nrclark

... what would you do with it? I'm not looking for impulse "buys" here, i've already got hundreds of those in mind. What i need to know is what would you seriously do with a hundred grand? What type of investments? Would you start a business? "ING Direct" ? (lol) ... away we go !

Cynthetiq

okay, how about you start.... tell us what you would do first.

__________________
I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.

Willravel

$100k? Porsche. The 911 Turbo is about $126k, and I could spend $26k of my own money for that.

Plan9

Mutual funds and a General Electric M134.

__________________
Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

analog

Trade in my car for a new Mustang, which wouldn't chip too much off the top, then put it all in an account to earn money (interest, CD, IRA, something like that

Willravel

Duck hunting?

Glory's Sun

hookers and booze.

Mondak

1. Cash the check
2. Pay $50,000 in taxes so people can consume infinite amounts of health care regardless of cost, save baby seals and fund suspicious research that happens to be chaired by the brother in law of the government official deciding what is the best "science to invest in". Oh yeah and more bullets and a side order of wire taps please.
3. The other $50k would be added roughly $2k/ Month to my existing budget until it was gone. I would not save a red cent. That $2k allows me to continue to invest in myself and my company without having to sacrifice as many ski days. . .

__________________
All truth passes through three stages:
First it is ridiculed
Second, it is violently opposed and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)

ngdawg

$14k or so goes to bills. Figure at least $33k went to Uncle Sam, so now I have $53k to play with. Two 16 year olds who will be in college in 2 years....
It's down to zero.

soma

Money market account. Probably spend a few hundred on clothes or something too.

__________________
Having Girl Problems?

dirtyrascal7

Two chicks at the same time.

or...

I'd put a $50k down on a house and use the rest to travel the world for a few months.

__________________
"Tie yourself to your limitless potential, rather than your limiting past."

"Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him."

Jove

Pay off the student loans, then I would get a financial adviser to help me make more money.

QuasiMondo

Pay off bills.

Small house, big garage.

Automotive toolset from hell.

An old car to keep me busy.

__________________
Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.

-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

Ustwo

Chop wood, carry water.

__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

tooth

I'd probably take 5-10% off the top to blow on whatever (a couple or three guitars, new computer at home, etc.). Pay off everything but the house (let's say 10k). Buy a new car. Put 10k in emergency savings, the rest in CD's and/or mutual funds.

kurty[B]

After taxes, and child support. I am basically looking at having $50K leftover.

25K towards house (additional downpayment with a few grand extra towards new appliances, building a deck and such).

10K towards Retirement (IRA, Money Market Funds)

Pay off my auto

5K to a college fund for my child (he's 18 years, that'd be a good start).

What's leftover I would use to get myself going again in college, and of course keep a couple grand around for travel.

__________________
In the Absence of Information People Make Things Up.

Anxst

I would use the money to quit my job, get something part time, and finally go to college. I can get funding for school now, but I can't afford to take the time off from work.

Silly life.

__________________
Don't mind me. I'm just releasing the insanity pressure from my headvalves.

Willravel

OH, I'd pay Ustwo $100k for his vote!

Ustwo

I said liberal proof, I spent another 100K last week on equipment alone.

__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

Willravel

We gave away about that much in the past few months to poor people. Go figure.

Didn't get the "liberal proof" reference.

Infinite_Loser

This is such an easy question. I'd give it to my ex. Even though she doesn't really deserve such a kind act, it'd be more for the sake of her kids than anything else. Of course, that's all after paying tithes and offerings, of course

__________________
I believe in equality; Everyone is equally inferior to me.

Ustwo

The difference is that when I'm done I'll have created seven long term jobs while providing a desired service to the community.

Those people on the other hand will still be poor.

__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

Willravel

True, but they will be poor with food, clothing, and new job training.

"I said liberal proof"?

Ustwo

If you say so, I'll add I also spent money I need to repay, not gave away other peoples money. I'm sure that job training will help them repay you so you can spend more to help others (pause for laughter).

proof - impenetrable, impervious, or invulnerable

As in so rich your crazy, non-viable, economic policies can't screw up the economy to the point you can't make it beyond wage slave on your own initiative.

__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

Plan9

The General Electric M134 will be attached to my motorcycle via sidecar and will be used to neutralize whitebread pricks in European SUVs.

__________________
Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Ustwo

You know for someone who can't say nigger without using n-word, you do like to toss that around.

Why is that?

__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

Plan9

Because when I'm on my big honkin', sets-off-car-alarms loud, chrome-covered motorcycle... it is only white people in European SUVs that don't notice me and nearly kill me on a regular basis. Then they have the balls to keep talking on their cell phones and give me dirty looks when they merge 6" in front of my fender at 70 mph.

Hating white people doesn't have a social no-no stigma yet, either.

Lame link for you: White People Suck

__________________
Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Ustwo

Buy a car and quit whining.

__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

Plan9

Why? I already have a truck, whitey.



It didn't cost $100k, though.

Although with a $100k I could buy a nice H1 and put a hefty Cummins turbo diesel in it.

__________________
Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

I pity the deer...

Plan9

I don't. Why do you think I put that Mad Max lookin' thing on the front of my ride?

...

With $100k to throw around... I might have some kind of sausage-making implement attached to the grille as well... venison for everyone!

__________________
Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Punk.of.Ages

I would spend about $10k on random stuff I've been wanting. The rest I would open a music store with.

__________________
"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager

"Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike

Seer666

A 10k night at the strip clubs with my friends, pay rent on a nice place a year in advance, a half decent car with a huge back seat, then college full time for a bit. And top off my IRA for the year.

__________________
Bad spellers of the world untie!!!

I am the one you warned me of

I seem to have misplaced the bullet with your name on it, but I have a whole box addressed to occupant.

Charlatan

Pay down the last of my debt and put the rest away for my retirement.

__________________
"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke

Plan9

Strip clubs and a car with a huge back seat, huh?

Damn, you've got the crotch fever!

__________________
Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

yellowmac

Three things:
1. Put some of it towards the mortgage on the house.
2. Put some of it in index fund investments and my IRA.
3. Use the rest to go see the world.

I'd probably split 75k between 1 and 2, and use the rest for fun stuff.

biznatch

I'd invest in the new N-Gage. Or buy 100k of Cocaine.

__________________
Check it out: The Open Source/Freeware/Gratis Software Thread

amire

I would probably move to a small (but overpriced) apartment in the middle of some big city. I'm leaning towards Boston, but Seattle might be nice, too. I've always wanted to live the metropolitan lifestyle, after living in Tennessee and Indiana...

Baraka_Guru

This is a no-brainer for me.

1. Pay off debts
2. Invest in index funds using the couch-potato theory (equal mix of bonds, stocks, real estate index, perhaps)

I would let the fund build until it would be enough to have a down payment on a home of at least 20% of the value.

__________________
Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Mondak

I want to amend my my answer. In addition to what I said above, I would hire referees (READ: Strippers in Stripes) for this year's Turkey Bowl! Every Thanksgiving morning, I get up at 5am and stripe the field at the end of my street for a 7:30am game. This is year 8.




If I had two of these chics show up as a surprise, I think my buddies would crap themselves! I could even have money left over for beer.

__________________
All truth passes through three stages:
First it is ridiculed
Second, it is violently opposed and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)