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In reply to the discussion: This Donald thing is starting to blow up. [View all]40degreesflaps
(88 posts)...I don't think there's any doubt of that. It's human nature to want more even if it isn't warranted. In the systems world, we always want more memory or more CPU or more bandwidth. I've got a few hours in the air and pilots always want to go faster. I always said the worst thing in the world for most people would be to win the lottery. Be careful what you wish for. Most lottery winners (especially those who win the big pots) are broke or dead within a few years.
You take care of your family. If something overwhelmingly positive happens to you financially, don't be a moron and don't be greedy. I would make sure my wife (grew up poor) and if it was enough money, her family would never sweat again. My parents? To hell with them. They already have dough and they help no one but themselves. I might pay for my cousin's college given that his dad has a history of cancer and my sister doesn't make a lot of money. He's sort of a precocious type and she wouldn't have the means. Her daughter just finished at Miami of Ohio and is getting hooked up to one of those guys who majored in Finance, is ridiculously good looking and combs his hair across the front. He comes from money and strikes me as the type who would eventually cheat on her. They do that and if I found out it happened, I might pay him a visit. She's fair haired and innocent...for now.
And after that was all done? Yeah...I want a Cessna (not new - NEVER) and an out of the way affordable place to park it. We worked out way through school and no one lives forever. House? Got one. Cars? Got one. Computer? I build my own, cheap.