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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
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Fixing…

What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
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Isn’t the cash settlement something like 60% of the total value? And in the US you also need to pay taxes on that? Christ, you’re barely left with enough to become a James Bond villain!

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As of yesterday, cash value (lump sum) was $930,000,000 before taxes, so there’s enough to become an Evil Genius, if not a full on villian.

What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
  8. An NFL franchise
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
  8. An NFL franchise
  9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports.
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
  8. An NFL franchise
  9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports.
  10. A couple of towns.
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
  8. An NFL franchise
  9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports.
  10. A couple of towns.
  11. A couple of politicians.
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
  8. An NFL franchise
  9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports.
  10. A couple of towns.
  11. A couple of politicians.
  12. Another episode of the rebooted Mystery Science Theater 3000
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What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball:

  1. Dirigibles
  2. Hooker and cocaine
  3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes…
  4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog.
  5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each.
  6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff.
  7. An island of mine own.
  8. An NFL franchise
  9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports.
  10. A couple of towns.
  11. A couple of politicians.
  12. Another episode of the rebooted Mystery Science Theater 3000
  13. Generous contributions to the Democratic Natl. Committee, Civil War Trust, Campaign 1776, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Habitat for Humanity, USO, my college and law school. THEN I’d buy myself stuff.

Next category:

Fictional admirals

  1. James T. Kirk

For awhile, anyway.

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Fictional admirals

  1. James T. Kirk
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
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Fictional admirals

  1. James T. Kirk
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
  3. Horatio Hornblower

Ultimately.

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Fictional admirals (and source)

  1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
  3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
  4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse)
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Fictional admirals (and source)

  1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
  3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
  4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse)
  5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy)
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Fictional admirals (and source)

  1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
  3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
  4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse)
  5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy)
  6. Lavrenti Kutuzov (The Mote in God’s Eye)

Adm. Ackbar is in the latest movie, too, anyrose.

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Fictional admirals (and source)

  1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
  3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
  4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse)
  5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy)
  6. Al Calavicci (Quantum Leap)
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Fictional admirals (and source)

  1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
  2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy)
  3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
  4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse)
  5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy)
  6. Al Calavicci (Quantum Leap)
  7. Aral Vorkosigan (Vorkosiganverse novels by Lois McMaster Bujold)