[Dodgy Research, Inc.] First Three Purchases

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:37 pm

If you would come upon what you consider to be a small fortune, one of which you don't have to worry too much about how you spend it, what would the first three things you would buy? A condo? The entire Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD collection? A lot of land in Florida? Would you put it away for your kids' education? Etc.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:39 pm

1): A great deal of stock in fuel cell development.
2): An accountant.
3): As much land in the southern Rockies as I could afford, with a cabin or three.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:46 pm

Hrm...dunno. Probably throw it at my considerable debt, and with what was left, buy a slightly bigger house someplace nice and run a T1 line out. Am thinking that would use it all.

Instant Cash · Post by **Instant Cash** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:48 pm

1. investments
2. homes in various states and countries.
3. Travel

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:49 pm

1) Get myself, my parents, and my sisters out of debt

2) I would buy up all the land that comprised the old family homestead in New Mexico (it's considerably smaller then it used to be). I'd then demolish all the houses other then ours, and return it to it's pre-development days. I'd then build small cozy guest houses around the homestead, and host the Gathering there. (I consider this to all be a single purchase as it would be done by the same developer)

3) I would establish a trust fund to help all my friends make the Gathering. Screw coming to see you all, I'd bring you to me!

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:49 pm

1) A film studio in SoCal
2) "The Castle" in Charlevoix, MI
3) A vacation on the beaches of Guam

Daki · Post by **Daki** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:51 pm

1. My first home

2. A brand new car... probablt an Infinity or something similar.

3. My next and last tattoo

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:57 pm

1. Eliminate my debt and the debt of my family.

2. Purchase a large house on one of the lakes here in Madison.

3. Pre-fund Bolty & Grinder's education, through a post-graduate degree.

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:05 pm

1. Investments
2. Design and build my dream home
3. Various body modifications (tattoos, piercings, enhancements, hair color, etc)

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:05 pm

1) All the books I want that are too expensive to buy right now (small fortune)
[several hundred to the low thousands of dollars]

2) Stable investments, such as government index bonds (modest fortune)
[Double-digit thousands of dollars]

3) A place up in Massachusetts, hopefully not far from Chelmsford or Acton. Certainly not farther than Middlesex, Natick or Boxburough. (large fortune)
[Low-to-mid hundreds of thousands of dollars]

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:06 pm

I think it's interesting to note what exactly people consider "a small fortune". To me that means super mondo mega power monkey lottery. $150Mil+ after taxes.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:33 pm

First three? A 2-liter of Mountain Dew, a pack of cigarettes, and a tank of gas...so I can drive to Chicago and buy a Porsche 911 Turbo.

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:39 pm

A 2-liter of Mountain Dew, a pack of cigarettes, and a tank of gas

Leave it to 32 to take the question exactly as it was written.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:49 pm

32, check your pm box, dammit.

First three? Hell, I don't know.

1. /THE/ House.

2. lots of investment thingamajiggers.

3. An hour with Jenna Haze for my brother..that son of a bitch needs to get laid.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:59 pm

Bishop wrote:3. An hour with Jenna Haze for my brother..that son of a bitch needs to get laid.

Shit, just put her (and a couple of her colleagues) on retainer.

Buzzed · Post by **Buzzed** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:18 pm

1) Buy a house so I can stop paying rent.

2) Get all my family members out of debt.

3) Put the rest in investments and use the interest as a 2nd income.

That should give me more time to volunteer in the community. And since I am volunteering, I don't have to spend money to entertain myself, and not worry about family members begging me for money, so I can use it to contribute to helping others.

sinsual · Post by **sinsual** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:42 pm

My first 3 purchases WERE:

1) Buell XB12...actually paid it off and picked it up
2)New helmet and riding leathers (bought as a set)
3)tuition for school.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:51 pm

Small fortune I was taking to mean in the 1 mil range. All my and Nightshadow's debt including student loans, about 70k. A nice house, 500k. Burying fiber out to wherever and acquiring the neccessary equipment to make it all happy would probably take 300k+

Kitt · Post by **Kitt** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:23 pm

1) Move my fat lazy ass to Ireland and buy a house. Or maybe a chunk of a castle
2) Buy a REALLY BIG PIZZA
3) Hire Scott Speedman to be my personal sex toy

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:00 pm

1) Remove Debt

2) A trip to visit the Dutch crew for myself and Veed

3) If I don't get them when I'm down town tomorrow, probably sunglasses. If not, then it would be lots of drinks- I'd take out a bunch of my friends for a night on me.

Ikarus7 · Post by **Ikarus7** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:07 pm

1)I wpuld remove my debt

2) I would my father and mother debt

3) Carefully invest my money so I never have to work again someplace I dislike just because I don't have enough money

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:50 pm

1) Remove debt for all family members in need of debt removal.

2) Violin for Wireless, Cello for me.

3) A house with a couple sound proofed rooms, and an addition that can be turned into a music studio.

Kwyndig · Post by **Kwyndig** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:02 pm

Hrm...

1)A new computer (preferably a laptop, but I'm looking for specific, and at present unknown, specs)
2)A nice house
3)My FLGS (yes, the whole thing, not just the stock)

crone · Post by **crone** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:58 pm

1. A house by the sea
2. a TOL sewing machine and serger
3. plane tickets!

Thorn · Post by **Thorn** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:02 am

Cazmonster wrote:1. Eliminate my debt and the debt of my family.

2. Purchase a large house on one of the lakes here in Madison.

3. Pre-fund Bolty & Grinder's education, through a post-graduate degree.

Yep.

And once he does that, /my/ first three purchases would be all the fun stuff:

1. His and Hers extra-deluxe fuck-you elite Macs

2. Nissan Murano in Pewter (it's just so <i>pretty![/i])

3. Canoes/kayaks for the whole family

And because I can't let it go unsaid:
4. A truly obscene number of Chucks, for me and for anyone else I know who wears them.

Johnny the Bull · Post by **Johnny the Bull** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:38 am

1) I'd go to the pub and drink a shitload of guiness to celebrate my good fortune with all my mates.
2) I'd lease an inner city appartment for the duration of my studies.
3) When those studies are finished I'd buy a junior partnership in Allens Arthur Robertson and join the corporate governance portfolio.

Then I'd make the expenditure back in 3 years and buy a Villa in Seville and live a life of luxury.

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:43 am

1. Pay off the debt of various people (including myself).
2. Get major liposuction
3. Buy a house

Moulsari · Post by **Moulsari** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:03 am

Hey Dennis! How about answering your own question?

ak404 · Post by **ak404** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:43 am

1) Pay off debts.
2) Pay for post-grad studies and residence at U of M.
3) Car.

Twisted Sister · Post by **Twisted Sister** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:01 am

Hrm, probably first off would be a cup of coffee for Eva, then give a bunch to my parents, brother and sister, then a bunch to a travel agent to get all the people I love in one place for an uber holiday. Obviously after that comes the weighter areas of investment, property and world domination. Natch.

Thunderchild · Post by **Thunderchild** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:35 am

1. Move the hell away from my psycho mother.
2. Purchase my Ex-Gf a place to start her massage therapy buisiness near where the hell i get away from my mother to.
3. start my motorsport buisiness.

lorg · Post by **lorg** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:44 am

1. Tell boss to take his job and suck it up his arse. Quit job (or get fired, either is fine with me), Devote newly gained free time to Ph.d studies. Ok so not really a purchase so I might might have to get some sort of celebratory drink after quiting as the first one.

2. Buy a nice flat and furniture.

3. Stock said flat with books and computers.

Anguirel · Post by **Anguirel** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:49 am

1) New Computer.
2) New Laptop.
3) New TV.

Fuck my loans, the interest is cheap -- I bet I can earn more on good investments than I'm paying into them right now.

Those three things I know basically what I want already. Everything else I'd need to research a lot more so I could get good stuff.

I'm pretty sure one of my next steps would be funding DrinkCon, though mainly so I could get people together for my own personal gaming enjoyment. Speaking of gaming enjoyment, I'd have a lot of books to buy...

Szechuan · Post by **Szechuan** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:09 pm

1. Invest, invest, invest. I'm young enough that I'll have reaped big benefits before I'm 30.

2. I'd help get my friends out of debt.

3. Acquisition of all the books/music I can possibly ever dream of wanting.

Serious Paul · Post by **Serious Paul** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:14 pm

Hmmm the first answer is obviously secure my place and my families place in the order of things, after that? Stock in marvel Comics, Fan Pro and more. Weapons. A membership to a nice gym. Strawberries.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:43 pm

1./ My parents' and friends' mortgages and debts.
2./ Establish a scholarship fund for students.
3./ Put the rest in a trust fund, to keep me from spending it frivolously.

Oh, missed the "small" in "small fortune".

1./ Track down back issues of Nyx and Wanted.
2./ Move out.
3./ Toss the rest into my difficult-access account.