What would you buy?

[RecurrentNerve]

So, some lucky git has won £113,000,000 ($180,404,500) on the Euromillions lottery (a lottery involving 9 countries). The second biggest lottery win in the world, ever. In a normal bank account he/she will accumulate £8500 ($13,570) a day in interest.

So, what 3 things would you buy given that amount of money? Here's mine:

1. Nikon D3x with one of every kind of lens; a souped up Power Mac with the full Adobe suite, Nik Silver Effex, Photomatix and anything else you care to think of in that regard, and a screen the size of Belgium. I know better kit doesn't necessarily make better photos; screw that, I've got 113,000,000 squids!

2. An Aston Martin, Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls, Mercedes etc. One or two of each, just for giggles.

3. A mahoosive loft in NYC; a Malibu beach house; a chateau in France; a lochside castle in Scotland. Round the world tickets to visit all of them and everywhere in between, with the aforementioned D3x in tow!

Of course, I think with that much walking-around money I'd give, ooo, £25,000,000 at least to charity and a couple of million to each of my family members.

[TheDarkReaver]

God-damn it, I was going to enter that this week and forgot.

[Vagebond]

Who was it who said "I spent most of it on booze, gambling and women, and I squandered the rest"?

Me, I think I would buy a small country and spend the rest of my life going on state visits to warm, sunny countries.

[OsmosisStudios]

I've had this dream before. In Canada we can order things directly from the Nikon order desk in Toronto. I've done it before (lower prices and next-day shipping? yes please), so this is how that conversation would go:

"Nikon order desk, how can I help you?"
You ready to make an epic commission? Pay attention
Bodies: D3x (2), D3s (2) D700 (1) + grip.
Zooms: 14-24, 16-35, 24-70, 24-120, 70-200, 200-400, 28-300
Primes: 16 fisheye, 24/1.4, 35/1.4, 50/1.4, 85/1.4, 105/2, 200/2, 400/2.8, 500/4, 600/4
Flashes: SB-900 (8 or 10 or something. A lot), R1C1 (Macro light), SU-800.
"Is that all sir?"
Yeah, that should do it.

Then it'd be a similar too to Leica and Hasselblad. Then Lowepro and then to a bunch of light modifier companies)
Then again to Lamborghini, Bentley, Nissan (Mmm, Skyline), Ferrari, Aston Martin...
Then an architect. I gotta have my loft-above-the-garage house with my camera-gear room

[mad editor]

I'd get that apartment in Paris and then figure out the rest from there.

[Jim Bryant]

Any damn thing she wanted. .

[HVACman]

I'd be touring the world with my beautiful bride, having our primary residence in Hawaii, I think.

Needless to say, I don't think I'll be into work the following day.

As to what else I would be doing, that's only limited by my imagination.

[CheaperKings]

I'll take one of everything, sir.

I have a friend, Billy Wagner (Atlanta Braves) He's from a small town near here called Tazewell, VA. When he signed his first multi-million dollar contract with the NY Mets, he went out and bought a new Ford Ranger pickup truck. He grew up very poor and thought that truck was the coolest thing ever. But, he now drives a Cadillac Escalade...

[Jim Bryant]

That's where my father's family is from. See if there are any Bryant's still in the area. My mom and dad divorced when I was two-years-old and have lost track with that side of the family.

[CheaperKings]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

That's where my father's family is from. See if there are any Bryant's still in the area. My mom and dad divorced when I was two-years-old and have lost track with that side of the family.

Well, I looked through the phone book and there's about 15 or so in that area.