind of cargo plane with a belly bay big enough to hold-you guessed it-a short-wheelbase jeep. Plane flies to coastal airfield. Another cargo choppah to the re-purposed patrol boat with a landing pad on the fantail, patrol boat to private island, choppah delivers jeep.

Zombie apocalypse successfully escaped.

Fuck charity, unless Charity is hot, then I would fuck her. Hmm.. that's a circular argument. But I don't get the fund/give/donate thing that many people seem to be on. I'd live it up, but the first thing I would buy is THIS!!! FUCK YEA!!!

Then after that, anything would be pretty mundane, but just imagine the pick up lines that you could use from that.

And yes... I'd probably still became an ass, hell a complete asshole because of it.

Wait... I notice that the thread says "inherit" now. I thought the original text was about the lottery. That is further reinforced by Hood's statement that lottery winnings aren't taxed in the UK.

From a practical standpoint, inheriting is different from winning the lottery. What did my benefactor do to earn all that money? I'm probably now a large part of that.

With that kind of money, you can probably afford to dispense with the bikinis.

I'd quit my job and invest the money, using part of it to subsidize more satisfying employment that might not pay as well. Not sure whether that means buying my own business or just taking a pleasant low-paying job for the fun of it. Flight instruction doesn't pay well, for example, but if I had a million extra dollars to help pay my bills it might be a neat way to earn a little cash.

Oh, a hundred mill? How much do I get to keep? Yeah, I'd quit my job for that.

I declined to chose the "charity" option because of the provision "keep a nest egg for yourself"

i would indeed give a lot of it away, but directly, and spend more than a "nest egg" on myself.

1. Establish my wife and kids in comfort and security but not opulence for life.
2. Establish trusts which pay out a regular, healthy but not crazy income for them and for myself (that is, a secure income which will exist no matter what i do with the rest of it)
3. have all the medical/surgical stuff I need to do done to look as much like my avatar as is medically possible (given my age)
4. repay everyone who has ever helped me at a rate of $10-to-$1 at least
5. Help selected other individuals as i see fit, and revel in withholding any gift to those who have disowned me (or worse) in the last three years).
6. set up a retreat which is completely off the gird. it would be a fairly modest home but it would be as secure and self sufficient as it was possible to make it.
7. Travel, both for pleasure and for service of point #8. For pleasure it would involve: visiting all the friends i have acquired on-line and doing good for them (whatever seemed best for their particular situation); spending a lot of time on my Toronto blue jays fixation by visiting ST every year, and maintaining a residence in Toronto during the summer so that i could go to as many home games as i wanted each year (with a box behind home plate naturally) until that fascination wore off; visiting whatever places fascinated me, going to comic-cons and so forth;
.8 Set up a foundation which administered matching grants to TS people who could not afford treatment for their condition, based upon me personally visiting with these people and concluding that I was satisfied the need existed, and the character of the person was able to process having their needs met like that (that is, avoiding the flighty person or whatever). I kind of envision this being a sort of "undercover boss" situation where i just pay her a visit and get to know her, maybe rent in the area for 6 months or so and really spend some time with them, and then, if i decide to help her, leave her the grant before I go and swear her to not reveal who helped her and then move on to the next candidate. This might also involve helping them take care of their family if they had suffered loss because of their condition.

That would essentially be my career or my calling - the thing i do with my time so as to not be "ideal rich" blowing their money on stupid shit.

9. if there was time and effort left (I'm sure their would be) I would support organizations and lobbying which furthers the cause of legal equality for transsexual people and supports research and so forth.

• Rent/Lease/Partner on a private jet.
• Ski Chalet somewhere in the Mountain West.
• Buy a tropical island somewhere.
• Travel: Europe first..all the big destinations, across multiple trips. Then the Orient and Aussieland + NZ. Egypt, Turkey, perhaps Israel. Safari in Africa. Eventually South America. I'd also RV all around North America for months at a time.
• I'd invest my money--primarily in safer holdings, and live off the interest.
• I'd set up an Educational Foundation and hand out scholarships to those I think are deserving.
• I'd buy season tickets to the Cards, Blues, and Rams, and attend a few games while giving most of the tickets away to various friends & family.
• I'd also like to buy a bar--nothing fancy, just a nice, bare-bones honky-tonk kinda place to hang out at.