This is exactly why they are still anonymous. Figuring out how to deal with all the new friends.
I 'spoze. Fortunately, that is a problem I will never have to deal with.@egellings Have you seen the price of the ultra high end? Especially interconnects? Yes, these are only in the tens of thousands each, but you'll need several per listening room per house you own. Let's say 5 houses, 3 rooms each, that 15 rooms worth if interconnects, power cables, usb cables, voodoo accessories.. /s
Best Interconnects: $10,000 and Up
plus Pass Amps (just a dream), huge record collection, massive 6 figure speakers, all for each room. And turntables that quote weight by the ton. And a top of the line iPhone to play ACC over bluetooth.
Well yeah, I guess that's only a few million total. You win, send some equipment my way.
Forget it... if you won 400M, lump sum, after taxes..@egellings Have you seen the price of the ultra high end? Especially interconnects? Yes, these are only in the tens of thousands each, but you'll need several per listening room per house you own. Let's say 5 houses, 3 rooms each, that 15 rooms worth if interconnects, power cables, usb cables, voodoo accessories.. /s
Best Interconnects: $10,000 and Up
plus Pass Amps (just a dream), huge record collection, massive 6 figure speakers, all for each room. And turntables that quote weight by the ton. And a top of the line iPhone to play ACC over bluetooth.
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I would hire my own musicians... the heck with a stereo.
I know for a fact what I would do. I'd become an expert on agriculture and make that my new business.
It is difficult to improve the situation in the world in this way, but to spend time in pleasure is what you need.
I get enough people and organizations begging for donations as it is. My wife had some $600 a month worth of those stupid “but it’s only $19 a month just 63 cents a day” gift/subscriptions on her credit card when we finally closed the account. And the amount of junk mail on their behalf 2 years later has yet to subside. Then they somehow get wind that we’re spending not a billion with a “B”, but less than a million with an “M” on our little ranch*ette* and it ramps up yet again. Along with all those constant offers to buy the “vacant” land for 30 cents on the dollar. If I ran into real money I’d put what I really wanted/needed out of it in some corporation, let the vultures run for a while and then fake my death. Resurface under the corporation in about 2 years.
I play the Euromillions lottery - €2.5 - that won't buy a crap 1 small glass of commercial beer in a cafe here in France. I have spurts of winning €4-5. I remember in the UK in the national lottery, a Pakistani man won about £90 million. In 6 months his marriage was gone, he acquired relatives he never knew he had - he was not a happy bunny. You have to have a very composed and balanced mentality to handle big wins, most people don't.
Have you gone to the movies lately? Tickets for two people plus popcorn, soda, and a pack of candy costs way more than a few lottery tickets. When the dumb movie is over your cash is also foolishly blown. At least with a couple of lottery tickets you get a thrill and actually have a chance of some benefit. Mind rotting movie watching can't offer that...
Don't get me started on spending on foolish audio gadgets, either. Cable risers. Audiophile mains cables, speaker cables, interconnects, etc. There's the fool!
Don't get me started on spending on foolish audio gadgets, either. Cable risers. Audiophile mains cables, speaker cables, interconnects, etc. There's the fool!