Pay all my debts. Offer some money to my friend to pay off his student debt. Donate lots of money to the NDP, Oxfam, Amnesty International, and Greenpeace. Start a foundation for gay kids. Buy myself a few little nice things.
I’d buy an Explorer, put a down payment on a house, and buy a new set of drums.
Hrm. First, pay off the credit cards. That leaves around $89,000…hrm.
I’d probably take some money and travel for a bit…see some Dopers in the US, and go back to the UK for a while. Then take the rest and go back to school.
Damn, I’m exciting. NOT!
Oooh… that would take a nice chunk out of quietgirl’s and my tuition.
Pay off my student loans and credit cards= 11,000.
Pay my parents back for the car and other stuff=18,000.
That still leaves me a lot to play with. I like the car I have now, and want to hold on to it for a long time, so I wouldn’t go get a new car. I’m not ready to buy a house, but with that kind of money, I could afford to rent something a lot nicer than what I have now. So some of the money would go towards better living conditions.
In all honesty, I would probably plunk down between 5-15,000 for a few plastic surgeries (little ones, like chin and cheek implants, maybe a little lipo).
A trip to Europe.
That would prolly do it…
I’d go to my friends in the film program and say, “Hey, remember that film script I was writing, that we thought would be great but couldn’t afford to make? What are you guys doing this summer?” 
Ohhh…that would be sweet. I know, a $100,000 isn’t a lot of money for a film, but it’s a great start. I could work on raising the rest in the meantime, as I finished the script. School might get in the way, but I’d work around it. 
Pay off the car, my student loan, and my wife’s debts (app. $30,000 total).
After that, I would buy myself a new car (probably spend $20-$30,000), get a new computer and upgrade the ones I have ($5,000), get a decent guitar, amp, and some other music equipment (another $5,000), and spend the rest on a house, maybe a nice doublewide.
…I’ve thought of this thousands of times, and I know exactly what I’d do.
I would grab our passports, and shot books, get the SO, take a cab to the airport, and from there, well, the next flight to the BIG city, then west, further west, and further west till I hit a south pacific beach.
Once at the beach I would carefully consider how to spend the other $95,000. Wisely knowing you always make better decisions with a tan and a belly full of seafood.
But I’d definitely include an Ark, or two from http://www.heifer.com, {sorry I don’t do the code thingy}. I love this place.
…apparently I do !
Put some money into my house so that it doesn’t fall down around me. Then sell it and buy an even crappier house with more land.
Oddly this a rather accurate statement.
hmmmm, when you look at it that way…
[No debt here, so…] I’d buy maybe $10,000 worth in gadgets, electronic gear, etc…(stuff I don’t really need, but it would be kewl to have). Spend another $10,000 professionally cutting an album, of my music, in a studio. And spend the remaining $$$ vacationing around the globe and/or investing in some property.
So where’s the dough?!
Sheesh, I was getting excited there for a second!
First I’d do the debt thing.
Then I’d hire someone to clean out my “bird room” (where I keep my equipment).
Then I’d get a blepharectomy (one for each eye).
Then I’d get my apartment painted.
Then I’d fly over to the Antipodes Island to see the parakeets that walk among the penguins. This is something I’d really like to see. Before I go, I’d buy the best pair of Leicas possible plus that Mavica camera that writes to a CD.
With my leftover money, I’d go to the bookstore.
I don’t have much debt now, but I will soon, with grad school on the horizon. But since I can’t save any of the money…
I’d put money down on a cute little house with a porch swing. I’d order a houseful of nice furniture from a Pottery Barn catalog. And with what’s left, I’d invest in a CD jukebox and fill it with a hundred of my favourite CDs. That would make me happy for a good long time, I think.
I’d pay off debt (less than $4,000)
Invest some in some sort of fund for Nicky’s college tuition
Buy a new laptop
Put $1,000 each into about 5 favorite charities
Put the rest as a downpayment on a house.
I would pay off existing debt. 26,000
I would by a Nissan Pathfinder 24,000
I would by a home computer 1,000
I would buy a new wardrobe 5,000
I would by a personal watercraft 10,000
I would by Dodger season tickets 6,000
I would blow the rest on a kick-ass Hawaiian vacation!
Pay off current debt ($5,000)
Downpayment on house ($20,000 - don’t put too much into the house unless you’re going to be there long enough to get the investment back in equity at the time of sale).
New car ($25,000)
A few furnishings for the new house ($10,000)
Two week trip to Tahiti for two ($5,000)
Make the following investments:
$5,000 - Coca Cola
$5,000 - GE
$5,000 - Star Scientific
$5,000 - United Dominion Realty Trust
$5,000 - Dominion Resources
$5,000 - Triple A Rated U.S. Treasury notes with staggered maturity dates
Some new clothes ($2,000)
Gifts - ($3,000)
Spend a week being the highest bidder on ebay!
Based on an exchange rate of $1.5:£1, I’d have £66 667. I’d pay off our mortgage with £41 000. Then I’d take my partner on a cruise of the Southern Ocean, which would cost around £16 000. With the remaining ten grand or so, I’d buy some good audio equipment and either make an extra contribution into my company pension scheme, or make some medium-long term investment for future plans (if I have children, if they want to go to university etc) . Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the markets. I’d either have to take professional advice or start boning up quickly, given that we have to spend the money straight away.
No student or car loans to deal with, so all I have to do is worry about the mortgage on our new house. However, since we have a really good rate, I wouldn’t waste my money by paying off the loan. I would invest it in a money market CD that is earning an interest rate higher than my mortgage and make a few extra bucks in the process.
Also, an endless stream of strippers and booze.
$US or $AUS?
Hmm, no debts for me… would probably want to buy a new 'puter… maybe a flat near the city, nothing too flash but preferably something I’m going to be able to sell for more than I bought it when I want to get a bigger house… might buy a car, not an expensive one, I’ve never seen the point in owning a flash car when a cheaper one does the job just as well… pay for driving lessons if I get a car
After that I’d probably give some money to my parents to pay off their houses, maybe some money for my brothers.
Then I’d take a trip to Canada to see what this snow stuff is. Peoples in the US I’d want to see as well. A good holiday to North America in general.
Is that $100,000 yet?