OHbaby! Forums : If you won Powerball... https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 18:39:10 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:03:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=21368 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : I Would: * Pay off families...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=507328&title=if-you-won-powerball#507328 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 21368
Posted: 03 October 2008 at 8:03am

I Would:
* Pay off families debts
* Spend the rest on random crap.

]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:03:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=507328&title=if-you-won-powerball#507328 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : I would: Buy a house and a holiday...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=507247&title=if-you-won-powerball#507247 Author: Jennz
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 9:56pm

I would:

  • Buy a house and a holiday home (plus fancy bits like cars and furniture of course!)
  • Put 1 mil each for the girls in a trust
  • Give a decent amount to family & close friends so they can pay of their mortgages and have a bit of spending
  • Set up scholarships and funds for charities so that the capital reinvests inflation and then they can spend the interest
  • Invest any left over
]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:56:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=507247&title=if-you-won-powerball#507247 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : DH and I love playing this game. We...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=507104&title=if-you-won-powerball#507104 Author: Mikaela
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 8:18pm

DH and I love playing this game.

We would:
  • Buy our dream block of land on Cheltenham beach in Devonport
  • Build our dream house on it, and a little cottage for my parents to stay in when they visit
  • Buy a couple of new cars but nothing too fancy
  • Buy a 'bach' (hehehe) in Queenstown/Wanaka
  • Keep 1 mil to play with - shopping, travel etc
  • Invest some
  • Spread the rest around family and charities


We can dream...]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:18:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=507104&title=if-you-won-powerball#507104 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : I would look at houses. Grants...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506934&title=if-you-won-powerball#506934 Author: SMoody
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 4:11pm

I would look at houses.

Grants response is to keep very very very quiet and put it away and just use interest on stuff but all hush hush. Wont even really tell family and will rather help people out without them knowing it comes from him. ]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:11:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506934&title=if-you-won-powerball#506934 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Pay off the mortgage, my student...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506814&title=if-you-won-powerball#506814 Author: kebakat
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 2:09pm

Pay off the mortgage, my student loan, go on a holiday then probably get a bigger house with land so I can have a horse again and then shove it in the bank and live off the interest]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:09:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506814&title=if-you-won-powerball#506814 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : probably sit there in shock....lol these...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506803&title=if-you-won-powerball#506803 Author: NovemberMum
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 1:59pm

probably sit there in shock....lol

these are the things i would do

pay off my student loan
pay off the mortgage on this house
find a nice piece of land (maybe one with already a house on it and removed that) and build our dream home
give some money to family
pay off my inlaws mortgage
pay off my parents mortgage
take a trip overseas
put the rest in the bank and live off the interest.]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:59:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506803&title=if-you-won-powerball#506803 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Put it in the bank and just use...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506769&title=if-you-won-powerball#506769 Author: WRXnKids
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 1:31pm

Put it in the bank and just use the $30,000 it would earn me a week]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:31:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506769&title=if-you-won-powerball#506769 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : and maybe in Auckland a place...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506635&title=if-you-won-powerball#506635 Author: susieq
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 11:36am

and maybe in Auckland a place like the old Karitane Hospitla from the Hebron school buy it back so that a few of us ex karitanes could do something there to help Mums in Auckland]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:36:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506635&title=if-you-won-powerball#506635 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : and probably some land for a group...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506631&title=if-you-won-powerball#506631 Author: susieq
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 11:34am

and probably some land for a group of special needs adults where they have recreation opportunities on the premises like a swimming pool]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:34:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506631&title=if-you-won-powerball#506631 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Buy a house ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506628&title=if-you-won-powerball#506628 Author: susieq
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 11:33am

Buy a house]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:33:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506628&title=if-you-won-powerball#506628 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Firstly - faint! Pay off: -...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506621&title=if-you-won-powerball#506621 Author: Parki
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 11:25am

Firstly - faint!

Pay off:
- Our mortgage
- Dads mortgage
- Mums Mortgage
- Parents in law mortgage
- Buy our 5 siblings a house for their choice up to $500,000 and invest $500,000 each for them.
- Buy our dream home.
- Travel the world.
- Go on a wicked shopping spree.
- Quit working and be an active volunteer for WSPA.
- Buy DH his business.
- Buy a new car.
- Invest the rest.....

LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER! ]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:25:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506621&title=if-you-won-powerball#506621 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Get a bigger house. Go see my...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506605&title=if-you-won-powerball#506605 Author: jaz
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 11:07am

Get a bigger house.
Go see my sister in Europe.
Get some investments going so I didn't have to work full time forever.
Make sure the kids had a fund set up for University. ]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:07:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506605&title=if-you-won-powerball#506605 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Pay off any outstanding debts...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506596&title=if-you-won-powerball#506596 Author: .Mel
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 10:59am

Pay off any outstanding debts that we have.
Buy a house with land
Invest
Take a world tour, hire a nanny and a teacher so the kids could still get some kind of education
Buy a bach or my own island
Buy a Ford Territory 7 Seater for me and something for DH.


]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:59:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506596&title=if-you-won-powerball#506596 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : Buy some land and build our dream...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506570&title=if-you-won-powerball#506570 Author: clover
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 10:25am

  • Buy some land and build our dream house
  • Buy an apartment in Wellington for now
  • Two new cars (a BMW X3 for me!)
  • Go visit my parents in Switzerland then travel through Africa
  • Start babymaking NOW!
  • Give some to siblings
  • Then invest whatever is left
]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:25:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506570&title=if-you-won-powerball#506570 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : DF and I and a couple of our freidns...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506562&title=if-you-won-powerball#506562 Author: minik8e
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 10:21am

DF and I and a couple of our freidns were talking about this last weekend...

  • Buy the house we fell in love with which has sheds and workshops galore for DF and a dishwasher for me
  • Pay off our parents and friends mortgages
  • Renovate our current house and rent it out or sell it
  • Buy midgets (speedway race cars) for everyone in the pit crew who wanted one
  • Buy a BIG bus specially modified to carry the midgets around the country for racing, which comes complete with nursery for the kids
  • Start having babies right now
  • Probably buy my wedding dress direct from Jane Yeh instead of having it made here in NP
  • Ummmm.....buy me a Holden Commodore station wagon!!!!


Those are some of what we came up with LOL

I would probably also give up working here, and start buying (crap) houses, renovating them and selling them again.]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:21:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506562&title=if-you-won-powerball#506562 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : I would buy a house! DH...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506539&title=if-you-won-powerball#506539 Author: Daizy
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 10:01am

  • I would buy a house!
  • DH would have a recording Studio built into the house
  • Help Family and Close friends pay off Debts
  • Do a Photography Course Get a really good camera and take photos
  • Have some long holidays with and without family
  • Save
]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:01:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506539&title=if-you-won-powerball#506539 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : mummy_becks wrote:I would: Pay...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506527&title=if-you-won-powerball#506527 Author: DzinerGirl
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 9:52am

Originally posted by mummy_becks mummy_becks wrote:

I would:




  • Pay off mine, my parents, my inlaws and my friends mortgages


  • Ring Clariages in England and book it for a night and state that Gordon is to cook, serve and eat with us - Would take my family and a few other Gordon loving people.


  • Have a few great holidays with and without the boys


  • Pay for the woman who have breast cancer to have that drug for the year.


  • And probably buy a few investment properties over the country.


Oh Oh hands up for the Gordon dinner
]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:52:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506527&title=if-you-won-powerball#506527 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : I would: Pay off mine, my...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506517&title=if-you-won-powerball#506517 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 9:48am

I would:

  • Pay off mine, my parents, my inlaws and my friends mortgages
  • Ring Clariages in England and book it for a night and state that Gordon is to cook, serve and eat with us - Would take my family and a few other Gordon loving people.
  • Have a few great holidays with and without the boys
  • Pay for the woman who have breast cancer to have that drug for the year.
  • And probably buy a few investment properties over the country.
]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:48:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506517&title=if-you-won-powerball#506517 <![CDATA[If you won Powerball... : what would you spend it on? As...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21368&PID=506514&title=if-you-won-powerball#506514 Author: DzinerGirl
Subject: 21368
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 9:44am

what would you spend it on?

As a spin off of the other thread I thought this could be fun!

I would..
  • buy some land in Karaka and build my dream home
  • Be relieved we don't have to get a loan to pay for wedding and Europe honeymoon
  • give some $$$ to each of mine & DF's family members
  • Leave work and start my own business (earlier and with less stress than already planned)
  • Donate to SPCA
  • Invest in other small businesses and other ventures
   

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