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cabingal3
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2011 18:03
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if u won the lottery.would u move to your property today?
would u sell and get a better piece of property?
would u have a cabin built or continue building a cabin on your own?
what things would u buy for your place in the woods that u can not afford to get right now??
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hattie
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2011 18:19
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Hi cabingal3 *S*....Well I already live at my cabin so I wouldn't move. But I would buy the 100 year old hotel next door and fix it up really nice. I'd get it right back to its original decor. I wouldn't use it as a hotel anymore but I'd put a library on the top floor, a museum on the middle floor and the main floor would be a restaurant and little shops.
Since I don't usually buy lottery tickets, I don't think it'll happen though. *grin*
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2011 18:36
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yes.Hattie.this is us too.i always tell hubby...look at the powerball.what if we won 40 million.he always tells me that we have to purchase a ticket first and actually play.lol
like your ideas of what u would do though.hugs
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2011 20:37
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Well, we dont play the lottery either...... although my husbands aunt played 18 years ago and won 1.8 Million here in Michigan. They retired early, traveled alot..... Mostly to Vegas( I cant stand Vegas), and they gave their kids and grandkids a lot of money.
Yes, i would move there tomorrow........... get the two horses ive always wanted, not work and maybe add on to the place...... make it a little more roomy. I would have the most amazing Green House..... a beautiful wood pasture fence.... and just live happily ever after. OH.. and I would pay off my medical bills. That would be wonderful.
Thanks for getting me dreaming..........
Naturelover66
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samoni
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2011 17:52
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there's a new lakefront subdivision that we've had an eye on for a few months and I think, I would buy all the lots there, build a nice cabin on one to move to, and leave the other ones untouched.
I think, my husband would want to build the cabin himself, but we would hire some of the guys that work with him just to speed it up.
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squirrel
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2011 22:19
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I 'd say I would like to buy us a 50 acrea place with a lake or a nice size pond with a creek and since money is no prob I will build a nice log cabin with a solar system and i would happy but like the rest I don't play the lottery never was good a winning anything and right now for me 5$ may get me something for the cabin i am working on and its a sure thing so no ticket for me but i will still happy with what i have.
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rayyy
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# Posted: 20 Mar 2011 06:06
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I look at it this way,I'm the luckiest man in the world.I'm a young,healthy,ablebodied man who has lived a fabulous and wonderful life.I wouln't change anything.I'm very creative and resorceful.So in a way,I have hit the lottery! :-)
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bobrok
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# Posted: 20 Mar 2011 16:40
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Good for you, rayyy. I like this.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 20 Mar 2011 17:10
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Quoting: rayyy So in a way,I have hit the lottery! :-)
Looks like you don't have to be admonished to spend it well, as it appears you already know how.
Great attitude!
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SmlTxCabin
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# Posted: 20 Mar 2011 19:50
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I would definitely keep my place for visiting the fam...As it is so close to my family's ranch. But I would definitely purchase land either on a lake, or nice remote property with a tank/pond on it for fishing and wildlife. I just couldn't afford that type of property right now. Maybe one day though.
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Vince P
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:20
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What a wonderful thread.
For me, I suppose I would be considered a bit odd were I to come into a windfall of cash because I wouldn't get more "stuff"... I would work towards having less because I would need less. I wouldn't need all of the amenities necessary to keep myself working to support my family. I wouldn't need or want more than one car. I wouldn't need to have work clothes vs. regular clothes. You get the idea.
Twenty years ago, before marriage and kids, I lived out of a backpack and traveled the country for the better part of a year on foot. I slept wherever I landed and had very little $ to my name. But get this... it was among the best times of my life. The freedom I've experienced has been unequaled since. No job, no bills, no headaches. So I suppose I would try to replicate that feeling of freedom. Not by tying myself down to having more possessions, more responsibility and more liability, but by concentrating on what I love without that silly little thing called WORK.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:42
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We need to revive the woodstock-hippie thread folks. Y'all listening?
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Gary O
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 15:28
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Quoting: Vince P I would work towards having less because I would need less
Quoting: bobrok We need to revive the woodstock-hippie thread folks. Y'all listening
See?
It's these subjects that send me w-a-a-a-a-y off the beaten path.
Goin' to another thread to post, 'cause Vince's micro bio has prompted a torrent of thoughts, and bob ain't helpin'
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bobrok
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 15:46 - Edited by: bobrok
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whatyoutalking'boutwillis?
Edit: seriously, though, I would probably seek out a somewhat large tract of forest on a mountain lake and build and live there full time. But that would not take as much money as one might get in a real 'windfall'.
I like Vince P's assessment and would probably do much the same as far as not acquiring more stuff. I've never lived off the land as he has but I can relate to the replication of freedom from a simpler time with no trouble.
So what would I do with the money? I'm sure I would give some to church/charity although I'd have to be very careful with specifics of how it be used. I would pay off my kids college loans. It's so unfair that they be penalized to that great an extent and for so long a time for doing something that we expected of them in the first place. Maybe offer to pay off mortgages for them as well. I would probably travel. I've not traveled much at all in my life and there are places my wife would like to go that right now are only a dream...me too for that matter. I would make a trust or investment of some guarantee for my grandchildren, should they arrive sometime in the future.
I don't have a lot of wants or needs and I really can't fashion myself a big spender. I'd likely pass it on mostly.
Well, maybe I'd buy a '58 Impala, fully restored, and take it to the drive-in with my wife.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 17:07
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Quoting: bobrok Well, maybe I'd buy a '58 Impala, fully restored,
Frame-up Rebuild '49 Willys flat fender pick up, w/small block (283), 2wd, 4spd, pristine mech, done myself with the new time available, but not body finished (ever)
sigh
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bobrok
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 17:14 - Edited by: bobrok
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be still my heart. sorry i spelt 'willis' incorrectly up there.
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 18:16
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bobrok------- nice comment about you and your wife at the drive in. Very nice.
And yeah, the hippie/ woodstock thread was getting good..... until it was nixed.
Ive always loved the 67 Mustang...... the coupe. All original ofcourse..... in blue.
A thread about cars would be nice.........
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2011 18:51
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Quoting: naturelover66 A thread about cars would be nice.........
start one ====and i will post a pic of my 1974 landcruiser and my 1950 chev. panel truck///////
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unixfmike
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2011 22:21
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I would not move to my property. I would buy land in Missouri, USA closer to where I want to retire.
I wouldn't sell the land, I would give it to the local high school to auction for FFA or 4H club to raise funds for kids who are helping develop our agricultural future.
I'd buy a house in a nearby town to live in, and build my new cabin, but have the nice stuff like a well, septic tank, and electricity from a big windmill or solar array. I might even hire someone to build it just so I could sit and drink beer and watch someone else work, and have no remorse doing that.
I can't say what I'd buy, because I'm not sure. Technically my place did burn, but I can afford to replace it, along with the few small "toys" that were there. Oh wait, I would get a wood stove, a custom built one at that too.
I'd also go find some totally random church and donate a dufflebag full of cash, afterall, they do good stuff for good people anyway and can always use some help.
--MikeW
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Borrego
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2011 22:16
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67 GTO anyone?
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 16:39
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Vince,
The carefree life you described as living for almost a year sounds idealic!!
But, just think, what if everyone, or almost everyone, were to, at the same time cease to work for a full year???
I guarantee you that , economically, our country would "Go to hell in a hand basket" in the space of that same year.
There must be a lot of producers producing steadily in order to be able to allow a few free loaders to free load.
I do not use the term free loader easily & I do not refer to people with legitimate pensions, the disabled, etc.
I have no sympathy for a person who is able to work until retirement but chooses not to.
I am 76 & have never been unemployed & I am currently working full time. The idea that anyone is illegally benefiting from my labors galls me!
I will now withdraw into my shell & await the inevitable responses, pro or con. LOL
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 16:51
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Lottery ......Sheeech.....Where's that buck going to come from?
Let's start with ''if you found a buck''
Owen
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 19:58
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If i won a big lottery, I'd start planning on building a log home at my current property. I might look for other property too.
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countryred
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 21:53
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"IF" We won it, which is very unlikely, we don't play. But IF,..we would buy our land and have a cabin within a month. My wife says a 1954 Chevy pick up to run to town and get groceries. I would buy a few nice rifles and fishing poles. Nothing fancy.
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 23:39
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I'd love to take time off to build another cabin by hand in the slowest of fashion. I'd remake the old camps where there were multiple buildings for different purposes. It would be a small resort of sorts. I'd even include a sleeping-lookout in a tree.
I'd spare no expense on getting lumber and timber!!
I'd love to be able to host family and friends all with their own cozy bunk house...
I'd also love a restored wooden boat.
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