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Old 05-09-2022, 09:57 PM
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An interesting question. Hire a housekeeper and cook. Increase visits of massuse to every morning from once a week. Buy two Sonus Faber subwoofers.

Feel more relaxed. Then daydream. My partner is disabled… how could we do more together without it being hard on her… maybe RV to transport her in bed to the ocean… buy a house on the ocean.

Then work on how I can make the world a better place in the future. I believe today is a fait accompli… made firm by actions taken a decade or decades before. What organizations can I give money to in order to encourage critical thinking in the future… to endorse truth and science as a basis for world understanding… accreditation for news sources that are neutral… not spewing hate and tribal nonscence. You cannot change today but with millions of activists… but you can change tomorrow through values of truth and temperance. I already give to The World in Data (Oxford University)… a global collection and analysis of real data to draw real valid conclusions, the Pew Charitable Trust. I would identify additional organization to leave money to… but I could leave an order of magnitude more if I had more.
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Old 05-10-2022, 07:41 AM
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Attorney & CPA and yacht charter.. see ya!
Be like Elon... don't own anything... no worries
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Old 05-10-2022, 11:40 PM
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My first stop would be in South Africa, to purchase more land and work full-time with the Lion Whisperer, Kevin Richardson, save more big cats and hyenas.

https://youtu.be/AAjlZIHXGR8

All that other stuff is just....stuff.
South Africa is a VERY VIOLENT place to be. My neigbour is SA recently returned for a month as his grandmother (93 years old) was pulled from her car (it was parked), punched in the face & had her handbag ripped from her, degloving her arm in the process. Lucky to be alive.

I funded one of the 1st SA immigrants to New Zealand in 1995. I asked why he came here. He said his car was stolen. I said cars get stolen all the time in New Zealand. He said yes, but he was in the car at the time! The thugs told him to run, and fired their AK47 at him as he ran for his life. Hit 5 or 6 times. I didnt believe him (gunshot wounds are very rare in NZ, 99% are accidental while hunting in the bush). He showed me the scars (awful) including the scar in his back where a bullet is still lodged close to his spine- too dangerous to remove surgically. Lucky to be alive.

There are hundreds & thousands of SA living in NZ- they all leave due to the violence back home.
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Old 05-14-2022, 09:08 AM
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Strong plan right there.
I have specific brands and models in mind for that audio list. Since the SweetVinyl gear isn't readily available I'll leave that out for now. Everything else totaled up is at $22,727.11 including tax, but not the $550 or so trade-in discount I'd get on the interconnects. The rest of the $50K would be held in abeyance for whatever else strikes my fancy and makes sense, audio or non-audio; I'm sure something would come up. If there are needs, the leftover money would go toward those.
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Old 05-17-2022, 08:42 PM
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My first stop would be at the local American Cancer Society where they will receive half of my winnings.

My second stop would be at the local Cancer Treatment Centers of America medical facility near me where they will receive the other half.

Cancer sucks.
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My first stop would be at the local American Cancer Society where they will receive half of my winnings.

My second stop would be at the local Cancer Treatment Centers of America medical facility near me where they will receive the other half.

Cancer sucks.
Great sentiments.
Am a cancer survivor and get my next cancer check-up Tuesday. Four & a half years cancer free if all is well.
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Old 05-20-2022, 08:20 PM
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Great sentiments.
Am a cancer survivor and get my next cancer check-up Tuesday. Four & a half years cancer free if all is well.
Good to hear, and hoping for another negative report!
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Old 05-20-2022, 08:26 PM
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Great sentiments.
Am a cancer survivor and get my next cancer check-up Tuesday. Four & a half years cancer free if all is well.
Outstanding, here is to your health!
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1. Go to Feed The Children HQ and give them 50%
2. Buy a house on the lake to quit paying the land lord which is making him rich and me poor.
3. Do lots of traveling before I die.
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Good to hear, and hoping for another negative report!
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Outstanding, here is to your health!
Thank you, both. Will know in a few days.
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