What would you BUY if someone handed you a ton of money?
- Thread starter Yeoman Randi
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If you assume the weight of a single bill in US currency is 1 gram, there are 907,184.74 grams in a US or short ton (2k lbs) and 1,016,000 grams in a standard ton (1k kg).
Using $100 bills, there would be $90,718,474 in a short ton and $101,600,000 in a standard ton.
How's that for a frame of reference?
I always knew mathematics would be handy one day.
OK, about £62+ million then... I can work with that.
£30 million for UK property divided between a nice property near where I live in Oxfordshire, and a similar or slightly lower amount on a more modest but still comfortable London townhouse.
£20 million on modestly sized but comfortable foreign crashpads in NYC, Paris, Tokyo
£2 million on interior decorating costs across all the properties (a little cheap, perhaps, but I'm not one for lots of expensive artwork and really extravagant antiques)
£1 million on transportation - Range Rover Vogue SE (£100k with all the trimmings), Audi R8 (£100k), Rolls Royce Phantom (£300k), BMW M5 (£75k), mint Ferrari Testarossa (£50k+), 1955 Gullwing Merc (£300k+), mint late 80s Jag XJS V12 (£10k), mint late 80s/early 90s Merc SL500 convertible (£10k), the balance on whatever happens to take my fancy in the showroom.
£500k on a decent wardrobe, with appropriate stock in all the properties around the world.
That leaves a little under £10MM to be invested to provide a reasonable income without delving too deeply into the capital, in order to provide for daily living expenses, staff and other running costs (housekeepers in each property at a minimum, plus a very good PA) and other assorted maintenance costs.
This is cutting things quite fine and very dependent on stable and good investment returns; I may have to forego a couple of the more expensive cars, or more radically, change the London townhouse to a flat, in order that the invested remainder provides enough annual income.
My flat.
House here in Northern California..and an apartment in Aguas Claras Brazil...and shuttle between them Winter in Brazil..Summer in the USA...stayin warm and toasty year round..
http://www.superbrasilia.com/sat/aguasclaras1.jpg
http://www.superbrasilia.com/sat/aguasclaras1.jpg
My freedom.
Why am I now surprised?And, of course, I'd watch them. Faithfully. Every one. Even the odd numbered ones.
good one!Oh, to everyone who asked "how much is a ton of money?" ....i didn't want to put a limit on your wish list, so i simply said, "a ton."
Meh.. 90 million dollar isn't enough.. the 288 costs 100 million at least...
What's the 288?
Meh.. 90 million dollar isn't enough.. the 288 costs 100 million at least...
What's the 288?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288
I'd first buy a nice house somewhere near a city but with no view of it. With plenty of land around it with all sorts of trees and plants. And a pond!
Then, I'd get a couple of cars I'd love to drive but are too expensive to get as a normal person.
Finally, I'd get a yacht. We have so many amazing islands here in Greece and you don't get to see half of their beauties unless you are in a boat.
Oh... an island sounds good... yes, I'd buy one of these as well!
Then, I'd get a couple of cars I'd love to drive but are too expensive to get as a normal person.
Finally, I'd get a yacht. We have so many amazing islands here in Greece and you don't get to see half of their beauties unless you are in a boat.
Oh... an island sounds good... yes, I'd buy one of these as well!
Okay, since we're talking 90 million, I'm gonna have a fair bit left over after film school, so I'm gonna buy the thing I've desperately wanted since I was 12
My dad drove one of those - his was a kind of sea foam green.
I don't really be leave in spending money to get happy.
But I do believe in unhappiness because of financial insecurity so I would probably keep enough to live a decent live and spend the rest on building cheap to go to schools in third world country's or something like that.
But I do believe in unhappiness because of financial insecurity so I would probably keep enough to live a decent live and spend the rest on building cheap to go to schools in third world country's or something like that.
I'd buy my own place, a health plan that covered maternity and then find a willing guy and have a baby.
I've already started collecting my urine in a collection of bottles tuned to play "April Showers".
^ So I guess Urine good company then.
Oui.
