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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:07 PM Original message |
Poll question: How big a lottery jackpot would it take to make you "set" for life? |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. $1 Million |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Whenever the jackpot gets huge and my office pools its money... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Right, as long as you didn't spend your principal, $1 million |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll settle for a free ticket. I'm bucking the odds on winning one of those. nt. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. With that ticket, your odds of winning are just about the same as without it |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. right now id be grateful for 10grand... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I hear that.nt. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. 5 million, put in tax free municipal bonds |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Hell, $500 would be sweet, but I'm talking "best-case" here |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I know what you mean... Ya hear that Warren Buffett? heh... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd say probably $7 mil |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I've often considered $7M as a good sum |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Enough that I could get with two girls at the same time.. |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. 50 bux worth of crack can do that....n/t |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. "the kind of girls that will double up on a dude like you?" |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. $150,000 I would be set for life |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. 5 mil minimum. |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. the taxes on a million dollar home would eventually kill you... |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. A few hundred thousand would do. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. I picked 10 million, here is my reasoning |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Feh! Taxes are for little people |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. $200,000 after taxes would do me very well indeed. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. eighty two million three hundred four thousand seven hundred twenty one dollars and 14 cents |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Pffft. You're waaaaaaay off. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well, my husband and I have 12 siblings and 3 living parents between us. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think $10 Mil and here's why |
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