If You Won Money.... What would you do?

[babydriver]

Went out and bought 4 Powerball tickets, one for each member of my family. I am using an algorithm called "Pascal's Wager". It says that if the reward is infinitely large and the downside risk is small, it is better to take the bet even if the odds are very unfavorable.

The cash payout for this lottery is almost 1 billion all by itself; the 20 year payout is $1.5 billion. That's close enough to infinite for me! The risk is 8 bucks.

If after taxes, I have 500 million left over, at a 3% interest rate, that amount will earn about 10 million A YEAR for the rest of my life and those of my children. SOOO... if I win, I plan to erect a monument to Pascal here in Texas.

[babydriver]

In the words of the late U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen, "A billion here, a billion there; pretty soon we're talking about real money."

[go_a_way1]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

Tonight on FT86 Gear

@Dadhawk drives something first,
@go_a_way1 buys a calculator with many zeros,
and @Tcoat tames a wild moose.

Yeah this would be a good episode

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jawn

Tonight on Top Gear... we drive over a rock.

Followed by an in-depth review of supercar RPMS on start up a quick summary of the owners manual and our weekly Click at Your Own Risk feature.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Definitely won't be me...I'll eat anything. That will probably be one of my 'side talents' on the show...

"Meanwhile, DadHawk has pulled over to try the local chitlins and fried liver specialty at Moma's Septic Tank Service and Lunch Emporium...."

Oh I would be up for that as long as it is fried! We can do a weekly food stop feature (until we no longer fit in the cars and have to start reviewing pickups)

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

Hahaha not a bad idea!! Wasn't there a guy on here that wanted to do a topgear style thing last year then again this year? I would feel bad if we didn't invite hime

Ya that damn Clarkson guy keeps popping up here all "Hey Guys, let's make a show OK. Guys, GUYS, I need work Guys"

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Internet is where it's at, nobody under 30 pays for cable.

I do! I'm only 27

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by Teseo

With the billion dollars i will buy california state to erradicate all emisions laws and redesign all streets for lowerer cars with high quality tarmac. Also increase top speed limit

Why not make a new roads and only allow sports cars on them with a high minimum mph.

[echo419]

How much would this suck?
https://www.yahoo.com/food/restauran...010533899.html

A group of restaurant workers thought they had 900 million
reasons to be happy last week when their lottery ticket matched the winning
Power Play numbers, NBC New York
reports.


A video shows the group of servers, cooks, and bartenders, who
work at Grissini’s Restaurant in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., watching the numbers
being drawn, and shouting “yes!” after each number is a match.


A second video shows everyone in the restaurant hooting and
hollering in celebration, and crying tears of joy. A dishwasher threw his apron
on the floor and quit, a restaurant rep
told Huffington Post.


There was only one problem — they were watching the wrong
numbers being drawn. Their ticket, which was bought Saturday ahead of the $900
million drawing, had numbers which matched Wednesday’s drawing.

somebody gonna die.

[nova.86]

Damn..If I win the Powerball, I'm going to use it to pay off my student loans and with the remaining $5 buy a nice Chicken Chalupa from Taco Bell and an Ice cream cone from McDonalds

[NWFRS]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Why not make a new roads and only allow sports cars on them with a high minimum mph.

Because none of us would be allowed on it.